International administration of Kosovo has failed to bring development, as an authoritative LRB article demonstrates. Now Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, not universally recognised, leaves it in limbo with little prospect of future prosperity — another western blunder following that of 1999 [More >>>]
A friend analyses the reasons for the Glasgow East fiasco, attributing most blame to GB [More >>>]
More slips, blunders, misstatements and worse from the recent media [More >>>]
Comparing Bob Dylan with Blake, and the Arctic Monkeys with Maschwitz: snobbery and pedantry? [More >>>]
An exceptionally objectionable piece by Ruth Lea in the Guardian and CIF defends pay cuts for the public service: understandable from a banker, but why should the Guardian publish such stuff? [More >>>]
A new website for students’ essays on international affairs and for comments by more established writers is a useful new resource [More >>>]
A cheerful family holiday postcard from Sitges in Spain [More >>>]
Owen the blogger is out of retirement: http://www.owen.org/blog/ [More >>>]
