Published in the London Evening Standard (March 1st, 2011) As Harry Truman’s team prepared his inaugural presidential address in late 1948, there was concern that the section on […]
Africa / Libya
Bloggers warn of lynchings and Gaddafi’s deserted by his blonde Ukranian nurse
Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 27th, 2011) Muammar Gaddafi has survived many threats in his time. But now the people he has terrorised for so long […]
Africa / Libya
We can’t let ourselves be scarred by Iraq
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 […]