A Little Humility Goes A Long Way
Several people have written or tweeted to ask for a report on my chat with Helene Grimaud last weekend at the Institut Francais. Delighted, my dears. I didn't record the interview, so
Al-Muhajiroun Rally
Yesterday, I went along to the rally against British troops in Kensington organised by Muslims Against Crusades, a splinter group of al-Muhajiroun.
Blair on Muslim integration
Tony Blair has written a fantastic piece for the Wall Street Journal about ‘making Muslim integration work'. As ever, it is spot on. His piece reminds us of the clarity and sense
Awlaki Research Featured in Today’s Telegraph
Today's Daily Telegraph has featured research from a recent paper I co-authored with my former colleague, Jacob Amis, which covers, among other things, Anwar al-Awlaki's time in the UK.
Anjem Choudary’s Legacy
Since the revelations that Roshonara Choudhry was encouraged to attempt the murder of Stephen Timms MP by Anwar al-Awlaki's online sermons, Youtube have begun removing Awlaki's videos from their server, and they
At the feet of Jonas Kaufmann
Since Jonas Kaufmann's performance of Die schöne Müllerin had been ausverkauft for months, press allocation too, I was more than a tad thrilled to get a last-minute seat. Huge thanks to my
A True Love of Thine?
Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.Remember me to one who lives there,She once was a true love of mine.Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.Parsley, sage, rosemary,
“A universal consciousness…”
My interview with the utterly incredible Gabriela Montero is in The Independent today: enjoy.
China’s Great Firewall
The "Golden Shield Project" is blocking access to great swathes of the web, but Chinese netizens are fighting back
Bungles and the hypocrisies of an ageing Islamist
The problem with Inayat Bunlawala is that, well, he's just not that smart. It probably explains why he remains an Islamist well into his thirties. To be honest, I haven't written about