The war in Ukraine has now surpassed the milestone of 1,000 days, a period marked by devastation, resilience, and geopolitical upheaval. This seemingly endless conflict has reshaped the world’s understanding of 21st-century warfare, exposing the fragile balance of global security, the endurance of the Ukrainian people, and the profound ripple effects far beyond Eastern Europe.
Now I must say, this isn’t the article I was planning on writing this week, but then SOMEONE decided that it was time for winter to arrive and bring rain and freezing cold.
Like many other musical theatre fans, I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Wicked movie, an adaptation of the musical of the same name (itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel ‘Wicked; the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West’, which itself derives from 1939 MGM film the ‘Wizard of Oz’, a retelling of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel ‘the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’)
On 30 October 2024, Rachel Reeves stood in parliament and announced the Autumn Budget for the UK. For those who may not know, the Budget is a statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to declare how the UK’s government finances will be divided, and the changes to taxation. It also includes the predictions for economic growth.
We are currently facing the biggest crisis in the entirety of human history. It’s called global warming, and on Monday 11 November, last Monday, the warming rose to 1.54 degrees Celsius.
