Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 5th, 2014) The Beast: Riding The Rails And Dodging Narcos On The Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez (Verso) The two young […]
North Korea / World
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 clutching golden fans, enter the vast stadium to […]
Crime / Policy / United States / World
The tough-on-crime Texan judge closing down jails
Published in The Observer (September 30th, 2012) The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in three rows on the benches. There are some […]
Drugs / Policy
Even the police think our drugs laws are absurd
Published in the London Evening Standard (April 3rd, 2012) This year marks an unfortunate anniversary. It is 100 years since the first international treaty to control narcotics was […]
Drugs / Policy
The war on drugs war is lost. Now it’s time for a rational response
Published in The Observer (June 5th, 2011) Four decades ago, Richard Nixon was casting around for a new enemy to shore up support for his unique brand of […]