He reported Africa from the late 50s to the early 90s. He reported from Central America and covered the fall of the Shah in 1979 and the ensuing Iranian Revolution. For years the writings and reputation of the great Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski have perplexed me. So good was his writing that when...
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Writing
I suspected Polish reporter was a fake
If you think you have seen Van Gogh, you ain’t seen nothing yet
I went to the Royal Academy on Sunday thinking I’d probably ‘done him’. I had been to the gallery devoted to him in Amsterdam and other shows. But there is an important adjunct to this London exhibition . It is the title – Van Gogh, the artist and his letters. He seems to...
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Just Back: unmasking the myths of Ancient Greece
Roger Moorhouse is the latest winner of our weekly travel writing competition for his account of an unforgettable tour of Athens.
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Inside North Korea: the ultimate package tour
The world's most notorious socialist state is a land of haywains and empty highways, unlit cities and undimmed reverence for the Great Leader The strangest of all the very strange things about the strangest place on earth, North Korea, is that it's surprisingly easy to go there. Or at least, not as hard...
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Just Back: in search of Europe’s rarest raptors
Polly Brown is the latest winner of our weekly travel writing competition for her account of a challenging ascent in to the Pyrenees.
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