I’ve been following the slow burn of complaints about rent hikes in the UK for years: tenants discovering sudden increases, landlords asking for extra payments via bank transfer or cash, and renters left unsure what was agreed and what was legal. What’s changed recently is the arrival of open banking — a technology designed to make payments and financial data portable and, crucially,...
I first started noticing a pattern while reporting on local government budgets: councils quietly buying software...
Why I'm worried when museums hand collections to tech platformsI've seen this pattern firsthand: a regional museum...
I’ve been watching what’s happening to small hospitality businesses in Britain’s seaside towns for years: the ebb...
I’ve always been fascinated by objects that change how we move through the world — not just in function but in the...
I remember the first time I walked into a small regional theatre that was on the brink: cracked seats, a faded poster...
I keep coming back to the same, uncomfortable pattern: UK fintechs eager to wear a green label on debt instruments...
I’ve spent years reporting from councils, hospitals and GP surgeries across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and one thing is constant: people want to know when they’ll see a doctor. The government’s new NHS workforce plan promises more staff and faster access, but the real...
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I’ve been tracking energy policy and its real‑world effects for years, and the latest changes to the UK energy price cap feel like one of those moments where policy, markets and everyday business survival collide. If you run a café, a small production shop, a hair salon or a...
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When I tried Apple's Vision Pro for the first time, I wasn't just curious about a new gadget — I was thinking about the people I know who design sets for theatre, edit films in cramped flats, run small creative agencies in Manchester, or teach typography at a university in Bristol. The Vision Pro...
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Campaigning has always been as much about storytelling as it is about organisation. But over the past 18 months I’ve watched the machinery of British electoral politics absorb artificial intelligence in ways that feel both familiar and unnerving. From hyper-targeted social ads to AI-generated...
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I still remember the first time I had to explain to a regional reporter what the BBC licence fee debate meant for their patch. They were worried, rightly, about shrinking budgets, staff redundancies and the risk that their storytelling would be drowned out. That conversation has replayed itself in...
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