Published in The Guardian (May 17th, 2011) Returning home from a Saturday afternoon walk with the dog, I did what has become almost a reflex action and checked […]
Africa / General / Ivory Coast
Gbagbo must go – and so should other African leaders who overstay
Published in The Guardian (April 4th, 2011) The horror stories have been emerging for weeks. Atrocities against children, bodies on the streets, charred corpses in the morgues. There […]
Disability / Policy
For our disabled daughter, a way out of the labyrinth
Published in The Guardian (March 11th, 2011) Nothing prepares you for the birth of a child with profound and multiple disabilities. There is the shock, the depression, the […]
Africa / Libya
We can’t let ourselves be scarred by Iraq
Published in The Guardian (February 24th, 2011) It gets worse and worse. Muammar Gaddafi has declared war on his people and the streets of Libya are flowing with […]
Travel / United States / World
Mississippi yearning: driving down America’s Great River Road
Published in The Guardian (December 4th, 2010) As we nudged the Mustang on to the vast metal bridge spanning the Mississippi, a glorious sunset broke behind us, shading […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
A whirlwind of hatred against the disabled
Published in The Guardian (October 16th, 2010) The details are sickening. For three days a gang of 18-year-olds tortured a younger autistic boy. They kicked him, stamped on his […]
Politics
‘Big society’? Let me explain
Published in The Guardian (October 9th, 2010) My first task after joining David Cameron’s team earlier this year was to help with a major speech to go with […]
Policy
The kindest cuts of all
Published in The Guardian (October 1st, 2010) Here is a question for all who believe our public services are sacred. Why is there no suitable education or housing […]