adrian monck

I met the team the team behind What The Papers Say up in Manchester before Christmas, helping to sift through the list for their annual awards.

I have frequently found myself talking to reform-minded individuals in the Middle East. Many like the idea of democracy. They admire it. Personally they are liberal, progressive, secular. And yet the closer they are to power – or when holding office – the more they concede that the time is not yet ripe. Their work…