What did the suicide bomber see?

Sense gone. He steps out of his home. The trivial click of the door-lock final and massive under a low-slung, black-and-white … More

Our father’s betrayal: why we hate the Labour Party

Elliot was a baby. I travelled a great deal. Whenever I returned he would not look at me or acknowledge … More

(Bob asked me, ‘what is it like wandering on the moors?’) I have wandered moors. There are no features The … More

(written in the wake of Israeli Gaza attacks, 2014) What does it feel like To pull a trigger on … More