Afghan journalist and TIME magazine woman of the year joins Cambridge college
11 December 2024Zahra Joya, an Afghan journalist and one of TIME magazine's Women of the Year 2022, has been appointed By-Fellow at Hughes Hall.
Afghanistan: the inside story of the withdrawal
05 June 2024It is nearly 3 years since the US and the UK withdrew from Afghanistan. A key figure in the evacuation was the UK’s last ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow – now president of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Here he talks about his new book Kabul: Final Call: The Inside Story of the Withdrawal from Afghanistan, August 2021 and the lessons we should learn.
Opinion: Putin's war of attrition
24 February 2023Former UK Ambassador to Russia, Sir Laurie Bristow, on what lies behind Putin's war on Ukraine and why we must begin to prepare for change in Russia – however long it takes.
