Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended up living just over the Egyptian border with […]
Arts / Film / Technology
Film directors still revel in violence against women
Published by The Times (17th May, 2018) Critics at the Cannes film festival, those hardy souls compelled to endure a barrage of beatings, rape, stabbings and shootings in […]
Europe / Russia / Technology
Putin’s propaganda deserves mockery, not a ban
Published by The Times (20th April, 2018) Have no doubt: RT, the television channel formerly known as Russia Today, is a malign force. It exists to pump out […]
Economics / Europe / France
All hail the display of capitalism on Paris streets
Published by UnHerd (12th April, 2018) Paris may be one of the world’s most magical cities, but its taxi drivers have done little to enhance the romantic appeal. […]
China / Politics / Technology / World
The debasing of democracy
Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th March, 2018) Back in those far off days before the internet consumed our world, a teenager from New York launched a […]
Europe / European Union / Germany / Technology
Why you can’t really on the news media to understand Europe
Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2018) Which country’s politics are most closely observed after our own in Britain? It’s easy: just look at the army of press corps […]
Aid / Technology
Another abuse of power
Published by The i paper (26th February, 2018) I am a big fan of the BBC. Yes, it can be its own worst enemy, while the licence fee […]
Aid / Economics
Global thinker in a world filled with narrow-minded nationalism
Published by UnHerd (23rd February, 2018) I first came across the work of the development economist Michael Clemens when I began to investigate the aid industry almost a […]
Aid / Economics
Oxfam’s attack on inequality might be more persuasive if its own bosses weren’t fat cats
Published by UnHerd (22nd January, 2018) It must be hard for a major player in the poverty industry when you see capitalism, consumerism, science and technology rapidly eroding […]
Economics
A conundrum so damaging to capitalism
Published by UnHerd (5th January, 2018) The end of the first week of the year is always a slightly strange one. Reality bites after the over-long festive break. […]
Disability / Economics
Neglect of disabled people is shameful waste of talent and resources
Published by The Telegraph (2nd December, 2017) Theresa May wants to get a million more people with disabilities into work over the next decade, pledging to tinker with […]
Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics
Britain suffers the Brexit blues
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2017) ‘The eyes of the world are upon us,’ declared Theresa May in her Florence speech two months ago as she […]