Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by the American Legion building where former soldiers were […]
United States / World
Republicans must learn from the Tories – don’t wage war on your own nation
Published by the i paper (16th October, 2016) A few days ago I bumped into someone who knows Donald Trump. Inevitably, the conversation turned to the arrogant billionaire […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Cannabis: the medical case for reform
Published by the i paper (11th September, 2016) Joe Quinn is an unlikely cannabis campaigner. For a start, he is in his sixties. More pertinently, he is a […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Priming the pot
Published by Volte Face (9th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat as a police officer, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
British cop who became America’s cannabis king
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott arrested dozens […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent
Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the uprising against the Russian stooges running their country […]
United States / World
Muhammad Ali’s politics shaped the world
Published by the ipaper (6th June, 2016) There has been debate recently over whether tennis player Serena Williams is a modern incarnation of ‘The Greatest’. She may have […]
Politics / United States / World
Special relationship? It might have to wait until Cameron bids farewell
Published by The Daily Telegraph (5th May, 2016) One thing united experts as they surveyed an over-crowded field many months ago: Donald Trump stood no chance of winning […]
Arts / Film / Haiti / United States / World
Poison Penn
Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2016) The gangsters had a problem. Their Sinaloa cartel was killing so many people in the battle to control Mexico’s drug […]
Africa / China / Europe / France / Germany / Iran / Lebanon / Nigeria / United States / World
Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015
Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year filled with terrible tales of atrocities, extremism and […]
Politics / United States / World
Transatlantic lessons from the Republican civil war
Published by The Independent (2nd November, 2015) Almost from the moment he became a senator four years ago, Marco Rubio has been marked out as a potential Republican […]
Health / Policy / Transport / United States / World
The fat city that declared war on obesity
Published by Mosaic (13th October, 2015) & The Atlantic (14th October, 2015) When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her hometown in Guatemala, she weighed exactly 10 stone. […]