Most of the history I was taught at school was very dull, just endless facts about kings, queens, battles and dates. (Why did we have to "do the Tudors" so many times?) Nearly all of it was about British history. I was pleased to drop...

What could be more charitable than the work of Amnesty International? I have heard that Amnesty International UK is hoping to become a charity and I welcome that but I do not know when it will be. This will give advantages such as...

At the entrance to the Casa Alianza shelter stands a statue of the Virgin Mary. It is a memorial bearing the names of 120 homeless children murdered on the streets of Guatemala. The first named is 13-year-old Nahaman Commona, kicked to...

Spent fours emailing people this morning then went for a swim as legs very stiff after a 12 mile walk near Bingley yesterday. I'm still trying to sell a couple of pieces from my trip to Guatemala so continually pitching to editors. I...

Haiti’s forgotten tragedy has no end in sight This appears in today's Sunday Herald, an award winning Scottish newspaper I write for regularly. David Pratt, the foreign editor, provides excellent coverage of human rights issues each...