The US president is the most powerful person on Earth. Only America has a military capable of launching an invasion anywhere in the world. America's economic power lets it put huge pressure on countries that act against its interests. And the cluster of alliances with the US at the centre allows its president to shape the world in ways never before possible for one person. That's why we watch American presidential elections with a combination of fervent interest and stomach...

Piers Morgan is not everyone’s cup of tea, I’ll level with you he isn’t mine, but today he took on two big-game hunters. A twelve-year-old called Aryanna Gourdin and father Eli had suffered a huge backlash on social media after posting a picture of a giraffe she had just killed. In her reaction to receiving death threats she said: "I'm very upset that people would value an animal's life over another person's. "I try to ignore most of the comments...

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Thirty Two.  Fatherhood has got me behind on my lists in the last few weeks, so to make up for it here is an extra long one. We’re straight in with weirdness from Chancha Via Circuito and then onto a wicked version of California Dreamin’ from Eddie Hazel. From there we hit the first of our Brazilian tracks (I’m clearly having...

I want to start this by dispelling a common myth. Men don't shop. When we have a demand for an item we find the quickest route to get to the appropriate supplier. Shopping is the carnage that happens in between, and we don't have the patience for that! For anyone who has been unlucky enough to experience Oxford Street on a Saturday you will be well versed with the familiar cloakroom clusters and door lingerers that are the men of the shopping World. The...

As junior doctors announced their plans to strike for five days, they have been warned they could be struck off for their decision to pursue industrial action. The GMC (General Medical Council) has demanded that they call off the strike as they fear it will put many patients at risk. The GMC have issued the harsh warning, which means anyone is struck off can’t work in the medical profession again, to try and stop the strike, which is due to...

There will be a debate today in parliament to discuss the possibility of a new referendum over the UK’s decision to leave the EU. The session today will make no difference to the result, but it will give MPs who have objected to the result a chance make their feelings felt. David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, has been particularly vocal in his calls for the decision to leave the EU to be ignored by Government. The Leave vote showed...

A lesser known sibling of moules marinière - mussels mouclade is a classic French dish cooked similarly, yet traditionally using a lightly curried sauce, instead of one with a tomato base. “Inspired by a lifetime of the love and appreciation of seafood”, Ondine is a seafood restaurant based in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, launched by Chef Patron Roy Brett. The chef’s take on mussels mouclade uses coconut milk and is served alongside poori (a deep fried Indian bread) to mop...

Locals in Majorca have lashed out over the influx of British holidaymakers with signs reading "Tourists Go Home, Refugees Welcome". Tourists in the Spanish resort have been branded "terrorists" by local residents, with a series of inflammatory slogans sprawled across the walls in the Old Town of Palma. "Tourist you are the terrorist".#Tourism #Tourists #Economy #Travel https://t.co/KSKkmPzmFI — Nick Lewis (@ncplewis) August 13, 2016 New figures reveal 15 million Brits will have visited Spain this summer, with the tourist capital of Majorca...

Well, that was quick! Summer’s gone, and that can only mean one thing for teachers. OK, 2 things. First, we don’t have to hear one more wit making reference to the length of our holidays until next July. Honestly, do these people write to their expensively assembled Premier League teams they support implying footballers should train at least 9-5 every day to earn their £80,000 a week? No, but they still buy the XXXL replica shirts, don’t they? But I...