Why Britain must try to stop the slaughter in Syria
Published in the London Evening Standard (April 27th, 2011) Libya made history last month by becoming the first nation to... Read Full Article
Proof banks don’t have to be run the Gordon Gekko way
Published in the London Evening Standard (April 19th, 2011) So here we go again. More sound and fury over the... Read Full Article
Inside Syria: Secret police tell parents of arrested protesters to forget their children and have some more
Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 17th, 2011) Khalid was not a political activist, just an ordinary middle-class man... Read Full Article
Spotify Sunday: Shuffle…
Published on The Spectator website (April 16th, 2011) Like many music fans, I could spend months pondering a playlist and... Read Full Article
The scandal of orphanages in tourist resorts and disaster zones that rent children to fleece gullible Westerners
Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 10th, 2011) As a child welfare expert who has worked amid bullets and... Read Full Article
Gbagbo must go – and so should other African leaders who overstay
Published in The Guardian (April 4th, 2011) The horror stories have been emerging for weeks. Atrocities against children, bodies on... Read Full Article
Hague should be replaced by Ashdown
Published in Prospect (March 23rd, 2011) The news from Libya, Bahrain and elsewhere has turned any joy that greeted the... Read Full Article
Cameron’s battle with the desert despot may define him
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 20th, 2011) It is hard to think of two more different people –... Read Full Article
Africa’s despots fear the gales will blow south
Published in The Times (March 11th, 2011) Juan Pedro Mendene was midway through his weekly radio programme, ironically called Total Relaxation,... Read Full Article
For our disabled daughter, a way out of the labyrinth
Published in The Guardian (March 11th, 2011) Nothing prepares you for the birth of a child with profound and multiple... Read Full Article