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Mangroves pledge from Cop26 gets under way

Evening Standard See my interview with Shekhar Mehta, World President of Rotary International on his recent trip to London. Read the article and watch the video here      

The Three Old Hacks talk about the war in Ukraine

The Three Old Hacks – Episode 21 listen to it now

The Three Old Hacks talk about Partygate and the Foreign Secretary who didn’t know Rostov was in Russia

The Three Old Hacks – Episode 20 listen to it now

West to Face New Russia-China Challenge

Asian Lite There is no point looking anywhere else in Europe for leaders who could fashion a strategy to cope with this new Russian-Chinese alliance. Certainly not Britain. Boris Johnson may be a great Greek scholar, but his state craft has never amounted to much ….. writes Mihir Bose In many ways the most intriguing […]

Was 2021 the year when sport finally confronted its problem with racism?

The Independent  2021 was the year when sport realised it had been deluding itself in believing that racism was history. Cricket is still reeling from the chilling testimony of Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq about the racism he suffered. The latest casualty appears to be popular cricket commentator David Lloyd who left Sky recently. There has been speculation that this […]

The three old hacks discuss that Peppa Pig moment and more

The Three Old Hacks – Episode 19 Listen to it now.

I was often called a ‘P—’ and told to ‘go home’ – but I also discovered the gentle face of England

Daily Telegraph Azeem Rafiq’s testimony about racism in English cricket struck many chords with the veteran sports reporter  The past may be a foreign country but it cannot be as brushed aside, as Azeem Rafiq has discovered. Having given harrowing testimony of the racism he has suffered he has been forced to apologise for his […]

Virat Kohli’s defence of his Muslim teammate is crucial in the fight against Hindu religious bigotry

The Independent Mohammed Shami, the lone Muslim in the Indian cricket team, was subjected to vicious social media abuse following India’s defeat by Pakistan in the T20 World Cup The vigorous defence by Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli of his Muslim teammate Mohammed Shami could mark an important moment in the battle against the growing […]

Rafiq says ‘institutional racism’ is key issue after Ballance admits using slur

The Guardian Azeem Rafiq responded on Thursday to the latest news in the Yorkshire cricket racism story after a former teammate of the cricketer, Gary Ballance, admitted using a racial slur against him. Rafiq posted a short statement on Twitter, saying the problem is “not really about the words of certain individuals” but rather “institutional […]

The three old hacks discuss whether the killing of David Amess will result in limiting access to MPs

The Three Old Hacks – Episode 18  Listen to it now.