Published in The Observer (February 23rd 2014) The Upside of Down by Charles Kenny (Basic Books) During the last United States presidential election, the then-rising Republican star Chris […]
Arts / Books
Last train to oblivion
Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 5th, 2014) The Beast: Riding The Rails And Dodging Narcos On The Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez (Verso) The two young […]
Arts / Books / Immigration / Policy
When the future is another country
Published in The Observer (November 17th, 2013) Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century by Paul Collier (OUP) The migration of poor people to rich countries is a […]
Arts / Books / Economics
It makes the world go round
Published in The Observer (June 9th, 2013) Money: The Unauthorised Biography by Felix Martin (Bodley Head) When an American explorer named William Henry Furness III arrived on the […]
Arts / Books / Politics
A politician with real class
Published in the Daily Mail (May 10th, 2013) This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson (Bantam) When Alan Johnson was seven, his mother was in […]
Arts / Books / Immigration / Policy
Frightened by foreign bodies
Published in The Observer (14th April, 2013) The British Dream by David Goodhart (Atlantic); The Diversity Illusion by Ed West (Gibson Square) A couple of years ago I […]
Arts / Books / Economics
Outrageous fortunes
Published in The Observer (November 4th, 2012) Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich by Chrystia Freeland (Allen Lane) Who is the richest person to have […]
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Would I lie to you? You bet I would
Published in The Daily Mail (August 17th, 2012) The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dani Ariely (HarperCollins) Eight-year-old Jimmy comes home from school with a note from the […]