Christina Lamb

It is a glorious spring evening in Lviv and what could be better than a ballet gala at one of Europe’s grandest opera houses? The performance starts with an unusual announcement. In the event of an air raid siren, all spectators must go to the bomb shelter. The red-velvet seats are less than a third

The Russian soldiers were young, younger than her sons, with barely any hair on their chins, but their commander’s words were chilling.“My men have had some vo

Christina Lamb talks to women about their experience under the Taliban rule. Read more on Grazia.

In a blood-drenched country no one knew the cost of war better than Mohammad Agha Zaki: he literally counted it. Twice a day, at 7am and 4pm, he read out the na

No government, no economic policies, no aid, no one to run their airports and no money to pay wages: even the Taliban were caught out by the speed of their ow

When a separatist leader based in Peckham, southeast London, persuaded Twitter to delete a tweet from Nigeria’s president for “abusive behaviour”, he might have suspected it would not end well.Two

A review of Carter Malkasian’s “The American War in Afghanistan,” a look at how the U.S. and its NATO allies failed to defeat the Taliban.

Ask Marina Wheeler her most vivid childhood memories and she will recount a supper where she, her sister and parents took turns to say what they were good at. W

When Tony Jones gets home from work in south London each evening, his three sons text to check that he is OK. He is not a doctor, nurse or care worker but a London bus driver, a job that, according to the latest coronavirus statistics, is far more deadly.So far, 30 of Jones’s colleagues have died of

The stacks of 265 identical brown cardboard boxes on metal shelves look innocuous. But they are in a locked vault monitored by security cameras in a secret location in a European city and their contents are chilling. Inside are 1m pages of documents, including top secret intelligence briefings, deta

I have mixed emotions about the fall of Mugabe. His exit after 37 years was a good thing, but Mnangagwa needs to address Gukurahundi…

Rafi Abid thought his children’s nightmare was finally over when Mosul was liberated last July. They had seen beheadings during three years of Isis control and had cowered in a basement surrounded by mattresses during the nine-month battle for the city. Their mother had been killed by shrapnel.

First comes a man to switch the chairs. Then a young press officer to arrange their position. Two men in grey suits with tell-tale earpieces, the Secret Service