Sophie Morris

Journalist & Writer

Email: sophielouisemorris@gmail.com

Phone: +44 (0) 7919 177 559

Twitter: @morris_sophie

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Sophie Morris
Journalist & Writer
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  • Journalism
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  • Fiction
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  • Food
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • Interviews
  • Feminism
  • Investigations
  • World
  • Travel

2023#

He was a nervous boy, but I wouldn’t be without him now
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He was a nervous boy, but I wouldn’t be without him now
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • World
Britain’s most expensive coffee
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Britain’s most expensive coffee
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food
How smoked eel became the gourmet’s new bacon!
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How smoked eel became the gourmet’s new bacon!
The Times
  • Environment
  • Food
Why we’re putting mutton back on the menu
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Why we’re putting mutton back on the menu
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
Homemade cough and cold remedies
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Homemade cough and cold remedies
The i Paper
  • Culture

2022#

Food and drink trends 2023
.
Food and drink trends 2023
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
How to keep warm when working from home
.
How to keep warm when working from home
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Jose Pizarro at Iris Zahara, Andalucia, Spain
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Jose Pizarro at Iris Zahara, Andalucia, Spain
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Travel
Thirteen tips for hassle-free dining this Christmas
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Thirteen tips for hassle-free dining this Christmas
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food
People need bread The Kyiv baker feeding a war-torn city
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People need bread The Kyiv baker feeding a war-torn city
The i Paper
  • Food
  • World
I tried eating insects - and I’ve caught the bug
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I tried eating insects - and I’ve caught the bug
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
From pig cheeks to trotters, we’re going the whole hog
.
From pig cheeks to trotters, we’re going the whole hog
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
Seaweed coffee balls to replace Nespresso pods
.
Seaweed coffee balls to replace Nespresso pods
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
The story of Coronation chicken
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The story of Coronation chicken
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
It looks like beef, but is a fake steak worth £36?
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It looks like beef, but is a fake steak worth £36?
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
A shop that sells spuds from the field outside… that’s my idea of luxury
.
A shop that sells spuds from the field outside… that’s my idea of luxury
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
How to make a meal out of food waste
A green combine harvester in a field of wheat driving directly at the photographer.
How to make a meal out of food waste
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
The ugly reality of period taboos
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The ugly reality of period taboos
The i Paper
  • Interviews
  • Environment
Lipstick sales, the length of skirts - and the price of a McDonald’s cheeseburger
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Lipstick sales, the length of skirts - and the price of a McDonald’s cheeseburger
The i Paper
  • Food
Shall I be mother?
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Shall I be mother?
The i Paper
  • Culture
I tested hangover pill and I still have a headache
woman drinking with a nice plate of food.
I tested hangover pill and I still have a headache
The i Paper
  • Culture
”Cooking made me feel like a traitor”
Olia Hercules at her door photo by Joe Woodhouse.
”Cooking made me feel like a traitor”
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Interviews
Running into an age-old problem
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Running into an age-old problem
The i Paper
  • Culture
I may start a mutiny over the ‘healthy’ Bounty bar
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I may start a mutiny over the ‘healthy’ Bounty bar
The i Paper
  • Food
‘It feels like I’m spinning straw into gold’
.
‘It feels like I’m spinning straw into gold’
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Interviews
How do I teach my daughter about war?
mother and daughter at restaurant.
How do I teach my daughter about war?
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • World
A blooming lovely way to welcome spring
.
A blooming lovely way to welcome spring
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Is your dog just barking - or is it really depressed?
.
Is your dog just barking - or is it really depressed?
The i Paper
  • Culture
How I made a meal of decluttering my fridge
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How I made a meal of decluttering my fridge
The i Paper
  • Food
Blooming heck: red roses for Valentine’s Day are not very green
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Blooming heck: red roses for Valentine’s Day are not very green
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Fashion’s dirty laundry
.
Fashion’s dirty laundry
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Why women are fighting for the right to have pockets
.
Why women are fighting for the right to have pockets
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Feminism
Don’t turn your nose up at the sniff test
.
Don’t turn your nose up at the sniff test
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
Going veggie with steak-loving Pierre White
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Going veggie with steak-loving Pierre White
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Interviews

2021#

Food trends 2022
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Food trends 2022
The i paper
  • Food
A wedge between us: UK cheeses are beating France’s grand fromages
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A wedge between us: UK cheeses are beating France’s grand fromages
The i Paper
  • Food
‘Don’t just give vegans a bowl of sprouts!’
.
‘Don’t just give vegans a bowl of sprouts!’
The i Paper
  • Food
The drivers who deliver more than just the groceries
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The drivers who deliver more than just the groceries
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
Why Britain’s butter is rapidly getting better (and margarine is ‘like plastic’)
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Why Britain’s butter is rapidly getting better (and margarine is ‘like plastic’)
The i Paper
  • Food
It’s not sugar-free or fat-free, but it’s vegan - and tasty
.
It’s not sugar-free or fat-free, but it’s vegan - and tasty
The i Paper
  • Food
Going against the grain: how salt addicts can cut the habit
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Going against the grain: how salt addicts can cut the habit
The i Paper
  • Food
The full fish experience
.
The full fish experience
The i Paper
  • Food
Coq au van campervan cooking
.
Coq au van campervan cooking
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Travel
Stripy spaghetti - how hard can it be?
.
Stripy spaghetti - how hard can it be?
Mateo Zielonka
  • Food
‘Chelsea Flower Show is hell if you’re a bee!’
.
‘Chelsea Flower Show is hell if you’re a bee!’
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
Add two medlars (rotten)…
.
Add two medlars (rotten)…
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
Oh we do like to clean beside the seaside
.
Oh we do like to clean beside the seaside
The i Paper
  • Environment
The spice is right: Korean cabbage goes mainstream
.
The spice is right: Korean cabbage goes mainstream
The i Paper
  • Food
The kitchen cheats that can make you a winning dinner
.
The kitchen cheats that can make you a winning dinner
The i Paper
  • Food
In praise of a proper picnic
.
In praise of a proper picnic
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
Bringing out the wild in my child
.
Bringing out the wild in my child
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Out of the frying pan… into our stomachs!
.
Out of the frying pan… into our stomachs!
The i Paper
  • Food
Can meal kits save the restaurant business?
.
Can meal kits save the restaurant business?
The i Paper
  • Food
Mock meat
.
Mock meat
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
A lot on our plates
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A lot on our plates
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food

2020#

Kitchen contradiction
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Kitchen contradiction
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Interviews
The prawn of a new age for UK seafood?
.
The prawn of a new age for UK seafood?
The i Paper
  • Food
It’s not too late to bake a great cake for Christmas
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It’s not too late to bake a great cake for Christmas
The i Paper
  • Food
It’s time to dough your own crumpet!
.
It’s time to dough your own crumpet!
The i Paper
  • Food
Nobody told me how full on a puppy is
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Nobody told me how full on a puppy is
The i Paper
  • Culture
Dreaming of a small but scrumptious Christmas
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Dreaming of a small but scrumptious Christmas
The i Paper
  • Food
‘It will make you feel better for the rest of the day’
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‘It will make you feel better for the rest of the day’
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Interviews
Cold water swimming is the brain freeze that I long for all summer
.
Cold water swimming is the brain freeze that I long for all summer
The i Paper
  • Culture
Battle for real bread is starting to turn sour
.
Battle for real bread is starting to turn sour
The i Paper
  • Food
It isn’t rude to be nude
.
It isn’t rude to be nude
The i Paper
  • Culture
Eating well while working from home
.
Eating well while working from home
The i Paper
  • Food
Ration Challenge
.
Ration Challenge
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
  • World
A feast for the eyes
.
A feast for the eyes
The i Paper
  • Food
OSEA in a new light
.
OSEA in a new light
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Travel
The FIGHT for the RIGHT to EAT BETTER
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The FIGHT for the RIGHT to EAT BETTER
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Investigations
  • Interviews
I am not your Babymother
.
I am not your Babymother
The i Paper
  • Interviews
  • Culture
Mother’s ruin?
.
Mother’s ruin?
The i Paper
  • Culture
Fighting racism, one Insta post at a time
.
Fighting racism, one Insta post at a time
The i Paper
  • Culture
A survivor’s guide to cooking
.
A survivor’s guide to cooking
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
Natural resource: if you go down to the woods today…
.
Natural resource: if you go down to the woods today…
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Interviews
How do I teach my daughter about food?
.
How do I teach my daughter about food?
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Feminism
Worth the wait: restaurants reopen with ‘virtual queues’
.
Worth the wait: restaurants reopen with ‘virtual queues’
The i Paper
  • Food
Mindfulness is booming - and available in Boots
.
Mindfulness is booming - and available in Boots
The i Paper
  • Culture
Grease is the word
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Grease is the word
The i Paper
  • Food
Weighty concerns
.
Weighty concerns
The i Paper
  • Food
Will we ever go back to school?
.
Will we ever go back to school?
The i Paper
  • Investigations
The unpalatable truth
.
The unpalatable truth
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Investigations
PE teacher Mr Wicks
.
PE teacher Mr Wicks
The i Paper
  • Culture
Dinner-to-door services begin across the nation
.
Dinner-to-door services begin across the nation
The i Paper
  • Food
Cooking 40 meals at once
.
Cooking 40 meals at once
The i Paper
  • Food
A heated debate: why coffee isn’t warm enough
.
A heated debate: why coffee isn’t warm enough
The i Paper
  • Food
Why I’m binning my chores
.
Why I’m binning my chores
The i Paper
  • Feminism
Fried eggs at dawn: why breakfast means breakfast
.
Fried eggs at dawn: why breakfast means breakfast
The i Paper
  • Food
A feast for the ears
.
A feast for the ears
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food
Crumb of comfort for those who stick to white bread
.
Crumb of comfort for those who stick to white bread
The i Paper
  • Food
Driving us coconuts
.
Driving us coconuts
The i Paper
  • Food
Mutual Admiration Society
.
Mutual Admiration Society
The i Paper
  • Culture
‘I never thought I would move out of the city’
.
‘I never thought I would move out of the city’
The i Paper
  • Culture
My doughs and don’ts
.
My doughs and don’ts
The i Paper
  • Food
Coming to a plate near you
.
Coming to a plate near you
The i Paper
  • Food

2019#

Cheeses of Nazareth
.
Cheeses of Nazareth
The i Paper
  • Food
Be My Guest
Book cover of
Be My Guest
The i Paper
  • Culture
No hair don’t care
.
No hair don’t care
The i Paper
  • Feminism
  • Interviews
Open sesame
.
Open sesame
The i Paper
  • Food
Breaking & Mending by Joanna Cannon
.
Breaking & Mending by Joanna Cannon
The i Paper
  • Culture
Cooking the books
.
Cooking the books
The i Paper
  • Food
Flying low
.
Flying low
The i Paper
  • Environment
The dark nights return (but don’t panic)
Book cover of
The dark nights return (but don’t panic)
The i Paper
  • Environment
How to lose the booze
.
How to lose the booze
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food
Steak through the heart
.
Steak through the heart
The i Paper
  • Culture
Sour power
.
Sour power
The i Paper
  • Food
Cork’s popping
.
Cork’s popping
The i Paper
  • Culture
Pearls of wisdom from the oyster expert
.
Pearls of wisdom from the oyster expert
The i Paper
  • Food
How to make an entrance
.
How to make an entrance
The i Paper
  • Culture
In the pink
.
In the pink
The i Paper
  • Food
How baking saved a writer from grief
.
How baking saved a writer from grief
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Food
Get busy with the fizzy
.
Get busy with the fizzy
The i paper
  • Food
Cook like a Venetian
.
Cook like a Venetian
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Travel
Break-out moment: how a jailbird drama changed TV
.
Break-out moment: how a jailbird drama changed TV
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Feminism
One basket: Seven meals
.
One basket: Seven meals
The i Paper
  • Food
Sunshine on a plate
airplane-on-runway.
Sunshine on a plate
The i paper
  • Food
  • Travel
Cheddar? Gorge!
.
Cheddar? Gorge!
The i Paper
  • Food
Flour girl
.
Flour girl
The i Paper
  • Food
Tequilas
.
Tequilas
The i Paper
  • Food
Britain’s new salami army
.
Britain’s new salami army
The i Paper
  • Food
The Great Brexit Menu
Newspaper spread of The Great Brexit Menu in the i Paper.
The Great Brexit Menu
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
  • Investigations
Golden triangle
.
Golden triangle
The i Paper
  • Food
  • World
Kombucha: a new type of fizz
.
Kombucha: a new type of fizz
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
Cupboard love
.
Cupboard love
The i Paper
  • Culture
The face on your plate
.
The face on your plate
The Ecologist
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Interviews
How to be a lazy vegan
.
How to be a lazy vegan
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
Food trends 2019: Cannabis, kombucha, crumpets and kefir
.
Food trends 2019: Cannabis, kombucha, crumpets and kefir
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture

2018#

Why cannabis is in such high demand
.
Why cannabis is in such high demand
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Culture
Will dogs go barking for BBC ‘Dynasties’?
.
Will dogs go barking for BBC ‘Dynasties’?
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Piggy in the middle
.
Piggy in the middle
The i Paper
  • Food
San Francisco city guide
A row of houses in San Francisco.
San Francisco city guide
The Independent
  • Travel
  • Food
Women’s right to FURY
Rage-Becomes-Her-Soraya-Chemaly.
Women’s right to FURY
The i Paper
  • Feminism
  • Culture
  • Interviews
Hey pesto
pesto-basil.
Hey pesto
The i Paper
  • Food
Are incentives the best recycling route?
plastic-bottles-fishing-net.
Are incentives the best recycling route?
The i Paper
  • Environment
Walnut trip
california-walnuts.
Walnut trip
The i Paper
  • Food
The best of the bunch
grapes-in-a-vineyard-napa-california.
The best of the bunch
The i Paper
  • Food
School dinners
.
School dinners
The i Paper
  • Food
Cauli good show
Geoffrey Philpott from Elmwood farm in Thanet, Kent in a field of cauliflowers.
Cauli good show
The i Paper
  • Food
Pissed on a plane
airplane-on-runway.
Pissed on a plane
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Investigations
Why the chips are down among millennials
Millennial-eating-habits-are-killing-potatoes.
Why the chips are down among millennials
The i Paper
  • Food
The £1 chef
.
The £1 chef
The i Paper
  • Food
Chickpea or egg?
vegan-almond-meringues.
Chickpea or egg?
The i Paper
  • Food
What’s the scoop?
ice-cream-scoops-bompas-and-parr.
What’s the scoop?
The i Paper
  • Food
Terrazzo
terrazzo-northdownroad-margate.
Terrazzo
The i Paper
  • Culture
Habla espanol?
Shakira.
Habla espanol?
The i Paper
  • Culture
Go plastic-free
.
Go plastic-free
The i Paper
  • Environment
  • Culture
Barbecue makeover
.
Barbecue makeover
The Independent
  • Food
Trolley food
.
Trolley food
Evening Standard Magazine
  • Food
52 Cookbooks
.
52 Cookbooks
The i Paper
  • Food
It’s a fruitful time to munch a mango
Man holding box of mangoes.
It’s a fruitful time to munch a mango
The i Paper
  • Food
Suffragette terror
.
Suffragette terror
The i Paper
  • Feminism
  • Culture
  • Investigations
New spice
.
New spice
The i Paper
  • Food
Baby raving to ‘The Stick Song’
Hey-Duggee.
Baby raving to ‘The Stick Song’
The i Paper
  • Culture
Parental anxiety
mother with baby blurred in the background with a hanging mobile in focus in the foreground.
Parental anxiety
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Feminism
Farm heists: a hive of criminal activity
Bees-by-Richard Searle/GuardianWitness.
Farm heists: a hive of criminal activity
The Guardian
  • Environment
  • Culture
Why we eat what we eat
book cover of Why You East What You Eat, by Rachel Herz. Blue with icing covered donuts.
Why we eat what we eat
The i Paper
  • Food
Beach schools
bristol-beach-school-severn-beach.
Beach schools
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Environment
DIY KFC
KFC-chicken-bucket.
DIY KFC
The i Paper
  • Food
Catalan Feast
.
Catalan Feast
The i Paper
  • Food
Houmous in crisis
velvet-houmous-from-M&S.
Houmous in crisis
The i Paper
  • Food
Fish supper
.
Fish supper
The i Paper
  • Food
Maximalise your chintz
.
Maximalise your chintz
The Guardian
  • Culture
Prehab
woman-on-fitness-ball.
Prehab
The Guardian
  • Culture
Gong Baths
.
Gong Baths
The Guardian
  • Culture

2017#

Christmas crunch
gingerbread-biscuits.
Christmas crunch
The i Paper
  • Food
The evolution of sex toys
A woman sculpting a dildo at her desk .
The evolution of sex toys
The i Paper
  • Feminism
  • Culture
  • Investigations
Makeup on the move
.
Makeup on the move
The Guardian
  • Culture
  • Feminism
Lego Women of Nasa
lego-women-of-nasa.
Lego Women of Nasa
The i Paper
  • Culture
  • Feminism
Fall foliage
.
Fall foliage
The Independent
  • Travel
Would you Adam and Eve it?
.
Would you Adam and Eve it?
The i Paper
  • Food
  • Environment
48 Hours in Barcelona
.
48 Hours in Barcelona
The Independent
  • Travel
Hitting the books
.
Hitting the books
The i Paper
  • Culture
Go to work on an egg
.
Go to work on an egg
The i Paper
  • Food

2016#

Micro-living
.
Micro-living
The Independent
  • Culture
  • Investigations
School dinners
Chef Nicole Pisani serving quality school meals .
School dinners
The Independent
  • Food
Ultra-runner
.
Ultra-runner
The Independent
  • Culture
  • Interviews
Astrology uncovered
.
Astrology uncovered
The Independent Magazine
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • Culture

2015#

Chic geeks
Kalie Kloss on a fashion catwalk.
Chic geeks
Evening Standard Magazine
  • Culture
DIY Kimchi
.
DIY Kimchi
VICE/Munchies
  • Food
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert.
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Independent
  • Feminism
  • Interviews
Cornershop cuisine
.
Cornershop cuisine
The Independent
  • Food
Burning Man
A large metal arching structure at Burning Man.
Burning Man
The Independent
  • Culture
  • World
Workplace discrimination
.
Workplace discrimination
The Independent
  • Feminism
  • Investigations
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez
.
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez
The Independent
  • Interviews

2012#

The good mixer
.
The good mixer
The Independent
  • Food
Bloody marvellous
rare steak.
Bloody marvellous
The Independent Magazine
  • Food

2010#

Anthony Burgess
.
Anthony Burgess
The Independent
  • Culture
Pierre Hermé
Sophie Morris learning pastry making.
Pierre Hermé
The Independent
  • Food
Caroline Lucas
.
Caroline Lucas
The Independent
  • Feminism
  • Environment
  • Interviews

2009#

Iceland on the brink
Wide view of Reykjavik with stormy clouds.
Iceland on the brink
The Independent
  • World
  • Investigations
Gilding Lily
Lily Cole in a mask by Gillian Wearing.
Gilding Lily
The Independent Magazine
  • Culture
  • Feminism
  • Interviews

2008#

Vice: the moral maze
A long dark pedestrian tunnel with a few lights.
Vice: the moral maze
The Independent
  • Culture
  • Feminism
  • Investigations
David Lynch
.
David Lynch
The Independent
  • Culture
  • Interviews
Biofuels: a bitter harvest?
A green combine harvester in a field of wheat driving directly at the photographer.
Biofuels: a bitter harvest?
The Independent
  • Environment
  • Investigations
  • World
Think you love shopping?
.
Think you love shopping?
The Independent
  • Environment
  • Interviews
  • Culture
The great carbon con
.
The great carbon con
The Independent
  • Environment
  • Investigations
  • World
Monarch of the glen
​deer with antlers.
Monarch of the glen
The Independent
  • Food

2007#

Brazil launches inquiry into illegal logging claims
.
Brazil launches inquiry into illegal logging claims
The Independent
  • World
  • Environment
  • Investigations
Amazon forest sold off in housing scam
.
Amazon forest sold off in housing scam
The Independent
  • Environment
  • World
  • Investigations
Making waves in Brazil
A group of surfers in the curl of wave.
Making waves in Brazil
The Independent
  • Travel
  • World
Favela radio
.
Favela radio
The Independent
  • World
  • Culture
Climbing Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro with blue sky and clouds.
Climbing Kilimanjaro
New Statesman
  • World
  • Travel
Miami: come join the party
Taco Coyo Wynwood Arts District Miami.
Miami: come join the party
New Statesman
  • Travel
  • World

2006#

Ride ‘em gaucho
.
Ride ‘em gaucho
The Independent
  • Travel
  • World
Simon Mayo: ‘I’m not a journalist. I’m a broadcaster’
.
Simon Mayo: ‘I’m not a journalist. I’m a broadcaster’
The Independent
  • Culture
  • Interviews

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