China

Made in China, nurtured in London.   I parade a toy town in China Town, picking up oranges with exotic names. Fruit sellers with ‘painfully British’ on their passports.   I am British, quarter Chinese. [… read more ]

The West’s claim to moral superiority and its assumption of the role of ‘world’s policeman’ are largely derived from a classical approach to liberalism. In short, the argument is that our societies are more liberal [… read more ]

Gareth Rees reminisces about the day he and his friend Robbie were invited to play music at the park-keeper’s cottage in Victoria Park. We arrived early and sat outside the venue in the park sipping our fee in [… read more ]