Outside the system
Author: John Sweeney
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Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’
John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February
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Paul Conroy: ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With’
John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy
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The BBC vs The Post Office: The Undeclared Conflict of Interest as Panorama Investigated the Horizon Scandal
John Sweeney, who worked on the 2015 BBC documentary, explores how the Post Office’s chair was also on the broadcaster’s board while the programme was in production – without declaring it
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Lebedev: The KGB Spy Who Helped Put Putin in the Kremlin
John Sweeney digs deeper into the past of Alexander Lebedev, whose connections to the Russian President and the British Prime Minister are a source of major public concern
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Has the Prime Minister Been Compromised by Russia?
John Sweeney delves into the ties between Boris Johnson and several Russian oligarchs
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Arron Banks versus Carole Cadwalladr: the First Two Days
John Sweeney gives his first impressions of the landmark libel case taking place in Court 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice
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Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: A Funny Peculiar Friendship
John Sweeney assesses the relationship between the British Prime Minister and the newspaper baron Lord Lebedev, in the light of an Italian intelligence report about his father
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The House of Blair, Serbia’s Regime and the Mob
John Sweeney reveals how the former Prime Minister is advising a Serbian regime he once bombed and his wife is representing them against the last independent TV channel
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Sir David Barclay Obituary: Farewell to a ‘Stinking Mobster’
From getting arrested in Sark to being sued in France, John Sweeney gives his personal account of his litigious past with the now-deceased newspaper proprietor
