By William J. Furney The petite, rotund and effervescent Indian doctor standing in front of me is gushing about how much cheaper she is for coronavirus travel tests than the
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Category: Reportage
Conversations with Skulls
By William J. Furney In an airy, high-ceilinged room with creepily creaking floorboards in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the scenic capital of the tiny volcanic island that’s part of
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African Migrants in the Canaries: Not a Drop of Water to Drink
By William J. Furney PLAYA DEL INGLES — On a run early this morning on the subtropical island of Gran Canaria, just across a short stretch of sea from the
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Western Sahara, Left in Limbo, Erupts into Conflict as Sahrawi Await Elusive Self-Determination Vote
By William J. Furney LAS PALMAS — The head of a ragtag rebel group in Western Sahara is incandescent with rage. The Mococcan military has launched what he says is
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Travel in a Time of Coronavirus
By William J. Furney Garda (Irish police) checkpoints, traffic jammed and snaking back further than the eye can see, everything except places of business selling “essential services” shuttered for over
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On the Crest of Coronavirus Waves
By William J. Furney Britain’s beaches may be packed with people, in a country with the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll, while Spain’s will only tomorrow start opening up and
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A Rude Sahara Sandstorm Diversion That Went Viral
By William J. Furney I am wondering if it’s possible that I’m sitting across the narrow aisle from the most annoying person in the world. In a blaring brash voice,
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What a Sight: Mystical Men and Magical Machines
By William J. Furney Half an hour before heading to the airport for a flight to Istanbul, I realised I didn’t have a visa and my passport was invalid. It
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Spain Must Free Catalonian Independence Prisoners to Restore Order
By William J. Furney, in Barcelona It’s past midnight on Monday in the Catalonian capital Barcelona, where nine independence leaders were jailed by the Spanish Supreme Court earlier in the
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Tales of Two Pakistanis in Towering Dubai
By William J. Furney In Dubai this week, I encountered two men from Pakistan, one named Muhammad and the other Mohammad, both of them upper-end taxi drivers in an otherwise
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