Published in The Daily Mail (January 1st, 2014) As arrived at our flat in the heart of Istanbul, big fat flakes of snow fell around us. The medieval landmark […]
Aid / Haiti / Philippines / Sri Lanka / World
Too often incompetent, self-serving aid agencies make matters worse
Published in the Daily Mail (November 16th, 2013) The stories are heartbreaking. Families have been ripped apart, houses flattened and communities crushed. The images of towns and cities […]
North Korea / World
North Korea is treated like a joke – but the realities are deadly serious
Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2013) Kim Song-ju sought to escape the living hell of North Korea, but after crossing a freezing river into China was returned, […]
North Korea / World
Breaking Bad in North Korea
Published in the Mail on Sunday (September 22nd, 2013) A small army of women, identical in long yellow dresses and clutching golden fans, enter the vast stadium to […]
Immigration / Policy / Syria / World
Open our borders to Syria’s refugees
Published in The Independent (September 12th, 2013) Azad Sino fled with his wife and two children from the Syrian city of Aleppo nearly two years ago, when the […]
Politics / Syria / World
We wring our hands as poison spreads
Published in The Mail on Sunday (August 25th, 2013) More than 100,000 Syrians lie dead. One-fifth of a 22 million population has been displaced. Yet even a few months […]
Jordan / Syria / World
Revealed: The schoolboy who sparked the Syrian revolution
Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 28th, 2013) It was a typical day for the teenagers, with school followed by a game of football – no different […]
Africa / China / Environment / Gabon / Policy / World
The British professor fighting to save Africa’s elephants
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 24th, 2013) As we set off from our overnight camp in the jungle, the patrol leader turns, gesticulating with a machete […]
Jordan / Syria / World
Inside Syria’s cauldron of despair
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 10th, 2013) As she sat inside a huge hangar, Nagham recalled the moment when any last vestiges of childhood innocence were […]
Haiti / World
In Haiti the UN’s behaviour is far cry from being conscience of the world
Publish in The Guardian (March 4th, 2013) Imagine if a multinational company went to one of the world’s most impoverished countries and, while saying it was there to […]