Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
Iraq / Syria / World
The face of raw courage
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) She stood defiant in the dock. Blood poured from her mouth and nose, while her body was covered with […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
High salaries, bonuses and suspect cash withdrawals
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) It all sounds so positive on Adam Smith International’s website: an example of the way in which the aid […]
Cuba / World
An enemy of the people
Published by the ipaper (28th November, 2016) Shortly after the announcement Fidel Castro had died, state security agents turned up at a house in Havana. It belonged to […]
United States / World
The Fright House
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th November, 2016) IT HAS been a busy week for the Trump dynasty, holed up in their gaudy gilt palace on the […]
United States / World
Is Reagan a role model for Trump?
Published by the i paper (14th November, 2016) For three decades Ronald Reagan’s shadow has loomed large over the Republicans, much as his friend Margaret Thatcher’s influence proved […]
Mexico / United States / World
The wall of hate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by the American Legion building where former soldiers were […]
United States / World
Republicans must learn from the Tories – don’t wage war on your own nation
Published by the i paper (16th October, 2016) A few days ago I bumped into someone who knows Donald Trump. Inevitably, the conversation turned to the arrogant billionaire […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Cannabis: the medical case for reform
Published by the i paper (11th September, 2016) Joe Quinn is an unlikely cannabis campaigner. For a start, he is in his sixties. More pertinently, he is a […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Priming the pot
Published by Volte Face (9th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat as a police officer, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
British cop who became America’s cannabis king
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott arrested dozens […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
‘How could our country lie to us so completely?’
Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2016) One day, when he was 25 years old, Park Sang-hak was strolling around a huge square in the North Korean port […]