30 Sep /13

Filibuster

When Ted Cruz the junior Republican Senator for Texas spoke for 21 hours to obstruct healthcare proposals last week, he was writing the latest chapter in an unusual US Senate tradition.Continue reading Filibuster

27 Sep /13

Camouflage

The practice of camouflage has been a discussion point for thousands of years, and for most of that time the discussion revolved around creatures with a natural gift for concealment.Continue reading Camouflage

26 Sep /13

China

China and the armchair travellers Eden, Hakluyt, Herbert – translator, geographer, ambassador Modern day China is the subject of countless works of fiction and non-fiction, but until the sixteenth century the country was unknown to English speakers.Continue reading China