The Spy With 29 Names by Jason Webster
The Observer, May 2014 At the end of this absorbing portrayal of Juan Pujol – the Catalan second world war double agent who was so good he won both the iron cross and an MBE – Jason […]
Ben East
Neil Finn on scaling Dizzy Heights
The National, May 2014 Think Crowded House — and its enduringly agreeable songwriter Neil Finn — and the lascivious baritone croon of Barry White is probably the last artist who springs to mind. After all, […]
Curious by Ian Leslie
The Observer, May 2014 It’s the paradox of our times. The internet offers us deeper and quicker access to more knowledge than ever before, but there is more and more evidence that this vast, always-on archive is […]
Mai Al Nakib’s Middle East in short
The National, May 2014 When Saddam Hussein ordered the attack on Kuwait in 1990, Mai Al Nakib was 19. She remembers the drama of skies blackened by burning oilfields and how, in an instant, the […]
Meet the contenders for tonight’s IPAF ceremony
The National, April 2014 A Moroccan man missing for 26 years, a Cairo-set psychological thriller and a journey into a more stable Iraq are just some of the stories on the fascinating International Prize for […]