Elie Wiesel is a Romanian Jew who survived Hitler’s concentration camps. He became a respected writer and campaigner against genocide and global injustices. In 1999 he spoke at the White House reflecting on the passing century. In a powerful and touching speech drawing from his own experiences, he confronted the ‘perils of indifference’ towards suffering.
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Currently on display at the Royal Academy, the work of 19th century artist Edgar Degas demonstrates how static images can evoke the elegant movement of dance.
Jonathan Coe’s The Rotter’s Club is a touching story about growing up, punctuated as usual by the social and political background of the UK in the 1970s.
Having dispatched with the French comfortably already this tournament, New Zealand look well on course to take only their second Rugby World Cup this weekend – though France will be hoping to spring yet another unexpected surprise.
Having successfully secured the Gilat Shalit swap, both Israel and Palestine have managed to achieve what they wanted. However, though symbolic this swap is unlikely to bring any advancement in negotiations and will not in any way promote peace between both sides.
Yesterday the first African-American President opened a memorial to Dr Martin Luther King Jr., the man who nearly fifty years ago stood out on the steps to the Lincoln Memorial and, in one of history’s finest speeches, told a crowd of over 200,000 about his dream of an America free from prejudice, hate and racial divisions, an America ‘free at last’.