Murdoch Media: “This Is The Corruption Of Democracy” // Blog for The Independent 

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/we-have-to-address-media-monopoly/

The Curious Case Of Boris & The Bacon Sandwich // BLOGGED

http://almostflash.tumblr.com/post/23163831920/the-curious-case-of-boris-the-bacon-sandwich

#M12: Has Occupy lost it’s touch? // Blog for The Independent 

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/14/occupys-m12-march-was-out-of-touch-and-alienating/

The Media In Austerity: Exploitation & Corruption // BLOGGED

http://almostflash.tumblr.com/post/22789888303/the-media-in-austerity-exploitation-corruption

Photovoice vs. London Marathon // News piece for Live Magazine

http://www.live-magazine.co.uk/2012/05/photovoice-x-ldn-marathon/

Britain’s Indie Olympiads: Bombay Bicycle Club live from Alexandra Palace // Review for Clash

http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/bombay-bicycle-club-live-at-alexandra-palace-london

Live Magazine: Campaign Post

More young people die on the road than any other type of injury. Numbers were down last year due to the powerful work of TFL’s advertising, and this year the ‘Look out for your mates’ philosophy is going one stage further.

Hosted directly on Live Magazine’s website livemagazine.co.uk/stopthinkwin and promoted across key partner sites and blogs, TFL in partnership with M&C Saatchi, created a clever game aimed at getting 11-14-year-olds to look out for their mates on the road.

 “We’re thrilled to have partnered with TFL on this campaign to help save lives of young people who do not take road safety seriously. It’s really important to know how to look out for yourself and your mates. If you don’t, then who will?”

livemagazine.co.uk/stopthinkwin

A Letter For Our Youth // Comment for Evening Standard

Alas tabloids can be a cunt for context..

The riots, a frivolous weekend of urban joy-riding and grand theft auto lunacy – a consequence of growing crime rates, sour politics or a disenfranchised youth? The argument rages on. But while Mayoral candidates spin their whipped egos into webs of fiction, this country’s youth stands in an unacceptable position.  “It’s a vicious cycle - you either end up in a minimum skills job without much career improvement opportunities, or you have to sacrifice financial stability for an unknown amount of time just to get a foot on the ladder,” says photographer, Jon Barker. The youth’s political absence is not a consequence of ignorance, but more a problem with politics dishonesty. When education is being cut, but investment pours steadily into the lucrative city institutions, it’s any wonder we build our own political forums as a means of expression and education. “We’re the tokens of a broken generation,” cries poet Kate Tempest, but if we can form communities in the darkness of urban living, why do we still continue to be misinterpreted by politicians?

Young people aren’t stupid, they realise that politics is just a game of deception. But having their skills devalued, courted as ‘teenage angst’ doesn’t help affairs. It’s hard to get past the immoral and vote for anyone when their pledges just seem as fickle as thieves. You can spend a year just looking for a position, not ever being offered an interview, and that’s for minimum wage work. “I have tried dozens of times asking for work in shops, cafes and boutiques and constantly I am met with boundaries and ‘were not hiring right now’ it’s tedious and disheartening..” says student, Lucy Porter. It’s not like this countries youth aren’t aspirational, but at every step we’re told we’re just the deficit of a broken system. Devalued, and misunderstood, it’s any wonder why we take to the internet to broadcast our misfortunes. We’re a set of networked, entrepreneurial individuals, driven by happiness rather than profit or manifesto. That isn’t any dream; it’s the reality of a changing social understanding. So, why not invest in the supposed hoddie-primed, angst fuelled youth? The desperate and lost souls who try so hard to make ends meet. We’re not the ones who crave for a sour relationship with society. 

Daughter: Live from Islington Assembly Hall // Review for The 405

http://thefourohfive.com/review/article/daughter-islington-assembly-hall-london-12-04-12

The Mayoral Debate: A Fresh Perspective // Comment for The Activist Project

http://theactivistproject.tumblr.com/post/21322098514/the-mayoral-debate-a-fresh-perspective