Hannah Newton

United Kingdom

Journalist at Freelance

Journo & Copywriter Design | Travel | Lifestyle Observer, Times, Telegraph, BA Highlife, ED, AD, [email protected]

Articles

This Zen Apartment in Beirut Boasts a Mature, Minimal Take On Nature-Inspired Interiors

1 month ago | admiddleeast.com | Hannah Newton

A tapestry of period and mid-century buildings surrounds this elegantly minimal apartment in Beirut. A 360-degree view unfolds from the balcony encompassing the city, port, mountains and stretching along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. “It is a spectacular view,” confirms AD100 architect and designer, Carl Gerges of his latest project, completed on his own doorstep for a friend. “As soon as you enter there is an infinite view from the living room”.
Canada tourism is booming

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Hannah Newton
Reeta Chakrabarti: ‘Fact-based journalism is under threat’

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Newton

Born in Ealing, Reeta Chakrabarti was sent to India as a teenager to study – the opposite of many multicultural families growing up in the 1970s. She returned in her late teens to study at Oxford University, before working at the BBC as a news journalist and presenter. Over the last three decades she has reported on major news stories including the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the killing of Damilola Taylor, the European migrant and Rohingya crises, and the Covid pandemic.
'Fact-based journalism is under threat'

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Hannah Newton

Best thing about being a mother? I've got three children, all grown up and I'm constantly amazed that two people can produce three such different individuals. I think that's the best thing, they share the same outlook and values, they come from the same family. But as personalities, each one is so distinctively themselves. And I love that. Best live broadcasting moment? I went to India and Pakistan for the 70th anniversary of independence in 2017.
Tom Ravenscroft: ‘I always wanted a shell suit, but my mum wouldn’t let me have one’

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Hannah Newton

Music was playing before I was even born. I was born into the sound. My dad [radio presenter John Peel] used to make these mixtapes. We had three TDK 90s and we would drive around France in our battered, crappy Peugeot 505 estate, travelling the world musically through these cassettes. As teenagers we used to get called crusties – we had long hair. It was that grunge era, early 90s.
This New York Penthouse Fuses Craft With Urban Style for a Cosy, Chic Sanctuary

Mar 26, 2025 | admiddleeast.com | Hannah Newton

Perched high above the city, this New York penthouse is the tallest home on the Brooklyn waterfront and was, for Irish American furniture designers, Orior their first foray into interior design. “We had carte blanche when it came to the interiors, smiles Jordan Trinci-Lyne, director at Orior. “The building was an inspiring starting point, but it posed a challenge for our design team.
The 70s Style Interiors of This Houseboat Channel Vintage Cool on Water

Mar 17, 2025 | admiddleeast.com | Hannah Newton

Step aboard a motorboat in America’s Midwest where 70s style interiors create a nostalgic, retro retreat. Cleopatra was said to have entertained her lovers aboard a luxurious houseboat on the river Nile. Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz lived on one for some 25 years; these vessels are enshrined in contemporary Arabic literature and history.
a designer breathes new life into an old London warehouse

Mar 16, 2025 | msn.com | Hannah Newton

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Industrial evolution: a designer breathes new life into an old London warehouse

Mar 16, 2025 | theguardian.com | Hannah Newton

In the late 18th century, London was one of the busiest ports in the world, the docks in the east bustling with clippers, sailors and porters unloading tea, tobacco, rice, fruit, sugar and wine. It meant that industrial warehouses were thrown up along the banks of the Thames for much-needed storage. Almost two centuries later, only a handful of those Victorian storehouses survive, but those that do have been regenerated, inspired by the renovation of New York’s loft apartments in the 1980s.
How to choose the right white paint for your home

Mar 15, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Olivia Lidbury |Debora Robertson |Busola Evans |Hannah Newton

If you can't decide which white to go for, you're not alone. Here, we share the expert tips to find a shade that suitsNever mind cutting-in or reaching that awkward corner of a staircase - when it comes to decorating, there's arguably no trickier feat than finding the perfect shade of white for your walls.