Algeria's post-1962 governments have relied more on the past than than reaching for the future. Only a drop in oil prices changes this...

I made to Algeria on my third try. Very happy to rack up country number 179 and my 35th African country.

India has made remarkable gains in the fight against poverty. Digital technology has played a critical part. Here is how and why.

I review core thoeries in physics to see how black holes may have contributed to unification of general relativity and quantum theory.

The UK riots showed the Faustian Bargain - reducing public services to fund low taxes for the middle class - has run its course.

Svalbard is my 178th country/territory! It is also the northermost place I have ever been!

Our road trip takes us to Lofoten, arguably the most beautiful part of Norway.

The central Norwegian coastline is known as Helgelandskysten. It is as stunning as Switzerland on the sea.

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.