Andrew Gumbel is a Los Angeles–based journalist and writer and a longtime foreign correspondent for British newspapers. After covering the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the rise of Silvio Berlusconi — mostly for The Independent of London — he came to the United States in 1998 and has written extensively about politics, the criminal justice system, and pop culture. Andrew Gumbel spent five years as a foreign correspondent in Italy and co-wrote Raffaele Sollecito's account of the Meredith Kercher murder trials, Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back With Amanda Knox (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
A Show Trial Gets Its Show
A film about the marquee trial of the 1960s counterculture fails to explain its enduring relevance....
Parkland. Too Soon?
An early assessment of the Parkland shooting is too much subject-worship, not enough big picture....
The Sensual Music of Sex in Allegra Huston’s “Say My Name”
Allegra Huston’s debut novel is suffused with sensual feeling....
Is This Fascism?
Should we be alarmed?...
Icarus of the Deep: The Life and Death of Freediver Nick Mevoli
It's difficult to read Mevoli's story and not think of him as an Icarus of the deep, someone who wanted to know how far he could go and died finding out....
Capitalism in a Bottle
Coca-Cola and Pepsi aren't really drinks manufacturers at all. For close to a century, they have made an extraordinary living from the power of suggestion....
Europe’s Accidental Country
Albania, Europe's accidental country, has a dirty secret: pyramid schemes....
Trial By Osmosis: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the Nightmare of Italian Justice
The case against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is a study in a justice system out of control according to Andrew Gumbel, co-author of Sollecito's account of the trials....
“When the Legend Becomes the Truth”: The Case of Matthew Shepard
Is Matthew Shepard more appropriately honored by public beatification, or by an honest reckoning of who he was and why he was killed?...
The Scorched Earth Solution: Solitary Confinement in America
How did a form of torture become policy in America’s prison system?...
The New Abnormal: Tentpoles, Pre-Awareness, and the Crisis in Hollywood
The mess that Hollywood is in, and how we got there....
How America Didn’t Win the Cold War (A Travelogue)
IN THE EUPHORIC FIRST WEEKS after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East German protesters who had risked everything to overthrow ...
