Lindsey Hilsum is an award-winning journalist with a wealth of experience reporting from some of the most devastating conflicts around the world. She was at the forefront of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, in Belgrade for the 1999 NATO bombing, and in 1994 was the only English-speaking correspondent in Rwanda when the genocide began. In recent years she has covered the conflict in Syria and Ukraine and in 2017 received the Patron’s Medal from the Royal Geographical Society. Her highly praised publication ‘Sandstorm: Libya from Gaddafi to Revolution’ was nominated in 2012 for the Guardian First Book Award and she has recently published a biography, ‘In Extremis – The Life and Death of War Correspondent Marie Colvin’. Ms Hilsum is currently the International Editor at Channel 4 News and is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The New Statesman and Granta.

Events participated in:

Britain and International Security: Allan Little quizzes the Former Head of the Special Boat Service, Col Graham Cundy, and Channel 4 Foreign Affairs Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, about Britain’s interventions in conflicts around the world. (2023)

Ukraine: One Year On: Join Steve Richards as he listens to Channel 4’s Lindsey Hilsum and BBC Lucy Ash’s dispatches from the frontline of the Ukrainian war, while Professor Marc Weller considers how to resolve a conflict. (2023)

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin: Watch as Razia Iqbal talks to Lindsey Hilsum about her book In Extremis about the extraordinary life and death of war correspondent Marie Colvin, and a career capturing the stories of life on the front lines. (2019)

Journalists Under Fire: Join Allan Little as he talks to Channel 4 News International Editor and author of Sandstorm Lindsey Hilsum and photographer Guy Martin, who was injured in Libya while documenting the unfolding Arab Spring. Followed by a short drinks reception in memory of Marie, with the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund. (2012)

Balancing Security and Human Rights in Times of Transition: Join International Criminal Tribunal judge Ben Emmerson QC, former head of UNDPA, Sir Kieran Prendergast, Roelf Meyer and Lindsey Hilsum as they discuss with Dr. Oscar Guardiola Rivera how to achieve stability in Syria and whether military intervention, the use of targeted drone strikes and the use of other more controversial war on terror methods leads to a more stable world. (2012)