Archive - Reporter's notebook

Can legal action save the planet?

How the climate movement is using litigation.

May 12 •

February 2025

The strange tale of the radioactive chapatis

Aand the challenges of writing about something that happened over 50 years ago.

Feb 13 •

January 2025

The best of times, the worst of times

Actually, just the best of times (it's my top pieces from 2024)

Jan 7 •

December 2024

The rising threat of homemade guns

...and an ode to Finland's Freedom of Information laws.

Dec 12, 2024 •

November 2024

"Like iron filings drawn to a magnet"

Do we lose anything when we let AI do all the transcription?

Nov 28, 2024 •

How Britain reached Peak Poppy

Poppy scratchcards, beauty pageants and hate mail.

Nov 14, 2024 •

October 2024

Amateur sleuths and an unsolved mystery

Twenty years after the Wembley Point woman disappeared, can she be traced?

Oct 31, 2024 •

August 2024

The out-of-patent wonder drug

A story I wrote on maternal mortality and how to reduce it.

Aug 29, 2024 •

My grandmother's voice

Or why I am very grateful to Woman's Hour.

Aug 15, 2024 •

How to write a book proposal

And some news: I'm teaching a writing course!

Aug 1, 2024 •

July 2024

The story of a heat death

How our brains process stories better than numbers.

Jul 18, 2024 •

United by the worst thing imaginable

Attending a vigil for Zara Aleena, and reflections on a failing justice system.

Jul 4, 2024 •

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