Paul Wood 
Paul Wood read History and Law at Queens' College, Cambridge. He fell in love with Romania when he first visited in 1990 and has lived there since 1998. He owns an executive search company called Apple Search and is writing a book about Romania. His favourite activities are talking, thinking, walking, reading, travelling and looking round churches.
International Affairs
Too Many QuestionsApr 13 2018 Let’s keep out of war in Syria. The BBC 5 o’clock news started with the most extraordinary and chilling words I have heard in fifty |
Politics
Attacked AgainMar 24 2017 This past Tuesday several people were murdered just outside the House of Commons. Killing people outside security barriers makes much better sense for a terrorist |
Politics
Fear of ConversationMay 04 2016 A few days ago, I met a mordant Palestinian-American who told me why he refuses to recognize the existence of Israel. He said that in |
Europe
The Cologne Cover-upJan 15 2016 I hope the Cologne mass sexual assaults will be of lasting and huge significance to European history, and I even think they might. (Recently arrived |
Issue of the Century
Seeking Refuge From Mass MigrationSep 07 2015 My Syrian Christian friends"refugees themselves in Bucharest, though affluent refugees"are strongly opposed to admitting Muslim asylum seekers into Europe. They have reasons. Quite by chance, |
Cultural Caviar
Romanian HolidayAug 28 2015 Rains finally came. The dog days came to a pause for two days, but Bucharest was still hot. We drove to Tulcea"the quiet of a |
Politics
First They Came for the BakersMay 21 2015 All countries are traditions based on religion and genetics, though in irreligious countries they don’t know it. And all European countries these days seem to |
Politics
Refuge from the RefugeesApr 22 2015 A woman friend once told me that the secret of being a bitch is to tell the truth in the nastiest possible way. In Fleet Street |
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