World hunger has fallen. Now what do we do about the planet’s expanding waistline?
Published in The Independent (January 11th, 2014) In the year of my birth China was engulfed in the worst famine... Read Full Article
China
North Korea is treated like a joke – but the realities are deadly serious
Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2013) Kim Song-ju sought to escape the living hell of North Korea, but after... Read Full Article
Breaking Bad in North Korea
Published in the Mail on Sunday (September 22nd, 2013) A small army of women, identical in long yellow dresses and... Read Full Article
We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria
Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article
Secret dossier proves Mugabe stealing election
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) Damning top-secret intelligence documents that expose Robert Mugabe’s plans to rig... Read Full Article
The British professor fighting to save Africa’s elephants
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 24th, 2013) As we set off from our overnight camp in the jungle,... Read Full Article
The man who turned amorality into an art form
Published in The Daily Mail (January 12th, 2013) When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a... Read Full Article
Aid groups have blinded Britain to the realities of Africa
Published in The Independent (January 9th, 2013) Recep Erdogan, the astute prime minister of Turkey, is on a tour of... Read Full Article
Forget aid and target inequality
Published in Prospect (November 9th, 2012) Should Britain give aid to India? For a hefty majority of people in this... Read Full Article
Now we must welcome the best and brightest
Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go.... Read Full Article