I took a slight detour to Barrow-in-Furness – Britain’s “unhappiest town, where decline and revival sit side by side: empty streets, rising dissatisfaction and a booming defence industry, for Barrow - perhaps surprising to say - is integral to Nato's nuclear capability. unherd.com/2026/03/is-b...

On Iran, pressure, and endurance — and why collapse may be the wrong framework altogether. unherd.com/2026/03/why-...

The Islamic Republic of Iran was not doomed from birth. It destroyed itself by crushing reform – and survives now only through violence against its own people. My latest about the missed chances that destroyed the Islamic Republic — and what may come next if it falls. tinyurl.com/7dhwphpt

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei has survived every crisis by doubling down. This time, that instinct may doom the system he’s spent a lifetime defending. My latest piece for @unherd: unherd.com/2026/01/the-...