Published by The i paper (27th December, 2021) I never took much notice of Desmond Tutu until one day in July 1984 when we both received degrees from […]
Politics
Shape-shifter Frost does a flit
Published by The i paper (20th December, 2021) The departure of Lord Frost is good news for Britain but very bad news for Boris Johnson. The Brexit minister’s decision […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s torture chamber at Number Three, Paradise Street
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th December, 2021) For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret torture camp in the heart of a bustling […]
Africa / Rwanda
Truss urged to block diplomat over kidnap of Hotel Rwanda hero
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th December, 2021) Foreign secretary Liz Truss is being urged to block the appointment of Rwanda’s top diplomat in London over his central […]
Politics
Johnson is corroding the Tory brand
Published by The i paper (13th December, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]
China / Covid19 / World
How China made Covid worse
Published by UnHerd (9th December, 2021) Two years ago this week, a middle-aged man in Wuhan caught a strange respiratory disease. The 41-year-old accountant was called Chen and […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Andrew Mitchell’s friends in Rwanda
Published by UnHerd (6th December, 2021) Earlier this year, Baroness Kennedy was contacted by the two daughters of Paul Rusesabagina — human rights campaigner, winner of the US […]
Politics
Quizzes, parties and crashing polls
Published by The i paper (29th November, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]
Europe / Serbia
Spectre of war in the Balkans
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th November, 2021) Munira Subasic lost her husband and teenage son in the darkest chapter of European history since the Second World […]
Policy / Social care
Social care crisis spinning out of control
Published by The I paper (22nd November, 2021) We can see clearly the shape of Boris Johnson’s premiership after 28 months – and it is not the prettiest […]
China / World
Exposed: China’s 18 concentration camps
Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st November, 2021) As he strolled along the street in the Chinese city of Urumqi, trying his best to look like a tourist, […]
Feature / Health / Policy
The ugly truth about psychiatric care
Published by The i paper (15th November, 2021) It is more than three years since I wrote an angry piece in this publication telling the tale of a […]