Published by The Times (20th March, 2021) Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad by Michela Wrong (4th Estate) Once upon […]
Arts / Books
The courage of a madman
Published by The Spectator (14th November, 2020) The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest by Ed Caeser (Viking) Reinhold Messner, the first […]
Arts / Books / United States / World
Tantrums of a tyrant
Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality of Donald Trump’s presence in the White House. […]
Arts / Books
Plumbing the depths
Published by The Spectator (14th March, 2020) Going Dark: The Secret Social Life of Extremists by Julia Exner (Bloomsbury) Two years ago, the counter-extremist analyst Julia Ebner decided […]
Arts / Books / South Korea / World
Glimpse into a murky world
Published by The Spectator (26th October, 2019) The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi by Jonathan Rugman ((Simon & Schuster) The story […]
Arts / Books / Europe / Norway / Syria / World
The tragedy of Syria: how protest spiralled into savagery
Published by The Spectator (26th April, 2018) Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad by Asne Seierstad (Virago); No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid (Oneworld) […]