Bylines.

What Progress Leaves Behind

In three factory towns, automation arrived as a promise. I spent six months with the families living inside the bargain — and what it cost them.

The Narrator in the Machine

When software starts telling stories about us, who edits the draft? An essay on authorship, agency, and the new ghostwriters.

Inside the Machine Bargain

Data centres are the new company towns. A two-part investigation into the water, power, and labour deals struck in your name.

The New Tastemakers

A small circle of curators now decides what reading culture looks like. I profiled the people behind the lists — and the writers they missed.