Over the years I’ve written for many news organisations in the UK and around the world.
I started out in journalism for Reuters in Moscow and Bonn. I was then Bureau Chief for the Daily Telegraph in East Berlin in Moscow, before returning to the UK where I was Chief Political Correspondent at the FT in the early Blair years and Chief Political Commentator for the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. From 2005-2008 I was Editor of the New Statesman, taking the magazine to 30-year circulation highs.
I write regular columns for the Guardian, Foreign Policy and Politico. A fuller list is below.
My most recent venture is my weekly Substack, out weekly. Do subscribe!