Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th May, 2014) The frenetic streets of Cairo are once again plastered with posters for another presidential election. But this time there are […]
Politics
Lunacy of the town that turned Green
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th April, 2014) With the sun shining down on a shimmering sea, children playing on the beach and families thronging its cafes […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for protection as a car slammed to a halt. Out […]
Arts / Books / Europe
Decency defeats the forces of darkness
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th April, 2014) Countrymen: The Untold Story of How Denmark’s Jews Escaped the Nazis by Bo Lidegaard (Atlantic) One Saturday morning in […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Ethiopian sues Britain for giving aid to his country
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th March, 2014) An Ethiopian farmer has been given legal aid in the UK to sue Britain – because he claims millions […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Bullets fly as Russian special forces storm Belbek
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2014) Russian armoured vehicles firing heavy machine guns and supported by scores of special forces soldiers yesterday stormed one of […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Exodus on eve of a referendum with only one answer
Published in The Mail on Sunday (16th March, 2014) Sweating in the spring sun, it took Sergei several trips to load all his bags and belongings on to […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Inside the lair of ‘The Goblin’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th March, 2014) Shoved to the ground by a Russian stooge, I suffered nothing more than a cut knee. But as protesters […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
War of words over Putin’s aggression – but reality is Russia already controls Crimea
Published in The Mail on Sunday (2nd March, 2014) Ukraine put its armed forces on full alert and braced for an invasion on Saturday night after accusing Russia […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
You have rid us of a cancer – freed Tymoshenko tells huge crowd
Published in The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2014) Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was greeted by thousands of opposition supporters last night as she made a […]
Pakistan / World
Victim support charity chief ‘took armed gang to settle land dispute’
Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 26th, 2014) The head of Victim Support, the Government-backed charity for people affected by crime, has been accused of taking an […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
Ariel Sharon, the Butcher of Beirut turned peacemaker, dies at the age of 85
Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 12th, 2014) Ariel Sharon, the Israeli general and former prime minister who proved such a controversial figure across the Middle East […]