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Can legal action save the planet?
How the climate movement is using litigation.
May 12 • 
Samira Shackle
The strange tale of the radioactive chapatis
Aand the challenges of writing about something that happened over 50 years ago.
Feb 13 • 
Samira Shackle
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The best of times, the worst of times
Actually, just the best of times (it's my top pieces from 2024)
Jan 7 • 
Samira Shackle
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The rising threat of homemade guns
...and an ode to Finland's Freedom of Information laws.
Dec 12, 2024 • 
Samira Shackle
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"Like iron filings drawn to a magnet"
Do we lose anything when we let AI do all the transcription?
Nov 28, 2024 • 
Samira Shackle
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How Britain reached Peak Poppy
Poppy scratchcards, beauty pageants and hate mail.
Nov 14, 2024 • 
Samira Shackle
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Amateur sleuths and an unsolved mystery
Twenty years after the Wembley Point woman disappeared, can she be traced?
Oct 31, 2024 • 
Samira Shackle
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The out-of-patent wonder drug
A story I wrote on maternal mortality and how to reduce it.
Aug 29, 2024 • 
Samira Shackle
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Reporter's notebook
Reporter's notebook
Thoughts on writing, reporting and freelancing, plus links to my work and what I've been reading/listening to
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