Published by The i paper (18th December, 2023) The chilly winds of appeasement blow through the West as Ukrainians shed blood in their epochal battle between democracy and […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping fruit tea while chatting amid the bustle of […]
Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds of war as Ukraine’s capital suffered its heaviest […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]
Denmark / Europe / Greenland
What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th November, 2023) Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a local shop to earn some money. Appallingly, though, […]
Europe / Russia / United States / World
Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]
Economics / Europe / Russia
Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’
Published by The i paper (31st July, 2023) Ben & Jerry’s is a company that exists to sell vast quantities of highly calorific ice-cream around the world. It […]
Europe / Italy
The mothers having their names erased from their children’s birth certificates — by the state
Published by The Daily Mail (16th July, 2023) The shock news arrived without warning in January: Michela Leidi was being officially cancelled as the mother of her daughter […]
Europe / France
Troubled republic must search its revolutionary soul
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2023) In 2009, Africa Express, the collaborative music project I co-founded, held a show in the centre of Paris. So as […]
Europe / Politics / Russia / United States / World
Three ageing male egomaniacs, clinging to power
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as […]
Europe / Russia
It is laughable for Edward Snowden to pose as a freedom fighter
Published by The Times (9th June, 2023) Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor, is marking the tenth anniversary of his revelations about electronic surveillance systems by warning again […]