Benjamin Cunningham

Benjamin Cunningham

Benjamin Cunningham is a writer, journalist and PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona. He was formerly editor-in-chief of The Prague Post, a senior editor with The Slovak Spectator and a Prague-based correspondent for The Economist. His book “The Liar” will be published by Public Affairs in 2022. 


List of author's articles, page 3

Nationwide coronavirus testing in Bratislava, October 31, 2020. City buses were used as testing sites too.
What music you should listen to while waiting for your next COVID test results.
The results feel closer than they are.
US Presidential debate.
There is only one way out of this mess.
Election officials get ready to count the ballots on November 27.
More information could be a good thing for democracy.
Smer MP Juraj Blanár (l) speaking to the assembly hall. PM Igor Matovič in the background.
In 2020, plagiarism is a bigger deal than it ever was, because ideas are worth more than money.
A quantum mechanics principle provides a good summary of 2020 so far.
Flags tied to railings outside Parliament are reflected on a wet pavement in London, January 24, 2019.
I find myself in the strange position of agreeing with Boris Johnson.
Donald Trump's response is — yet another — reminder of how very bad he is at his job.
Robert Fico gave a press conference in late May without a mask on his face, which is against the measures.
Doesn’t this tell us a lot about who he was all along?
Illustrative stock photo
Perhaps not wealthy enough for his liking, Kurz declined to invite his so-called “safe” neighbours in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The photograph of Girl Scout Lucie Myslíková, aged 16, confronting an extremist was taken in the Czech city of Brno, during the May 1 protest called Those Who Play Do Not Salute the Nazi Way. The participants tried to block a neo-Nazi march, in a light-hearted way.
The distance between people living in the same countries has increased.
Outdoor terraces in Košice.
The anniversary of the end of World War II is an appropriate time for perspective.
Slovaks protect their personal data insufficiently.
Google knows whether you are obeying social distancing guidelines, whether you visited a place where there is a coronavirus outbreak, who you were there with — when — and where you went afterwards.
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro.
Political leaders can only resort to the blame game a limited number of times.
Shared hardship is often, counterintuitively, good for mental health.
Joe Biden
Look no further than the latest Slovak elections for signs of weak support for liberals and centrists.
If reasonable people are unwilling to make choices, the Mussolinis, Trumps, Le Pens or Kotlebas of the world sure seem willing to do it for us.
We protect Slovakia. Smer's 2016 election campaign.
Fear is contagious.
Smer chair Robert Fico
Who will be the prime minister and who the court jester?
The UK is like a flatmate who promised to move out, but just never leaves. In the meantime, they keep stealing beer from the refrigerator while complaining about how it tastes.
Somehow Boris Johnson sold himself as the least tiresome.
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