Taxing times for HMRC
The topic of who should pay tax and at what rates has been argued long and loud in Britain over Continue reading
Hywel Davies
Hywel Davies is a TV and radio journalist. He reports, mostly on human rights and environmental issues, and is an experienced field producer, programme editor and a highly skilled writer/sub-editor. He’s worked for CNN, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Bermuda Broadcasting, the Phnom Pehn Post and Al Jazeera. He’s lived in Zambia, the UK, China, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand and has travelled to more than 25 countries for assignments. Hywel is currently writing a crime novel, set in 1950's London.
Manila’s child jail hell
Children imprisoned in the Philippines are detained in squalid conditions, often dozens to a cell, leaving them at risk of Continue reading
Looking for a new politics in Japan
After almost five decades under the same party, Japan is poised for what opinion polls say could be a seismic Continue reading
South Africa mourns mine deaths
South African officials have been holding talks with management and workers at the Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine, where 44 people Continue reading
The fight for Aleppo
The former head of the UN observer mission in Syria says it is only a matter of time until President Continue reading
Final forests? Logging in the Solomons
It’s a crisis on an alarming scale. Logging on the Solomon Islands has resulted in trees cut down at four Continue reading
Designing Utopia
Early Soviet Russia was globally renowned for its pioneering art and design. A new exhibition of items representing Soviet design Continue reading
Agent Orange, a poisonous legacy
As children across Vietnam continue to be born with genetic defects, this edition of 101 East discusses the legacy of Continue reading
Hywel Davies 