Ben West
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Barcelona

A few snaps from a fantastic week in Barcelona with the gorgeous girlfriend. Estupendo!

Sep
13
2010
And here it is folks, the full gallery of photos from 6 amazing weeks in Syria

Syria

And here it is folks, the full gallery of photos from 6 amazing weeks in Syria

Nov
14
2008

In the shadow of a King

Something is afoot in America. I deliberately avoid the term ‘change’ because at the moment, it’s politically loaded, and what we’re seeing, I think, goes far beyond any individual politician. Today, I saw a guy ...

Sep
19
2008

Chernobyl / Pripyat

Aug
13
2008

Warsaw is Home

Anyone who doesn’t believe in a place called ‘Europe’ has never travelled from Kiev to Warsaw. Arriving at 7:05 in Warsaw, we decided we better buy our ticket for Cologne or, failing that, Berlin. This ...

Aug
07
2008

The Golan

200m away, I can just about make out a Blue Star and the words ‘WELCOME TO ISRAEL,’ painted in bold, capital letters across the roof of what appears to be a gas-station type construction, here ...

Jul
13
2008

Probably The Best Restaurant in The World

Ahhmaaayyzing”, Hussein exclaimed, with the unmistakably deep, throaty voice of a well-practised smoker. As he said it, the said smoke bellowing from his nostrils as if they were the windows of a house on fire. ...

Jul
12
2008