Sam Knight
Sam Knight is a London-based staff writer at The New Yorker . His first book is “ The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold .”
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a reporter at large ·
The maritime researcher Nigel Pickford looks for sunken treasure and has helped to discover dozens of historic shipwrecks, containing millions of dollars’ worth of recovered cargoes. Sam Knight reports.
a reporter at large ·
Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy.
a reporter at large ·
The first ten days were soccer as it is, rather than as you want it to be, Sam Knight writes.
a critic at large ·
Sam Knight on Boris Johnson, who is expected to be Britain’s next Prime Minister and makes people in power appear ridiculous.
profiles ·
Sam Knight on how London’s first Muslim mayor is trying to protect his city’s future.
a reporter at large ·
Sam Knight on the shipper turned art dealer Yves Bouvier, the Geneva Freeport, Natural Le Coultre, and a lawsuit with Dmitry Rybolovlev.