The rise of the guru

POLITICS

He is now 83. Asthma winds him a little as he makes his way to sit down and recover his breath. But once Neil Kinnock starts talking, his voice resonates as if he were still Labour leader, addressing

At the bottom of Cardiff ’s Queen Street, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan stands rendered in bronze, his far-seeing gaze unbroken by shoppers and seagulls. The statue is a tribute to the Labour politician who man

LIKE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS THESE days, Chris Murphy has been doing some soul searching. For years, the Connecticut Senator, who took office shortly after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in New

T he Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern is an extremely capable human being. No, I’m not talking about the damehood or being the world’s youngest female head of government (Ardern was just 37 when she became

Carney has the diplomatic skills and the determination ...