Richard Adams

Guest writer

Richard Adams is from Waimate.

Recruitment for the study began in March. Photograph: Richard Adams

My life as a human guinea pig on the Oxford Covid vaccine trial

Six months ago, several hundred volunteers began participation in a clinical trial of the vaccine. Among them was UK-based NZ journalist Richard Adams.

By Richard Adams | 23rd October, 2020

British PM Theresa May. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Anatomy of a clusterfuck: How ‘strong and stable’ Theresa May messed up so entirely

What the hell just happened? The Guardian's Richard Adams attempts to make sense of the shock UK election outcome.

By Richard Adams | 10th June, 2017

A combination of pictures created in London on April 18, 2017 shows British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Theresa May (L) speaking at a press conference during a European Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 9, 2017 and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) speaking on the fourth day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north west England on September 28, 2016.
British Prime Minister Theresa May called today for an early general election on June 8 in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS AND Paul ELLIS (Photo credit should read JOHN THYS,PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Facing an opposition in disarray, May will seek a big mandate for a hard Brexit

By the logic of politics the real surprise was that the UK prime minister hadn't called a snap election earlier, writes the Guardian's Richard Adams.

By Richard Adams | 19th April, 2017