Wilf Wilde at Wymington, January 18th, 2020 YEMEN, ARABIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST: A POST CHRISTMAS REFLECTION ON EMPIRE AND OIL YEMEN’S SAUDI PROPAGANDA STORY I have been working on Oil, Empire and the Middle East for the last decade, especially since the so called Arab Spring of 2011. I have wanted to talk on…
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Primo Levi Centenary (part two)
Extracts from some of Levi’s other books: “The Periodic Table”, “If not now, when?” and “The Drowned and the Saved”. THE PERIODIC TABLE In this book Primo Levi takes some of the chemical elements as illustrations of people or situations he has known and experienced. The following are is a small selection of those portraits….
Primo Levi Centenary
July 31st was the centenary of the birth of Primo Levi in 1919. We read and discussed extracts from some of his writings- here from “If this is a Man”, his description of life in Auschwitz, and “The Truce” his liberation and journey home. IF THIS IS A MAN In 1943 Primo Levi joined an…
Good and Bad Religion
On Saturday, February 2nd, Rodney Ward led a Debate, based on Peter Vardy’s book of the same title
Arctic Amplification
The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude summer circulation
Food Policies
Summaries of two Food reports
European Christian Convention
a proposal for a EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION