Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were filled with families fleeing the city,which lies in […]
Africa / Rwanda / South Africa
Assassins linked to Kagame regime
Published by The Independent (30th August, 2014) Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa had only been in South Africa for a few months when, returning home from a shopping trip with […]
Africa / Aid / United States / World
When will our politicians realise Africa has changed?
Published by The Independent (4th August, 2014) The dominant headlines out of Africa are as depressing as always in the Western media: a terrifying disease on the rampage, […]
Iraq / Politics
Tony Blair has moved beyond parody
Published by The Independent (16th June, 2014) Please forgive me. I know we should ignore his latest attention-seeking outburst, like a kind parent might turn their back on […]
Travel
Beaux-Arts beauty bought back to life
Published by The Independent (30th May, 2014) My first night’s sleep was broken by the clanking of the air conditioning system. The next day, the door-locking mechanism froze […]
Politics
Nice work if you can get elected to it
Published by The Independent (19th May, 2014) Wouldn’t it be lovely to be in a job where, as the sun comes out and the garden starts to bloom, […]
Africa / Aid / Nigeria / Politics / Technology
Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria
Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. It might have taken […]
Drugs / Policy / Politics
High time to end this immoral drugs war
Published by The Independent (30th April, 2014) It is 43 years since Richard Nixon, in need of a public enemy to shore up support for his snarling style […]
Politics
Who would invent the Lib Dems now?
Published by The Independent (14th April, 2014) Almost four years ago a senior Liberal Democrat outlined his vision of the party’s future to me and pointed to the […]
Disability
As gay people celebrate, another minority remains stuck in the shadows
Published by The Independent (31st March, 2014) They were clearing up the confetti, nursing hangovers and disappearing on honeymoons yesterday after the first batch of gay marriages in […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
There is no moral equivalence between Moscow and Kiev
Published by The Independent (March 10th, 2014) Less than 100 yards from my hotel, the Russian flag flies over the Crimean parliament. Inside sit Russian soldiers, their faces […]
Europe / Ukraine
‘I know there has been hostility but my mother is a hero’
Published in The Independent (3rd March, 2014) Yulia Tymoshenko is in a wheelchair, suffering severe pain from her back and looks frail, but her daughter Eugenia is just […]