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The Ghost in Your Phone

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The Importance of Trade in the Middle East

Tally Upwood worked for a British shipping company in Antwerp, Belgium. His job was to check that the cargo manifest accurately represented the cargo coming off his ships. He quickly began to notice something wasn't adding up when he looked at what was actually on the ships. Rubber and ivory in, weapons and soldiers out. The story of Tally Upwood is published by Hodder & Stoughton (£16.99)

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