Emily Lawford

London

Commissioning Editor at Prospect Magazine

Commissioning editor @prospect_uk | Previously @EveningStandard | [email protected]

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Articles

My appointment with Dr Death

1 week ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Emily Lawford

One bright September afternoon in a forest in Switzerland, a 64-year-old woman is about to die. She is standing in a clearing, in front of a purple capsule that’s just large enough to fit a human inside it. “Alright”, she says, as she opens the transparent lid of the pod. She steps in and lies down. I can hear her breathing. I am watching a video of the woman in the office of Philip Nitschke in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It’s November and it’s getting dark.
the books exploring belief in modern Britain

1 week ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Emily Lawford

Around 33 AD, Saul of Tarsus was a zealous young tent-maker, “breathing out threatenings and slaughter” against followers of Jesus. He watched on approvingly as Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was stoned to death in Jerusalem: the killers laid their robes at Saul’s feet. Then he made his journey to Damascus. Near the city, a light flashed from heaven and Saul fell to the ground. A disembodied voice asked, “Saul, why persecuteth thou me?” He was blinded and could not eat or drink.
'Fictosexuality' and artificial wombs

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Emily Lawford
Confessions of a San Fran stripper

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Emily Lawford
This ghost story perfectly captures the horrors of Generation Rent

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Emily Lawford
Mining, hellish? Plenty of men miss it

Feb 3, 2025 | msn.com | Emily Lawford

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Mining, hellish? Plenty of men miss it

Feb 3, 2025 | msn.com | Emily Lawford

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Mining Men by Emily Webber: 4-star review

Feb 3, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Emily Lawford

There were a lot of ways to die in a coal mine. You could stumble upon a deadly gas, which they called “damp”: “choke-damp” (carbon dioxide and nitrogen), “white damp” (toxic carbon monoxide) and the most dangerous, “fire damp” (flammable methane). The pit could flood or the roof could cave in. Weil’s disease, contracted from the urine of underground rats, could lead to kidney failure.
Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk: ‘The press wants something sexy‘

Jan 21, 2025 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Emily Lawford

When she dies, Ingrid Newkirk wants her skin to be turned into a leather belt and an umbrella stand to be fashioned from one of her feet. In her will, which she has published online, she asks that her flesh be carved up and grilled on a barbeque and one of her eyes delivered to the Home Office—a reminder, she hopes, that Peta is watching. After all, Newkirk, who founded Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in March 1980, is no stranger to using grand gestures to make a point.
Uketsu, Japan's 'mystery horror' phenomenon arrives in Britain

Jan 10, 2025 | thetimes.com | Emily Lawford