Culture Editor and writer for @TheEconomist
Joined October 2012
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My latest on a show that’s worth seeing if you are in #Paris this autumn: John Singer Sargent, portraitist of the posh, is back in vogue
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One of the highlights of 2024 for me was reporting and writing a piece for @TheEconomist on the “Underground Railroad” for pets. Please have a read.
A network of volunteers is rescuing dogs and cats by bringing them north
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Help your shelf and check out our list of the year’s best books, in this week’s @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2024/1…
Looking for something to watch this weekend? Have a read of our “best TV of 2024” list, just out: The Economist’s selection of the best TV of 2024
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from The Economist
High-end champagne has taken off. My latest piece in @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2024/0… from @TheEconomist
Our Culture and Data teams have done some fascinating analysis… just live…
Is the New York Times bestseller list politically biased? economist.com/culture/2024/0… from @TheEconomist @EconCulture
What does looking back at Impressionism reveal about art today? My latest.
On its 150th anniversary, Impressionism is surprisingly relevant economist.com/culture/2024/0… from @TheEconomist
It’s been too long since I’ve written (have been mostly editing recently). Here’s my latest about why it’s so hard to write a good book about #SiliconValley and #tech in @TheEconomist
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If you’re looking for something fun to read, check out this book on #bears . My latest review in @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2023/0…
A great piece by @alixechristie about George Orwell, critic of totalitarianism, and the repression he was blind to at home. @TheEconomist #orwellmania economist.com/culture/2023/0…
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"As the old saying has it, no city has ever erected a statue to a critic. But then few cities have erected statues to sewage engineers or prostate surgeons either. But they are useful, just as critics are"–Catherine Nixey on the lost art of the hatchet job economist.com/culture/2023/0…
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This was my first week as @TheEconomist Culture editor. Check out the section. We lead with @rachelsllloyd smart take on #barbieheimer and what the movies say about our times. economist.com/culture/2023/0… Realism with “Oppenheimer”, or escapism with “Barbie”? from TheEconomist
Exciting personal news. Next month I am taking on a new position as Culture editor for @TheEconomist. We’re hiring a new Culture correspondent too. I am biased, but it could be one of the most rollicking jobs in journalism. Apply! economist.com/culture/2023/0…
Today, only 16% of Americans have a favourable view of China, down from 44% in 2017. My latest in @TheEconomist about what the TikTok debate reveals about America. economist.com/united-states/… economist.com/united-states/…
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Texas has one of the biggest economies in the world – larger than countries like Brazil, Australia, & Mexico.
What does that look like in practice, and is it all good news?
@TheEconomist's @AlexandraSuich joins us with her reporting. txst.us/42EZpZe
My latest story on the Lone Star (“Lodestar”) State explains why Texas’s latest boom is its biggest yet economist.com/briefing/2023/… from @TheEconomist
My latest on the row over drag shows and what that tells us about America in @TheEconomist: economist.com/united-states/…
Powerful analysis, five years on from Parkland, about how many kids have been affected by gun violence in schools. 340k since 1999. Staggering and shameful. This is American exceptionalism at its worst. #guns #parkland washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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America’s Congress may be gridlocked, but its state legislatures are very much not, as @AlexandraSuich explains on “The Intelligence” econ.st/3jCPAte