Published by The Financial Times (19th September, 2014) So the most thrilling political debate in recent British history is over, and the divisive force of nationalism has been […]
Disability
It’s tough when a disabled child becomes adult
Published by The Sun (17th September, 2014) The birth of a child who turns out to have profound and complex disabilities is a shock. It sent me spiralling […]
Economics / Health / Policy
We must tax sugar before Britain eats itself to death
Published by The Daily Mail (19th September, 2014) Mr Cube played a big role in my childhood. Not only did he help fund my schooling and summer holidays, […]
Politics
Passions run high with only 100 hours until polling starts
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th September, 2014) As the autumn sun shone down and the ear-splitting sounds of pipes and drums from thousands of Orange Order […]
Africa / Aid / Health / Policy / South Africa
South Africa’s obesity crisis: the shape of things to come?
Published by Mosaic Science (9th September, 2014) When the first McDonald’s restaurant opened almost two decades ago in Johannesburg, a teenage boy named Thando Tshabalala was among the […]
Iraq / Syria / World
A sick British hostage and torture by Taser
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th September, 2014) The British aid worker threatened with beheading by Islamic militants in Syria has been so desperately ill that his […]
Health / Policy
Arrogant doctors and a sinister abuse of power
Published by The Daily Mail (2nd September, 2014) Ashya King’s parents are not murderers, terrorists or vicious thieves. They are just a couple from Hampshire determined to do […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Why do we stand by and watch Putin?
Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were filled with families fleeing the city,which lies in […]
Africa / Rwanda / South Africa
Assassins linked to Kagame regime
Published by The Independent (30th August, 2014) Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa had only been in South Africa for a few months when, returning home from a shopping trip with […]
Politics
Sending in Boris is the only solution
Published by The Sun (29th August, 2014) Tory chiefs sent out an invitation to donors yesterday morning asking them to join Douglas Carswell, one of their brightest backbenchers, […]
Europe / France / Politics
Look to France for a vision of life under Miliband
Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2014) History never tires of repeating itself. More than three decades ago Socialists won power in France with promises to revive the […]
Iraq / Syria / World
Boasts and brutality of British jihadists
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th August, 2014) British jihadis involved in the brutal beheading of American reporter James Foley callously boasted of making personal fortunes from […]