JOHN SIMPSON

Letter from Madrid

By John Simpson, Sunday, August 1, 2010

A year ago, I was promised a fortune by the widow of General Sani Abacha, the unlamented dictator of Nigeria who died 12 years ago in the arms of one of his under-age lovers

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Letters and booksellers

By John Simpson, Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The bookseller was sitting on a little pile of paper-wrapped parcels the height of a footstool, reading a collection of religious sermons: white-bearded, wearing a woollen coat over his salwar kameez against the spring cold

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Letter from Chongqing

By John Simpson, Monday, June 7, 2010

John Simpson visits the largest municipality in the world - and sees it change for ever

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Letter from Siberia

By John Simpson, Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Letter from Paris

By John Simpson, Sunday, February 28, 2010

John Simpson on the trials and tribulations of finishing his latest book

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Letter from Bucharest

By John Simpson, Monday, February 1, 2010

John Simpson recalls Romania's wacky revolution and a keepsake from the executed president

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