[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 18.04.2016] The whispers began to circulate before the plane had even taken off from Beijing airport, but it was not until dinner on our first night in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that the rumour was confirmed: for the first time in the history of the event, the 29th edition of the …
When Doves Cry
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 02.07.2008] 3:30am – two gunshots echo. I am lying on the floor of a hotel room, flattening myself against the wall beneath the window in order to offer as small a target as possible to the psychopath shooting at me from a nearby rooftop. There is glass everywhere and I realise distractedly that …