John Vidal

John Vidal, born 1949 in Accra, Ghana, is a journalist and author. He was environment editor at the Guardian in London from 1989 to 2015. His current book, Fevered Planet, an investigation into the ecological roots of modern diseases, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2022.  Vidal lives in Chirk, Wales.

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KULTURAUSTAUSCH is the magazine for international perspectives. It is published quarterly and presents international cultural relations from fresh perspectives. We focus on people and regions that rarely feature in the German debate.

Renowned authors such as Serhij Zhadan, Fatou Diome, Liao Yiwu, Ibram X. Kendi or Gioconda Belli have their say, as do other voices from around the globe from Afghan women doctors to mine workers in Congo to racing drivers from Qatar.

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