Journalism

‘Going to school is a break’

Can schools help end the secrecy and stigma faced by young carers?

The Guardian, January 26, 2017 

‘She isn’t actually dead yet’

From funeral rehearsals to a Nintendo fixation – how do you mourn for someone while they are still alive?

FT Weekend Magazine, September 29, 2018 

We are all Ziggy Stardust now 

How David Bowie anticipated 21st-century digital living

Financial Times, January 13, 2016

‘Terrorist’ is too big a word for the deranged killers of Isis

Young wannabe jihadis thrive on showmanship and self-importance as much as ideology   

Financial Times, August 22, 2014

Britain burns the colour of ‘A Clockwork Orange’

Urban riots: the speed of the disintegration was partly a function of sheer exuberance  

Financial Times, August 12, 2011

Sounds of Assimilation

On the success of London's pop-cultural melting pot

The New York Times, August 19, 2006

Was William Burroughs the godfather of the digital mashup?  

Unlike the cut-up movement, today’s online mash-ups seek to forge coherence instead of exploding it

Financial Times, January 17, 2014

Robin Williams: mentor to a generation

Why his character’s pep talks actually worked

Financial Times, August 13, 2014

 

Kanye is a flawed, Insta-filtered version of us

Are we projecting onto the artist things that we hate about our new digital selves?  

Financial Times, March 21, 2015

A tribute to Parv Bancil

The playwright placed British Asians on the cultural map but was never given nearly enough recognition

HuffPost, April 26, 2017

The certainty of death, technology and hip-hop

The willingness of fans to embrace Tupac's hologram reflects the logic of sampling culture

Financial Times, April 20, 2012

 

US groups come under spotlight over human rights abroad

An energy company faces the prospect of being held liable for abuses by the Burmese army

Financial Times, July 5, 1999

Teenage clicks – adolescent angst in a digital world

Three new books explore how mobile phones have moved on from parental avoidance devices

Financial Times, February 29, 2014

Bow down before the sage from Mount Baldy

Why Leonard Cohen is the perfect post-financial crisis prophet

Financial Times, January 27, 2012

Responsible investing: a guide to the key dilemmas and debates

Efforts to tackle climate crisis have become discussions about finance, pensions and investments

Guardian Labs, January 14 2022

The other jet set

Tales from the streets of village Heathrow

Financial Times Weekend Magazine, November 19 2005

 

What’s right with Asian boys?

How we brought our own brand of Britishness to the party 

Financial Times Weekend Magazine, April 21, 2006

 

Stories from the sewers reveal the mundanity of London’s excess

The devil's dandruff is on a shoulder-shrugging par with supermarket sushi

Financial Times, May 31, 2014

Lads’ mags are dead – long live the geek and digital pervert

From new lad to metrosexual, the labels marketers stuck on men made more sense before the internet

Financial Times, April 5, 2014 

Blair’s children: how the bling bling era turned political

Financial Times, May 11, 2007

 

How James Murdoch plans to convert Britain's satellite TV refuseniks

Financial Times, August 7, 2004

Reuters set to burnish its brand

Financial Times, January 10, 2005

Media deals on the radar, but is it just a blip?

Financial Times, December 7, 2004

The music industry’s haven of stability

Financial Times, November 17, 2004

Scary monsters, superstore creeps

Have our digital personae made us more sensitive about Halloween costumes?

Financial Times, October 30, 2013