Published by The Daily Mail (5th April, 2023) When Jeremy Hunt was asked about his biggest regret from his six-year stint as health secretary, his response was unequivocal: […]
Health / Police / Policy
24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution
Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single psychiatric hospital over the past three years – […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
No surrender in the city Putin’s been failing to seize for a decade
Published by The Daily Mail (10th March, 2023) Bouncing along potholed roads at terrifying speeds to avoid any hail of Russian shells, we stuck close behind the car […]
Europe / Ukraine
‘Glory to the heroes!’ rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the city, ten young joggers pounded past me along […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country days before Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Russian […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘I hate all Russians’ Olena tells me. ‘My hatred goes from their children to their grandmothers.’
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2023) On the left bank of Kyiv, ten miles from the city centre, sits a peaceful cemetery beside some woods where […]
Russia / Ukraine
‘This isn’t Russian roulette any more… it’s like the suicide of lemmings’
Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2023) Russia has suffered some of the heaviest military losses in a single battle since the start of the war after […]
Europe / Germany / Ukraine
‘They need fighter planes and long range missiles too’
Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2023) Delighted Ukrainians shared selfies on social media yesterday in which they showed off their leopard-print clothes. Women donned coats, tops […]
Policy / Sport
Everyone expects it to end in disaster at Everton
Published by The Daily Mail (21st January, 2023) There is something deeply irrational about being a football fan. The time, money and effort spent following your club. The […]
China / Covid19 / World
How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil
Published by The Daily Mail (January 2nd, 2023) The man’s note to his neighbours was polite. He stated that his father had died in their Shanghai flat from […]
China / Covid19 / World
How Covid revolt swept across China
Published by The Daily Mail (November 28th, 2022) The blaze broke out in a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, a city in western China infamous for the repression […]