Published by UnHerd (26th December, 2019) In the summer of 2017, I found myself in Dayton, Ohio. This friendly and rather nondescript city is famed worldwide as home […]
Politics
Beware the interesting politician
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2019) Last summer I spent a few days talking to voters deep in the heart of Trumpland. In small towns across West […]
United States / World
Meet the Clintons
Published by Tortoise (29th April, 2019) It must have felt like the good old days as they walked into the spotlight. Most of the audience stood up, some […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / United States / World
Trump is terrible – but the sabotage of Brexit will outlast him
Published by The Washington Post (18th February, 2019) For most of my life, Britain and the United States have felt like twins. My country was older and perhaps […]
Iraq / Syria / World
This war is far from over
Published by The i paper (18th February, 2019) How little they learn from history. Just 16 years ago President George W. Bush stood on the deck of an […]
United States / World
Adventures in Trumpland
Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a poverty-scarred slice of West Virginia filled with coal […]
United States / World
A true hero for our time
Published by The i paper (27th August, 2018) When John McCain’s family issued a statement on Friday saying the veteran Arizona senator had decided to discontinue treatment for […]
United States / World
Could a murdered student be Trump’s salvation (if Melania stays silent)?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th August, 2018) In the spring of 1973 a smart lawyer advising Richard Nixon decided to co-operate with prosecutors as the cover-up […]
Politics
Boris on the burka was straight out of Bannon’s playbook
Published by The i paper (13th August, 2018) Put aside, even if just for a moment, the future of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. He is a sad […]
North Korea / World
Deal or not, North Korea remains a murderous regime
Published by The Times (11th June, 2018) Kang Chol-hwan was sent to one of North Korea’s death camps aged nine under its policy of punishing entire families for […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]
North Korea / United States / World
Can we trust Trump in his diplomatic dance with a dictator?
Published by The ipaper (14th May, 2018) The Today programme on Radio 4 often sets the news agenda with tough interviews and taut foreign analysis. Yet on Saturday […]