Jonathan Gornall, Author at Syndication Bureau

Jonathan Gornall

Jonathan Gornall is an award-winning freelance British journalist, formerly with The Times, who has lived and worked in the Middle East and is now based in the UK. He specializes in health, a subject on which he writes for the British Medical Journal and the Daily Mail in the UK. He has also written on a wide range of topics for The National newspaper in the UAE, where he was on the staff from 2008 to 2012. A keen sailor and onetime ocean rower, his latest book, “How to Build a Boat,” published by Simon & Schuster, is an account of a year spent building a traditional wooden boat as an inspirational gift and life lesson for his young daughter.

Articles By Jonathan Gornall

UK Should Look East for Radical Health Care Solutions By Jonathan Gornall - Mar 6, 2023

On May 24, 1948, my maternal grandfather, Herbert Johnson, died suddenly in bed, the victim of a cardiac arrest. He was just 50 years old. Bert, as the family knew him, had seemed indestructible. During World War I he was wounded several times, but somehow survived four years of fighting in France. During the Second … Continue reading “UK Should Look East for Radical Health Care Solutions”

Climate Change, Energy and a Question of Leadership By Jonathan Gornall - Jan 23, 2023

The consensus among climate–change activists and many commentators is that the decision to put the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in charge of this year’s COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates is akin to appointing a fox as head of security on a chicken farm. There is, however, an alternative perspective on the appointment of Sultan … Continue reading “Climate Change, Energy and a Question of Leadership”

Is it Appropriate to Appropriate? By Jonathan Gornall - Jan 12, 2023

If you’re a fan of yoga but can’t lay claim to Indian heritage, you should roll up your mat and slink away in shame, never to do downward dog again. That, at least, is the takeaway from the latest assault by the cultural-appropriation movement, for which, to quote the United Kingdom’s insufferably earnest Guardian newspaper, … Continue reading “Is it Appropriate to Appropriate?”

Christmas Shoeboxes of Love or a Fundamentalist Trojan Horse? By Jonathan Gornall - Dec 21, 2022

Every November, thousands of schools in Western countries take part in Operation Christmas Child, during which young children and their families are encouraged to pack shoeboxes with toys, personal hygiene items, and school supplies for less fortunate children around the world. Since 1990, some 186 million children in more than 160 countries have received shoeboxes, according … Continue reading “Christmas Shoeboxes of Love or a Fundamentalist Trojan Horse?”

Britain’s Misplaced Immigration Anger and the Vestiges of Empire By Jonathan Gornall - Dec 9, 2022

Every 10 years, a census is carried out in England and Wales by the Office for National Statistics. Its purpose is to paint an accurate demographic picture of the population, to help with the planning, funding and running of public services. The latest census, just published, shows that the percentage of people in England who identify … Continue reading “Britain’s Misplaced Immigration Anger and the Vestiges of Empire”