The report into the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme is a grim read. Not because it is 524 pages long, or that this heavily redacted offering to the public is tiny compared to the more than 6,700 pages of the full classified Committee Study. Rather, it is grim because it is real. Think Homeland was…
Author: Dom Nicholls
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Tony Blair’s charity rich list
By Robert Mendick and Dominic Nicholls A trawl of documents reveals how Tony Blair used donations from wealthy friends – as well as the US taxpayer and the Swedish lottery – to bankroll his charities They are among Tony Blair’s closest — and richest — friends. A small cadre of wealthy benefactors have helped to…
Man versus Machine
“We have not let technology run away with our ethics.” So says a senior British Army Officer in the UK’s Ministry of Defence when quizzed about drones; the catch-all descriptor for unmanned aerial vehicles. But his comment hints at a nervousness in senior political and military circles of an erosion of public support due to the…
Gastrophysics is changing the way we understand food
A staple ingredient of many science fiction movies is the ‘food pill’; a small tablet containing all of humanity’s daily nutritional needs. Whilst not light years from reality, this glimpse of the future fails to acknowledge the important social benefits humans derive from food and communal dining. But food alone is thought to be only…
Gridiron versus gridlock: aspirant American cities
The gridlock and attack ads of Big politics are a turn-off for those investing in America. Smaller cities are looking more attractive.
Obituary for the Devil
The General Synod of the Church of England has removed references to the devil in baptism ceremonies. Has it then also killed God? And wouldn’t that be the greatest trick the devil ever pulled?
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