I went to A&E in mid-April 2017 with severe abdominal pain. Once they ruled out appendicitis, the male doctors all said that the problem must be food poisoning. I told them that I had lived in rural Senegal, I know what dysentery feels like. This was not food poisoning. They told me it was and […]
Kathy O’Connor on Mamdani’s victory. It is an occupational hazard for anyone interested in American politics to become overwhelmed by rhetoric. The national conversation is so often conducted in italics and capital letters—TREASON, LOW-IQ, DEEP STATE—that the essential banality of governance, the stuff that determines whether your rent goes up or your subway runs on […]
Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean On our Burns themed podcast: Max Newland on the anti-Trump protests in Idaho, his fears and the difficulties in reaching those who are supporting Trump and working together to create a better politics. Victoria Pearson on the political gobbledegook doublespeak now legitimised by May’s Brexit and Trump. Chuck Hamilton […]
