Author: Shafik Meghji

Shafik Meghji is an award-winning journalist, travel writer and author specialising in Latin America. His new book 'Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America' was published in July 2025 by Hurst Publishers.

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Searching for Patagonia’s lost British history

In the late 1920s, sub-editors on the Times of London came up with a game to entertain themselves during tedious evening shifts. A prize was awarded to whoever wrote the dullest headline that made it into print. In his autobiography, journalist and novelist Claud Cockburn claimed to have won the competition on one occasion with […]

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