Published by The Times (21st June, 2019) The scenes of death are etched in my memory. Bodies still strapped in their seats, burnt corpses, the twisted leg, the […]
Africa / Aid / Ghana
The charity guru who duped the world
Published by UnHerd (24 October, 2018) It is hard to think of a more famous global academic than Jeffrey Sachs. He advises the United Nations, collaborates with presidents, […]
Europe / Russia / Technology
Putin’s propaganda deserves mockery, not a ban
Published by The Times (20th April, 2018) Have no doubt: RT, the television channel formerly known as Russia Today, is a malign force. It exists to pump out […]
Syria / United States / World
Air strikes only expose the West’s weakness
Published by The i paper (16th April, 2018) One year ago the newly-elected president of the United States was watching cable news when it showed distressing images of […]
Syria / World
White Helmets hit back at Russian slurs
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th April, 2018) Leaders of the Syrian rescue squad accused by Russia of faking footage of gassed children in the chemical weapons assault […]
Syria / World
What’s the point of gesture bombing in Syria without a wider strategy?
Published by CapX (12th April, 2018) There is one fact that everyone can agree: the war in Syria is utterly appalling, an eruption of hell that stains humanity. […]
Europe / Politics / Russia
No place for defeatism in the struggle for democracy
Published by The i paper (19th March, 2016) As Russia goes through another sham election to crown its tsar for six more miserable years, it is easy to […]
Europe / Russia
Putin is not strong – it’s we who’ve grown weak
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th March, 2018) In December 1989, a young KGB officer was stationed in Dresden watching the collapse of communism when a crowd […]
Europe / Russia
Survivor of two poison attacks: hit Abramovich to hurt Putin
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th March, 2018) A Russian dissident who has survived two attempts to poison him in the past three years has called on […]
Europe / Politics / Russia
Corbyn’s failure of leadership
Published by The Daily Mail (15 March, 2018) Every now and then, there are times in politics when the world explodes into confrontation and a leader is defined […]
Africa / Rwanda
Rwanda deserves to be condemned as much as Russia
Published by The Times (14th March, 2018) After a hard week working as a mental health nurse manager, Noble Marara was relaxing at home with his family when […]