Writing
From 2007 to 2012 I was a London-based correspondent for Time, where I wrote both long-form magazine features and breaking news for the time.com web site. I crisscrossed the continent reporting on everything from the spread of HIV in Romanian slums to Norway’s progressive prison system. I also profiled celebrities like Christian Louboutin, Maria Sharapova and Doris Lessing, and covered major events like the London riots, the royal wedding and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
My writing has also been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Vice, New Scientist, The Atlantic, InStyle, Esquire, ELLE, MailOnline, Psychology Today, Monocle, the Sydney Morning Herald, Attitude, Spear’s Wealth Management, Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveller, CNN.com, where I helped launch the popular CNN Style vertical, and Billboard, where I wrote one of the magazine’s first profiles of Dua Lipa.
I collaborated with John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, on the 2014 book, The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good for Business. It was long-listed for FT Business Book of the Year.
Selected Articles
🌍 Politics & Society
✍️ Personal Essays
“I Was an Extra In Oasis's Strangest Music Video. It Changed My Life,” Esquire
‘My Parents Met in the Vietnam War, Dad Couldn’t Accept That I’m Biracial,’ Newsweek
Glitter, Strobe Lights and the Dream of a Unified Europe, New York Times, May 5, 2018
Why I Love Eurovision, and Why You Should Too, New York Times
Lights! Camera! Azerbaijan! How I Lost My Life to Eurovision, Vice
Unhinged Melodies, The Financial Times Weekend Magazine
💼 Business & Finance
Brand Sugarpova: How Maria Sharapova Became the World's Highest-Paid Female Athlete, Newsweek
Superman soars: Why Cosplay Conventions Have Become Big Business, Financial Times
This Is How Sweden's Pop Music Factory Works, Bloomberg Businessweek
Reality Checks: Burberry's CEO Angela Ahrendts, TIME Style & Design
Selling Oscars Fashion Before It's Left the Red Carpet, Newsweek
🎨 Culture & Entertainment
Dua Lipa: I Never Want to Portray Weakness, Billboard
Glitter, Glory and Geopolitics, Billboard
How a Newborn Refugee Inspired French Electro-Pop Duo, Billboard
Charlotte Gainsbourg: On the Mend and Finding Solace in Music, TIME
Christian Louboutin and the Art of Desire, TIME Style & Design
Monumental Cheek: Inside the World of Elmgreen and Dragset, TIME Style & Design
Babylon: Visions of Vice, TIME
Portugal's Salvador Sobral Quietly Wins Eurovision, Billboard
A Children's Singing Contest That's a Proxy for War, The Atlantic
Quiet on the Set! What It's Like to Live in the Real Downton Abbey, TIME