Published by CapX (24th February, 2017) Fine words flowed at birth of the world’s newest nation six years ago. Britain spoke of ‘a moment of hope and optimism […]
Africa / Aid / Disability / Health / Policy / Rwanda / South Sudan / Technology
Print your own body parts
Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and […]
United States / World
Even populist politicians need to build bridges
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2017) Donald Trump can be accused of many things, but certainly not lack of ambition. The 45th president of the United […]
United States / World
Dangerous delusions of The Donald
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th February, 2017) How much has Russia’s malevolent President Vladimir Putin influenced Donald Trump? For months this frightening suggestion has rattled around […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons shame the country
Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when news was dull and politics felt predictable. Who […]
Aid / Politics
Behind the fine words, corruption festers
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th February, 2017) So now it is official: Adam Smith International, Britain’s biggest specialist aid contractor, engaged in dirty tricks to dupe […]
Syria / World
Assad’s 21st century holocaust
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th February, 2017) Every day, the bodies were delivered to the hospital: battered beyond belief and hideously scarred from months of the […]
Europe / Politics
My Tory Brexit friends should hang their heads in shame
Published by The Guardian (7th February, 2016) Ken Clarke has been in superb form since becoming the only Conservative MP with the bottle to vote against the Brexit […]
Politics
Where is the Remain fightback?
Published by The i paper (6th February, 2017) A few weeks before the Brexit vote, Nigel Farage gave clear warning he would fight for a second referendum if […]
Health / Policy
The shameful NHS cover-ups must cease
Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd February, 2017) Joshua Titcombe was just nine days old when he died in 2008. His grieving parents discovered midwives repeatedly missed chances […]
Politics / United States / World
The real cost of ‘Global Britain’
Published by The i paper (30th January, 2017) It is two decades since a newly-elected Labour government, riding a wave of heartfelt hope, proclaimed Britain would have an […]
Politics
Theresa May’s rhetorical punch
Published by Politico (27th January, 2017) As someone who spends days churning out words for columns and foreign dispatches, I like to liven up copy with a few […]