Published by UnHerd (2nd August, 2022) There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. […]
Politics
Sunak’s missed opportunity
Published by The i paper (1st August, 2022) The bandwagon is rolling for Liz Truss as ballot papers go out to Tory members who will choose our next […]
Europe / Russia
Traumatised mums say their sons who refuse to fight for Kremlin held in torture pits
Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2022) MAKSIM Kochetkov is being held captive in a penal colony 6,000 miles from his home on an island near […]
Politics
The sooner Johnson leaves the stage, the better
Published by The i paper (25th July 2022) When Boris Johnson visited an army base in Yorkshire last week, the message he was sending could not have been […]
Arts / Music
Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure
Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most definitely one, relentlessly churning out hits and stars […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas
Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on Channel 4, I was talking to a terrific […]
Politics
An egomaniac who poisoned our politics
Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that he saw himself as the second coming of […]
Economics / Politics
We’ve had enough of these fairy tales
Published by The i paper (11th July, 2022) Rishi Sunak launched his campaign to become leader of our country with a slick video that asked two simple questions: “Do […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Conscripts given call-up papers on the beaches of Ukraine as losses mount
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th July, 2022) Like many of his male friends, Serhiy no longer leaves his home in western Ukraine for fear of being […]
Politics
An egomaniac who poisoned our politics
Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that he saw himself as the second coming of […]
China / World
How Hong Kong was swallowed by the Chinese dragon
Published by The Daily Mail (30th June, 2022) For almost half a century, the glitzy Jumbo Floating Restaurant was one of Hong Kong’s best-known sights as it sat majestically […]
Europe / Ukraine
Fear for ex-British soldier captured by Russian forces after steel plant surrender
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th June, 2022) A former British soldier has disappeared after being captured by pro-Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine. Combat medic John […]