Happy New Year, writer friends! In what is becoming an annual tradition, I updated my website’s About page with a 2022 report. It started out as a pretty rough year, career-wise, but I’m exceptionally proud of myself for having not only turned it around, but in an economy and market where everyone’s intent on telling you that […]

Hi again, writer friends, Sam and I have been very social this week. A friend’s 50th birthday party over the weekend, then an event at the House of Lords, followed by drinks with editors of mine in London. The last time I remember being this excited about going to a gathering of journalists was when […]

Hiya writers, Apologies for missing last week’s newsletter. The entire Khullar Relph household was sick (Covid, we think), but other than the persistent fatigue I’m feeling, we’re all better and back to work and school. This September marked the 20th anniversary of my becoming a freelance journalist. I stepped back from journalism ten years ago […]

Hiya writer friends! Exactly two weeks ago, on a Thursday morning, I received a call from the CS Monitor asking me to be their UK correspondent. I accepted. Two hours later, the Prime Minister resigned. Which is to say, my Diwali holiday was less of a break and more of a juggling act. I juggled […]