News Editor @TheEconomist. Email: [email protected].
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The secret life of a private tutor amp.economist.com/1843/2020/… - my cover story for 1843
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The latest Drum Tower looks at Hong Kong's recent hosting of the Gay Games, and how the event tested whether HK wants to be an open world city, or align its values with those of the PRC. With my colleague @EmmaIrving economist.com/podcasts/2023/…
Thrilled to have just moved to Hong Kong to become an Asia news editor for @TheEconomist. Any and all professional/social contacts much appreciated, as are story ideas!
Should you be worried about #aspartame ? My explainer for @TheEconomist economist.com/the-economist-…
Ever wonder how to become more #Creative? Give my article for @TheEconomist a read economist.com/the-economist-…
I wrote about rural shows for this week’s Britain section in @TheEconomist. Turns out visitors aren’t just interested in the sheep-shearing and cider tents… economist.com/britain/2023/0…
I wrote about Britain’s very own chainsaw massacre for the Britain section in this week’s @TheEconomist
economist.com/britain/2023/0… Tree-felling is at the centre of disputes across Britain from TheEconomist
My feature on Oxford’s academic gig economy. Please do give it a read: economist.com/1843/2023/03/0…
“They treat us like we are very low pond life”: precarious contracts and low wages are the norm for early-career academics at Oxford. @EmmaIrving met some of those struggling to make ends meet econ.st/3ZsZ5ub
In this week’s @TheEconomist I wrote about one of my favourite novels, a funny, dark and brilliant hymn to originality economist.com/culture/2023/0… “O Caledonia” teaches girls how to grow up from TheEconomist
Pls sign up to Blighty, our new newsletter! With brilliant data journalism from @JamesFransham and exclusive commentary, it analyses how to ignite an economy that’s forgotten how to grow and how to mend a political system that’s forgotten how to govern economist.com/newsletters/bl…
Loved all the research I did to write this! economist.com/the-economist-… @TheEconomist
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Really proud of this one. @TheEconomist’s first ever summer issue features 64 pages of brilliant 1843 magazine content and it’s a total delight! And what a gorgeous cover by the ever-wonderful @noma_bar economist.com/weeklyedition/…
I loved writing this article about why wetlands are more wild and wonderful than people think, for @TheEconomist’s Culture section economist.com/culture/2022/0…
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📈 I’m very proud to share that Off the Charts, @TheEconomist’s data newsletter has been shortlisted for the @sigmaawards! The newsletter is a true labour of love from the data and the newsletter team
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We’re trying an experiment. On Sundays I’ll read the news tea leaves, writing an intro to our newsletter (The Economist Today) on what might happen in the week ahead. We'll link to the relevant stories. Sign up for the free daily newsletter here: economist.com/newsletters/?u…
Wrote about the weird reason some chocolate tastes great - a delightful excuse to eat industrial quantities of it
Why one brand of chocolate tastes better than another might not seem like a weighty issue, but it is – literally 1843m.ag/yYuw9DY
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It’s exams season and it’s been reported that ‘pointy-elbow’ parents have been emailing teachers to boost exam grades. How far would you go to ensure your child gets the grades you think they deserve? @asclpresident and tutor @EmmaIrving join us bbc.in/3rEEd1O
Out today for @1843mag - got to write about my favourite fast food. Worth a look just for the brilliant graphics by Mark Smith economist.com/1843/2021/03/2…
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Too high a price: the brilliant @EmmaIrving makes her @tortoise #SlowViews debut with an account of her first - and last - hallucinogenic trip (and explains why psychedelics are the defining drug of the age) tortoisemedia.com/2021/03/09…
Wrote about trying shrooms and it going very badly wrong for @tortoise (sorry mum) tortoisemedia.com/2021/03/09…