About the author

Kirk Leech is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, and researcher.

For many years, Kirk's energies were devoted to revolutionary politics in the UK. Latterly his interests have expanded to issues in the developing world, having travelled and researched in Brazil, Ghana and India with the international Educational NGO WORLDwrite. Kirk is undertaking postgraduate studies in development and environment at King's College, University of London.

Kirk is currently employed as Project Officer for the Research Defence Society (RDS). RDS represents UK medical researchers in the public debate about the use of animals in medical research. Kirk Leech also serves as Editorial Consultant for Rising East.

All publications are, to some extent at least, collaborative efforts. This is very much the case with Golden Myths. It would have been impossible to have completed the research and published the findings without the help and intellectual encouragement of Mark Beachill. Mark writes far too occasionally on economic matters, hopefully this research will spur him to write more. Any praise for this website should also go to him, it was no collaborative effort; Mark designed and developed it himself. Without him my research on Rosia Montana would have stayed just as an interesting idea.(email mark@unacode.com)

This website is done in a personal capacity.

Selected Bibliography

'Mine your own business', Spiked Online, Monday 6 November 2006 click here 

'If the gold mine doesn't happen, our village will die', Spiked Online, 2 October 2006 click here

'A Golden Opportunity?', Parliament Magazine, 18 September 2006 click here (pdf)

'Toxic China',Spiked Online, March, 2006 click here

'The Ravage of India', Design4Design, April 2004 click here

Chapter in Tiffany Jenkins ed, Ethical Tourism: Who benefits? Hodder Arnold H&S, 2002 click here

'This sanctuary is a prison', Spiked Online, February 7, 2001 click here

'This sanctuary is a prison', Spiked Online, February 7, 2001 click here

wanted man.click here

'On training in India',Spiked Online, March 29, 2001 click here 
 

‘Dam campaigns’, Spiked Online, March 8, 2001click here