I left England in 1972 for a two-year public accounting contract with Deloitte’s in Lusaka, Zambia. We took the daily Guardian at home and since I had become a political junkie, I decided to subscribe to the Guardian Weekly so that I could continue to get regular fixes.
After a year back in England, I moved to Toronto, Canada, in 1976 where I still am today. I found North American publications to be somewhat parochial in their news coverage so I turned to the Weekly once again and have been a subscriber ever since.
My major interests are politics and current affairs. I find it fascinating to compare attitudes in Canada, the US and the UK on major social issues: eg gay marriage, “the right to die” and marijuana legalisation. I also try to understand broad societal changes such as the rise of China and of Isis, and the negative reactions worldwide to globalisation, and the political consequences. The thoughtful and incisive analysis that a variety of Guardian columnists have provided has been critical to my understanding.
I’m very proud of the Guardian’s investigative track record (eg WikiLeaks and the Snowden/NSA revelations) and proud to be part of the worldwide Guardian Weekly community. I like to think of readers collectively as an oasis of rational thought and humanitarian concern in an increasingly barren world.
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