Swedish PM is assassinated and the story dies quickly too. A hang glider fails to cross the channel but we party nevertheless until a British soldier is shot in Antwerp.My role in creating a crime free Saturday night in England.
May 29, 2022
15 min
I am assigned from my caravan in Somerset to report on the Bosnian war. We drive through the snow in an armoured Land-rover and a Lada, commandeer an empty hotel for the night, and talk to starving Muslim refugees from Srebrenitsa weeks before 800 are massacred. Then the cameraman is fired for fiddling his expenses.
May 22, 2022
22 min
We dine with the Governor, witness freedom fighters coming in from the bush to vote; almost win a pile at the races and tips on how to scare an accountant. I meet up with the new Boss Robert Mugabe.
May 15, 2022
20 min
The Prince of Wales, soon to be married, gets mobbed by Lady Di lookalikes but they fail to improve his mood. The UK media ‘ratpack’ are dubbed ‘animals’ by the Kiwi media. We are forced to dine at a ridiculously early hour and bring our own grog if we can find it.
May 8, 2022
10 min
On the road with Her Royal Highness. Trouble with the locals in Jamaica. And with Cayman Islanders. We just miss crashing into a mountain in Mexico but discover yards of Pina Colada in Mexico City.
May 1, 2022
17 min
Join me, the deputy assistant foreign editor for a day on the foreign desk. Share the madness as programme deadlines approach. Witness the unspeakable behaviour of some of my colleagues.And the sad story of a war reporter who missed the boat.
Apr 24, 2022
21 min
Chasing Britain’s most wanted woman in Dublin, losing one’s trousers in Belfast, climbing and ballooning with the top guys, Chris Bonnington and Pers Lindstrand in Chamonix, and, finally, Mann overboard off Falmouth.
Mar 6, 2022
18 min
Christmas in Bucharest covering the Revolution. A man with a sword steals my suitcase and camera. Gunmen in helicopters shoot protestors in the main square. A Romanian Army Lieutenant aims his pistol at my head thinking I am a foreign mercenary.
Feb 27, 2022
19 min
Bird watching in the desert. Fighter plane spotting in Baghdad as Israelis bomb a nuclear installation. King Hussain pops into the bar at the Amman Intercontinental Hotel, Jordan.
Feb 27, 2022
15 min
Holidays in Cyprus, and a trip to Damascus waiting for Terry Waite to be freed. A World scoop in Frankfurt as American hostages freed from Iran talk to us first. Plus the strange tale of a producer and a poodle in a Porsche.
Feb 27, 2022
12 min
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