Heidi Kingstone

Wednesday

Heidi Kingstone

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What fuels China’s Africa policy

Heidi Kingstone on the motivation behind China’s relations with Africa Steven Spielberg’s conscience finally got the better of him. The Oscar-winning director resigned as ‘artistic adviser’ to the upcoming 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics last night.  His “energy”, he said, “must be spent on doing all I can to help bring an end to the unspeakable crimes

Saturday

Heidi Kingstone

Nato’s Commander in Kabul

Dan McNeill, Nato’s commander in Kabul, tells Heidi Kingstone that even a ‘hard-bitten dude’ faces a struggle to make the liberated country function as an orderly society Dan McNeill used to give his briefings from a rocking-chair. Today, as he opens the door to his Kabul office, there is no rocking-chair in sight. As the