Patrick Bishop articles

Article archive:

Articles: 2013

Articles: 2012

Articles: 2011

• When Brixton went up in flames - On 11 April 1981, tension between the police and youths led to Brixton being set aflame. Observer reporter Patrick Bishop recalls how he and photographer Neil Libbert covered a riot that marked a summer of discontent and changed the way that the country was policed - The Observer, 10th April 2011

Articles: 2010

• Defence review: the can-do culture stays calm and just cracks on - Aside from the debate about equipment, the defence review is about people – the remarkable men and women who make up the three Services, with whom the public has a warm but ambivalent relationship - Daily telegraph, 16th September 2010
• WWII: Saved by the bravery of a few - Daily Express, 16th July 2010
• Battle of Britain: our finest hour - 70 years ago today the Battle of Britain began. It was, says Patrick Bishop, a triumph of national spirit – a time for modest heroes in the air and on the ground - Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2010

Articles: 2009

Articles: 2008

• How we came to worship the demi-gods of the RAF - Our fascination with fighter pilots harks back to an age of gauche innocence when their bravery was visible - 'The First Post', 14th November 2008

Articles: 2007

• Corporal Braveheart and the battle for Afghanistan - Sending troops to Afghanistan, defence secretary John Reid said he would be ‘very happy’ if they did not fire a shot. After more deaths last week, casualties are the highest since the second world war. Our correspondent reveals the bravery of men fighting an enemy that has too often been underestimated - The Times, 26th August 2007

Articles: 2006

• Afghanistan's forgotten army dreams of a world of plenty - 20th September 2006
• Nato's members must share burden of fighting - 13th September 2006
• Everyone lost in the Lebanon war - It was a predictable paradox of the Lebanon war that the fiercest fighting would come after both sides had theoretically decided to stop - 14th August 2006
• How to achieve the "new Middle East" - 27th July 2006

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