Published by The Daily Mail (3rd January, 2024) A profession that pledges, ‘First, do no harm’ should have ethical qualms about risking patients’ welfare. But last year, the […]
Drugs / Policy / South Korea / World
The ‘war on drugs’ is a disaster – and it’s about to get worse
Published by The i paper (1st January, 2024) Two days after Christmas, the South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for playing a wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning […]
China / World
A lesson in life’s fragility
Published by The i paper (26th December, 2023) The artists, booksellers, musicians and writers all knew each other well, so greeted each other warmly in the restaurant, cracking […]
Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World
Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
One woman’s story is a reminder of our duty to Ukraine
Published by The i paper (18th December, 2023) The chilly winds of appeasement blow through the West as Ukrainians shed blood in their epochal battle between democracy and […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics / Social care
Sunak predicted his party’s downfall
Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top job little more than a year ago. Declaring […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping fruit tea while chatting amid the bustle of […]
Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds of war as Ukraine’s capital suffered its heaviest […]
China / North Korea / World
How to escape North Korea
Published by UnHerd (21st November, 2023) When Kim Seungeun first visited North Korea, he saw a barren land devastated by famine, its trees stripped by people desperate to […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]
Politics
A desperate appointment as Tories lurch back to the centre from the far-right abyss
Published by The i paper (14th November, 2023) David Cameron is back in frontline politics. These are words I never expected to write. His return as Foreign Secretary […]