Notes from a cruel climate
Published by The Observer (23rd February, 2020) The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts (Doubleday) Sophy Roberts’s first glimpse... Read Full Article
How would you respond to the rise of Nazism?
Published by UnHerd (3rd January, 2020) My book of this decade might seem a strange choice. It was written in... Read Full Article
The country that closed its psychiatric hospitals
Published by Tortoise (17th December, 2019) Elisabetta Paci spent a year planning to take her own life after deciding her... Read Full Article
Six Spanish steps towards political paralysis
Published by UnHerd (12th November, 2019) Poor old Spain. Four elections in four years — and for what? The government... Read Full Article
Anger, resentment and the rise of the far-right after the fall of the wall
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd November, 2019) Frank Schale was a child of Communism. He can remember clearly... Read Full Article
Kelly is in good physical health. So why is she fighting for the right to die – aged 23?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2019) Kelly is 23 years old. She is a bright and thoughtful... Read Full Article
Cameron will forever be tainted by the Brexit horror story
Published by The i paper (16th September, 2019) Every now and then I am struck by the stench of our... Read Full Article
Does going cashless let Big Brother monitor your money?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th July, 2019) Gustaf can remember the precise date when he last used cash.... Read Full Article
Tory moderates backing Boris Johnson are handing the party over to extremists
Published by New Statesman (21st June, 2019) The only good thing to have emerged so far from the depressing Conservative leadership... Read Full Article
Even after MH17, Corbyn and his circle were pro-Russia
Published by The Times (21st June, 2019) The scenes of death are etched in my memory. Bodies still strapped in... Read Full Article