• May 16 2013
  • 3:09pm
A week’s delay should suffice: is the UK still dragging its feet on Guantánamo?
A week is a long time in politics. It means, as Westminster watchers never tire of telling us, that things can change dramatically in the volatile political ecosphere.
  • May 13 2013
  • 1:44pm
Counting down the years: a film of Hakamada Iwao's 45 years on death row
Video When I was at school, back in the seventies (gulp), the most unusual after-school thing I ever did was to take part in a geography exercise to “map” the shopping precin...
  • May 3 2013
  • 11:57am
Shooting the shooters who shoot the shooters - Syria’s war against journalists
In Britain the last decade has seen a spate of twitchy, overzealous and in some cases downright unlawful incidents where the police have tried to prevent journalists and others tak...
  • Apr 29 2013
  • 4:58pm
A close shave: journalists at the sharp end
The owner of the Independent Evgeny Lebedev’s impassioned plea today for
  • Apr 24 2013
  • 1:53pm
Ten questions Putin won’t be answering during his televised Q&A tomorrow
Tomorrow sees the return of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s famous televised question and answer session, his first since he was re-elected president in March last year.
  • Apr 18 2013
  • 12:40pm
Bahrain’s black flag Grand Prix
“Bahrain is on fire, but race goes ahead”, said one news headline
  • Apr 10 2013
  • 9:08am
The power of spectacle: from Auroras Encore to Saudi Arabia’s Chop Chop square
Video I couldn’t help but notice that some journalists writing about the Grand National at the weekend were talking about the “spectacle” of the race, and how it was su...
  • Mar 27 2013
  • 4:36pm
Secret courts: un-British, second-class justice
Yes I know it was up against such titans of the TV schedules as Bedtime Live and Don’t Just Stand There I’m Having Your Baby, but last night I forsook those considerabl...
  • Mar 21 2013
  • 7:08pm
Afghan wedding dresses on the frontline
If you were doing one of those “What’s the first thing that comes into your head?” tests when you hear the word “Afghanistan”, it probably wouldn&rsqu...
  • Mar 21 2013
  • 1:14pm
Russia’s lawyers are caught in the tentacles of official criminality
The financial meltdown in Cyprus has re-surfaced longstanding allegations that Russian mafia money has been laundered through Cypriot bank accounts, converting cash from criminal s...
Neil Durkin

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