Boss of the Beach
A story of power and patronage in a perhaps unexpected place, the New York beach lifeguarding fiefdom of Peter Stein, who presided over a network of lifeguards named by one as “La Cosa Nostra.”
The Inside Story of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s George Magazine
A healthy dose of 90s nostalgia pervades this story about John F Kennedy Jr’s at-the-time trailblazing magazine blending lifestyle and politics.
Inside Ivanka’s Dreamworld
A profile of Ivanka Trump examines the tightrope she must walk to manage her public image whilst working in her father’s administration.
Wonder Boy
A profile of Pete Buttigieg, a rank outsider in the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential primary field who is nevertheless making big waves.
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse
Written in an informal, irreverent style, a profile of a woman who would live an extraordinary life, from growing up in Martinique to surviving the Revolution, to Empress of the French alongside her husband Napoleon.
Planet Fox: How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
A mammoth, blockbuster story in three parts examining the impact of the Murdoch media empire on its primary spheres of influences – America, Britain and Australia. The piece examines the macro and the micro – from global and national political trends to the Murdoch family relationships that would influence them.
The Untold Story Behind the Mysterious Disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the World’s Biggest Movie Star
Fan Bingbing is one of the most recognisable faces in China’s movie industry. So it sent huge ripples through the entertainment world when, for a part of 2018, she disappeared. The story highlights the tightrope on which many of China’s new elite walk – “You play ball, or you are screwed. So you play ball.”
Nihilist In Chief
A none too flattering profile of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a man right at the heart of the American political system.