#ICYMI with Polly Boiko

After allegations of a chemical attack in Syria, Western fighter jets were soon revving their engines, ready to unleash a “humanitarian intervention.” Chemical weapons inspectors were on their way to the Syrian town of Douma to...

The Salisbury poisoning left former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in hospital. They’re reportedly recovering, but spare a thought for the two guinea pigs and cat that never will. So are those innocent little rodents and...

Facebook, Twitter and the rest are at the center of a moral panic about how your mind and decisions are being controlled. Yet scientists won’t leave it at that - they’re planning plenty more you should be worried about. The first time...

There’s a good chance that a week ago you’d never heard of Cambridge Analytica. This week you’d be forgiven for thinking that, with the help of Facebook, it’s been controlling your every thought for years. In the constant...

If something has gone wrong in life and you’ve run out of options, there’s now a very easy solution that works in any situation… blame a Russian. Russians are extremely useful because they can be accused of absolutely anything, in...

A right royal welcome greeted Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in London this week. He took the time to cut some deals, ignore inconvenient human rights protesters, and meet the Queen for tea. Those pesky activists were waiting...

It’s that time of year when all the glamour of Hollywood comes together to hand out awards for ever more obscure movies that hardly anyone in the real world actually watches. Just don’t mention H**vey Weins***n. This year’s Oscars...

The Winter Olympics over in South Korea is almost over, bringing to an end a glorious 16 days of sliding on and down slippery surfaces – sometimes to music, sometimes to the sound of mysterious cowbells. For a handful of countries in the world...

It can’t have escaped your attention that politics now infests every part of life. You can’t watch the Oscars, update your Facebook page or even go to the lavatory without having to choose sides. Legend tells of a time when people would...

Political debate and everything that comes with it is generally split between the ‘left’ and the ‘right.’ It’s an ideological divide which, at its most extreme, has led to death, destruction, and misery on a global...