Published by The i paper 25th September, 2023 Twice this month I have been stopped in my tracks by a BBC radio interview with a woman grieving over […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth
Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former soldier from a bicycle as he pedalled along […]
United States / World
Why is there no age limit on politicians?
Published by The i paper (4th September, 2023) Chuck Grassley was born in 1933 to a rural family living in a farmhouse with no electricity or indoor plumbing. […]
Europe / Russia / United States / World
Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]
Health / Policy
Letby inquiry will be same old story
Published by The i paper (21st August, 2023) A nurse killing newborn babies in a hospital is shocking and unpredictable. Lucy Letby seemed so ordinary, so familiar, so like many more […]
Health / Policy
Public pay the price for corrosive strikes
Published by The i paper (14th August, 2023) There has been little to celebrate in recent political discourse, but one welcome change is belated recognition that the National […]
Economics / Europe / Russia
Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’
Published by The i paper (31st July, 2023) Ben & Jerry’s is a company that exists to sell vast quantities of highly calorific ice-cream around the world. It […]
Politics
Starmer needs to change his tune
Published by The i paper (24th July, 2023) Sometimes, the jibes from political opponents sting since they are so close to the bone – and Michael Gove, as […]
United States / World
A new threat to American democracy
Published by The i paper (17th July, 2023) It seems extraordinary that Donald Trump remains the runaway favourite to win the Republican Party nomination for next year’s White […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
Westminster’s drug policy is put to shame
Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on playing pathetic tribal games and populated by self-centred […]
Europe / France
Troubled republic must search its revolutionary soul
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2023) In 2009, Africa Express, the collaborative music project I co-founded, held a show in the centre of Paris. So as […]