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  • September 27, 2023 William J. Furney

    Neurotic in New York

    A bite out of the Big Apple reveals the entrenched paranoia of the ultimate rat race — in more ways than one.

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  • August 29, 2023 William J. Furney

    The Habitual People’s Breakfast Club

    An early morning running routine uncovers the peculiar and entrenched habits of people in the neighbourhood.

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  • August 22, 2023 William J. Furney

    British Nurse Is ‘Latest Victim of Dr Serai, Gran Canaria’s Ruthless Con Doctor’

    English mother charged almost €800 for son’s earache treatment and urged by doctor to fraudulently take out medical insurance while on holiday.

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  • August 13, 2023 William J. Furney

    Is Michelle Obama America’s Great Hope in 2024?

    The frontrunners for the 2024 US presidential election are two elderly men, one of whom may be jailed. Isn’t there anyone else?

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February 5, 2023 Commentary / Society

What Is a Woman?

Voices of reason are drowned out by the ultra-woke transgender lobby, which seeks to cancel anyone not toeing their toxic line.

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January 15, 2023 Interview / News

Netanyahu Is Threat to Israeli Democracy, Stoking Conflict: Oxford Prof Yaacov Yadgar

The new coalition government in Israel, and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, sees a lurch to the hard right.

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January 8, 2023 Life

The Bearable Lightness of Not Being

Loss and mourning bring meaning to life, allowing for a new appreciation of the things, and people, around you.

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December 27, 2022 Commentary

The Misogynistic Taliban’s War on Women

Any hope the Taliban had of being accepted by the international community has been crushed with their erasing of women from public life.

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December 18, 2022 Commentary

What’s Eating Elon?

The billionaire innovator and new Twitter owner professes to love free speech, but several journalists have felt his wrath and been silenced.

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December 11, 2022 Commentary / News / Technology

ChatGPT: The Next Great Leap Forward or Just a Fad?

A new and sophisticated algorithm is challenging the way we write, and may even spell the end of mighty Google — I give it a test drive.

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December 4, 2022 Commentary

China’s ‘Big Silence’ Breaks Right Open

The biggest threat to the Chinese leadership since Tiananmen Square arises from a losing battle with covid, as the rest of the world moves on.

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November 27, 2022 Commentary

The Vegan Myth

Let’s not let the unsavoury facts get in the way of a meaty dish, as the world cries out for compassion and some tender, loving care.

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November 15, 2022 Commentary

Highway to Hell? Record 8 Billion People on Overburdened Earth

Self-important delegates are jetting into Egypt to talk about climate change, but the only thing they’re adding to the debate is more CO2.

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November 6, 2022 International Affairs / News / Reportage

Iran’s Mahsa Amini Moment of Reckoning

Nationwide protests, and demonstrations abroad, seek to topple Iran’s regime, following anger over the death of Masha Amini. Will change come?

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