BBC - Culture - Why tyrants love to write poetry
Nero, Stalin and Bin Laden were all fans, but what makes verse so appealing to these leaders? Benjamin Ramm explores the connection between ruthlessness and sentimentality. Poetry is an art of refinement, synonymous with delicacy and sensitivity. It seems counterintuitive that it might also be a celebration of brutality, and the art form beloved of tyrants. But from classical antiquity to modernit
Riyadh's night of long knives and long-range missiles - BBC News
Saad Hariri said he feared an assassination plot, accusing Iran and Hezbollah of breeding strife A night of long knives and long-range missiles in Riyadh has provoked another seismic shift across a volatile Middle East and nervous uncertainty over what salvos will follow next. Three events that happened suddenly on Saturday in the Saudi capital were not directly linked. But, all told, they pack a
Paradise Papers: Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed - BBC News
The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show. They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax practices by actively shopping around for a tax haven. It then moved the firm holding most of its untaxed offshore cash, now $252bn, to the Channel Island of Jersey.
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