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 […]
Politics
Johnson must go – but it will take more than this to restore trust in democracy
Published by The i paper (27th June, 2022) The wedding I attended on Saturday could not have felt more English, the mood more upbeat. It was a joyous […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The West needs to show strength – like Ukraine
Published by The i paper (20th June, 2022) Four weeks before Vladimir Putin sent his tanks and troops over the border in a vainglorious attempt to impose a […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine’s newest heroes: the brave Russian defectors joining the fight against Putin
Published by The Daily Mail (16th June, 2022) Like all his Ukrainian army comrades, Volodymyr Grotskov is fuelled by deeply-held patriotism as he risks his life on the […]
Africa / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Rwanda
The prince is as hypocritical as the PM
Published by The i paper (13th June, 2022) Prince Charles is right: the Government’s plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda is “appalling”. It is a callous, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Lethal aim of the husband and wife snipers
Published by The Daily Mail (8th June, 2022) Oksana Krasnova smiles when I ask if she enjoys her job as we sit talking in a simple white farmhouse […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin the Great? Hardly…
Published by The i paper (6th June, 2022) When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, many officials took down their icons of Communism to replace them with […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Enemy at the gates
Published by The Daily Mail (2nd June, 2022) First came the huge explosion in a school yard that damaged 2,400 flats in the early hours of the morning. […]