Bernard Corden

Bernard Paul Corden originally hails from Merseyside in the United Kingdom and has recently retired after spending many years with Shell UK Oil in the oil and gas sector.

Bernard's recent articles

Clean your room

Clean your room

During 1937, Lang Hancock from the Mulga Downs pastoral station in Western Australia began mining and milling activities for blue asbestos (crocidolite) at the nearby Yampire Gorge.

US foreign policy

It is well worth reiterating the comments from Al Haig, a former American Secretary of State, during the US acquisition of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago: You just give me the word and I'll turn that fucking little island into a parking lot. More recently, the late British playwright, Harold Pinter best described US foreign policy as Kiss my arse or I'll kick your head in.

Glencore and the patronising disposition of unaccountable power

Glencore and the patronising disposition of unaccountable power

The recent P&I article by Chris Douglas featuring Glencore and the Great Artesian Basin raised many genuine concerns, especially regarding the sophism of corporate social responsibility. These included Glencore’s predatory culture and rapacious deeds and the egregious conduct of many other extractive mining brigands across Australia and elsewhere around the globe.