Palestine

30th October 2015 Life & death in the West Bank olive groves

The crack of a gunshot rang out, then another. Both came from across the valley...

9th November 2014 Sebastiya, Salome & a few millennia

So, did she or didn’t she? Some locals maintain that Salome’s legendary erotic dance with...

2nd November 2014 The survival of the Palestinian olive

I recently spent two weeks in the West Bank, aka Palestine, helping with the annual...

29th October 2014 Jerusalem: schizoid city

When I unpacked my bag the other day, wafts of za’atar enveloped me. No surprise...

2nd November 2008 The separation wall in Palestine

I’m back at base after an extraordinary whirl through the Middle East, from the citadel...

6th September 2008 Wet London summer – contd.

August is often a cultural wipe-out for anyone chained to British shores. This year though,...