Pictures from a mid-July 2024 road trip from Oslo to Bud on the Norwegian coast.

Merkel's famous shitstorm was nothing compared to what is coming our way from the United States. Don't be in denial! It is too dangerous!

One of just three autonomous regions in the Nordics, the Åland Islands are neutral and de-militarised.

Labour must fix immigration, low productivity, and soaring debt. Rejoining EU solves all three, but what about Britain's most vulnerable?

Ocean cruising is something else. It is bigger. The forces are greater. It is awesome.

The England men's football team performs worse than the sum of its parts. Here is why.

I present a three-step programme for making politics in wealthy democracies work far better than it does today.

If Trump wins in November, he may well pull out of NATO, withdraw US support from Ukraine. What will Europe do?

Just completed a 3-day road trip around Mallorca. Very beautiful island just a few hours from Barcelona by ferry...

Anti-immigrant polices cost you. Europe needs to find 45 million new workers or face stagnation.

Protests at US universities are reminiscent of the 1960s. Are the young finally waking up?

The English admire resilience. But their admiration of resilience allows political parties to sell myths about the country's problems.

Open networks promise to enhance competition in the online commerce space.

Culturalism is the cultural equivalent of racism. It is rife in Western societies and most people are not even aware of it.

Despair, anyone? The four most important problems in the world are global and cannot be solved by nation states.

The British electoral system allows parties to focus on rivals, not issues. Fundamental challenges are therefore neglected.

The Battle of Belchite was the Republican victory that lost the war against Fascism.

Catholic influence during Visogoth rule in Spain was so disastrous that Muslim rule which followed was greeted with open arms.

Why is Bitcoin a worthwhile investment? And how should you dabble in this space?

Was one of the most distressing chapter in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" set in the Spanish town of Ronda?