Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the city, ten young joggers pounded past me along […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country days before Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Russian […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘We will fight until the end’
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2023) When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it shocked many people who presumed that he would not be […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘I hate all Russians’ Olena tells me. ‘My hatred goes from their children to their grandmothers.’
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2023) On the left bank of Kyiv, ten miles from the city centre, sits a peaceful cemetery beside some woods where […]
Economics
How the UK sacrificed its car industry
Published by UnHerd (15th February, 2023) Will Britain, as Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt have both promised, really turn into the “next Silicon Valley”? It is bold talk. […]
Russia / Ukraine
‘This isn’t Russian roulette any more… it’s like the suicide of lemmings’
Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2023) Russia has suffered some of the heaviest military losses in a single battle since the start of the war after […]
Technology
Shackled by the chairman’s secrets
Published by The i paper (12th February, 2023) The case of the banker, the BBC and the prime minister’s big loan offers a glimpse behind the scenes of […]
Europe / Politics / Ukraine
Britain shows it can be a force for good by backing Ukraine
Published by The i paper (9th February, 2023) I am sitting on a train heading back into Ukraine. My compartment has two women alongside me returning home from […]
Politics
A toxic brand and tragic comeback attempt
Published by The i paper (6th February, 2023) The Conservative Party is desperately trying to stave off crushing defeat at the next election after 13 wasted years in government. […]
Europe / Norway / Russia / Ukraine
I was thrown into a pit for refusing to fight for Putin – and escaped from being executed by sledgehammer
Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th February, 2023) The former commander of a Russian mercenary unit has seen one of his men beaten to death with a […]
China / Covid19 / World
UN experts: Lab leak was ‘most likely’ Covid cause
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th January, 2023) The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of the pandemic say they believe a laboratory leak […]