Peter Pringle is a distinguished British foreign correspondent whose career has offered him a unique vantage point on global events. His writing delves into the complexities of international affairs, drawing on extensive firsthand experience. Pringle possesses a keen eye for the human element within geopolitical landscapes, translating challenging subjects into accessible narratives. His work is characterized by its insightful analysis and compelling storytelling.
The narrative explores the remarkable life and tragic demise of Nikolai Vavilov, a prominent scientist of the twentieth century. Through meticulous research, Peter Pringle delves into Vavilov's groundbreaking contributions to botany and his relentless pursuit of agricultural science, set against the backdrop of political turmoil and repression in Soviet Russia. The book highlights the challenges he faced, ultimately leading to his arrest and death, painting a poignant picture of a man dedicated to science and humanity.
"On Sunday 30 January 1972 soldiers of the Paratroop Regiment had stormed into the Bogside shooting dead thirteen unarmed Catholics and wounding a further sixteen. 'Bloody Sunday' was the army's most significant blunder in Northern Ireland, an iconic event that would dramatically alter the course of the conflict. On the verge of defeat, the IRA was instantly revived by a stream of embittered recruits, submerging hopes of peace under a wave of terror bombings, assassinations and ambushes." "Despite hundreds of contemporary eyewitness accounts an official government inquiry exonerated the army, blaming instead the organisers of the march and the IRA, whom it said had started the shooting. For nearly thirty years the hidden truths of Bloody Sunday were locked in government files." "Vital evidence was gathered at the time by Peter Pringle and Philip Jacobson who were members of the Sunday Times Insight team. Using their research plus recently declassified documents and new statements from soldiers, civilians and the IRA, they have pieced together the first narrative history of that terrible day. It provides an intimate portrait of a city in revolt and the climax of a failed military response that plunged Northern Ireland into three decades of armed conflict. This account recovers the faces of the soldiers and the gunmen, the stone-throwing youths and the civil rights marchers who came together in a fatal fusion when Britain was at war with its own."--Jacket
The global conflict over genetically modified foods involves major corporations like Monsanto and environmental activists such as Greenpeace, both of whom present conflicting narratives about biotech agriculture. While corporations advocate for modified crops that could enhance food supply resilience, critics warn of potential risks to health and ecosystems. Peter Pringle critiques the misleading claims from both sides and proposes a collaborative approach among consumers, corporations, scientists, and farmers to fully harness biotechnology's potential in addressing world hunger and promoting environmental health.
Arthur Hemmings, a British Secret Service agent with a taste for the finer things in life, finds himself embroiled in a deadly international conspiracy aimed at monopolizing the global food supply. The investigation links to the shocking double murder of a professor and his assistant, who unearthed groundbreaking information regarding a plant sex gene. As Hemmings delves deeper, he must navigate danger and deception to uncover the truth behind this sinister plot.
On the 27 November 1980, Peter Pringle waited in an Irish court to hear the
following words: `Peter Pringle, for the crime of capital murder ... the law
prescribes only one penalty, and that penalty is death.'The problem was that
Peter did not commit this crime.
