When a spectator stand at a bullfight in Espinal, a city in Colombia, collapsed, I curiously watched for the first comments of the country’s newly victorious president-elect Gustavo Petro. At least four people had been killed and hundreds injured. The bull had apparently escaped from the plaza hosting the spectacle…

Today, leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies get together in the Bavarian Alps. This Group of Seven (G7) summit comes after events have moved swiftly apace, notably with Russia invading Ukraine, triggering key economic, geopolitical and humanitarian developments. Borrowing from Bloomberg’s list of the bespoke challenges faced by…

Setting women free is about a myriad things — control of one’s body, of course, but also control of the environment. And few people have had more impact on women’s lack of control of their environment than the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier. In India, Le Corbusier’s name is often…

Consider the attendees of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda. The list includes most heads of government of the 54 member states, not least Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari, Britain’s Boris Johnson and Canada’s Justin Trudeau. Now consider the no-shows: South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, India’s Narendra Modi, Pakistan’s…

The Commonwealth has emerged for its first summit since the pandemic firing on all cylinders. In a manner of speaking. Surely it must be a deliberate decision for the association of 54 countries to hold its summit in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, the newest Commonwealth member. …

There may be many things to say about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda but here’s something you probably never thought to hear: it may prove to be a quite remarkable showcase for British diversity. Consider the following paragraph from a BBC report on Prince Charles and…

Is the Colombian election result a continuation of something quintessentially Latin American? A quickening pulse perhaps? To pick Gustavo Petro as its president is a bold and decisive move by Latin America’s third most populous nation, the US’s closest ally in the region. After all, Mr Petro is controversial. He’s…

I don’t know about you but the Colombian election has been a rare bright spot in the news from the Americas. Note that news Colombia has elected its first-ever leftist leader and its first-ever Afro-Colombian vice president came as we learnt the following: ** that the Texas Republican Party had…

Sometimes, of a Sunday, we make Ceci e pasta. Or Pasta e ceci. The order of the words depends, I suppose, on which bit of the dish you want to emphasise — the pasta or the chickpeas. When it’s very soupy, the ceci is the life of the dish, but…