Quangos, cronies and the government blame game
Published by The i paper (24th August, 2020) This pandemic has exposed defects in our nation with hideous efficiency. It... Read Full Article
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown... Read Full Article
Pandemic lessons from other places
Published by The i paper (10th August, 2020) I have resumed my job as a foreign reporter following a four-month... Read Full Article
Sweden was pilloried by the whole world for refusing to lock down. But was it right?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th August, 2020) As she sat dangling her legs over the water while waiting... Read Full Article
‘They are making people worse’
Published by The i paper (13th July, 2020) It is almost two years since I spoke to the distraught father... Read Full Article
A saga that stinks from start to finish
Published by The i paper (29th June, 2020) Britain likes to delude itself that it is better than the rest... Read Full Article
If we only ever sanctify the NHS, its harrowing failures will never be cured
Published by The Daily Mail (9th July, 2020) Daniel Mason was born half a century ago without hands, with missing... Read Full Article
A very deadly inequality
Published by The i paper (6th July, 2020) The investment guru Warren Buffet famously said that only when the tide... Read Full Article
These demonstrators might look like mindless thugs, but fascism can exploit divisions
Published by The i paper (15th June, 2020) Three years ago I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had found itself... Read Full Article
British exceptionalism and the legacy of Empire
Published by The i paper (8th June, 2020) Among the strangest aspects of Britain’s pandemic response has been constant parroting... Read Full Article