Published in The World Today (February 8th, 2013) The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster by Jonathan […]
Afghanistan / Africa / Aid / Mali / Politics / World
Save lives Mr Cameron, but don’t imagine you need to save Africa
Published in The Independent (February 2nd, 2013) This week, the Prime Minister went to Africa.Struggling to achieve anything at home thanks to the shaky state of her coalition, […]
Aid / Haiti / World
Disastrous relief for Haiti
Published in The Guardian (December 31st, 2012) Almost three years ago, Haiti was hit by an earthquake that killed an estimated 220,000 people in 35 seconds of unimaginable terror. […]
Crime / Policy / United States / World
The tough-on-crime Texan judge closing down jails
Published in The Observer (September 30th, 2012) The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in three rows on the benches. There are some […]
China / World
Why do we care more about pandas than a Briton’s very suspicious death?
Published in The Daily Mail (April 16th, 2012) The picture speaks volumes: a damning snapshot of British impotence and Chinese intransigence. A government minister sits grinning for the […]
Syria / World
Massacres, emails, and a modern Marie Antoinette
Published in the Daily Mail (March 15th, 2012) Among a stash of emails that emerged yesterday, apparently sent by the Syrian president and his wife, it is the […]
Syria / World
A brave reporter and her passion for speaking the truth
Published in the Daily Mail (February 23rd, 2012) The air was thick with tear gas, angry crowds confronted soldiers aiming bullets at their eyes, and motorcycle ambulances driven […]
Syria / World
The danger of us intervening in Syria’s bloodshed
Published in the London Evening Standard (February 13th, 2012) The scenes are unbearable. Children with their faces blown away, young men with legs severed, women bleeding slowly to […]