Features and interviews
Jude Law's Beautiful Disappearing Act (GQ, 2024)
For decades, he’s captivated audiences as a certain kind of character: charming. Handsome. Beautiful, even. So much so that people saw him that way, too. Now 51, and with a run of prestige talked-about projects, Jude Law is casting that aside, and embracing roles that are darker. Gnarlier. It might just set him free.
Kit Harington is Doing the Work (GQ, 2024)
With a show-stealing turn in HBO’s sex-and-banking drama Industry and a lead part in the most talked-about play of the year, Kit Harington is on a hot streak. It’s only possible because of a hard-earned new outlook on life. Here he discusses unusual sex scenes, his cancelled Jon Snow spin-off and why he’s finally able to feel proud of his career.
‘I’m gonna have to make my own money’: the rise of the side hustle (Observer, 2022)
How Gen Z entrepreneurs are turning their backs on office 9-5s and promoting their personal passions into full-time jobs
Eddie Hearn vs The Haters (GQ, 2022)
He’s the mastermind behind some of the biggest boxing matches in the world, but his talent for storytelling has made Eddie Hearn as big a star as his prize fighters. Is he in danger of getting too big for the sport that made him?
How chess saved my mental wellbeing (Observer, 2021)
Sam Parker’s grandfather taught him to love chess, a joy he rediscovered in the pandemic, along with a deeper understanding of its positive effects on mental and emotional health.
Goods vibrations: it time to start taking AMSR seriously? (Observer, 2021)
A look at the YouTube phenomenon on a quest for scientific validation. Could 'whisper videos' be a tool in the fight against anxiety and depression?
Isaac Hempstead Wright Come In From The Cold (Esquire, 2019)
Of all the characters to make it to the Game of Thrones finale, few divide - or intrigue - audiences as much as the Three-Eyed Raven. For actor Isaac Hempstead Wright, life as the youngest lead in the biggest TV show of all time hasn’t always been a picnic, either.
Henry Golding is coming for Hollywood (Esquire, 2018)
He was a little-known BBC television presenter. Now, Henry Golding is the star of Crazy Rich Asians, the box office hit of the year. In his first UK fashion shoot, the British-Malaysian discusses his unlikely ascent to Hollywood.
The Greatest Team Never To Win The Premier League (Esquire, 2016)
Twenty years ago, Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle United somehow blew a 12-point lead to finish second to Manchester United in the Premier League. It was among the most heart-breaking capitulations in the history of football, and it was made by one of the most exciting — if eccentric — teams ever to play it. This is the story of “The Entertainers”.
How it feels like to live in total isolation for a week (Esquire, 2015)
Hard to believe in our hyper-connected world, but there was a time when solitude was part of the every day human experience. On the cusp of 30, Esquire's Sam Parker realised he couldn't remember the last time he'd been truly alone – if, indeed, he ever had. How would he cope with seven days in the wild, cut-off from humanity, and without even his Instagram feed for company?
What To Do About Britain's Suicide Crisis (Esquire, 2015)
Men in the UK aged 20 to 49 are more likely to die from suicide than any other cause of death. Sam Parker investigates the reasons why - from government inadequacies to the changing nature of masculinity itself - and meets the people determined to put a stop to it.
