During the 1970s and ’80s, Sir Richard Francis oversaw fuel runs across IRA checkpoints, greenlit broadcasts of a politician’s killers, and stood firm against PM Margaret Thatcher, all to defend the BBC’s editorial independence. His son, Stephen R.W. Francis, has just published the first memoir of his father and here...
Sixty years ago this month, on March 7th 1965, hundreds of African Americans gathered in Selma, Alabama, to march to the capital city of Montgomery. What started as a peaceful demonstration demanding voting rights for Black Americans turned violent on ‘Bloody Sunday’ when protesters were brutally attacked by police, leaving...
Matthew Baldwin served as a decorated Tank Commander for 19 years, leading high-stakes operations in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. As a seasoned military professional, he experienced both the triumphs and tragedies of frontline service. In this exclusive interview with The London Economic, Baldwin reveals the highlights and lowlights of his...
As a frontline surgeon in the early years of the Syrian conflict, Dr Thaier Alhusain is no stranger to conflict. Operating in makeshift hospitals under bombardment, treating patients with minimal resources, and making heartbreaking decisions in the face of mass casualties, his experience and perspective on medicine was shaped in...
Actress Dolores Reynals calls the world her home, and while it can be difficult to live the life of a modern-day nomad, she wouldn’t have it any other way. To mark the release of her memoir, The Smallest Wave, we caught up with Dolores to find out more about her...
Formerly a distinguished paediatrician at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, Colin Stern has reinvented himself in his retirement as a prolific author of genre-spanning prose and poetry. We spoke to him to find out more.
Bestselling speculative fiction icon Ben Counter’s new book, Skane, delivers the same trademark combination of dark themes and intense action but in an unexpected fusion of genres: thriller and poetry.
With a background in mathematics, academic-turned-businessman Tony Lewis is nothing less than the Einstein of marketing. His new book, Brand Momentum, reveals a powerful new metric — one that not only measures a brand’s success but also crucially its future potential health.
Former Royal Marine Ricardo Chin joined the military in an attempt to expel the anger, frustration and inner turmoil inside, and find true meaning to his life. It didn’t work. Here, the author of spiritual memoir A Few Words from an Absolute Nobody explains why.