Published by The i paper (5th April, 2021) Angela Merkel has dominated her party, her country and our continent for most of this century, but her long reign […]
Europe / Russia
The West can play a part defeating dictatorship
Published by The i paper (1st February, 2021) For the second weekend running, protests against the festering regime of Vladimir Putin flared up across Russia. His security forces […]
Covid19 / Europe / Finland
How Finland became a Covid success
Published by UnHerd (7th December, 2020) Two days before the Tories won their thumping general election victory last year, a new government was formed in Finland. Sanna Marin […]
Belarus / Europe
Undercover with the heroic women fighting to topple Europe’s last dictator
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th October, 2020) Dimitri was standing on the street looking up an address on his phone when two men, their faces hidden […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Holland
Who should decide when we die?
Published by The i paper (28th September, 2020) Yew Trees was called a hospital but sounds more like hell. It was supposed to be a sanctuary for women […]
Belarus / Covid19 / Europe
What can we learn about lockdowns from the country whose dictator told them to fight Covid by drinking vodka?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th September, 2020) As the sun slid from the evening sky over Minsk, clusters of people thronged the imposing entrance of the Bolshoi […]
Europe / Poland
What will the EU do to tackle the towns declaring themselves LGBT-free zones?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th August, 2020) Michal is a mild-mannered 19-year-old. He describes himself as ‘a bit of a nerd’, plans a career making videos […]
Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]
Covid19 / Europe / Holland
The land with no face masks
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd August, 2020) As I walked around the sun-dappled streets of Amsterdam, something felt strange in this world swept by fear and […]