Wednesday, November 11, 2015

OMG! I'm moving to BuzzFeed




After 10 years at BBC News, I’m off to pastures new. But I won’t be far from auntie’s loving bosom. From the new year, I’ll be just down the road, in my new job as social media editor for news at BuzzFeed UK's London HQ. From the heady days of TVC to the brave new world of New Broadcasting House, I’ve learnt a lot from some amazing colleagues and made some great friends too. Thank you to everyone for making it fascinating and fun in equal measures.

You can catch up with my latest inane musings on Twitter.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

What lost rivers lie beneath London?


Dozens of rivers and canals were buried beneath London's streets more than a century ago. How do they look today? I delved beneath the streets to explore them. 

Sunday, April 05, 2015

Dog map: Find the top pooch in your postcode


The British have a reputation for being a nation of dog lovers. But what is the British Isles' favourite pooch? And does your postcode play a role in which puppy you pick? 
Fellow BBC reporter Beth Rose and I reveal all in our interactive Dog Map.

London from the sky

 

London's skyline has been transformed in recent decades - with the Shard and the Gherkin now among the capital's iconic skyscrapers. 

The pilots of London's Air Ambulance service have witnessed that change. 

Tube's lost property treasure trove


Paddington Bear could have ended up there. False teeth, prosthetic limbs and thousands of mobile phones have ended up there. But who leaves breast implants on the Underground? Or, for that matter, their wedding dress?
As TfL’s Baker Street lost property office marks its 80th anniversary, I took a look at some of the weird and wonderful things passengers leave behind.
I also chatted joined Simon Lederman in the BBC London 94.9 studio to chat about what I found.

‘Glorious drag queen’ skyscraper


When is a garden not a garden?

When it's a "sky garden", according to critics of the space at the top of the the latest addition to London's skyline-dubbedthe”Walkie-Talkie”.

Some have said the garden is "not a proper public space" at the top of "probably the ugliest building in London".

But others have called it a “glorious drag queen of a building”