Today in the House of Commons the British Parliament will discuss plans to renew the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system. MPs will debate the £20bn plan to replace the submarines which carry the Trident missiles. Between £15bn and £20bn would be spent on new...
Like a lot of people, I am worried about the dire prospect of war in Iran. Just what will it take to bring peace to the Middle East and the world? The words are from Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens):- Now I’ve been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come...
As the world dangerously moves to a catastrophic war against Iran, I am reminded of the play about Gandhi’s life and his key messages about peace. At the end of the play, after Gandhi’s assasination, India’s prime minster, Jawaharlal Nehru went on...
On Sunday evening, I wrote about some key messages about peace from Gandhi after watching an inspirational play in London about his life. At the end of his life Gandhi felt he had failed as he could not avoid the partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and...
What would it be like to see Gandhi come alive right in front of your eyes? This evening, I was privileged to watch on stage the acclaimed production of Sammy! – A word that broke an Empire” – a superb tribute to the life of Gandhi. Sammy –...
Do you have a DREAM? On 28th August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr presented one of the greatest speeches in the history of mankind. This speech and the freedom march that took place that day in Washington DC was the turning point in the civil rights movements, and...
