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Diary

Christina Lamb’s diary: Meeting the mother of the Sousse killer

When terrible things happen in beautiful places, I’m the one they send

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

One strange consequence of my job as a foreign correspondent is discovering beautiful places when terrible things happen in them. So it was that I have been spending the past couple of weeks in Tunisia, a land of azure skies, whitewashed houses and apricot light which has inspired artists such as Paul Klee.

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