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Cowherd’s America
The American system is surprisingly resistant to radical change “I was gonna wear a red shirt today, but I woke up and just felt like blue was the more appropriate color.” That’s how Colin Cowherd opened his post-midterm show. America’s most popular sports radio show host was smug as ever as he seemed to rejoice in Republican defeat. A few days later, Cowherd kept going. “Bad week for Elon Musk.
Hostages to Trump
Republicans who thought that they could guide the ship of Trumpism have been fatally naive In the year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano spotted a Spanish merchant ship off the coast of Chile. Puzzled by the ragged nature of the vessel, with some men and provisions he set off to see if everything was OK. As he got closer, he realised he was approaching a slave ship. However, everything was very odd.
A midterm massacre?
The Republicans are likely to face disastrous elections on Tuesday At a bar in New York’s East Village, they are still clicking. As a millennial woman finishes her poem at the open mic, all I can hear is the snapping of fingers. By the time she reaches her final couplet, “Clutching my literature degree, hoping the cops don’t shoot me”, the room is practically fluttering with the cicada-like clicks of the audience.
Tottenville, Trump and the betrayal of Republican Town
Tottenville isn’t like the rest of New York City. Getting the ferry from Manhattan to Staten Island is one thing, but 45 minutes on the train takes you to a different world. While the residents’ mayor might have captured global attention for his leftist positions, this is a Republican town: the President won 83 per cent of the vote in 2024. As the midterms grow ever closer, Tottenville is a slice of Trump’s America in Mamdani’s New York City. It was sunny when I finally got off the train.
Why Columbus matters
The struggle to define American civic mythology is a war without an end “You finally read a book and it’s bullshit.” So said Tony Soprano to his son AJ when he dared to question the reputation of Christopher Columbus over his cornflakes. Faced with woke before woke, Tony ended the conversation robustly: “In this house Columbus is a hero. End of story.” A quarter of a century later, President Trump repeated the mob boss’s line, but one question remained unanswered. Who is Columbus a hero for?
Will Pedro Sánchez fall?
Pedro Sánchez should have been evicted from office a long time ago — but who could replace him? Spain should have had elections a long time ago. A budget hadn’t been passed for three years, apocalyptic corruption scandals came weekly and the minority government couldn’t pass any serious legislation. But it didn’t. The fact that Spaniards will now go to the polls is what Pedro Sánchez wants and, although he will probably lose, this shouldn’t be forgotten. Why elections now?
How can Mbappé play for Real Madrid but turn his back on Spain?
“We are all Ceutans.” This message was clearly too much for Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior. Both players might want the money and glory that playing in Spain offers but refused to express support for a part of the nation which still lives in fear. While news cycles may have moved on, Ceuta is still in crisis following August’s invasion. Close to 10,000 migrants remain in the city, and stories emerge almost daily of attempted sexual assaults and robberies.
Labour’s economic vandalism is turning all my friends into unemployed socialists
It feels like there's never been a worse time to be a graduate. Despite more students going to university than ever, demand for them in the job market is in free-fall. As The Telegraph reports, just 8,383 graduate roles were advertised in July, a 45 per cent drop on last year. While the Education Secretary, Lucy Powell, brags about "opening doors" for young people, many are finding them firmly closed.
Can our tech overlords make coffee?
A new hub for good coffee and 24/7 work seems to contain neither Have you tried to change the world at 9am on a Tuesday? That’s the vision of the Corgi Cafe. This 24/7 venture from an AI insurance startup, which doesn’t even operate in the UK, promises to bring London’s tech ecosystem together. In the company’s own words, “something has changed” —- but can you trust a startup with your coffee?
The case against Oxbridge
The Jason Arday scandal has exposed the empty cultural status of our elite universities Oxford and Cambridge have a problem. They aren’t really universities, at least not in the modern British sense of the word. The average British university is threatened by cuts and is, apart from a few cases, a repository for soon-to-be-indebted psychology, sports science, and business students.
The meaning of Ceuta
The chaos in Ceuta might not reflect the nature of migration to Spain but it has exposed the fragility of Europe The French writer Balzac said the “Spaniard has largely traded on the reputation of the Moor”. As images of the infiltration of Ceuta by tens of thousands of Moroccans hit the front pages, the world was suddenly reminded of Spain’s position as Europe’s frontier.
The Spanish Left has itself to blame for this migrant invasion
"Long live Spain," shouted one of the thousands of Moroccans who had forced their way into Ceuta. He didn't seem aware of it, but he and his fellow migrants have destroyed the country's myth of positive mass immigration. "Throughout history, migration has been one of the great engines of national development." These were the words of Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister, a few years ago. Now his government is in crisis after it lost control during an invasion of its territory.
Why we love to hate London
People of all political stripes have ideological grievances against the British capital There’s a simple solution to success in British politics. You need to hate London. As the nation enjoys Andy Burnham’s summer honeymoon, it is very clear that attacking the capital is an easy recipe for political success. The nation’s metropolis might pay for everything, but that doesn’t matter. In fact, that makes it the perfect target.
Latin love, Hispanic hate
Spain and Argentina’s complex relationship is being strained by the World Cup “The motherland loves you, loves to beat you.” These were the words of Spain’s most famous football presenter to Argentina after the two World Cup finalists were confirmed. Lionel Messi’s countrymen were quick to reject this paternalism — but the very fact that it was expressed says much about Spain’s relationship with its former colony.
How to travel in Europe
For the best in Europe, learn how to travel like a rich native Everyone seems to be on holiday. That was my experience traipsing through Edinburgh Airport last week. I was on the way to that now tropical destination called London, but in the queue to security I was surrounded by Americans. They spoke of their identical itineraries from the Trotternish Ridge to Oban, and somewhere called Edinburrow? Scenes like these can be found across Europe, as foreign tourists sweep in from across the world.
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions. Nothing symbolises the French summer like the Tour de France. The sight of the yellow jersey flying through the idyllic countryside is a hallmark of July across the channel. However, an event that has a special place in many people’s idea of France may be losing a certain je ne sais quoi. It’s not just that no Frenchman has won since 1985 — although that doesn’t help.
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence No one cries for the death of the Tayside gentry. Beyond the mist-covered Instagram worship site known as Edinburgh and the professionally gruff Glasgow, for most people Scotland doesn’t exist until you reach the obligatory Highland layby photostop. In between these two zones is the place and society which made SNP MP Lara Bird, and the origin of her now infamous accents.
In defence of Lara Bird | Jack Davey | The Critic Magazine
1 hour ago A liner along the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC was cut with a sharp knife or razor earlier this month, an official at the National Park Service has said. Frank Lands, deputy director of operations for the park service, said in a court filing on Thursday that US Park Police had …
Papal pressures | Jack Davey | The Critic Magazine
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting Is a Papal visit meant to be exciting? In Spain, it wasn’t enough for some. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, having fulfilled his obligations on the first day of the Pope’s visit, jetted off to music festival Primavera Sound. The headlines turning away from his government’s corruption scandals was the only blessing he needed.
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics Corruption has come for Pedro Sánchez’s government. While odours of impropriety had surrounded his administration for years, a storm has broken on Spain’s internationally acclaimed leader. First his close ally former socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was implicated by prosecutors in a huge corruption scheme, but worse was to come.
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave What was all the bother about? Arrests, caravans, committees, ferries, hospitals, and schools: the list of SNP scandals is longer than the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. Despite this, Thursday’s election result brought another commanding victory for First Minister John Swinney’s party. As the horizons open to another five years of SNP-led government, intangible independence remains an irresistible electoral force.
New event space downtown to blossom
Bloom Room Easton is providing a modern New York floral event-planning service minus the New York prices. “Come in, rent the event space, have your event,” owner Wendy Straker said. “You tell me what sort of decor you want, I will facilitate that.” Originally operating a New York City-based floral event-planning business — while commuting from Easton — Straker said she grew tired.
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal I took a gulp of beer — a big one. The bar we’d found in Victoria was pretty empty, which made my next move even more daunting. “Yes, let’s talk about politics,” she’d said. “Values are very important to me.” Five minutes later, having expressed my belief in Machiavellian republicanism, and that Britain’s immigration policy in the 21st century left some things to be desired, I was out of the woods.
On Europe | The Critic Magazine
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Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold “Spain has ceased to be Catholic,” said the soon-to-be-exiled Republican president Manuel Azana in 1931. The Civil War and dictatorship which followed made this statement premature, but in modern times the influence of religion on Spanish society has been waning. However, now this is changing in a way few would have ever expected.
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership Everyone wants to know who is winning the war. Breathless procrastinators spend all day watching fuel prices, podcast hosts rush to their microphones, and a brigade of “serious” analysts have taken over TV studios. Despite this fury, many questions are yet to be answered, but the Iran war already has one winner: middle management.
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict I only have to walk for five minutes to reach London’s “war at home”. Apart from the city’s carpet-bombed pavements, one would struggle to know I was approaching the British front of the Israel–Palestine conflict. As the school-run crowds scattered, I glimpsed Archway train station and felt the presence of “heavy-handed high street aggression”.
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive One of the great myths of British society is that if you go to a good university, get some work experience, and work hard at some point along the way, you will get a good job. This is no longer true. The massive shortage of graduate jobs and surging youth unemployment is causing ever more consternation.
Has Donald Trump saved Pedro Sánchez’s career
Criticism from the widely unpopular American president is a political boon for the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez is winning President Trump’s war. The only true victor of the latest Middle Eastern conflict is the Spanish Prime Minister. Sánchez is far too wily to ever say so, but President Trump’s excoriation of Spain has given him a huge boost. Better still for the leader known as “el guapo”, he knows exactly how to take advantage of it.
How Latin America is reshaping Europe
It is not just the USA which is fuelling Americanisation “Too far from God, too close to the United States.” These words were famously said by Mexican President Porfirio Diaz to define his nation’s relationship with its northern neighbour. Sadly, he didn’t actually say this; in fact, a Mexican journalist made it up. But now, in 2026, this phrase has a far wider resonance. The Monroe Doctrine was one thing, but now Europe’s old empires are becoming American.
Is Britain ungovernable?
Our lack of a shared political identity makes it impossible to govern for everyone “Are we ungovernable?” asked Alastair Campbell as he and Rory Stewart examined the entrails of the government’s latest crisis. While any immediate coup seems to have been averted, there is a common notion that being in charge of the country is impossible. As we are threatened with possibly seven Prime Ministers in five years, it seems undeniable that we are unruly and even ungovernable.
Pedro Sánchez is not the saviour of the left
The Spanish prime minister has built a model based of maintaining a minority government at any cost Pedro Sánchez is everywhere at the moment. His decision to provide an amnesty to over 500,000 illegal immigrants provoked spats with Elon and fawning global press attention. An interview in the New Statesman and an op-ed in the New York Times have made him a crusader against dark digital reactionary forces the world over.
Will the Reform revolution devour its own children?
Nigel Farage needs a plan for managing the extremes of the online right Who wouldn’t love to be a moderate? What is the world without tending one’s garden, small incremental changes, and calm, serious observations? However, in the last 10 years this Arcadian dream has become impossible for the Western right. Crashing against consensus, banished online, Britain’s and America’s conservatives have been swept into a revolutionary temper.
Cross is boss | Jack Davey | The Critic Magazine
Introducing the very Belgian sport of Cyclocross The Flemish excel at two things: blocking multinational agreements and cycling. Last weekend, the region’s newspapers heralded Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s obstinacy in EU negotiations over financing Ukraine. Exciting as the EU Council may be, I was in Antwerp for a different reason—cyclocross. Veldrijden, as they say in Flemish, is the cycling-mad nation’s favourite winter pastime, and Britain could do with it.
What Keir Starmer could learn from Pedro Sánchez
It is possible for politicians to turn failure into success “Como las cosas humanas no sean eternas.” As nothing that is man’s can last forever. These words from the final chapter of Don Quixote seem ever more apt for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Though heralded abroad, the Iberian nation’s glamorous leader is behind in the polls, and last week saw tens of people with ties to his government implicated in the latest corruption investigation to rock his administration.
Spain cannot escape its own divisions
A dysfunctional political environment has been allowing old wounds to open Spain has begun two years of anniversaries. On the 20th of November, the country marked fifty years since the death of its former dictator, Francisco Franco, and the memorials keep coming. Every day seems to mark another 50th anniversary for the milestones of Spain’s transition to democracy. Each anniversary marks a step towards Spain’s modern liberal status quo formalised by the Constitution of 1978.
How immigration is shaking Spanish politics
Conflict over the national question threatens to derail a supposed European success story Spain is Europe’s left-liberal success story. In the words of the Financial Times, under socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, “Spain has become Europe’s standout economy” chiefly due to immigration. However, the accolades of this PSOE minority government are ephemeral. The government is held up by separatist parties, caught as the Spanish say, between la espada y la pared — “the sword and the wall”.
Supersized science
For fans of children’s shows “Dexter’s Laboratory” or “Lab Rats,” Lafayette College engineering has something that looks similarly high-tech. Located in Acopian Engineering Center’s first and second floors lies Lafayette’s state-of-the-art Unit Operations Laboratory for chemical engineering classes and research. Among many other high-tech tools — including a bioreactor set up, whatever that means — the laboratory houses a whopping two-story-tall distillation column.
TalkSport Nationalism is the future
The radio station offers us a model for a healthier British culture Everyone is suddenly a patriot. From the Liberal Democrat conference to the lampposts of Epping, the country seems ever more enveloped — or entangled — in the Union Jack. Nevertheless, as the messages of Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer, or Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski, sound more and more alike, their ideas grow further and further apart.
Superpowered computer powers campus and beyond
The basement of Pardee Hall is home to many things: classrooms, giant superpowered computers, the campus thrift sto — wait, what was that second one? “Very few of our peer institutions have a comparable system,” said Jason Simms, the research computing manager at Swarthmore College and a classics instructor at Lafayette College. Lafayette has its own high-performance computing system, dubbed “Firebird,” that is shared with Swarthmore.
New downtown vintage shop gives Y2K new life
“Give your clothes a second chance, not your ex,” read a sign outside of the newest thrifting find in Easton, Lucky Gal Vintage. “We try to be as accessible, affordable to every tax bracket, every socio-economic household,” owner Justine Lavoie said. “We really want anyone who is interested in Y2K to be able to come in and shop, no matter where you’re at financially.” The downtown vintage clothing shop had its soft opening in late September and was open for Easton Garlic Fest.
Taking the High Road: Reform come to Scotland
Reform are on everybody’s lips. After their breakthrough in the English local elections and the Runcorn and Helsby byelection, coverage of their rise has led the news headlines. The next test for Reform will be the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Scottish parliamentary byelection triggered by the death of SNP MSP Christina McKelvie.
In vitro evaluation of a hybrid negative pressure system for wound therapy
mmHg millimeter of mercury mmID millimeter inner diameter mmOD millimeter outer diameter NPWT negative pressure wound therapy 1 INTRODUCTION Open wounds are encountered frequently in veterinary practice and can present challenging complications for the veterinary clinician. Traditional methods of open wound management may involve debridement, repeated bandage changes and substantial nursing care. Each bandage change may require sedation and bandage-related complications are common.
Russian anti-satellite weapons test adds to the low Earth orbit debris problem
On 15th November 2021, Russia successfully tested their anti-satellite missile capabilities when they destroyed their own, non-operational satellite, Cosmos 1408. The test shattered the satellite into a cloud of more than 1,500 pieces of debris large enough to track (as well as many more pieces of smaller sizes) adding to a growing and, now, significant problem.
Ambassadors and endorsements – is it a load of rubbish? - BikeBiz
By Jack Davey, Unearth Marketing As someone running a business in the cycle trade, the chances are you’ve been approached – either in person or over social media – by a rider looking for equipment or funding in exchange for representing your brand. If you’ve previously dismissed the idea, under the assumption that you’ll be handing out stock in exchange for a couple of Instagram posts, it’s worth thinking again.
BikeBiz June edition is now available - BikeBiz
Rebecca Morley 2nd June 2021 Business, Highlight The digital edition of BikeBiz June is now available online. This month, Riese & Muller UK’s Michael Gregg analyses the cargo bike scene in the UK, we sit down with capgo cable systems CEO Chris Treugut, and we catch up BikeBiz Awards 2020 retail winners Rutland Cycling and Berkshire Cycles. This month’s sector guide in helmets.
The Perseverance of Mars through science fiction
Mars has long held a special place in the hearts of humanity. As our neighbour just a step further from the Sun, it has often seemed so close we could touch it, despite appearing only a dusty red speck on the night sky. It has always been a case of so close and yet so far, but in recent years, it seems to have become more and more accessible.
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