About this episode
Christina Lamb discusses her experiences as a foreign correspondent and the importance of journalism in conflict zones.
The chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times and bestselling author of ‘I am Malala’ and ‘The Girl From Aleppo’ visits the South West. Christina Lamb’s work is defined by determination and curiosity to vividly convey life in areas of danger and conflict. How else would the rest of us know about the injustice, the violence, but also the hope that can be found in those dark places? What is the point of bearing witness to the atrocities of war? What difference can journalism make? As one of Britain’s leading foreign correspondents, Christina Lamb has never wavered from giving a voice to the unsung heroes of war, often women like the cyclists in Kabul, the Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, and the famous Malala. In this talk, Christina Lamb speaks about the defining moments of her career as an author and journalist: travelling with the Mujahidin, the resistance fighting Soviet occupation in Afghanistan during the Cold War, being in a 360 Taliban ambush, and surviving a bus bombing at an assassination attempt on Pakistan’s Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. After 38 years of reporting from the most dangerous places on earth, Christina shares why she still goes to war, asking what…
People in this episode
Guest: Christina Lamb
Topics covered
- journalism
- war
- conflict
- resilience
- women's rights
Keywords
- foreign correspondent
- I am Malala
- The Girl From Aleppo
- Mujahidin
- Taliban ambush
- Benazir Bhutto
- women in war
- reporting from danger
- hope in conflict
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: I am Malala’, The Girl From Aleppo’, the Prix Bayeux, Lifetime Achievement Award, the Chesney Gold Medal, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, I Am Malala, OBE
Places: the South West, Britain, Kabul, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Soviet Union, Iraq, Ukraine, Israel, Zimbabwe
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