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 […]
Aid / Europe / European Union / Iceland
Iceland owes us billions. Why on earth is the EU giving millions of our money in aid?
Published in The Daily Mail (March 8th, 2012) For all its recent problems, Iceland remains a prosperous place. Visiting there a few months ago, I was struck by […]
Politics
Why Dave will miss this hawk in hippy’s clothing
Published in the Daily Mail (March 3rd, 2012) Last week in Downing Street there was a seminar on the future of cities. First a Danish architect spoke of […]
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 […]
Europe / Greece
Staring into the abyss
Published in the Daily Mail (February 18th, 2012) When Eleni Nikolaidou agreed to help a university research project, she was asked to plough through 6,000 newspapers from World […]
Aid / Haiti / World
Haiti and the shaming of the aid zealots
Published in the Daily Mail (January 27th, 2011) The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly stench that sticks to your skin. It is […]
Europe / Russia
A new Russian Revolution?
Published in the Daily Mail (December 27th, 2011) Mikhail had not been on a demonstration before. But on Saturday the 46-year-old property salesman joined tens of thousands of […]
Africa / Egypt
Does democracy stand a chance?
Published in the Daily Mail (November 28th, 2011) As I entered Tahrir Square in Cairo one night last week, a motorbike sped out of the clouds of tear […]
Europe / European Union / Germany
The little communist who grew up to be the world’s most powerful woman (with the future of capitalism in her hands)
Published in the Daily Mail (November 25th, 2011) Unlike so many modern politicians, Angela Merkel does not believe in placing her private life on public display. We know […]
Africa / Swaziland
The African Canute
Published in the Daily Mail (November 11th, 2011) Last weekend, it was hard to think of anywhere in the world where the scenery could have been more beautiful […]