War has highlighted the geopolitical folly of Britain’s departure from the EU

As memories are revived of the second world war and the 1970s, it is time for a major rethink of economic strategy

The Australian comedian Bill Kerr used to begin his BBC appearances with: I don't want to worry you, but ..." Funny how those words came back to me last week as I watched the television coverage of the criminal bombing of homes in Ukraine.

Some of us are old enough to remember Hitler's bombing of London, Coventry and elsewhere, not forgetting Britain's bombing of Dresden. Kurt Vonnegut's book about it, Slaughterhouse-Five, is a disturbing classic.