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Last posting from Afghanistan
Dreaming of conkers and single malts
Pomegranates and power cuts as the Taliban pushed back
A moonlit shower with the locals
Taliban target women politicians
Needless purchases and lizards
Back into the fold...
Enormous confidence in General Petraeus
"It is very easy to pass judgement from trendy Hoxton..."
Sky versus Scoop
Speaking out for the Playstation generation
No shortage of equipment
The tour's less hairy moments
Glimpses of how it could have been
Raising a glass to one of life's pleasures
Making the case for being in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s local mules
"I know few bishops but I expect they don't unwind of an evening with the Old Testament"
Afghanistan - first impressions