Grotesque deeds that stained our democracy
Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st July, 2018) A few days after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, I entered... Read Full Article
A well-trodden journey into the heart of darkness
Published by The Times (30th December, 2017) Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Head of Zeus) I... Read Full Article
Voyage of the damned
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across... Read Full Article
Was it wrong to support the overthrow of Gaddafi?
Published by The Independent (9th March, 2015) There are few historic sites more wondrous than the ruins of Leptis Magna,... Read Full Article
Inside the migrant jails of Fortress Europe
Published by al-Jazeera (16th December, 2014) Travelling around Libya in those days when pictures of a preening Muammar Gaddafi loomed... Read Full Article
I’ll reveal how MI6 gave me to Gaddafi’s thugs
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) A Libyan dissident kidnapped by US forces with the help of... Read Full Article
A coup, contortions and a confused foreign policy
Published in The Independent on Sunday (August 18th, 2013) As rivers of blood flowed in Egypt this week, the frightening... Read Full Article
A warning shot to the world’s despots
Published in The Independent (April 27th, 2012) The evidence was gruesome. One witness told how he watched his sister being... Read Full Article
This grave desecration does not mean Libya is out of control
Originally posted in The Guardian (March 5th, 2012) The morning had been spent dodging Muammar Gaddafi’s security stooges and talking... Read Full Article
Resist pessimism – keep faith with the Arab Spring
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 3rd, 2012) Just under a year ago, I travelled around Libya posing as... Read Full Article