Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th October, 2021) As we sat in the cafe of a smart hotel, the beefy man beside me disclosed how he beat, […]
Arts / Books / United States / World
Seeing red
Published by The Spectator (11th December, 2021) Wildland: the Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos (Bloomsbury) After leaving college more than two decades ago, Evan Osnos landed […]
China / Covid19 / World
Leading US scientist: I was told about the Wuhan outbreak two weeks before Beijing warned the world
Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th September, 2021) One of the world’s top epidemiologists admits he first heard about the pandemic outbreak in Wuhan more than two […]
Afghanistan / Defence / Feature / Policy / World
Our troops are doing their best. But Kabul shows how impotent we are without America
Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2021) There are few institutions that can still unite our nation in uncritical admiration after a series of scandals challenged our […]
Afghanistan / Politics / World
Blair’s hypocrisy remains unmitigated
Published by The i paper (23rd August, 2021) Ten years ago, I stood in the ransacked residence of the British ambassador to Libya, staring through a hole blasted […]
China / Covid19 / United States / World
China lashes out at US over ‘fake news’ ahead of key report into COVID origins
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) The Chinese government has stepped up its aggressive resistance against efforts by Western scientists to probe Covid’s origins – […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Fleeced: How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) If you want to understand the horrifying return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan you could delve into […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Our folly and failure in Afghanistan
Published by The i paper (16th August, 2021) The humiliating retreat from Afghanistan has turned into a horror show, the fear and panic in Kabul stirring up dark […]
China / Covid19 / World
The Batwoman dossier
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th August, 2021) Slowly but surely, the narrative on the origins of the pandemic has shifted, despite the best efforts of China and […]
China / Covid19 / World
China pushed to open up labs as Covid leak theory gains support
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th August, 2021) China is coming under pressure to share data and open up its virus research centres in Wuhan to proper […]
Afghanistan / Feature / Iraq / United States / World
The sickening hypocrisy of Bush, Blair and the war on terror
Published by The i paper (9th August, 2021) Twenty years after lethal attacks turned aircraft into weapons and sparked the so-called war on terror, the US has slunk […]
China / Covid19 / World
China should not veto a pandemic origins inquiry
Published by The i paper (26th July, 2021) Just imagine if a strange new virus emerged suddenly in Salisbury, with residents of the medieval Wiltshire town starting to […]