So what happened to that elderly man in the picture that went viral back in March, at the onset of pandemic? Surrounded by empty supermarket shelves, he was bent over a shopping list, trying to make...
The life of the elderly in Venezuela is spent in queues and with the worry of stretching out money to buy food. They say they want to die of old age and not of hunger. Many of the older adults in...
The problems in Venezuela in recent years have covered all sectors, with periodic relief that has allowed the population to take occasional breaths. The South American country closed the millennium...
It is Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving when shops offer huge discounts to shoppers who are ready to face their Christmas shopping. A few years ago, those of us in the UK or Australia didn’t...
This week, the Conservative government declared another General Election, to be held in December, which they hope they will win and which, if they do, they will take as a mandate to force Brexit...
The current financial crisis has been attributed by Maduro to the Venezuelan opposition and foreign actors, including the United States. It is common to hear government officials speak of the...
In 2017, having already implemented swingeing cuts to people on benefits, former Chancellor George Osborne decided that families should be punished a little bit more. He put in place a limit to the...
This time last week, BBC TV was full of celebrities, news readers, pop stars and actors performing feats and making general fools of themselves to raise money for Children in Need, a charity telethon...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss our most popular post last week, Anna Hamilton's review of Matilda Bernstein Sycamore's Sketchtasy!...
Yesterday, it was 12 months since the horrific fire at Grenfell Towers in London. 72 people died and many more were injured, and a public inquiry is ongoing to look at what caused the blaze and how...