By John Simpson, Monday, January 2, 2012
You can't knock around the globe as a reporter for decades on end and not bump into the occasional war or revolution. I've racked up 41, I'm afraid; though how sad is it to sit down and add them all up, as I've just done?
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By John Simpson, Thursday, November 3, 2011
Let's be clear from the start: I've always been crap at cricket. But that doesn't mean I don't like it. After all, I can't draw, but I still enjoy Botticelli and Poussin and Bonnard
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By John Simpson, Monday, October 3, 2011
I wish I liked this place better. Indonesia as a whole is wonderful, but Jakarta itself switches from being chaotic and run-down to just another featureless Asian city
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By John Simpson, Thursday, September 1, 2011
It was a familiar enough setting: the vast ballroom of a big modern hotel, good but forgettable
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By John Simpson, Monday, August 1, 2011
I know, I know: in this column I'm inclined to give the impression that my idea of a decent holiday is threading my way along a jungle river in a canoe. This isn't true, of course
Tags: John-Simpson, Libya, Tripoli
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By John Simpson, Friday, July 1, 2011
Nowadays, when I tell people a joke, I say, 'I've probably told you this before,' because the chances are I have
Tags: John-Simpson, France
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By John Simpson, Friday, May 6, 2011
There is nothing as exciting as a revolution. You become instant brothers with people you have nothing in common with.
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By John Simpson, Tuesday, April 19, 2011
It's 29 years since I last slept here in the heart of Jerusalem's old city
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