Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The hostages’ president
President Trump has tweeted that, among other things he’s best at, he is ‘the greatest hostage negotiator in the history…
Trump honors hero dog Conan. Media goes barking mad
There are a few scenes from the Trump presidency which belong in the pantheon of great American political imagery. There…
Why I love a bit of death on a Sunday night
There’s nothing like a nice bit of death on a Sunday evening. Radio 4 originally transmit their obituary programme Last…
Stop all the clocks, Baghdadi is dead
Bright eyes, burning like fire Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so…
The caliphate strikes back
Isis could be on the brink of creating a terrifying new world order
Why wouldn’t we want these jihadis to go and get themselves killed?
The news is always grim, isn’t it? Doom and gloom everywhere. And even the news which appears to be good…
‘It’s jihad, innit, bruv’
Meeting the British Muslims who have joined the ‘Islamic State’
Mr al-Baghdadi’s inspirational vision for Europe
There is something attractive about almost the whole of southern Europe being part of an immense and somewhat rigorous caliphate,…
