The Humphrey Hawksley Blog

FELINE DIPLOMACY

Wow! What a crab! From those who remember JoAnn Kaningok’s stunning Diomedes islands photo of few days back. This is what Henry Soolook pulled out of a square hole like the one in the foreground there. The Diomedes islands straddle the U.S.-Russian border, so not sure what networks the crabs have under the ice or […]

My third #RakeOzenna thriller, Man on Fire, is out in the U.K. today with hard, fast action in a chase for a weapon few of us have ever imagined and neuromarketing politics which could turn the world as we know it on its head. I love the artwork for its upcoming advertising campaign.  

My third Rake Ozenna thriller is out in the U.K. April 29th with a stunning pre-publication review from Kirkus.  Rake is an Alaskan native, raised on a remote island on the Russian border. His missions are high-stakes and high octane and he has a girlfriend he has yet to pin down. In MAN ON FIRE, […]

Condemnation of Chinese prison camps in Xinjiang is now drawing in the issue of forced labour, supply chains and whether we should buy Chinese products.  Below is a letter I wrote to The Times and privileged to share the slot with George Magnus, an expert on the issue. Sir, Hannah Lucinda Smith’s article on Xinjiang’s […]

BOOK REVIEW — Powering Through is a worrying and detailed examination on the vulnerability of our electrical grids, written by experts who know what they are talking about. Their mission statement sums up the what and why. ‘The InfraGard National Disaster Resilience Council Mission is to inform communities how to mitigate the high-impact threat of […]

April 9th, 12.00 BST   my Goldster Book Chat will be with Roger Moorhouse, the much-acclaimed Second World War historian and author, quizzing him about his research, his stories and his fellow writers, who chronicle an era which still captures so many of our imaginations today. How did Germans fall for Nazism? What lay behind […]

India and the United States are the world’s two greatest democracies. But their relationship has been rocky. Trust has been low. India is fierdely independent. America needs it as a pillar of the multilateral front it is building against China. Tomorrow, February 16th, I will be moderating a superb panel of experts who carry the […]