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“Where exactly is Djibouti?”
“Have you ever spent time with the French Foreign Legion?”. This wasn’t a job interview, some probe into some earlier, non-existent career. No, it was a casual question from the French woman sitting next to me on the short flight across the...
Who are the Houthis?
My piece for ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ today on Radio 4
In Houthi country, Sa’ada, Yemen
The farmer was furious. I couldn’t understand every word of his Arabic but I got the gist of it. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” he sho...
Best Butterflies of 2026
Common Mormon, India
Here in Britain the season is not quite over yet. The Clouded Yellows and Speckled Woods should still be around into October - if we don’t get lashed with too much wind and rain. But as the days grow shorter I’m alread...
Hard tack in Hungary
Well that week was hard work. Brilliant for nature - all those birds and butterflies fed the soul - but rural Hungary is definitely not ready for wheelchair travellers. Put it this way: I wasn’t able to access a shower the entire week. In t...
India
Forest rangers, Maharashtra
It’s been a while since I’ve had time to sit down - alright, true, I’m already sitting - to write a longer article so I thought I’d share with you some of the magic of the trip to India we did back in March. I’...
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Author, journalist, nature photographer. Survivor of multiple gunshot wounds. Lived in Egypt, Bahrain, Dubai, US, Netherlands and UK.
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