My freelance journalist work has been published mainly in The Guardian and the Catholic Herald. It always relies on careful field work, long interviews and non-judgemental immersion into unfamiliar situations in order to gain a deeper perspective. It focuses on a combination of spiritual themes and social issues. My journalist style is influenced by Louis Theroux, John Ronson and Will Self. When commissioned, I tend to get around in as environmentally-friendly ways as possible. I am currently working on a piece for The Tablet about Camphill and L’Arche communities and their place in modern social care practice.
You can trust me to do a very diligent job, but I can also work fast if this is required!
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/festival-ready/2016/jul/22/no-drink-no-drugs-whats-drawing-young-people-to-teetotal-festivals – Explores the diverse reasons for teetotal festivals. Involved attending Buddhafield and individually meeting teetotal festival organisers in Petersfield and Nottingham.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/02/gap-year-stories-getting-a-taste-of-communal-living – Discusses my experiences in London Catholic Worker, an intentional community and refugee shelter I lived in for a long time.
Catholic Herald
7th+April+2018 – ‘Rise of the urban monks’: a piece evaluating “urban monasticism”, in which I visited people in places like St. Mary Aldermary and St. Luke’s in Peckham.
26th+May+2018 – ‘A lonely alcoholic’s poetic quest for God’. A piece about Lionel Johnson, a little-known Catholic poet of the nineteenth century.
Squidditas 