Journalist, editor, broadcaster

Selected works

The Bomb, BBC

A ten part series for the World Service,the most listened to WS podcast of 2022

The Cambridge University vice-chancellor on culture wars and the threat from China, Times Higher Education

The outgoing vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge reflects on his five years at at the helm and the future of higher education 

The people changing the world of organ transplants, The Times

Doctors are giving new hope to transplant patients by turning previously unusable hearts, kidneys and livers into donor organs that work again

The resistance: can viruses save us from drug-defying superbugs? The Times

Bacteria are getting better at slipping past the defences of antibiotics and killing vulnerable people. The consequences could be disastrous — but scientists have pinned their hopes on an unlikely solution

Bosses cut staff absences by boosting wellbeing at work, The Times

Employers are increasingly embracing staff wellbeing, with new data revealing a huge rise in the number of job adverts offering mental health support

Behind the numbers: The demise of legal aid, The Times

Cuts to legal aid mean more defendants are representing themselves, slowing down court cases and risking miscarriages of justice

Police forces ‘failing to record sexual and violent crimes’, The Times

Employers are increasingly embracing staff wellbeing, with new data revealing a huge rise in the number of job adverts offering mental health support

A new threat to free choice: how anti-abortion protesters got organised, The New Humanist

Employers are increasingly embracing staff wellbeing, with new data revealing a huge rise in the number of job adverts offering mental health support