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... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
Frightened by foreign bodies
Published in The Observer (14th April, 2013) The British Dream by David Goodhart (Atlantic); The Diversity Illusion by Ed West... Read Full Article
Natural disaster, man-made hell
Published in The World Today (February 8th, 2013) The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save... Read Full Article
Lothario who seduced a nation
Published in The Observer (3rd February, 2013) The Pike: Gabriele D’Annunzio – Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy... Read Full Article
Outrageous fortunes
Published in The Observer (November 4th, 2012) Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich by Chrystia Freeland (Allen... Read Full Article
The giant bought low by tall tales
Published in The Observer (August 19th, 2012) Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by Arthur Domolawski (Verso) The tale of Lulu, Haile... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
Why conservatives are fair and liberals are weird
Published in The Observer (April 22, 2012) The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by... Read Full Article
Disorder, dereliction…and decency
Published in The Observer (January 29th, 2012) Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wira (Granta) Nigeria does not... Read Full Article