Tutankhamun
Who was Tutankhamun? The Boy king Behind the Greatest Treasures Ever Found Through five thousand years of Egypt’s history, the name of one apparently insignificant boy stands out above all others. But who really was he? Hieroglyphics have only comparatively recently been rediscovered, opening up so much meaning from the desert sands. This lecture puts Tutankhamun […]
Voyage of a Beagle
Another Beagle Voyage with another Darwin The great great granddaughter of Charles Darwin sets of from Plymouth to follow the course of her ancestor’s Beagle in the slipper Stad Amsterdam. Despite the most dire weather forecast for the first day of September 2009, the sun shone brightly on this most auspicious and happy event. The […]
Rohingya Muslim meeting
House of Lords Burmese Rohingya Muslim Meeting The founder of The Chandos attended the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Burma in the House of Lords on 30th April. It was devoted to the crisis for the Rohingya Muslims and rallied an impressive group of those involved with attempts to mediate a peaceful resolution […]
HONG KONG’S CIVIL-ISATION
“Create an understanding amongst enough individuals & you become a force with which the authorities must negotiate.” It is good for Hong Kong to flex its democratic muscles and participate in the political process but there are big risks in the present strategy. I agree with China that the current unrest in Hong Kong is […]