How to rebuild and renovate when the danger is growing? Report from Kharkiv, June 2026
Published in The Sunday Post, 28th June 2026 The northernmost district of one of Kharkiv’s vast high-rise estates feels like […]
Ukraine’s robotic army starts to turn the tide against Russia’s bloody advance
Published in The Observer, 7th June 2026 The shell of a school, a long two-storey Soviet-era building, is highlighted in
‘Winter in Kyiv’ – London Review of Books
Published in the LRB print & online, 19th February 2026 ‘Dear residents! If you’re in the lift when the lights go
What Makes a Traitor?
Published in print and online in Prospect magazine, 28th June 2026 A long read on the the moral and legal
Death was near — I survived thanks to Ukraine’s A&E on wheels
Published in print and online in The Sunday Times, 13th December 2025 Dispatch from two days with medics of the
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Advice for aspiring journos
I get lots of emails from student/young/wannabe journalists, asking for help & advice getting into foreign reporting. I can’t answer
Demining on the steppe – and the thorny issue of the landmine ban
Click here to read the full piece at Prospect magazine. In late July I spent a few days in southern
Highland Book Prize
Hello. Some absolutely huge news this morning: Night Train to Odesa has won the Highland Book Prize. The shortlist was
Jen Stout’s diary: Fear and trembling in Kharkiv
Article published in Prospect Magazine 1st May 2025. A vast city in blackout is, for a moment, beautiful. The starry