Published by The i paper (9th March, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer has had a good few days, displaying adroitness as he sought to navigate an upended global order in […]
Africa / Aid
Sir Bob’s pet cause is arrogant and wrong
Published by The Sun (18th November, 2014) Sometimes, even for secular saints, the truth is uncomfortable – as Sir Bob has discovered yesterday when cut off on television […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Should Band Aid be resurrected?
Published by The Observer (16th November, 2014) The Observer debate with Tim Ingham (Editor, Music Week) IB: Absolutely not. The only good thing is to learn the toe-curling […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Sorry Bob – Band Aid has done more harm than good
Published by The Daily Mail (12th November, 2014) Once again, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure have lined up the latest crop of chart-toppers to create another incarnation — […]
Aid
The aid business has grown fat. It’s time there was proper scrutiny
Published in The Spectator (February 18th, 2012) Such a simple question: should Oxfam spend a couple of hundred pounds a month opening up the swimming pool at its […]
Aid
Despite our noble intentions, aid does not solve problems – it just makes them worse
Published in the Daily Mail (May 18th, 2011) The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad symbolises Pakistan’s profound problems with terrorism and its amazing spirit of survival. Three years ago, […]