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Imogen West-Knights

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I’m sick of smug celebrities on the podcast circuit. No wonder there’s a fuss when someone speaks the truth

I’m sick of smug celebrities on the podcast circuit. No wonder there’s a fuss when someone speaks the truth

By most accounts, Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Social Reckoning, a follow-up to his 2010 smash-hit The Social Network, is a flop. The film critic...

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I thought my phone couldn’t be any worse for my brain – then I started watching microdramas on it

Seven or eight years ago, a new kind of televisual entertainment was born in China. Microdramas: over-the-top, soap opera-type series with splashy,...

20.10.2026 10

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Imogen West-Knights

Amazon’s Ring wants to replace local WhatsApp groups. It’s a recipe for curtain-twitching disaster

Ring, the Amazon subsidiary of camera-enabled doorbells fame, wants to be an even bigger part of your neighbourhood. Next month in the UK, it will be...

26.09.2026 30

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The beer ‘punk’ who became a British hate figure

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain....

31.08.2026 60

iNews

Imogen West-Knights

What my zen week with a virtual power-washer taught me about gaming – and life

When I was at university I had a friend who had a strange hobby. He would sit in his room and play a hunting simulation game on his computer....

22.04.2026 40

The Guardian

Imogen West-Knights

A truckload of F1 KitKats, a painting of fish: what is it that makes heists so delicious?

Now, let me begin by saying: stealing is bad. I don’t think you should steal things. It is a good way to get yourself sent to prison and it is...

01.04.2026 50

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Imogen West-Knights

Industry likes money too much

20.01.2026 20

New Statesman

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I hate this TV series I’m binge-watching, yet I’m on track to complete all 177 episodes. Why am I doing it?

15.12.2025 60

The Guardian

Imogen West-Knights

The man who froze his wife and got a new girlfriend: a stranger, sadder tale than I expected

20.11.2025 30

The Guardian

Imogen West-Knights

ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why

27.08.2025 40

The Guardian

Imogen West-Knights