Iona and Ivan – a tale of two children and two families
Published in The Independent (February 26th, 2009) I awoke to the sound of my daughter, Iona, screaming yesterday morning, shortly... Read Full Article
The other side of modern Africa
Published in The Independent (December 7th, 2008) The disintegration of Zimbabwe continues. The killing goes on in Congo and Darfur.... Read Full Article
Why turn away these people that we need so badly?
Published in The Independent (September 10th, 2008) Sonia trained as a nurse in Nairobi before coming to Britain a decade... Read Full Article
Music from the heart of the Congo
Published in The Independent (February 29th, 2008) The tiny stage was packed as a heavy, dancehall rhythm rumbled out into... Read Full Article
Journey into the beating heart of Africa
Published in The Independent (October 13th, 2006) We ducked into a covered alleyway, where two elderly men with grizzled beards,... Read Full Article
The hell I share with David Cameron
Published in The Spectator (October 22nd, 2005) My daughter suffered two seizures the other night. One was shortly after midnight,... Read Full Article
The calm after the storm
Published in The Independent (March 26th, 2005) The two elderly ladies, with their blue rinses and bubble-perms, were explaining how... Read Full Article
Summer in New England
Published in The Independent (May 22nd, 2004) Things began badly. After 15 years, I had finally persuaded my wife to... Read Full Article
Songs of freedom
Published in The Independent (January 18th, 2004) The full moon was bathing the Saharan dunes in light as a middle... Read Full Article
Mussels and the click of Manolos
Published in The Independent (September 20th, 2003) The mussels arrived, plump and glistening in their shells. I counted 21 of... Read Full Article