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Martyrdom

Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Caravaggio My article on martyrdom down the ages – and reflections on Ukraine – published here by The Fortnightly Review in May 2022. And here is my poem for Shireen Abu Akleh, a martryr in … Continue reading

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Dick

DICK Eight days after the invasion we were dealing with a country That could actually finance its reconstruction by our own Reconstruction contractors. A decade later, and we have a failed State which is relatively easy to exploit, and that … Continue reading

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