Director at @finuncovered. Journo,ex-accountant, ex- Indy/@tbij, Sunday Express,East London Advertiser, Paul Foot Award nominee for Tower Hamlets blog. Cyclist.
For the past few months @prospect_uk I’ve been profiling the mayor of Tower Hamlets, alongside @Coramazov a fellow at the Centre for Investigative Journalism.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman is a complex political figure. He’s both Icarus and Lazarus.
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
Profile of Tower Hamlets mayor @milesellingham and I wrote for @prospect_uk.
Read about the contentious past, progressive policy and future plans of Lutfur Rahman, a man who completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in British political history.
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
Properly tense exchange there between Grant Shapps and Mishal Husain on the BBC's coverage of the war in Israel/Gaza.
Husain making Shapps look like a bit of a chump, it has to be said.
This sobering video of a child, with 12,000 retweets, 21,000 likes and one million views, isn't from Gaza.
The video was filmed in 2014 in Aleppo, Syria, and shows the aftermath of bombing by Syrian government forces.
Road cyclists alert: Redbridge CC has its Hill Climb Championship on Sunday morning up Banks Lane, near Hobbs Cross/Epping. We have some spaces left for members of other clubs to join in. Details/tickets here eventbrite.com/e/the-banks-l…
Screening C4 Monday>> PETE DOHERTY, WHO KILLED MY SON? The Channel 4 documentary explores the unexplained death of Mark Blanco in 2006. @JusticeForMark
Mark died in suspicious circumstances after attending a party with the controversial rock star Pete Doherty. After a failed police investigation, this is the story of grieving mother, Sheila Blanco’s, relentless pursuit of justice.
Well done to the Etape finishers 🏅We’re celebrating a job well done, you made it!! 💪Join us at the finish for some well earned snacks and drinks, plus get a massage to ease those muscles 🙌
I've lived there for 26 years and it has never been more vibrant, it's packed at weekends in particular. It's character is just evolving which is a good thing.
Latest doom-laden article (following the FT) predicting death of ‘soulless’ Canary Wharf. Written seemingly by people who rarely go there.And all focusing on experience of commuters;no references at all to massive career opportunities it’s given to locals. theguardian.com/business/202…
And as for ‘soulless’, what exactly do they mean? Clean,well looked after, great landscaping,nice walks by the water,v little traffic and at weekends/in the evenings loads of families out in cleaner air. An oasis in Tower Hamlets and miles better than the gritty, puke-filled City
Part one of an important series of stories about Tower Hamlets, its politics, corruption, developer influence on the planning process, and foreign ownership of land
They are the most detailed stories about Tower Hamlets since the days of @TedJeory & Mark Baynes
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