Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots around the world but I am a sucker […]
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 / Music
Whitney’s back from the dead. But is her hologram tour a joyful tribute or ghoulish exploitation?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th February, 2020) Whitney Houston will soon be back on stage. Tickets are being sold for what is billed as the first […]
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 / Film / Syria / Technology / World
Have we forgotten Syria?
Published by UnHerd (20th September, 2019) A few weeks ago, I bumped into Omran, a musician friend, who was serving salads, humous and pastries in a Lebanese cafe. […]
Arts / Europe / European Union
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye?
Published by Damn (18th April, 2019) It seems strange to recall that when I was growing up in the suburbs of London almost half a century ago, the […]