I am a freelance writer and history teacher. I was previously a staff writer at The Economist, where I covered British society, culture and politics.
Selected work:
Why country music is booming in Britain
From Taylor Swift to Star Trek, niche cruises are on the rise
Dealers are selling war trophies to buy weapons for Ukraine
Britain has a growing problem with dangerous dogs
Britain’s offshore wind farms attract tourists
British farmers face up to the prospect of drought
Britain’s empty churches are turning into campsites
New trade unions in America are successfully using company brands
A radical group of ramblers roams the British countryside
Discover the charm of Wendell Berry’s rural tales
Americans are testing their dogs’ DNA, with some remarkable results
Why do people love “Peaky Blinders”?
Boris Johnson’s infrastructure schemes will face opposition
Mark Drakeford wants to shake up Welsh politics
How a modernist architect won over traditionalists
Britain’s film industry is booming
A new general secretary at Unite plots a radical overhaul
The battle for north London’s public space
Farmers are being targeted by cyber-criminals
A conservative sport gets a glitzy makeover
Opponents of housebuilding claim to care more about the environment than prices
England is building more homes than it has for many years
The anti-lockdown movement is still going strong
Dastardly crimes such as dog-napping are on the rise
Why farms are moving into solar energy, campsites and natural burials
London is starting to build more council homes
The fight to define the great British garden
Covid-19 has pushed English lawyers online
Second homes are coming under increasing attack in Wales
Britain’s boozers are going al fresco
Britain's census form reveals the obsessions of different eras
Why “red wall” Tories want to open a coal mine
Many Britons are breaking the rules in many different ways
Killings of sheep by dogs shows a delicate rural balance out of kilter
Grime and UK drill are exporting Multicultural London English
Black Lives Matter in Britain’s top public schools
Britain’s big potholes problem
Protest is spreading to the provinces
Competitive Remembrance Day celebrations
Derby Assembly Rooms and the brutalism battle
Mixed martial arts is on the rise in Britain
Defund the BBC, home for idling Brexiteers
Britain’s treasure-hunting hobbyists get professional
Bringing down the cost of school uniforms
Labour’s left wing is trying a new strategy to gain influence
Inexperienced workers make for a difficult harvest
Britain’s urban explorers worry their playgrounds will be demolished
Britain’s Gypsies and travellers demand justice
Black Lives Matter and the British army’s culture war
How the government may end up with a stake in a sex-party company
What next for Black Lives Matter UK?
Online services swell the Church of England’s congregations
Britain’s palaces and stately homes are empty
The alarming popularity of prehistoric dentistry
What will be the new normal for offices?
Covid-19 is killing Londoners at a faster rate than German bombs did
The freemasons want to be known for hand wash, not handshakes
Not enough Britons want to work on farms
How covid-19 is changing funerals
British soldiers struggle to maintain social distance
How panic buying is affecting supermarkets
For some Britons, coronavirus means apocalypse soon
Britain’s shooting ranges could be in trouble
Oxford University restores Maasai artefacts
Why aristocrats are flocking to the creative arts
Why Turkish barbers are taking over Britain’s high streets
Rock singer, razor dealer, humanist celebrant: ex-MPs with odd jobs
Meet Parliament’s class of 2019
The way to a soldier’s heart is through his stomach
How the anarchists of Extinction Rebellion got so well organised