The Spectator journalists and reporters

Jonathan Sacerdoti

London, United Kingdom

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Highly experienced reporter for immediate lives.

I freelance for Fox News, Talk TV, i24News, Daily Mail, 

Available live or prerecorded from my own professional studio or in the field. 

** Experienced breaking news reporter, correspondent and terrorism analyst. Covering politics, business, ...

Andrew Lycett

London, United Kingdom

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Andrew Lycett is an experienced journalist and author based in London, United Kingdom.

James Chater

Taipei, Taiwan

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British freelance journalist based in Taipei, Taiwan and MPhil Candidate in Modern Chinese Studies at Oxford University. My reporting from Taipei has been featured in The Guardian, New Statesman, The Spectator, The Taipei Times and Los Angeles Review of Books.

Simon Heptinstall

Melksham, United Kingdom

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Simon Heptinstall is a journalist based in Melksham, United Kingdom.

Maurizio Geri

Washington, United States of America

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Maurizio Geri is a freelance journalist, also Italian Navy lieutenant reservist POLAD and EU Marie Curie Postdoc fellow 2024/2026 (2024 at GMU in Washington DC, 2025 at GMF and VUB in Brussels, 2026 at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice) to research the EU-NATO cooperation in Emerging Disruptive ...

David Bergman

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Journalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the last ten years writing for various international media including Al Jazeera, the Daily Telegraph, Scroll.in, New York Times. Previously, worked for Bangladesh newspaper, New Age, and as a TV documentary producer in the UK, and produced radio packages ...

Adam Hay-Nicholls

London, United Kingdom

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Adam Hay-Nicholls is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom. He specialises in motoring, Formula One, travel, luxury lifestyle, and anything a bit James Bond. Having said all that, he can write about anything.

Anna Richards

Lyon, France

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A journalist based in Lyon, France, covering travel and the outdoors in Lyon and the rest of the country.

Chris Cotonou

London, United Kingdom

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London born, native-English writer.

I specialize in Travel and Lifestyle content - longform, listicles, descriptive, and personal accounts.

Janine Di Giovanni

Paris, France

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Janine di Giovanni has 25 years covering war and conflict and is an expert on The Arab world, terrorism, Afghanistan, Ira, France, USA, conflict, humanitarian disasters, anything conflict related
She has published five books, is writing one on Syria, has won many awards, is an Ochberg Fellow at ...

Dimi Reider

London, United Kingdom

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Dimi Reider is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom.

Julian Jackson

London, United Kingdom

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I am a professional writer, with over 10 years experience.

My specialist areas are the environment, and visual arts, particularly photography and film.  I also do business copywriting and news, for businesses in London both B2B and B2C. My work has been published in various environmental ...

Luke Graham

London, United Kingdom

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Luke Graham is a business and news journalist based in London, United Kingdom. He is able to provide news, commentary and analysis on the economy, technology, politics, current affairs and consumer culture such as books, games and films. He is proactive and diligent. He is able to report on ...

Robin Forestier-Walker

Tbilisi, Georgia

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Robin Forestier-Walker is an award winning foreign correspondent based out of Tbilisi, Georgia. After beginning his career with the BBC in London in 2000, Robin moved first to Almaty in 2008 and began reporting for Al Jazeera English, covering news and current affairs from Bishkek to Budapest, ...

Anmol Irfan

Lahore, Pakistan

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Anmol Irfan is a journalist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She has a BA in History from the London School of Economics. She is also the Founder of Perspective Magazine, an online magazine and community platform that seeks to empower marginalised voices and unheard stories in Pakistan. 
Her writing ...

Finbarr Toesland

London, United Kingdom

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I'm a London-based freelance journalist, with my work published by media outlets, including Financial Times’ publications, BBC Travel, Huffington Post, Africa Report, The European, World Politics Review, The Times and The Sunday Times supplements.

As a journalist, I specialise in business, ...

Graham Keeley

Madrid, Spain

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As Spain Correspondent for The Times of London for 11 years, I covered the Catalan independence drive, royal scandals and the rise of animal rights in a country famed for bullfighting.   Now I freelance for The Independent, the i paper, Reuters, The Telegraph and Al Jazeera among others. 
I am ...

Jon Boone

London, United Kingdom

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A regional specialist, Jon Boone has been covering Pakistan for The Guardian and The Economist since 2012. Before moving to Islamabad he spent four years in Afghanistan reporting for The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Economist.

Laurel Chor

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Laurel Chor is a freelance photographer, writer and filmmaker based in Hong Kong. She was most recently the Asia reporter/producer for VICE News Tonight on HBO, where her film about Chinese migrant workers won an Overseas Press Club of America award in 2019. Before that, she was the Managing Editor ...

Niko Vorobyov

Bath, United Kingdom

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Freelance, globetrotting reporter, writing as I go. Usually specialise in crime and drugs but since 2022, do a lot of Russia-Ukraine stuff because people are interested in that for some reason. Have reported from authoritarian and wartorn countries like Congo, Iran, Russia. Currently in Latin ...

Peter Young

London, United Kingdom

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Peter Young is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom.

He writes analytical articles on foreign and economic policy issues. On economics, tax policy is of particular interest. 

He also has written widely on problems facing Cuba, Venezuela and other states aligned with Russia.

Tobias Grey

Paris, France

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Tobias Grey is a freelance journalist based in Paris, France, with fifteen years experience writing for national newspapers like The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Sunday Times.