Almost comic too. A youngish man with a terminal illness went with his family to Dignitas to finish it off. They were in the bedroom having a last conversation when the nurse came and suggested that the time was nigh. Could I have a bit more time? asked the young man. The nurse looked at his watch and shook his head. The next one's due in twenty minutes I'm afraid......
09:47
Dignitas
The thought of traveling to an industrial estate in Zurich to commit suicide could only have been invented by JG Ballard - it's surreally dystopian.
09:36
Brexit - the 'gotcha' clause
If you asked most people – probably nearly everybody – what the format of a Brexit would look like, they would describe a 'smoke-filled ...
12:35
Sunni and Shia
This is a very clear and susinct explanation of the historical differences within Islam from the FT. Sunni and Shia: explaining the divide H...
12:25
Chewing gum (grumpy old man)
All around South Kensington tube station (and on every urban pavement everywhere) there is a patina of chewing gum; enough that there is not...
03:45
China's strategy
China can appear to the world as a terrifying monolith with ambitions to dominate Asia and the world. This article makes the point well that...
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