Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2024) The attack began in the early hours of Tuesday. Residents woke to the rattle of gunfire, which continued into the […]
China / Covid19 / World
Lab leak theory is gaining ground
Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about dangers of misinformation, given his track record. Yet […]
China / Taiwan / World
A victory for democracy in Taiwan
Published by The i paper (15th January, 2024) Amid so much grim global news, something to celebrate. For the biggest election year in human history, which will see […]
China / Covid19 / World
Conspiracy of silence betrays our values
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation was tipped off about a mysterious new disease […]
Drugs / Policy / South Korea / World
The ‘war on drugs’ is a disaster – and it’s about to get worse
Published by The i paper (1st January, 2024) Two days after Christmas, the South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for playing a wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning […]
China / World
A lesson in life’s fragility
Published by The i paper (26th December, 2023) The artists, booksellers, musicians and writers all knew each other well, so greeted each other warmly in the restaurant, cracking […]
Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World
Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]
China / North Korea / World
How to escape North Korea
Published by UnHerd (21st November, 2023) When Kim Seungeun first visited North Korea, he saw a barren land devastated by famine, its trees stripped by people desperate to […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World
Timid leaders could learn from Thatcher on dealing with a crisis in Israel
Published by The i paper (30th October, 2023) Two years after becoming prime minister, Margaret Thatcher gave an interview to The Jewish Chronicle about her forceful condemnation of an […]