August 25, 2015
Matthew Teller, BBC News The outgoing British ambassador to Lebanon hates the image of diplomats as stuck-up champagne-drinking mandarins, and goes out of his way to prove ...
August 13, 2015
Christopher Meyer, The Telegraph That sound you hear is the massed ranks of long-departed British ambassadors turning in their graves. Some of us, alive but retired, have had to re ...
May 16, 2016
Emran Mian, NewStatesman There are obvious reasons for the government's lethargy. There’s a referendum to win. It curtails the appetite for risk. In the ...
May 9, 2016
Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian A scathing internal report into what is described as an often hierarchical, amateurish and under informed British diplomatic service has been issue ...
May 10, 2016
Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor, The Times With only the slightest of delays, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is to enter the 21st century in a move that prioritises digital diplomacy ov ...
May 9, 2016
George Parker, Political Editor, Financial Times Actor Kiefer Sutherland plays Jack Bauer, the rogue agent of the Counter Terrorist Unit in TV series '24'. British diplomacy is set for ...
May 9, 2016
James Blitz, Financial Times Click here to read the full article. ...