Interview Archives - Furney Times

May 2, 2020 Interview

‘Lockdown Is Working, But There’s a Huge Cost’: Immunology Expert

By William J. Furney The latest in a family of coronaviruses to afflict humankind has plunged the world into deep crisis and lingering uncertainty of a kind not seen in

April 11, 2020 Commentary / Interview

Time to Calm Down

By William J. Furney Suddenly, “super-busy” people (or people who like to tell us they are) everywhere have little or nothing to do, and they can’t cope, with the lack

February 6, 2020 Interview

‘FGM Is About Control of Female Sexuality, But Some Girls Seek It’

By William J. Furney It’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, yet the barbaric and sometimes fatal ritual is still being performed on around 3 million girls

November 16, 2019 Interview

‘Constant Aggression, Repression by Spain Is Helping Catalonian Independence’

By William J. Furney Mike Eastabrook is a UK-based vice president of the advocacy group Foreign Friends of Catalonia, which seeks to counter what he calls “the crude repression of

September 12, 2018 International Affairs / Interview

Hunger-Striking American in Egyptian Jail Is ‘Distraught and Losing Hope’: Lawyer

By William J. Furney Mustafa Kassem is a taxi driver in New York who was visiting his wife and young son and daughter in Cairo, Egypt, in the summer of

May 15, 2018 Interview

The Big Questions | François Rimbau: Religions People Are a Deviant Form of Spirituality

French stage and film actor François Rimbau talks to Furney Times for the first in the Big Questions series exploring what it means to be human. At what age would you

May 1, 2018 Interview

PETA: Shock Is Only Way to Wake People Up About Animal Cruelty

By William J. Furney Animal rights group PETA does “extraordinary things to draw attention to cruelty to animals”, says the shock-stunt organisation’s UK director, Elisa Allen. The 36-year-old German-born London