Simon Akam

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Marking 9/11

  • 12 September 2008
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On the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks Obama and McCain came together in a brief suspension of electioneering at New York's Columbia University. Simon Akam reports

Waiting for the weather

  • 04 September 2008

An observation on hurricane Gustav

Deadly serious

  • 21 August 2008

The Private Patient P D James Faber & Faber, 416pp, £18.99

Eye of the storm

  • 17 July 2008
  • 1 comment

For all its warlike past, the Sinai peninsula is a quiet success story in a troubled region

Climb any mountain

  • 27 March 2008

Touring the Swiss Alps, Simon Akam discovers that a pair of skis is an essential item for an uphill journey

Paris along the Nile

  • 07 February 2008

Simon Akam takes a stroll down the crumbling, 19th-century boulevards of Cairo's European quarter

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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