
Paul Wood
Journalist at The Spectator
Journalist at The Spectator (World)
Journalist covering Syria
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
thespectator.com | Paul Wood
All wars end, one way or another. One of the longest wars in the Middle East, between Turkey and Kurdish separatists, may finally be over. After 40 years of bitter struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ party, the PKK, has declared that it will disarm and disband. It’s an achievement, of a sort, for the PKK’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan: he might become a free man. It’s a triumph for Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: he might become president for life.
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3 weeks ago |
spectator.co.uk | Paul Wood
All wars end, one way or another. One of the longest wars in the Middle East, between Turkey and Kurdish separatists, may finally be over. After 40 years of bitter struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ party, the PKK, has declared that it will disarm and disband. It’s an achievement, of a sort, for the PKK’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan: he might become a free man.
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4 weeks ago |
thespectator.com | Paul Wood
Was the first American Pope ushered in on a wave of suspect, last-minute betting? Something odd seems to have been happening on at least one online gambling platform – Polymarket – in the minutes before the new Pope was announced. I know because I happened to place a bet just before Pope Leo XIV walked out on the balcony of St Peter’s – and watched the odds dramatically shortening before my eyes. Before his election as Pope, Leo was Cardinal Robert Provost.
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4 weeks ago |
thespectator.com | Paul Wood
Was the first American Pope ushered in on a wave of suspect, last-minute betting? Something odd seems to have been happening on at least one online gambling platform – Polymarket – in the minutes before the new Pope was announced. I know because I happened to place a bet just before Pope Leo XIV walked out on the balcony of St. Peter’s – and watched the odds dramatically shortening before my eyes. Before his election as Pope, Leo was Cardinal Robert Provost.
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1 month ago |
thespectator.com | Paul Wood
AssisiIn a medieval church built of white stone, pilgrims and tourists shuffle past the body of a 15-year-old boy in a tomb with a glass side. The boy is handsome, with dark curly hair, and wears a blue tracksuit top, jeans and Nike trainers. Everyone peers through the glass and some realize, with a start, that the perfectly preserved face and hands are eerily lifelike silicone. The real remains, which have been decomposing for almost 20 years, are inside the effigy.
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