Published in The Guardian (February 24th, 2011) It gets worse and worse. Muammar Gaddafi has declared war on his people and the streets of Libya are flowing with […]
Policy / Politics
Public v private isn’t the issue – what’s best is key
Published in the London Evening Standard (February 22nd, 2011) The facts speak for themselves. Elderly patients starved to death in hospital. Families spending a lifetime on benefits. Desperate […]
Africa / Libya
A deal struck with tyranny
Published in The Daily Telegraph (February 21st, 2011) As I stood on a hilltop overlooking al-Bayda less than a fortnight ago, the prosperity of the city was plain […]
Africa / Libya
‘Mad dog’ Gaddafi won’t go without a fight
Published in The Times (February 17th, 2011) So is it really possible that the next regime to fall in this astonishing winter of protests could be the mad […]
Arts / Economics / Music
British music can still star as rock finds a new role
Published in the London Evening Standard (February 15th, 2011) Let’s get the party started. Tonight it is the Brits, that annual orgy of champagne and back-slapping that has […]
Africa / Libya
Now even Mad Dog Gaddafi faces a Day of Rage
Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 15th, 2011) I was sitting in a smart address in the middle of Tripoli, drinking coffee and discussing the momentous events […]
Health / Policy
The NHS is ripe for revolution
Published in The Observer (February 6th, 2011) It was just a small thing, but telling none the less. My son developed an abdominal pain, which was rapidly diagnosed […]
Africa / Egypt
The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?
Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 30th, 2011) For the fifth day in a row, Egypt was consumed with rage, fear and hope yesterday. The streets of […]
Arts / Books
Hell or high water
Published in The Spectator (January 24th, 2011) Unbroken: An extraordinary true story of courage and survival by air, sea and land by Laura Hillenbrand (4th Estate) As his […]
Disability / Politics
Cameron is not the villain in this tragic case
Published in The Times (January 21st, 2011) My daughter did not sleep last night. Granted, she is a teenager, so that might not be unusual. But rather than […]