Bloom praises the sustaining power of poetry that helps in staying alive

Harold Bloom the scared monster of the American Academy, literary critic and Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who died in October 2019 aged ninety left behind a abundant literary criticism and cultural commentary which is  indeed Erudite and charismatic. Harold Bloom often cited Paul Valery’s bon mot that  poem was never finished,…

Pope pleads coronavirus vaccine access for all

Pope Francis in a Christmas Day address delivered online for the first time from a lectern in a chamber inside the Vatican, the pontiff warned against putting up walls to treatments  by calling on world leaders to ensure unfettered access to coronavirus vaccines for everyone. The pandemic meant this year the annual Urbi et Orbi…

“You are not alone” – Queen’s Christmas 2020 message

The Queen’s Christmas Speech 2020 said what many people want “ for Christmas is a simple hung or a squeeze of the hand but even on the darkest nights there is hope in the new dawn”. The 834-year-old praised acts of kindness, saying the pandemic “brought us closer” despite causing hardship. The Queen, is spending…

UK and EU agree post-Brexit trade deal

The UK and the EU signed a long-awaited trade deal treaty  effective from 1st January 2021 and take over from the arrangements under the transition period which has been the UK continue to follow most EU rules since Brexit day. A comprehensive free trade, free movement Canada style £750bn deal  has been agreed.  We are…

Brexit deal on the verge

Historic accord is set to be on the verge of a trade agreement plus co-operation on fighting crime and terrorism. Negotiations on the post-Brexit agreement on trade and other issues are  expected to be announced, which would avoid the disruption of a no-deal Brexit amid Covid pandemic, The deal will have an agreement on the…

Grenfell inquiry

Earlier this year the Grenfell Tower inquiry has heard more than 400 hours of evidence form 53 witnesses, Including staff from Celotex which made the majority of the insulation say they behaved unethically, dishonestly and the company lied for commercial gain while getting the product approved for use on high-rise buildings,  the company which hid…

Lufthansa to airlift fresh food to UK amid seaport chaos

Germany’s Lufthansa is airlifting 80 tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables from Frankfurt to Doncaster, and Sheffield airports in a Boeing 777, as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at seaports. In 2019, Frankfurt airport, a major center in Europe that receives goods from food producers all over the continent including France, Netherlands, and…