Not sure it's totally fair to describe Somaliland as a "desert state", but otherwise a very interesting article.

A good summary of how we have got to where we are now.

Yup. Primaries are hugely over-rated as a democratic institution.

Too true.

Fair points.

Lovely!

Wow. A must-read.

Fascinating.

Erwan Fouéré of @CEPS_Thinktank lays it out.

Long read, but important.

A reflection by Rowan Williams.

A great bit of detective work.

The new regime has lost @quatremer...

Good advice, I suspect.

Fascinating story.

Good advice, generalisable to other situations.

@benlowry2 reflects.

Wow.

Awwwww!!!!!

Am slightly envious.

An old article about the peculiar case of Adrian Rigelsford (notorious in Doctor Who circles).

I remember Strikethrough.

A very moving account. Made worse of course by the U.S. health system.

Those were the days...

Well said by @SergeiStanishev - "if we cannot follow up on our commitments towards one another, we undermine not only our credibility but the very notion that we care and stand up for each other."

My @APCOWorldwide colleague @jamesLmcgregor on the US-China dispute.

"if our quest for greater profits leaves our world worse off than before, all we will have taught our children is the power of greed."

#BritainOfTheWelcomes

Absolutely fascinating - and worrying - from @timjudah1.

@ediramaal: “Handke’s work cannot be disentangled from the political service it did the late Serbian leader. His political pamphlets are not literature — they are calls to hate that reinforce prejudice.”