THE Pope’s outburst about condoms and AIDS has understandably caused a firestorm of controversy. An online petition protesting at the Pontiff’s position has now been started by the excellent global campaigning organisation, Avaaz. It is clear about what Pope Benedict actually said about condoms on his flight to Africa, where 22 million people are infected [...]

ONE of the world’s biggest advertising agencies is trying to sell its stake in a Zimbabwe company masterminding the re-election of President Robert Mugabe. WPP, which owns a huge raft of global Public Relations companies including  Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, GCI, Hill & Knowlton and Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, has found itself in the embarrassing [...]

RADIO 4′s Today programme has been broadcasting a new series of special reports on the care of elderly people. This morning’s report provided a powerful reminder of exactly why the BBC is still the best public service broadcaster in the world. Reporter John Manel told how he had enlisted a 70-year-old woman to go ‘undercover’ [...]