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