Paul Conroy and Marie Colvin’s friendship was sealed in the blood and confusion of the Arab Spring. Both were war correspondents motivated by a deep-seated compulsion to document suffering and injustice, whatever the risk to their lives. In February 2012 they were smuggled deep into Syria, to Baba Amr, one of the most hellish places on earth. Paul Conroy tells the extraordinary and tragic story of Marie Colvin’s last days, recounting his own remarkable escape from Homs, and shows what it means to be a war reporter in the 21st century.
Paul Conroy is a photojournalist and documentary-maker. Julia Wheeler is a writer, journalist and former BBC Gulf correspondent.