Published by The i paper (7th September, 2020) Clapton Girls’ Academy has a motto to inspire pupils in one of the poorer parts of London: “Arrive with a […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / World
We owe it to asylum seekers to help them
Published by The i paper (31st August, 2020) Hala has known nothing but conflict and chaos all her life. She was eight years old when her nation was […]
Health / Policy
Incompetence, conspiracy – and how our culture of NHS worship is costing lives
Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2020) Today Harry Richford should be a bundle of energy, full of curiosity and mischief like any other toddler approaching his […]
Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]
Disability / Health / Policy
‘They are making people worse’
Published by The i paper (13th July, 2020) It is almost two years since I spoke to the distraught father of Beth. She was a 17-year-old who loved […]
Housing / Policy / Politics
A saga that stinks from start to finish
Published by The i paper (29th June, 2020) Britain likes to delude itself that it is better than the rest of the world, that the 67 million citizens […]
Health / Policy
If we only ever sanctify the NHS, its harrowing failures will never be cured
Published by The Daily Mail (9th July, 2020) Daniel Mason was born half a century ago without hands, with missing toes, a malformed mouth and impaired vision. From […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy
A very deadly inequality
Published by The i paper (6th July, 2020) The investment guru Warren Buffet famously said that only when the tide goes out do you see who has been […]
Policy / Race / United States / World
These demonstrators might look like mindless thugs, but fascism can exploit divisions
Published by The i paper (15th June, 2020) Three years ago I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had found itself caught in the midst of a national struggle […]