The public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko starts tomorrow in the Royal Courts of Justice in London (details here). Litvinenko was a former KGB officer, openly critical of Vladimir Putin and reportedly in the pay of MI6. He was allegedly murdered by two Russian nationals, Andrei Lugovoy and Dimitri Kovtun, both of whom…
Author: Dom Nicholls
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Je suis inquiet
The attacks in Paris on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket reignited the debate about freedom of speech and tolerance for the beliefs of others. One issue that received less attention is how far an open society should surrender freedoms it values highly in the name of security. An illuminating exchange took place on BBC…
Morals and dilemmas
As introductions go, Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati’s takes some beating. Described by his media consultant as “the person with the worst job in global politics”, Iraq’s minister for human rights carries his burden with grace. Mr Bayati, 52, an ethnic Turkmen, is a former foe of Saddam Hussein and still carries the physical scars of his…
Risky business
The world loves a bogeyman. And Kim Jong Un certainly fits the bill. But the fallout from the alleged hacking of Sony by North Korea has revealed much about how governments, corporations and individuals view the subject of risk. Certainly emails have been swiped, to the intense annoyance or schadenfreude-tinged fascination of participants in, and…
Crime data reveal a very British attitude to theft
To interact with this data sheet click here. According to the recently released Crime Survey of England and Wales recorded crime levels are falling, which is a good thing. Dig further and the data for the last decade reveal curious insights into the changing nature of crime against the person. Perceptions that such crime is…
Sir Richard Branson quietly shelves Virgin submarine plan
By Robert Mendick and Dominic Nicholls Virgin Oceanic’s DeepFlight Challenger submarine, whose mission was described by Sir Richard Branson as “the last great challenge for humans”, has been mothballed. Sir Richard Branson has quietly shelved his latest adventure: an ambitious plan to pilot a submarine to the deepest points of the world’s five oceans. The entrepreneur…
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