‘It detonated right outside our house’: the explosion that started an incredible podcast series Josh Baker is the journalist behind the BBC’s smash hit I’m Not a Monster. He’s back with his most extraordinary investigation yet – to solve the mystery of Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria 14 years ago The Guardian - UK · Sep 9
Reading and Leeds festival review – post-GCSE blowout shows how dominant dance music now is Charli xcx and Fontaines DC are spellbinding and there’s an awesome array of genres, but the biggest turnouts are for tech house names like Kettama and Josh Baker The Guardian - UK · Aug 31
Glamorgan’s Norton claims hat-trick on debut, Sibley on song for Surrey: county cricket – as it happened Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton pegged back Somerset while Warwickshire skittled Yorkshire to take control of their match at Edgbaston The Guardian - UK · May 9
Worcestershire pay tribute to Josh Baker after One-Day Cup victory over Hampshire Ethan Brookes’s crucial innings of 57 helped Worcestershire to a thrilling three-wicket win on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method over Hampshire to win the Metro Bank One-Day Cup The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025
Glastonbury 2025: Full lineup and stage times today including Rod Stewart and Olivia Rodrigo Fans can now work out any clashes between sets, and which stages their favourite artists are playing The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025
Louis Theroux praised for TV return in ‘masterpiece’ documentary Interviewer revisited Palestinian West Bank 14 years after his documentary ‘Ultra Zionists’ The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025
Louis Theroux: The Settlers paints a grim picture of life in the West Bank 4/5 Fourteen years after his first trip to the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, Theroux returns to find entrenched hostility, tacit government endorsement and a worsening security situation The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2025
Derbyshire’s Pat Brown: ‘I wasn’t a one-trick pony … but I’m a much better cricketer now’ Seamer rose to prominence with a fiendish knuckleball in 2019 before injury struck but, he tells Ali Martin, he is looking to revive fortunes after Lions’ stint The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025
Snubbed by Stokes and Brook, feverish IPL might not be for you too – and that’s fine A trip to the pub with the IPL on in the background said much about its appeal and its status in England The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025
County Championship 2024 awards: the final word on the season Surrey won Division One yet again, but more counties get a look-in – for reasons great and farcical – in these awards The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Worcestershire thrive in a summer of adversity, bereavement and floods Mourning Josh Baker and ravaged by the climate crisis, the county have made the most of limited means The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
County cricket: Mahmood and Hameed shine at Trent Bridge – as it happened Saqid Mahmood impressed with the ball at Trent Bridge but Haseeb Hameed’s century kept things in the balance The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024
County cricket: Roderick and Worcestershire pay tribute to Josh Baker – as it happened Gareth Roderick paid tribute to Josh Baker after hitting a century on a poignant return to the field for Worcestershire The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024 ‘Incredibly tough’: Worcestershire take to field a week after Josh Baker’s death Worcestershire resume their season against Kent at Canterbury on Friday barely a week since the tragic death of their young spinner Josh Baker
The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024 ‘New lease of life’: how walking cricket is giving the over-50s a taste of Bazball Older people are reconnecting with their inner child by taking up the bat again and remembering how fun the sport can be
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024 Somerset beat Essex, Lancashire collapse against Kent and more: County cricket day two – as it happened Rolling report: Join Tanya Aldred for all the day two action from the latest round of County Championship matches
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 County cricket: Somerset v Essex, Yorkshire v Glamorgan and more – as it happened Players wore black armbands in memory of Josh Baker, the Worcestershire all-rounder, on another rain-swept day
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024 Worcestershire pay tribute to cricketer Josh Baker after his death aged 20 Worcestershire’s chief executive Ashley Giles has said the spin bowler was ‘part of our cricket family. We will all miss him terribly’
Evening Standard · May 2, 2024 Josh Baker: Worcestershire spin bowler dies, aged 20 Worcestershire spinner Josh Baker has died at the age of 20, the club have announced.
Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2023 Pick of the podcasts: the best listens for your autumn commute As the London Podcast Festival gets underway, here are our recommendations for some of the funny, thrilling and compelling podcasts that have kept us entertained this year
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023 Ham-fisted but humane: the BBC’s podcast about Shamima Begum raises vital questions Insisting it’s wrong to give her a ‘platform’ is childish: I’m Not a Monster illustrates issues that may come to affect many, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023 The week in TV: Funny Woman; Happy Valley; Consent; The Shamima Begum Story Gemma Arterton’s Blackpool sitcom queen is an idealised trailblazer; Sally Wainwright saves a best line till last; and toxic school culture makes for difficult drama
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 The Shamima Begum Story review: Deluded monster, innocent child, or neither? This gripping BBC film lets the viewer decide New documentary hears from the former Isis recruit herself, as well as those who knew her in London and Syria
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023 The week in audio: Partygate: The Inside Story; In Dark Corners; I’m Not a Monster; The Goop Pursuit Yet more revelations from inside Boris Johnson’s No 10; the great Prince Harry debate; an update on Alex Renton’s investigation of abuse at public schools; and Shamima Begum’s story in her own words