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 […]
Health / Policy
We need to wake up to the NHS crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd January, 2016) There is one thing everyone can agree on: the last thing our nation needs right now is for thousands of doctors […]
Africa / Aid
Spare us the toe-curling stunts of celebrities on foreign aid ego trips
Published by The Daily Mail (30th December, 2015) Perhaps actor Michael Sheen has spent too much time playing Tony Blair. For he seems to have developed similar disdain […]
Africa / China / Europe / France / Germany / Iran / Lebanon / Nigeria / United States / World
Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015
Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year filled with terrible tales of atrocities, extremism and […]
Politics
Carswell is right: it is time for Farage to step down
Published by The Independent (21st December, 2015) Politics often descends into farce, but rarely can there have been such an entertaining seasonal offering as the pantomime currently presented […]
Health / Policy
A sickness at the heart of the NHS
Published by The Independent (14th December, 2015) Two weeks ago I went to a journalism awards ceremony at which the speaker was a man who blew the whistle […]
Aid / Environment / Policy
Why is Britain spending millions on flood aid abroad?
Published by The Daily Mail (9th December, 2015) The human drama being played out in Cumbria this week could hardly be more heartbreaking. Christmas trees, their baubles askew, lie […]
Syria / World
Assad fanned the flames of extremism
Published by The Independent (7th December, 2015) How quickly the narrative changes. Just two years ago, our leaders insisted we could not stand idly by after Syria’s president […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / Syria / World
Ten years at the top – but trouble ahead on Syria and Brexit?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th December, 2015) Ten years ago today, a self-deprecating young politician called David Cameron took charge of the Conservatives – their fourth leader in […]
Economics / Technology
The tax-avoiding Facebook mogul and an act of charity that reeks of hypocrisy
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd December, 2015) Once, it was enough to put a notice in the newspaper when your child was born. But Mark Zuckerberg, the […]