This short film about partridges is now used to train UK conservationists

A Philippines exclusive for SCMP that earned more than a million views

First film about Chinese graffiti has last interview with the King of Kowloon

Labour's Loves Lost (2024)

The 2004 UK Labour Party's ban on hunting with dogs was sold to the public as a breakthrough in animal rights and the end to an outdated pastime solely carried out by the British elite. Neither of those claims is true. 

Kill the Silence (2015)

A dive into Hong Kong's noise subculture. Featuring local talent Nerve, Kung Chi-shing and Steev (3), plus DJ Sniff and genre legend Jojo Hiroshige with the Hatsune Kaidan construct. 

Internal Affairs (2014)

Released during the 'Occupy Central' protests in Hong Kong in 2014, this programme explains how the movement was part of a push to destabilise China through 'pro-democracy' charities and organisations funded by foreign governments. 

Homeless in Hong Kong (2007)

Street sleeper Alex was a millionaire. He fell in love with a dancer in a club and spent a lot of money on her. He lost the rest in a failed orange juice export business. 

Meanwhile, George was a journalist for the New York Times. He lives off his monthly pension cheques and sits on a street in Kowloon drinking beer all day. 

Surge in river sewage prompts government u-bend u-turn

The River Windrush is a tourist attraction, but it's being overloaded with sewage, says campaigner Ashley Smith. "When I started talking to the Environment Agency, it became clear they'd kind of given up... I thought if we don't do something, nobody's going to." 

How the RPSB's Orkney stoat hunt became a wild goose chase

The charity has spent millions of pounds trying to kill every invasive stoat in the Orkney Islands. However, it's ignoring the bigger problem invasive geese polluting farmland and local drinking water.

Pier wars: anglers versus Port of Dover

Dover port authority wants anglers off a pier, one of the few piers in the UK that's easily accessible for disabled. Nobody is sure why, including Nigel Farage, who fished off the pier when he was young. Theories involve Disney cruises, terrorist threats and lots of money.

Pine martens: good or bad for the countryside?

Craig Shuttleworth, aka 'the squirrel guy', takes me on a ramble through the hills and woods of North Wales while tracking a pine marten in the definitive analysis of the pros and cons of reintroduction.

There are too many elephants

During dry seasons in Southern Africa, young elephants get stuck in mud at water holes and die from thirst after being abandoned by their group. Conservationist Ron Thomson explains that it is "because there are too many elephants". "At the moment, the Western world is causing this sort of thing to happen," he adds.

Red or dead: the battle to save Britain's red squirrels

The squirrel war has been underway for more than 100 years and over the past few decades, volunteers and rangers have been on the frontline, defending the animals from the threat of extinction as they're overrun by their bigger, plague-carrying relatives.

Countrywide cold turkey

Amid former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drug dealers, we take a look inside the Megarehab, which houses thousands of addicts. Meanwhile, an acquaintance of the late pope has an alternative solution to the 'shabu' epidemic.

Jeepneys in jeopardy

The jeepney is a Philippine icon, but they're being replaced in a move described as 'bogus and big business modernisation'. The government claims they need to go because they are old, dirty and unsafe. Besides being the country's main mode of public transport and loved for their colourful and artistic decor.

Music by Tigerbombers

A grand chess game

Hong Kong-based American writer Scott Murphy challenges one of the unofficial grand masters in Manila's Rizal Park to a game of chess. 

Reef madness

Filipino fishermen say they're being harassed by Chinese coast guard boats equipped with sonic weapons. Much bigger weapons are being brandished as territorial disputes rumble across the South China Sea. 

Map artwork by Brian Wang

Burning money: how nature groups cash in on disastrous policies they helped create to fix imaginary problems (2025)

Investigator and writer of this report into wasteful spending of public money on schemes that will have no impact on climate change, will not benefit wildlife and will destroy farmland and the farming industry. 

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The Haweswater Report (2024)

Investigator and writer of this report into an environmental disaster caused by a failed multimillion-pound scheme created by RSPB on United Utilities land. 

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Poll: are wildlife charities hijacking democracy to instal dystopian rules they say you voted for? Yes/No (2023)

The RSPB, National Trust and WWF have created a manifesto called the People's Plan for Nature. In it, they propose taking away the rights of UK citizens, including the right to vote. Instead, they want small groups called 'people's assemblies' to make the decisions. The problem is, members of these assemblies are hand-picked and do not represent the general population. 

This was a commissioned analysis in four parts, with one published by The Conservative Woman.

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The great rescue and relocation swindle: how wildlife charities steal animals and exploit them for cash (2022)

Well-known and respected wildlife charities appear to be lying to donors and capitalising on animals they claim to be saving from 'cruelty' zoos and circuses. This involves a network of 'rescue centres' across Europe linked to elite resorts in Africa that are still zoos, just far more expensive. 

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Classified Post's Human Resources Yearbook 2015

South China Morning Post. Annual review featuring commissioned articles and data analysis aimed at Hong Kong's HR professionals. 

Editor, art director, writer

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KYU House

Dubai, December 2023

Editing daily videos of event, including speaker interviews and short quotes for social media. A very busy week!

Playlist of daily summaries