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Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning columnist specialising in the Middle East. A foreign correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Jerusalem, Belfast, Beirut and Baghdad, Patrick is also the author of nine books, including The Rise of Islamic State, which was translated into 18 languages. He wrote with his son Henry the best-selling Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, which was a finalist for the Costa Books Award. His latest book, Behind Enemy Lies, was published in October.

Article thumbnail: U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after attending Ukraine Compact during the 75th NATO Summit in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Joe Biden is no hero for stepping aside – he leaves America in turmoil

A man whose brain is not functioning properly remains the most powerful man in the world

Trump is a sign of declining US politics - but so is Biden

Joe Biden's impaired judgement is already doing terrible damage

Article thumbnail: Britannia by Henry Cockburn Image via jem1@kent.ac.uk

The UK's political nervous breakdown is finally over. Now it can recover

Wordsworth would despair at Tory neglect of the River Wye