Miles Ellingham
@milesellingham.bsky.social
Journalist / Words: Financial Times, BritishGQ, 1843mag, TheEconomist, Prospect, Rolling Stone etc - miles ellingham(at)gmail(dot)com 📖 @rcwlitagency
Two weeks ago, @observeruk.bsky.social sent me to Kyiv. There’s normality in the capital but it’s fragile and continuously interrupted by war and fear and violence. I wrote a diary and tried to capture that. observer.co.uk/style/featur...
24 hours in Kyiv | The Observer
Art, raves and four-minute warnings: how the city’s young are clinging to normality while war rages on
observer.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Two weeks ago, @observeruk.bsky.social sent me to Kyiv. There’s normality in the capital but it’s fragile and continuously interrupted by war and fear and violence. I wrote a diary and tried to capture that. observer.co.uk/style/featur...
My first piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social about a fascinating new book and the hellish gateway at the centre of the fascism/yoga Venn diagram. This was a strange one to research.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Why do fascists love yoga? | The Observer
For more than a century, elements of the far right have been attracted by the rigour of eastern disciplines. But does the connection stand up?
observer.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My first piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social about a fascinating new book and the hellish gateway at the centre of the fascism/yoga Venn diagram. This was a strange one to research.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
🚨 Thought it might be worth posting that I'm going freelance. Please get in touch if you need some writing or just want to meet for a chat. I really enjoyed working as a staffer at The Londoner and I'm very proud of the features I produced there. Here’s some of my favourites.
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🚨 Thought it might be worth posting that I'm going freelance. Please get in touch if you need some writing or just want to meet for a chat. I really enjoyed working as a staffer at The Londoner and I'm very proud of the features I produced there. Here’s some of my favourites.
Whilst researching this for @londonermag.bsky.social, I often had to pause and pace about the room or leave to catch my breath outside. It's about the homeless dead. It's a hard read, but, I think, a necessary one. Great edits by @hkatewilliams.bsky.social.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/counting-the...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/counting-the...
Counting the homeless dead
Every year, hundreds of homeless people die in London. If we don't know they existed, how can we mourn them?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Whilst researching this for @londonermag.bsky.social, I often had to pause and pace about the room or leave to catch my breath outside. It's about the homeless dead. It's a hard read, but, I think, a necessary one. Great edits by @hkatewilliams.bsky.social.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/counting-the...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/counting-the...
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In 2018, the Brandon was dubbed 'the deadliest estate in Britain'. For the past few days, I've been speaking to dozens of residents about their lives. I ended up writing about it for @londonermag.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In 2018, the Brandon was dubbed 'the deadliest estate in Britain'. For the past few days, I've been speaking to dozens of residents about their lives. I ended up writing about it for @londonermag.bsky.social
In 2018, the Brandon was dubbed 'the deadliest estate in Britain'. For the past few days, I've been speaking to dozens of residents about their lives. I ended up writing about it for @londonermag.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In 2018, the Brandon was dubbed 'the deadliest estate in Britain'. For the past few days, I've been speaking to dozens of residents about their lives. I ended up writing about it for @londonermag.bsky.social
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Tme Out named Bermondsey's Venue MOT the 'best club in London'. Even in the eccentric world of nightlife, the maverick who built MOT stands out.
@milesellingham.bsky.social meets Jan Mohammed, the Wakefield boy who smuggled heroin, threw prison raves & is keeping a DIY spirit alive.
@milesellingham.bsky.social meets Jan Mohammed, the Wakefield boy who smuggled heroin, threw prison raves & is keeping a DIY spirit alive.
The maverick who built London's best club
Jan Mohammed shot AK-47s with the Mujahideen and raved in prison. Now he's remaking the capital's nightlife in his image.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Tme Out named Bermondsey's Venue MOT the 'best club in London'. Even in the eccentric world of nightlife, the maverick who built MOT stands out.
@milesellingham.bsky.social meets Jan Mohammed, the Wakefield boy who smuggled heroin, threw prison raves & is keeping a DIY spirit alive.
@milesellingham.bsky.social meets Jan Mohammed, the Wakefield boy who smuggled heroin, threw prison raves & is keeping a DIY spirit alive.
Prepare to enter the weird world of Jan Mohammed. For @londonermag.bsky.social , I spent hours knocking back blue tequilla slushies with the man behind what Time Out has labelled “London’s best club". This one goes to strange places.
May 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Prepare to enter the weird world of Jan Mohammed. For @londonermag.bsky.social , I spent hours knocking back blue tequilla slushies with the man behind what Time Out has labelled “London’s best club". This one goes to strange places.
I shadowed a team of 'spotters' — specialised cops in the Football Policing Unit who monitor and follow 'high risk' fans. I wrote about the experience for @londonermag.bsky.social . Some incredible pics from Harry Mitchell in there too.
May 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I shadowed a team of 'spotters' — specialised cops in the Football Policing Unit who monitor and follow 'high risk' fans. I wrote about the experience for @londonermag.bsky.social . Some incredible pics from Harry Mitchell in there too.
Nocturnally staring at a load of factories was unexpectedly the best thing I did in Japan. I wrote about it for the @financialtimes.com - on.ft.com/43l2NKV
Postcard from Tokyo: the romance of heavy industry by night
[FREE TO READ] ‘Kojo yakei’ cruises offer the chance to see oil refineries, chemical plants and steel works as dusk falls
on.ft.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Nocturnally staring at a load of factories was unexpectedly the best thing I did in Japan. I wrote about it for the @financialtimes.com - on.ft.com/43l2NKV
On Tuesday I waited in a queue of aspiring actors hoping to land a part in the Percy Jackson musical. Hundreds waited for over nine hours only to be turned away without even being seen by casting. I spoke to some of these people and a piece emerged.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/its-like-the...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/its-like-the...
"It's like the hunger games": How to try for West End stardom
On Tuesday, hundreds of young aspiring performers waited up to ten hours outside the Other Palace Theatre for nothing. These are their stories.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On Tuesday I waited in a queue of aspiring actors hoping to land a part in the Percy Jackson musical. Hundreds waited for over nine hours only to be turned away without even being seen by casting. I spoke to some of these people and a piece emerged.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/its-like-the...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/its-like-the...
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An oil trader and an Old Etonian with a genius for PR, was Justin Welby the worst Archbishop of Canterbury since Thomas Arundel?
@milesellingham.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social investigate
www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-...
@milesellingham.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social investigate
www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-...
Speaking in Small Tongues
Happy-clappy times in Knightsbridge and beyond.
www.the-fence.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An oil trader and an Old Etonian with a genius for PR, was Justin Welby the worst Archbishop of Canterbury since Thomas Arundel?
@milesellingham.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social investigate
www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-...
@milesellingham.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social investigate
www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-...
I’ve got a feature out in @londonermag.bsky.social about how London became one of the most densely excavated cities in the world. www.the-londoner.co.uk/digging-up-l...
Digging up London
How the capital became one of the most densely excavated cities in the world
www.the-londoner.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I’ve got a feature out in @londonermag.bsky.social about how London became one of the most densely excavated cities in the world. www.the-londoner.co.uk/digging-up-l...
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If you enjoyed the recent @bigissue.com special on 10foot there’s a tremendous FT (!) longread on him from a couple of years back courtesy @milesellingham.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/45a1...
After hours with 10 Foot, London’s most notorious graffiti writer
He risks his freedom and his life nightly. Why?
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If you enjoyed the recent @bigissue.com special on 10foot there’s a tremendous FT (!) longread on him from a couple of years back courtesy @milesellingham.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/45a1...
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Really loved the little details of this @milesellingham.bsky.social piece.
Especially the fact that a model who has been in cover shoots for Gucci and Dior is one of the leading volunteers in the Natural History Museum's basement beetle rooms.
Especially the fact that a model who has been in cover shoots for Gucci and Dior is one of the leading volunteers in the Natural History Museum's basement beetle rooms.
Thanks to climate change, invasive bug species have put UK ecosystems at risk of collapse.
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
Beetlemania: the crack team responding to London’s insect invasion
In the depths of a London institution you’ll find 27,000 boxes, nine million beetles and a race against time
www.the-londoner.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Really loved the little details of this @milesellingham.bsky.social piece.
Especially the fact that a model who has been in cover shoots for Gucci and Dior is one of the leading volunteers in the Natural History Museum's basement beetle rooms.
Especially the fact that a model who has been in cover shoots for Gucci and Dior is one of the leading volunteers in the Natural History Museum's basement beetle rooms.
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Thanks to climate change, invasive bug species have put UK ecosystems at risk of collapse.
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
Beetlemania: the crack team responding to London’s insect invasion
In the depths of a London institution you’ll find 27,000 boxes, nine million beetles and a race against time
www.the-londoner.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Thanks to climate change, invasive bug species have put UK ecosystems at risk of collapse.
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it.
@milesellingham.bsky.social met them:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
For @londonermag.bsky.social I visited a room in the @nhm.org that contains 300 years, nine million beetles and a few dedicated bug experts at the cusp of a changing world. Have a read www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
Beetlemania: the crack team responding to London’s insect invasion
In the depths of a London institution you’ll find 27,000 boxes, nine million beetles and a race against time
www.the-londoner.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For @londonermag.bsky.social I visited a room in the @nhm.org that contains 300 years, nine million beetles and a few dedicated bug experts at the cusp of a changing world. Have a read www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...
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Do you ever wonder what it's like to work at Shrek’s Adventure?
Well I spoke to ex-staff.
They told me about actors running Shrek-themed OnlyFans accounts and ogre costumes too dangerous to wear for over 30 mins.
My magnum opus for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/life-inside-...
Well I spoke to ex-staff.
They told me about actors running Shrek-themed OnlyFans accounts and ogre costumes too dangerous to wear for over 30 mins.
My magnum opus for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/life-inside-...
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Do you ever wonder what it's like to work at Shrek’s Adventure?
Well I spoke to ex-staff.
They told me about actors running Shrek-themed OnlyFans accounts and ogre costumes too dangerous to wear for over 30 mins.
My magnum opus for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/life-inside-...
Well I spoke to ex-staff.
They told me about actors running Shrek-themed OnlyFans accounts and ogre costumes too dangerous to wear for over 30 mins.
My magnum opus for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/life-inside-...
For @londonermag.bsky.social I profiled Dermot Hudson, a London-born former civil servant who’s made it his life’s work to defend and support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He also enjoys windmills. www.the-londoner.co.uk/north-koreas...
North Korea's man in London
Meet Dermot Hudson: retired civil servant, windmill enthusiast and lifelong champion of the DPRK
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
For @londonermag.bsky.social I profiled Dermot Hudson, a London-born former civil servant who’s made it his life’s work to defend and support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He also enjoys windmills. www.the-londoner.co.uk/north-koreas...
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An NHS doctor commits suicide every three weeks.
I told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and chronicled how working in an underfunded, broken health system left him feeling like there was no future.
My story for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
I told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and chronicled how working in an underfunded, broken health system left him feeling like there was no future.
My story for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An NHS doctor commits suicide every three weeks.
I told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and chronicled how working in an underfunded, broken health system left him feeling like there was no future.
My story for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
I told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and chronicled how working in an underfunded, broken health system left him feeling like there was no future.
My story for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
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@milesellingham.bsky.social pitching us headfirst into the mad world of football ultras via Naples' 'kamikaze pigeons'
For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@milesellingham.bsky.social pitching us headfirst into the mad world of football ultras via Naples' 'kamikaze pigeons'
Pleased with this one. Reads a bit like a sports movie.
How did a sleepy East London football club become the home of the capital's biggest ultras? And what does it have to do with antifascists in Naples?
We sent @milesellingham.bsky.social to cover the rise, fall and miraculous rebirth of Clapton Community FC.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
We sent @milesellingham.bsky.social to cover the rise, fall and miraculous rebirth of Clapton Community FC.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Pleased with this one. Reads a bit like a sports movie.
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For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
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I'd kind of lost track of what was going in at Clapton so this was the perfect thing to read today
For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'd kind of lost track of what was going in at Clapton so this was the perfect thing to read today
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This is tremendous. I'm even more determined to get to the @oldspotteddog.bsky.social for a @claptoncfc.co.uk game next season
For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is tremendous. I'm even more determined to get to the @oldspotteddog.bsky.social for a @claptoncfc.co.uk game next season