Published by the ipaper (30th May, 2016) We live in remarkable times. Indeed, they are so remarkable historians may look back in wonder at this golden age for […]
Politics / United States / World
Transatlantic lessons from the Republican civil war
Published by The Independent (2nd November, 2015) Almost from the moment he became a senator four years ago, Marco Rubio has been marked out as a potential Republican […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Has a Texan gangster persuaded Gove to reform our jails?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2015) Alfred Adams admits that he was a menace to society: a cocaine-addicted gangster who did anything to feed his […]
United States / World
A broken system, angry electorate and uncertain future
Published by The Independent (21st September, 2015) I met Christopher last week in a café in central Texas, a smart young man with unfulfilled ambitions. ‘I’m basically a […]
United States / World
The Democrats could do better than another Clinton
Published by The Independent (13th April, 2015) It is not exactly surprising, but Hillary Clinton has confirmed what everyone already knew: she wants to be president of the United States. […]
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 […]