Heidi Kingstone
Marie Colvin’s myth
‘Marie Colvin created herself in the image of the ideal war correspondent. She crafted a one-of-the-boys persona: she was tougher than the toughest’
The road to redemption
Two zeitgeisty novels about belonging
Refugees are big business for the UN
In Nairobi, there is resentment that asylum-seekers are treated better than local people
The Bursting Of Our ‘Kabubble’ Fantasies
A small army of Western expats and oddballs arrived in Afghanistan dreaming of creating a new modern state. It has all come to nothing
Blitz Spirit
For those trapped in Westminster after the recent attack, the Blitz spirit prevailed
Do Svidaniya, Olga!
The hearty icons of Soviet womanhood have vanished
Dating Dilemma
Could the greatest dilemma faced by men and women today come at the end of a meal when the waiter appears with the bill?
Canada’s First Nations Come Last
The problems faced by indigenous communities in Canada have no easy answers
Myth Of Stressed-Out Soldiers On The Street
Some troops return from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, but veterans are not victims. There is no epidemic of men damaged by war
The Land Where History Repeats Itself As Tragedy
As Nato forces leave and Isis gains ground, Afghanistan continues to fascinate, inspire and dismay the West. We ignore it at our peril
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts