Published by The i paper (17th August, 2020) Waleed Neysif was 18 years old when American forces began bombing Baghdad. He spoke perfect English, played in a heavy […]
China / Economics / Technology / World
China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in 1923, the author Rudyard Kipling suggested the creation […]
China / Economics / Technology / World
China is winning the digital cold war
Published by The i paper (22nd June, 2020) The world is sliding into a new cold war. Once again, it pits a dictatorial political system against democracy, but […]
China / Economics / Technology / World
Legal threat over Boris 5G deal
Published by The Mail on Sunday ((17th May, 2020) The Government is facing legal action over its controversial deal to allow Huawei to play a role in building […]
Arts / Film / Syria / Technology / World
Have we forgotten Syria?
Published by UnHerd (20th September, 2019) A few weeks ago, I bumped into Omran, a musician friend, who was serving salads, humous and pastries in a Lebanese cafe. […]
Disability / Technology
Money does not cushion grief
Published by The Sun (16th September, 2019) WHAT kind of person looks at a man who has endured the tragic death of his child – among the most […]
Arts / Disability / Film / Technology
The invisibility of disability on the screen
Published by UnHerd (10th January, 2019) It is ironic that Bryan Cranston has been forced to defend his right to portray a person with disabilities when promoting his […]
Technology / United States / World
‘Our faith will be lost if we adopt technology:’ can the Amish resist the modern world?
Published by The Guardian (15th December, 2018) Daniel Weaver does not vote, drive a car, read a paper, listen to music, watch sport of any kind, own a […]
Africa / Nigeria / Technology
Can Zuckerberg control his monster?
Published by UnHerd (19th November, 2018) It seems incredible Facebook is only 14 years old. The firm’s penetration of the planet, since it was created by some Harvard […]
Technology
Cleese’s threat to boycott Britain is beyond satire
Published by The Times (12th July, 2018) It is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between comedians and politicians in these strange days. Brexit has become a farce, […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Technology / World
How digital dissidents are defying the despots
Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended up living just over the Egyptian border with […]
Arts / Film / Technology
Film directors still revel in violence against women
Published by The Times (17th May, 2018) Critics at the Cannes film festival, those hardy souls compelled to endure a barrage of beatings, rape, stabbings and shootings in […]