Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs in Oslo. Yet he smiles as he tells […]
Europe / Norway / Russia / Ukraine
I was thrown into a pit for refusing to fight for Putin – and escaped from being executed by sledgehammer
Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th February, 2023) The former commander of a Russian mercenary unit has seen one of his men beaten to death with a […]
Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics
Another defining week for our Brexit self-harm strategy
Published by The i paper (9th December, 2018) As I walked beside Gilets Jaunes protesters in Marseille on Saturday, I asked two simple questions: why were they here […]
Arts / Books / Europe / Norway / Syria / World
The tragedy of Syria: how protest spiralled into savagery
Published by The Spectator (26th April, 2018) Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad by Asne Seierstad (Virago); No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid (Oneworld) […]
Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics
Should we follow Norway to the EU exit? Nei!
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th May, 2016) Picture a scene familiar to many who live in the English countryside. Armies of eastern European farm workers are toiling […]