Hugh Pope
Author, Reporter, Editor
Category: Mr. Q's News
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Reflections of a deliberative democrat on debating the Ottoman Empire in the Oxford Union, 20 November 2025
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A farewell bow to my 43 years of reporting notebooks.
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An account of what Google’s artificial intelligence machine NotebookLM told me when I asked what use my book Dining with al-Qaeda might be in helping outsiders to understand current events in the Middle East.
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How writing for decision-makers is the art of getting a message across to people who have little time to read – and who sometimes don’t even want to listen.
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An appreciation of the life of the recently deceased, dearly beloved reporter Thomas Goltz.
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First impressions as Jessica JJ Lutz publishes her new book ‘We-mind vs. Me-mind: A New Vision for Leadership and Success.’
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Meeting Iraqi Kurdistan’s most powerful man, Masoud Barzani.
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“Fascinating” – Publishers’ Weekly. “Deeply engaged” – Kirkus Reviews. “A very good book” – The Economist. “Terrific” – The Guardian. “Deceptively innocent” – Le Monde.
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A new, updated, UK paperback edition of Hugh Pope’s 2010 book ‘Dining with al-Qaeda: Making Sense of the Middle East’ was published in September 2020.
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My uncle, John Acton Garle (29.6.1936-9.4.2019), died a year ago in a care home in Fareham, Hampshire. I was with him, for which I’m grateful, now that we’ve seen such heart-searing scenes of separation due to the coronavirus epidemic. Several members of our family were able to join together for his cremation in nearby Porchester.…
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