By William J. Furney In the southern part of the volcanic island of Gran Canaria, certain types of men like
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Gran Canaria’s Al Fresco Sex Scene Has Many Hot and Bothered
By William J. Furney In the southern part of the volcanic island of Gran Canaria, certain types of men like to build nests. Big ones, made of sticks and palm
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Sex on the Beach Might Be Fun for People – but It’s Bad for Dunes and Wildlife
By Patrick Hesp Sun, surf, sand, sea – and public sex with strangers. These five S’s are a key part of tourism in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago west
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‘Action on Climate, But Don’t Ask Us to Change’, People Say
By William J. Furney As the battered climate change talks in Scotland drag into another soggy week and many lose interest in what environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has already dismissed
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COP On: After 25 Climate Change Conferences, the World Is Worse Off
By William J. Furney With the leader of the world’s most polluting country snubbing the climate change conference now under way in Scotland, as it helps to fast-destroy our planet
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The Real Greek Tragedy: Ancient Beauty and Grim, Modern Despair
By William J. Furney If the gorgeous gods of ancient Greece could see how people in their beloved country that gave the world the essential freedom of democracy live now,
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It’s the Multiverse We Want Answers To, Not a Metaverse
By William J. Furney If we do end up destroying our planet — next month’s climate talking-shop in Scotland is hardly likely to arrest the devastating change under way, as
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Old Wounds Fester in Cyprus, Home to World’s Last Divided Capital
By William J. Furney Only the forenames of some people interviewed for this article have been used, to protect their identity in a politically sensitive place. It’s midnight on the
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The Dictatorship of Wokeism and Cancel Culture
By William J. Furney It’s a crisp Saturday morning in claustrophobic Central Athens and as I run past street stalls setting up for the day alongside buildings festooned in loud
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After Covid, An American Invasion of a Greek Party Island
By William J. Furney “Are all y’all bonding over there?” the bearded, hulking figure of an African-American bellows into his phone as I walk past him in a narrow and
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The Butchers of Nicosia
LETTER FROM CYPRUS By William J. Furney In the “ghetto” of Nicosia, as my local friend Alexandros describes it, there are many meat shops and barbers, all within a stone’s
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