I lived and worked in the Middle East, based in Jerusalem, in the Nineties. After the Oslo Accords there was briefly hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Next, I covered from Brussels how the European Union created its own currency at the turn of the millennium. In 2002, I moved to Moscow and watched for eight years as Putin established an authoritarian kleptocracy.

When I finally arrived in London in 2010, I realised that everything and everyone comes together here: Israelis, Palestinians, the Arab world, the Jewish world, Russians, Chechens and Europeans of all sorts – not to forget the Brits. London is a wonderful crossroads for multicultural theatre, literature, and politics. Since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016 this island is changing, but London - fortunately - not so much. I am watching and commenting on how political establishment and society try to define a vision for the United Kingdom somewhere between Little England and Empire 2.0 Please join me. Welcome to Szylog.