For all her achievements as Cherie Booth QC, Cherie Blair has had a rocky ride at No 10. Ginny Dougary joined her on last month’s tour of Pakistan and Afghanistan to gain a remarkable close-up view of the PM’s spouse in action. Photographs – Jenny Matthews. The period of our travels with Mrs B, wife …
When Ginny Dougary decided to visit Bangkok with her teenage son, the only question was, who would be looking after whom? The last time I was in Bangkok was in my late twenties, 20 years ago. My husband, Bruce, organised a trip which included Bangkok, but also took us beyond and into the remote hill …
This adventurer went to the Antarctic to fulfil a lifelong dream of experiencing the purity and isolation that enticed Scott and Shackleton. Here, in the first of two reports, we follow her diary as she learns the ways of penguins and has a close encounter with whales. JANUARY 21: The British stiff upper lip is …
Explorer Pen Hadow, rescued from the North Pole after his record-breaking walk, tells Ginny Dougary of his triumph. A man looking like a cross between Howard Hughes and Barry Gibb – yellow, grey and white flecked beard, salt-sweat hair – smelling less awful than one might expect and appearing astonishingly lucid stepped off the plane …