The “A World of Menus” exhibit that opened last week in Rome at the Garum Library and Museum of Cuisine lays out some 400 historic menus. They offer a glimpse into defining moments of diplomatic aspirations, displays of wealth and power, creative acts of defiance and calm before catastrophe. CBC | World News
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Ann Widdecombe predicts ‘sea change in British politics’ with surge of Reform
The former Tory minister said the Nigel Farage-linked party is “a phoenix rising from the ashes” of the Conservative Party. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »John Bercow cut from US version of The Traitors: ‘Politics is child’s play in comparison!’
John Bercow said the psychological reality show was ‘much more complicated than politics’ right after he was ‘murdered.’ Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »‘That’s unacceptable!’ Labour peer explodes after being called ‘love’ on BBC Politics Live
Labour peer Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson, and Conservative MP Chris Clarkson clashed during Wednesday’s BBC Politics Live. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Prayer and politics: New temple brings Modi praise, but critics see it as election gambit
The unfinished Hindu temple — set to be India’s largest — opens Monday on the controversial site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, delivering on a decades-old Hindu nationalist promise. CBC | World News
Read More »Acts of service, prayers and politics highlight MLK Day celebrations
Communities across the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn. CBC | World News
Read More »South Korea opposition leader leaves hospital after stabbing, calls for ‘politics of hatred’ to end
The man accused of stabbing South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said Wednesday he wanted to kill him to prevent him from becoming president, according to police. CBC | World News
Read More »David Cameron denies ‘interfering’ with US politics amid Washington DC visit
Lord Cameron travelled to Washington DC to encourage the US Congress to send more aid to Ukraine Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Sounds like politics as usual’ Marr grills Lisa Nandy over Labour’s attack on 2020 budget
LABOUR leadership candidate Lisa Nandy suffered an intense grilling by BBC Andrew Marr as she criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2020 budget plans to keep the Government’s promises to former Labour constituencies in the north of the country. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Strong election result for Sinn Fein throws Irish politics into uncertainty
Ireland faced political turmoil Sunday as an exit poll from the weekend’s parliamentary election suggested that Sinn Fein, a left-wing party committed to reunification of the island, finished in a virtual dead heat with the two parties that have governed since the country won independence almost a century ago, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. CBC | World News
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