Autocracy, IncNowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, security services and professional propagandists. The members of these networks are connected not only within a given country, but among many countries. The corrupt, state controlled companies in one dictatorship do business with corrupt, state controlled companies in another. The police in one country can arm, equip, and

when she is eight years old Annie is sold as a servant to the famous and feared bare-knuckle boxer Bill Perry

persecuted and penalised for the public expression of their faith

Tumbler lemon curd & raspberry 'cheesecake'

But she hasn't had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin

when and how to observe space and understanding the night sky

Yet unable to stop thinking about what might have been

'Island Dreams' riffs on the twinned poles of rest and motion

No birds are more wreathed in mystery

his job to understand the deaths which may have no natural cause

They wrote ballads

Several of the sites can only be reached on foot

But the more Jean investigates