Journalism
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Here’s everything I’ve written over the years, thanks to Muckrack
Below is a selection, mostly from my time as a staffer at the Daily Mirror (2015-8)
Writing
Personal Essays
- Unconventional Wisdom: Grief doesn’t have five stages – The Outline
- The 10 things I learned from speaking in public 5 times over the last year – Medium
- 5 things I learned from hearing Mishal Husain talk about her book – Medium
Op-eds
- A combined journalism & PR degree shows how bad things are for journalists – New Statesman
- There’s one way that Black Mirror isn’t dystopian at all – in fact, it’s hopeful – Digital Spy
- Why Black Mirror’s first episode is about more than just the prime minister and a pig
Politics
- ‘Building the Wall’ is a template for theatre in the age of Trump – New Statesman
- 10,000 fill streets in London and around UK against President Trump’s Muslim ban
- Why are junior doctors striking? We asked them to explain
TV
- Exclusive: Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones talk Black Mirror Season 4
- Black Mirror’s Rolo Haynes tells us why Charlie Brooker is “a dangerous writer”
- Boy with ‘no brain’ stuns doctors as he learns to count in touching new documentary
Tech
- Why attempts to make sex robots “family friendly” deserve to fail – New Statesman
- LG G6 smartphone review
- 11 Gmail tips to make your life easier
Humour
- 9 people who look hugely unimpressed by Nigel Farage’s gloating in the European Parliament
- In an uncertain time, in an unpredictable world, let’s all fancy Mark Carney
- Ever thought Jurassic Park needed more running in heels?
Interviews
- Award-winning chef Zoe Adjonyoh knows being the first isn’t easy – gal-dem magazine
- Always a Somervillian: Interview with Victoria Younghusband – Somerville Magazine (p28)
- Unexpected Journeys: Interview with Carl Gibson – Somerville Magazine (p16)
Travel
- Got 36 hours in Hong Kong?
- Explore the vintage charms of Cuba on a dreamy Celestyal Cruises trip
- Head to the Thai island of Koh Samui for beautiful beach bars and a green lagoon
Long reads
- I spent a month trying to spend nothing – this is what broke me
- The true story of billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi
- The betrayal and bloodshed behind the Koh-i-Noor
Relationships
- Men reveal how abortion affected them
- 7 lessons learned from painful break ups
- Cougars tell all about their toyboys
Live coverage
Juvenilia – yeah, I was writing on the internet back in 2006
- Where’s the best place to buy school uniform? – The Guardian
- Short films: ‘An art form in themselves’ – spiked
- Inside Man: just a heist movie? – spiked
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