Christina Lamb

Ukraine’s fight has been eclipsed by the ‘Other War’

21 October 2023 9:00 am

The first indication that this was a literary festival like no other came with the request to provide ‘proof of…

Lviv diary: ballet, bomb shelters – and everyone loves Boris

21 May 2022 9:00 am

It is a glorious spring evening in Lviv and what could be better than a ballet gala at one of…

Return to Kabul

14 September 2021 1:57 pm

The Taliban Cultural Commission sounds a contradiction in terms but for all foreign journalists it’s the first stop in the…

Life under the Taliban’s charm offensive

11 September 2021 9:00 am

The Taliban Cultural Commission sounds a contradiction in terms but for all foreign journalists it’s the first stop in the…

Why women are still fuming over my Desert Island slips

3 February 2018 9:00 am

It never occurred to me, when I was interviewed for Desert Island Discs back in November, that I’d actually be…

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

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.…