Rebecca Newman

London

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Contributing Editor at Financial Times

Writer. Contributing Editor at FT’s HTSI otherwise freelance.

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Rebecca Newman, Author at UKTN

1 week ago | uktech.news | Rebecca Newman

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Getty v Stability AI: The courts step in while the Commons step back

1 week ago | uktech.news | Rebecca Newman

An argument between Getty Images and Stability AI about some weird photographs and wonky watermarks has turned into the most significant copyright case in recent history. It will decide just how powerful UK copyright really is. It comes at an interesting time, putting the focus on the High Court as it grapples with these issues whilst the House of Commons succeeds in its play for more time.
Wading through water filters: can Bear Grylls please get off my case?

1 month ago | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

I’m being hounded by Bear Grylls. The British adventurer and TV presenter keeps telling me that I need a water filter.
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1 month ago | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

A flight to ancient rituals in an age of AI is spurring more homeowners, estate agents and architects to call on energy healing practices. What were once hushed whispers are now an open secret
Does your home need healing? How ‘energy cleansing’ is captivating the housing market

2 months ago | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

“For many years nobody had lived here; the energy inside felt sad and heavy,” says Violette Serrat of the derelict 1800s farmhouse in...
The infrared saunas upping the longevity ante

Mar 11, 2025 | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

When Liam Gallagher sang “Live Forever” in the 1990s, it was a defiant refrain.
The British ski favourite revitalised by a €350m makeover

Jan 18, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Rebecca Newman

With glorious, long piste descents, one of Europe’s best terrain parks and an altitude that guarantees snow, Les Deux Alpes in the southern French Alps always had plenty going for it. However, a major infrastructure refit – including five new lifts, notably the long-heralded Jandri 3s – has secured its position as a French resort of the future.
Six ways to have a great hair day

Jan 8, 2025 | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

An influx of innovative hair treatments now promises to promote thicker and more lustrous locks.
Could chanting change your life?

Nov 25, 2024 | ft.com | Rebecca Newman

It’s 11 o’clock on Saturday morning and in a converted church on London’s Golborne Road, there’s a sense of ecstasy in the air.
Over Glastonbury? Try an exclusive micro-festival

Nov 6, 2024 | thetimes.com | Rebecca Newman

The age-pocked walls of the Venice Conservatory courtyard rise to a brilliant sky. Around us swells the raw sound of the singer Celeste’s voice and the deep thrum of African instruments. The experience is visceral. Beautiful. And slightly surreal, as the Hollywood actor Bill Murray has just given me a straw hat.