There is no complexity expressed in the feverish discussions of white privilege that periodically grips South Africa's chattering class.

[H]e was in his grand climacterick, with a florid brow, and a step like youthful agility. Sigourney, Lydia.

Days after this interview, on 12 February this year, fighting broke out between US troops and pro-Assad forces just outside Qamishli. Confirmation bias is rarely so fast, or so unnervingly accurate.

Delta is moderately resistant to vaccines, particularly in people who have received just a single dose.