James Greig

Scotland, United Kingdom

Political Editor at Dazed Magazine

Lifestyle and Culture Writer at Freelance

Articles

Zohran Mamdani is the Democrat candidate for NYC mayor - what happens next?

3 days ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

These days, when hope is a strange and alien feeling, there is nothing more shocking than waking up to the news that something good has happened in the world of politics.
What went down at the Palestine Action protest in London

5 days ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

9 Images Hundreds of people gathered in central London today to protest a decision – confirmed this afternoon by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper – to ban the activist group Palestine Action. This measure comes after members of the group broke into an RAF base in Brize Norton last Friday (June 20) and vandalised two military planes with spray paint.
Palestine Action damage two military planes at a British airbase

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

Palestine Action have claimed responsibility for damaging two military planes at RAF Brize Norton, the largest air force base in Britain.
Take part in a mass lobbying day to defend trans rights

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

The UK – hardly a stranger to transphobia – has outdone itself in the past few months, with British authorities putting forward the most extreme and far-reaching anti-trans legislation in the western world. But it’s not too late to stop this: these policies have yet to become law, and we still have time to take more meaningful action than posting on Instagram.
Trans Americans can now get passports with the correct gender

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

30 Images In a blow to the Trump administration’s continued assault on trans rights, a federal judge has ruled that trans people can obtain passports in line with their gender. This defies an executive order, issued on the first day of Trump’s presidency, which ruled that all US citizens must have gender markers on their passports corresponding with their sex assigned at birth.
Three of the most disappointing MLB players of the 2025 season

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | James Greig

As the MLB season approaches its halfway point, these struggling stars will either turn their play around or risk posting career-worst seasons. Houston, we have a first base problemAfter having a gaping hole in production at first base over the past few seasons, the Astros plugged one of their biggest problems in a major way this winter, or so they thought.
Arresting photos from this weekend’s vast No Kings protests

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

11 Images Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the US on Saturday (June 14), in protest against the Trump administration and its recent wave of authoritarian policies. Under the banner of the ‘No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance’, the marches took place on the day of Trump’s 79th birthday and a parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US military, which critics have suggested is a personal vanity project for the president.
My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys

1 week ago | theguardian.com | James Greig

When I was a teenager, in the late 00s in central Scotland, being gay was something I experienced as painful made me feel overwrought. This didn’t match the depiction of gayness I encountered in mainstream culture at the time, which was mostly very cheerful.
The best memes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk breaking up

3 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

If he’s Elon Musk then what’s the worst, that could happen to a Trump that’s already hurt? In the least surprising turn of events ever, Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s tumultuous romance has come to a bitter end.
The internet is obsessed with terrible texting advice

3 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | James Greig

From therapists and life coaches to online courses about how to make someone obsessed with you, there is a whole cottage industry centred around romantic texting. But if someone’s not interested, can you really trick them into changing their mind? I have a simple, tried-and-tested set of rules for texting someone you’ve just started dating.