Published by The Observer (10th January) Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram (Bloomsbury) The text arrived one evening: ‘My life is in danger. I […]
Arts / Books
Divas who think they can’t sing
Published by The Daily Mail (15th May, 2015) Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing (Virago) Dusty Springfield became a star with that smokey, sensual […]
Africa / Arts / Books
A continent trashed by treasure seekers
Published by The Observer (1st March, 2015) The Looting Machine: Warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa’s wealth by Tom Burgis (William Collins) Augustin Katumba Mwanke […]
Africa / Arts / Books / Somalia / South Africa
One refugee’s tale of hope from misery
Published by The Observer (4th January, 2014) A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg (Jonathan Cape) Asad Abdullahi was eight years old when he awoke one day […]
Arts / Books
Another first-class delivery
Published by The Daily Mail (10th October, 2014) Please, Mr Postman by Alan Johnson (Bantam) One day in June 1969, a young couple from London took the train to […]
Arts / Books / Politics
Farage and the fruitcakes
Published by The Observer (29th June, 2014) Protest Vote: How Politicians Lost the Plot (Gibson Square) Ten years ago, Tim Newark was shopping near his north London home […]