Yesterday, it was 12 months since the horrific fire at Grenfell Towers in London. 72 people died and many more were injured, and a public inquiry is ongoing to look at what caused the blaze and how...
I was a pretty sensitive child, so when I heard that babies were being murdered in their thousands, and that this was absolutely legal, I was horrified. Murdering babies couldn’t possibly be...
March 15 marked the seventh year of conflict in Syria, resulting in more than five million refugees and many more internally displaced. Many of the Syrians who fled long to return to their homes, but...
“Are you afraid of what could happen if the authorities find out you spoke to a journalist?” I asked the grieving father as we sat in his kitchen in the Crimean city of Bakhchysarai. “No, I’m...
US President Donald Trump’s withholding of $65 million in contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) earned considerable attention. It has also...
The Donald is fomenting war with North Korea. North Korean athletes are attending the upcoming Winter Olympics by special arrangement. The world is holding its breath. And the population is starving....
The Governor of Ohio, John Kasich, has signed legislation that bans doctors from carrying out abortions if the foetus has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. The Republican Governor has formalised the...
Sometimes, you just can’t bloody win. You are disabled and you face abuse and hatred because you are on benefits when you are not well enough to work. At some point, you come off benefits and get a...
For President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, their recent meeting couldn’t have gone better. Egos were stroked, there was no talk of those pesky “human rights”...
Some years ago, I sat on a bench in the city centre and the man sitting next to me looked at me, looked at my walking stick, and said “Get off your arse and get a job”. I told him I had a job. He...
