Category Archives: Journalism

Lionheart Magazine issue 11 – November 2019.  On balance  I wanted to get more serious about my work, and be more deliberate about where I’m going with it. I started spending a lot of time thinking about work – what do I want to do? Because before you can go there, you need to knowContinue reading “On Balance”

Published in BL Magazine, July 2019 (original article p58-61). The case for making a digital will When writing a will that determines who gets the house and who gets the good china, take a moment to also consider what should happen also to your digital assets after the final curtain. We all know you can’tContinue reading “The case for making a digital will”

An extended version of the story published in Broadly by Vice on 16th January 2019. If your doctor told you to take two paracetamol before coming in for a small medical procedure, what would you expect? As I went in for my first hysteroscopy—a procedure that examines the inside of the uterus with a small cameraContinue reading “When women aren’t given pain relief for invasive gynae procedures”

Published in Oh Comely magazine, February 2019.  Everything and its opposite There’s so much want in Kathryn Joseph’s music. It’s right there in the title of her new album, “From when I wake the want is” – that feeling that sits there, under the eyes, under the tongue, and there’s nothing you can do exceptContinue reading “Everything and its opposite // Interview with Kathryn Joseph”

BL Magazine, January 2019. Original article p54-57. Sharing the spoils: The case for the four-day workweek Automation leads to improved efficiency – but who benefits? Until now, the spoils of technological advancement has gone straight to the business bottom line, as staff keep working the same hours no matter how much time is “saved” byContinue reading “The case for the four-day workweek”

Published in Lionheart Magazine, the ‘Bright’ issue, in November 2018.  Hotel “Stay as long as you like,” he said as he headed out the door. “Take anything you want from the minibar.” That’s quite the offer, isn’t it. It was already late in the morning, but the moment was irresistible: I was in a hotelContinue reading “Hotel”

BL Magazine, Sept-Oct 2018. Original article p44-46.  On the health impact of business trips, and how employers need to take more responsibility To have the life of a business hotshot, putting in a couple of hours for meetings before lounging at the pool for the rest of the day – nice work if you canContinue reading “A trip too far?”

OnOffice Magazine cover story, August 2018. Original article (PDF). Station to Station: How Crossrail is changing London’s neighbourhoods Any new building will change the face of a block. If the structure is significant enough it can even change an entire neighbourhood, like how the Shard propelled the entire London Bridge area into becoming a glitzyContinue reading “Down the line: How Crossrail is changing London’s neighbourhoods”

Published in Lionheart Magazine (Issue 9: Land, Water and Air) in April 2018 Strange birds Wild parrots don’t belong in London but still, they are everywhere. I always find it a little jarring to see one – the shocking green and red typical of a parakeet is starkly out of place. It’s like we instinctivelyContinue reading “Strange birds”

Published in Lionheart Magazine #8, the Pattern & Colour issue, September 2017. On synchronicity Reality has one advantage over fiction: real life events can be wildly improbable. When you’re making things up they have to be believable, but reality makes no such promises: anything can happen. It was the author John Irving who said this,Continue reading “On synchronicity”