Musée Hergé, Louvain-la-Neuve How best to celebrate Tintin and his creator Hergé? The question nags me throughout my visit to the museum dedicated to the Belgian cartoonist, an hour by train from Brussels. Opened in 2013, the building alone rewards …
I have some advice for Tucker Carlson. He has just landed an interview with Vladimir Putin – among the most powerful and consequential people on earth. Proper journalistic attention focussed on the Russian president has the capacity to show off …
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A night-time crossing to the Hook of Holland I departed for the Stour estuary hoping to connect with the past. ‘Harwich For The Continent’ was the old slogan for the ferry port that for over a century was the principal …
A Solent crossing conjures memories The umbilical link that once joined ferries and trains is obvious as you await passage to the Isle of Wight. Wightlink’s foot-passenger terminal forms part of Portsmouth Harbour station; in days past, porters heaved cases …
In the Autumn of 2021 a shortage of lorry drivers in the UK sent hauliers wages spiralling and I considered a career change In my household, Britain’s HGV crisis has played out as a Dutch auction. A month ago my …
Bright winter sun lit the forest track I was following. In the distance, through the trees, I could see Tirana, miles below. I had the mountainside to myself – or so I thought. Then close behind me an angry shout …
WHY THE IFJ AND EFJ SHOULD REMAIN UNITED Last summer I participated in a Zoom call with several Ukrainian journalists who had been helped by an emergency fund established by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional group, …
People’s Parliament unites and empowers people with learning disabilities to fight for change – we must ensure its survival Article originally published in The Independent, 29 November 2022. Here is a chilling statistic. During the pandemic adults with learning disabilities …
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It is reassuring to witness John Edwards and Maurice Frankel share a platform and nod over shared understandings. Edwards is the recently-installed Information Commissioner, responsible, among other things, for regulating provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (2000). Frankel has …
Originally published in the October 2022 edition of InPublishing magazine. A bright future is within the grasp of the UK’s news media – but it is not assured. It requires imaginative cross-industry effort and resources: fail at this and a …
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