Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
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Journalist, London. Features for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Telegraph Magazine etc. susborne.com
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Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
· Sep 2
6p to 8p per-word
Any science feature writers? We pay £350-450, send your pitches today or tomorrow!
Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?
A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?
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Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
· Aug 26
FT Weekend Festival
Join us for our annual UK edition, in London, online & on demand, on Saturday, 6 September 2025 for a chance for FT Weekend readers from all over the globe to engage with our journalists and one anoth...
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Tony Tassell
@tonytassell.bsky.social
· Aug 25
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline.
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline
“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames mud for historic artefacts battle each other.
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Jim Waterson
@jim.londoncentric.media
· Aug 25
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline
“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames mud for historic artefacts battle each other.
open.substack.com
Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
· Aug 20
‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething man
The certainties of youth are slipping away and I find myself in something of a clothing identity crisis. It doesn’t help that what’s ‘cool’ is increasingly hard to pin down. So where does that leave a...
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Max Daly
@maxdaly.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Violent, lawless, broken Britain? The facts tell a different story
The populist narrative of a migrant-driven crimewave is catnip on social media and oil to the wheels of Reform. But it is so far from the truth that we’re in danger of losing sight of the country we l...
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Simon Usborne
@susborne.bsky.social
· Aug 1
London Centric’s average payment time from receipt of a freelancer’s invoice is currently eight minutes.
And it’s a tiny operation but also it means people might actually want to work with you again in future? And freelancers talk to each other and say you pay promptly so pitch better ideas.
And it’s a tiny operation but also it means people might actually want to work with you again in future? And freelancers talk to each other and say you pay promptly so pitch better ideas.
Freelance journalists must be paid promptly and fairly for their work.
The UK government's consultation on poor payment practices offers an opportunity to right the wrongs of our industry.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelan...
The UK government's consultation on poor payment practices offers an opportunity to right the wrongs of our industry.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelan...
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Archie Bland
@archiebland.bsky.social
· Jul 5
The Gaza discourse has been Vylanised – but that diversionary strategy just doesn’t work any more | Archie Bland
Those appalled by Israel’s actions in Gaza, and the kind of media frenzy prompted by Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury appearance, are finding their voice, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edit...
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