A step into the unknown
Published in the New Statesman (July 26th, 2013) As I left one veteran activist’s home in Harare after an evening discussing the... Read Full Article
The crocodile, a £7bn will, and a fast food war – the bizarre backdrop to a crucial vote
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) As the warm winter sun beat down, newspaper editors and businessmen... Read Full Article
Secret dossier proves Mugabe stealing election
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) Damning top-secret intelligence documents that expose Robert Mugabe’s plans to rig... Read Full Article
The civil service: a monster in Whitehall
Published in The Guardian (July 16th, 2013) Britain has a bad habit of deluding itself over its institutions. We proclaim... Read Full Article
Some protests suit Blair more than others
Published in The Independent (July 9th, 2013) There was always something Tiggerish about Tony Blair, with that irrepressible ability to... Read Full Article
Why grandad rock still rolls
Published in The Guardian (June 29th) Two of the most powerful brands in popular culture merge on Saturday. The Rolling Stones,... Read Full Article
Worshipping the NHS costs lives
Published in The Independent on Sunday (23rd June, 2013) Imagine if an airline crashed 10 planes each year, killing 3,000... Read Full Article
Orphans of the Greek meltdown
Published in The Mail on Sunday (June 23rd, 2013) Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s... Read Full Article
This is not about ending world hunger. It is a political stunt
Published in The Independent (June 19th, 2013) The broadcasters fell for it, of course. Those colourful images of a “flotilla”... Read Full Article
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