Caught in the crossfire
Published in The Spectator (July 24th, 2010) Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer (Harper Press) Maqbool Sheikh dreaded hearing a knock... Read Full Article
Throw open our doors to Haitians
Published in The Independent (January 28th, 2010) Two weeks on, and they are still pulling people from the living hell... Read Full Article
Death, disaster and a shocking reality
Published in The Independent (January 16th, 2010) Around the world, presidents and prime ministers mouth platitudes about sharing the pain... Read Full Article
Wise men in Africa
Published in The Independent (January 1st, 2010) The Dragon’s Gift by Deborah Brautigam (OUP) The Chinese invasion of Africa is,... Read Full Article
Why are repressive regimes given the succour of British aid?
Published in The Independent (September 17th, 2009) Fifteen years ago, as the horror of genocide ripped apart Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina... Read Full Article
False hopes and phoney democracy
Published in The Independent (July 15th, 2009) And so the charade begins once again. A state ripped apart by war,... Read Full Article
Virginia and Maryland: On the trail of the lonesome pine
Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2005) First there was the twang of country music, which turned out to be... Read Full Article
The calm after the storm
Published in The Independent (March 26th, 2005) The two elderly ladies, with their blue rinses and bubble-perms, were explaining how... Read Full Article
Summer in New England
Published in The Independent (May 22nd, 2004) Things began badly. After 15 years, I had finally persuaded my wife to... Read Full Article