... Gate. Remember that Diogenes of ancient Greece carried a lantern with him to light the darkness when he looked for an honest man. He was also said to answer: “I am a citizen of the world (kosmopolitês)" when questioned about his identity. The combination of lights and the darkness are a tribute to cosmopolitanism. I can't help wondering if the talented photographer Marc Yankus was ...

... struggling this evening. Who actually wanted Barroso, Van Rompuy and Ashton to be running the European Union? It all strikes me as the lowest common denominator of the worst sort. As @kosmopolit pointed out on Twitter, the three of them – together with EP President Buzek – tick all the boxes: north-south, male-female, left right etc. The problem is the ...