Samuel Fishwick is a staff writer at the Evening Standard. He covers the weird and wonderful within the M25. His work includes a series during the coronavirus pandemic exploring London after lockdown and regular contributions to the Evening Standard’s comment pages as a columnist. He was born in London, and has been there ever since....
Samuel Fishwick is a staff writer at the Evening Standard. He covers the weird and wonderful within the M25. His work includes a series during the coronavirus pandemic exploring London after lockdown and regular contributions to the Evening Standard’s comment pages as a columnist. He was born in London, and has been there ever since.
Alex Turner — how he became the unlikely frontman for a generation
Three sold-out London gigs this weekend and headlining Glastonbury festival for the third time on Friday: it’s unoffically Arctic Monkeys Week. To celebrate, Samuel Fishwick charts the rise of a reluctant rock ‘n’ roll superstar
Why audio porn is on the rise
Sexual hearing? Porn without the pictures? Audio erotica is almost certainly less exploitative, leaves more to the imagination and is often made by and for women. Samuel Fishwick is all ears...
43 things you never knew about King Charles III
From talking to the trees to a clingfilm phobia, Samuel Fishwick digs down deep into Charles III trivia spanning his three quarters of a century waiting in the wings...
Will the British gambling industry finally face its day of reckoning?
A government white paper due to overhaul the gambling industry has been faced with numerous setbacks. Could agressive lobbying of ministers hold it back further? Samuel Fishwick investigates
The Americans are coming! How London is becoming America’s 51st state
The yanks are taking over the capital’s top hotels, restaurants, bars and neighbourhoods. Samuel Fishwick reports on the Empire State of London...
Silicon slump? How worried should we be...
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has raised the spectre of another financial crisis. As the contagion appears to be spreading, Samuel Fishwick investigates how spooked we should be feeling
Slap fighting! Is this brutal sporting craze headed to London?
First there was cage fighting. Now consenting adults are slapping each other — really, really hard. Samuel Fishwick investigates whether London is ready for this strange phenomenon…
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced: inside the Theranos founder’s downfall
She was the Silicon Valley poster girl with a $9 billion company who charmed everyone from Bill Clinton to Henry Kissinger. Her downfall was vertiginous. As she’s sentenced to over 11 years for fraud, Samuel Fishwick asks: who is the real Elizabeth Holmes?
The worrying rise of the F-word (fascism)
From France and Italy to Sweden, more and more far right parties are seemingly coming out of nowhere and finding support and success. Could it ever happen in the UK? Samuel Fishwick investigates
Bukayo Saka has the world at his feet
When Bukayo Saka pulls on the England jersey in Qatar next month, the whole planet will be watching his extraordinary talent. Samuel Fishwick discovers that he’s an incredibly nice, down-to-earth human being to boot
Transhumanism: The Final Frontier?
Once strictly science fiction, the reality of a human-machine hybrid could be less than 10 years away. An unnerved Samuel Fishwick reports from an augmented future
Away Game: A certain romance of Tuscany and Umbria
On a hilltop on the border of Tuscany and Umbria, Samuel Fishwick found the perfect honeymoon spot
Tom Cruise: Behind the (megawatt) smile
As Top Gun: Maverick garners some of Tom Cruise’s greatest reviews in decades, Samuel Fishwick paints a picture of the last truly unknowable movie star
Could your next holiday destination be in space?
Are you ready for the ultimate trip? Get saving now because in a future not so far, far away space travel will no longer be science fiction. Samuel Fishwick explores the final frontier in luxury tourism
The making of Viktor Orban — the ‘Hungarian tiger’ mauling Europe
He’s the hard-right nationalist prime minister who thrills in scrapping with Brussels, leaving Ukraine in the lurch and thumbing his nose at the liberal order. Samuel Fishwick reports on ‘Putin’s poodle’ who’s just won for more years
Fun in the sun: How to make the most of London’s mini-heatwave
Hard as it might be to believe, there’s more to do in the good weather than grabbing a pint outside the pub
Rebellion on Netflix review: XR are both utterly right and unbearable
The streamer’s new documentary on the activist group falls victim to the fact that, though perfectly right, they’re also incredibly annoying
Should we be taking Donald Trump’s new social media app seriously?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, The Donald’s Truth Social app has already been derided as a farce. But should we really be writing him and it off, asks Samuel Fishwick
Sergey Lavrov: his women, war lies and life as a world stage pariah
Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister has denied Russia attacked Ukraine and threatened nuclear Armageddon. Who is the man sent out to defend the indefensible?