Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.

Is US foreign policy still meant to benefit Americans? Or peace? Or international prosperity? Those were the questions I asked after reading this article
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

Ian D. Richardson explores an unusual scandal and cover-up of his non-fiction book, God's Triangle. YouTube video by Ian D. Richardson

#Scandal | Ian D Richardson explains why his #truestory, God's Triangle, is a good read: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAu...

#Books | My Kindle #truestory, God's Triangle, on offer from Amazon.com for just 99pence for the next few days:

#BookBoost : My book, God's Triangle, the #truestory of how a missionary was innocently caught up in church scandal, is still available through Amazon. For the next few days, the Kindle ebook version is available on special offer through Amazon.com for just .99p

#BookBoost : My book, God's Triangle, the #truestory of how a missionary was innocently caught up in church scandal, is still available through Amazon. For the next few days, the Kindle ebook version is available on special offer through Amazon.com for just .99p

Fire. Our house saved from destruction with just minutes to spare: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-78...

Chapter 66: Return to Moscow and the KGB An account of my further visit to Moscow to prepare for the next summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

#Moscow #KGB | iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-66...

Chapter 76: Another BBC adventure My report on a working trip to Bucharest and Belgrade in May 1990.

#Substack #Memoir | My latest chapter of a #BBC working visit to Bucharest, Romania: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-76...

Chapter 72: Beijing uprising - part one The original purpose of the trip to Beijing in May 1989 was to organise the BBC World Service coverage of the Sino-Soviet Summit between Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xioaping.

China | The Tiananman Sq uprising in 1989. iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-72...

Chapter 71: Eventful visits to the USA Also my caustic view of a UK political conference, a Gorbachev scoop, being looked after by a famous comedian's widow, and a visit by two drunken guests who should have stayed back in Queensland,

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Another chapter in my Substack memoir: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-71...

Chapter 70: Fascinating holiday in USA - part two This is from my diary written about a holiday for the whole family in New York and Florida from August 22 to September 5, 1988. Part two is about our time in Florida.

A holiday in Orlando Florida: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-70...

Chapter 70: Fascinating holiday in USA - part two This is from my diary written about a holiday for the whole family in New York and Florida from August 22 to September 5, 1988. Part two is about our time in Florida.

@idrmedia.bsky.social | A personal account of a family holiday in Orlando Florida in 1988: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-70...

Chapter 70: Fascinating holiday in USA - part two This is from my diary written about a holiday for the whole family in New York and Florida from August 22 to September 5, 1988. Part two is about our time in Florida.

Holidays | My account of a family visit to Orlando, Florida in 1988: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-70...

Russia history | Ronald Reagan meets Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow in 1988: iandrichardson.substack.com/publish/post...

Chapter 67: Reagan-Gorbachev Moscow Summit This chapter is devoted to my experiences leading the BBC World Service team reporting on the summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

#USSR | What it was like reporting for the #BBC on Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1988: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-67...

Moscow 1988. Another chapter in my Substack memoir: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-65...

Chapter 64: A WW1 survivor and a devastating storm This chapter is mostly about a New Zealand WW1 soldier who had a remarkable escape from death, plus my account of an unexpected storm that destroyed millions of trees in England.

Weather. Learn about the devastating storm of 1987 in my latest Substack chapter: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-64...

Chapter 64: A WW1 survivor and a devastating storm This chapter is mostly about a New Zealand WW1 soldier who had a remarkable escape from death, plus my account of an unexpected storm that destroyed millions of trees in England.

Weather | My new Substack chapter includes my account of the hurricane that hit England in December 1987: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-64...

Airship. Exciting birthday present. iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-63...

#memoir | iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-63...

#memoir #airships | iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-63...

@privateeyenews.bsky.social view of plans to cut court juries in England:

Chapter 62: Fascinating work visits to Thailand and India Early 1987. Mostly about teaching BBC journalists how to improve the quality of their reports back to London.

Another #Substack chapter of my #memoir -- this one in 1987: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-62...

#Travel. A wonderful cartoon from the New Zealand Herald:

#novel based on #truestory, "Florrie - A Life Unexpected" :

Chapter 61: European trip and the death of "Dr Death" Another busy time including visits to BBC bureaux, plans for a family trip to Australia and lots about the hunt for and killing of "Dr Death".

Memoir | Another chapter in my life story: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-61...

Seasonal change in our back garden in Ealing, London:

Archive - From the Bush to Bush House and Beyond Full archive of all the posts from From the Bush to Bush House and Beyond.

Lots of stories in my #Substack #memoir. You might even find a few of them interesting: iandrichardson.substack.com/archive

Chapter 60: A new BBC job and visitors to our back garden The end of shift work for six months, the neighbourhood animals that visit us, identifying Dr Death and passing a health test.

Another #Substack memoir chapter set in 1985: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-60...

Chapter 59: Guests: one a dangerous criminal and one the mother of abducted child Chapter includes the scary story of Sidney Noble, Dr Death, the tragic tale of a guest whose child was abducted, and a holiday where it rained every day.

TrueStory | Memoir includes the tragic abduction of a child in #Australia: iandrichardson.substack.com/p/chapter-59...