Journalism
I have reported, written and edited for a variety of publications — here’s a selection.
Reporting and writing
2025
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These artists revolutionized modern art in Nigeria. They’re finally getting recognition further afield
CNN Style
October 2025
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‘Going to the beach’ looks very different in Britain
CNN Style
July 2025
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Overlooked No More: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Whose Camera Sought a Truer Image of Black Men
The New York Times
June 2025
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How filmmakers visualise the city in Southeast Asian cinema
LSE Southeast Asia Centre
June 2025
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The pained memories of Malaysia’s Communist guerrillas
Jacobin
June 2025
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ELLE UK profiles rising British talent: David Jonsson, Nabhaan Rizwan, Bella Maclean and Ella Hunt
ELLE UK
March 2025
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Aimee Lou Wood on The White Lotus and her biggest year yet
ELLE UK
February 2025
2024
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Designer and creative director Walé Adeyemi MBE on the London locations that have shaped his life, work and style
The Modern House
October 2024
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Two-way street: public design collective bafalw gives back to the communities that inspire it
The World of Interiors
September 2024
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‘Pharmacy bingo’: the communities bearing the brunt of the medicine shortage crisis
Hyphen
June 2024
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In upstate New York, Casa Susanna was a safe haven for trans women in 1960s America
CNN Style
June 2024
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Stranger than fiction: is life increasingly imitating art?
Kinfolk
June 2024
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These stunning images show Palestinian life before the Nakba
Jacobin
April 2024
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The UK Fetish Archive reveals its secrets
Dazed
March 2024
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Shining a light on overlooked Black women photographers
CNN Style
February 2024
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In the UK, push for slavery reparations gains momentum
Al Jazeera
January 2024
2023
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Spellbinding photos capture the ‘mermaid’ divers of South Korea
CNN Style
December 2023
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On the shelf: Hua Hsu
Kinfolk
December 2023
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The queer artist whose controversial street performances are taking on the Russian government
CNN Style
December 2023
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‘The audacity to be loved’: D. Smith discusses ‘Kokomo City’
Documentary
November 2023
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The painter submerging viewers into hyperrealistic water worlds
CNN Style
November 2023
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In photos: The queer ‘renegades’ of 1990s San Francisco
CNN Style
October 2023
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Gemma Chan is the Changemaker
ELLE UK
September 2023
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Tender photos reveal the quiet intimacy of an English country garden
CNN Style
September 2023
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How Brixton’s community took on a major developer—and won
openDemocracy
July 2023
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My uncle died of Covid-19. At the inquiry, I see politicians squirm free of accountability
The Guardian
July 2023
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British Museum accused of using translator’s work without permission
The Art Newspaper
June 2023
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‘My son, not prison, changed my life.’ Should pregnant women still be in in prison?
ELLE UK
June 2023
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Michelle Yeoh has always been a star. So why is Hollywood only now catching up?
ELLE UK
March 2023
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Returning to Malaysia and my family, I remembered what unconventional love feels like
gal-dem
January 2023
2022
2021
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How activists are radically interrogating Berlin’s colonial past — and reshaping its future
TIME
October 2021
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Why the recent deaths of ESEA women in the UK feel so close to home
gal-dem
August 2021
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The Atlanta shooting highlights the painful reality of rising anti-Asian violence around the world
TIME
March 2021
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Myanmar’s creatives are fighting military rule with art
TIME
February 2021
2020
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How Russia’s feminist poets are changing what it means to protest
TIME
December 2020
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Zanele Muholi on documenting Black, queer life in South Africa
TIME
December 2020
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Women are at the forefront of Nigeria’s police brutality protests
TIME
October 2020
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Why a children’s book is becoming a symbol of resistance in Hungary’s fight over LGBT rights
TIME
October 2020
Editing
2022
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The cost of living crisis risks becoming a suicide crisis. What might keep us alive?
Written by Sanah Ahsan
gal-dem
October 2022
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Meet the Nigerian tailors preserving their craft on London’s high streets
Written by Sadatu Futa
gal-dem
October 2022
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The story of Alexander Tekle: a young asylum seeker who died in Britain’s hostile environment
Written by Dawn Limbu
gal-dem
September 2022
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Fuck Tim Westwood and his enablers
Written by Tobi Kyeremateng
gal-dem
April 2022
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Uncovering trans Southeast Asian archives
Written by June Bellebono
gal-dem
January 2022
