A reminder of what journalism can achieve when practised by one of the best: Peter Arnett challenged authority repeatedly through dogged and courageous reporting. He passed away just before Christmas but his example remains an inspiration. A story from his life: open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

There was a time when a brave man with a camera could expose evil and people responded with anger and resolve. Horst Faas was such a man. open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

For a break from doom scrolling I've been learning a bit about motor sport, specifically the 24 Hours of Le Mans. What drivers have to do is remarkable and still almost exclusively the preserve of men. The Iron Dames are trying to change that. My latest: webbj.substack.com/p/the-roar-o...

His story is less well known on this side of the Atlantic but Ghislaine Maxwell's father was yet another rich man whose boundless appetites led to criminality. open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

Not wrong to be annoyed by Amb. Pete Hoekstra's attack on the Ontario envoy but we need to think about how best to respond. @deanblundell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

A hundred citizens turned out to take action on the climate crisis. Some thoughts on what they said and what they're up against. open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

What does appeasement look like now? A British historian who argued with Hitler's appeasers provides a clue - they're ineffective. webbj.substack.com/p/the-new-ap...

Wow. America's loss ... substack.com/home/post/p-...

What a story. Gift article from the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...

It's possible that Poilievre is adopting the tactics of would-be authoritarians like Trump just so he can win an election and then behave like a regular right-leaning leader. It's also possible that he has other ideas. open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

There's an awful lot happening these days that speaks to the nature of authoritarianism and the sneaky, and sometimes quite open ways that dictators operate. I've written a piece on Substack about a twentieth-century tyrant who sought to control the media: open.substack.com/pub/webbj/p/...

Brilliant.