Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th June, 2012) Earlier this year, the prominent German psychiatrist Thomas Schulze sent a proposal to Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of world-renowned medical […]
Covid19 / Feature / Technology
Head of Wellcome Trust accused of ‘chilling’ bid to stifle debate on lab leak theory
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th June, 2021) Shortly before the pandemic, Sir Jeremy Farrar, head of the globally respected Wellcome Trust, delivered a speech offering his […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy / Technology
Beijing’s useful idiots
Published by UnHerd (8th June, 2021) Just over a year ago, I stumbled across an intriguing scientific paper. It suggested the pandemic that was ripping around the world […]
China / Economics / World
Nike’s shows the conflict between ethics and profits
Published by The i paper (29th March, 2021) Like most modern multinationals, the sportswear giant Nike likes to present itself as a force for good on the planet, […]
Africa / Rwanda / Technology
National newspaper gives a pulpit to a bloodstained dictator
Published by UnHerd (3rd March, 2021) The Rwandan president Paul Kagame is a master at playing Westerners for adulation and aid money. As I wrote here last week, […]
Technology
Tech giants need to be held accountable
Published by The i paper (23rd February, 2021) Earlier this month I wrote an article for UnHerd in response to the World Health Organisation trip to Wuhan in search […]
Aid / Technology
BBC must follow it own rules and axe Comic Relief
Published by The Times (2nd November, 2020) Since inheriting the thorny BBC crown, Tim Davie has made it his mission as director-general to reassert the organisation’s impartiality after […]
Technology
The BBC needs to sack the suits
Published by UnHerd (18th September, 2020) It is easy to get infuriated by the BBC’s annual league table of its highest-earning stars. Zoe Ball is an engaging presenter, […]
Covid19 / Economics
The older workers condemned by Covid
Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed after lockdown started. Her income fell by £400 […]
Iraq / Technology / World
So many festering wounds
Published by The i paper (17th August, 2020) Waleed Neysif was 18 years old when American forces began bombing Baghdad. He spoke perfect English, played in a heavy […]
China / Economics / Technology / World
China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in 1923, the author Rudyard Kipling suggested the creation […]