The Roman poet  Juvenal   is credited with asking   Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? , sometimes translated as ‘Who guards the guardian...

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I met a Scandinavian couple the other day, who had visited Portugal countless times. They waxed lyrical about the country, its beauty, its ...

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Many years ago, I went, as usual, to fetch my children from Swedish Supply School , which met once a week after regular (English-medium) sc...