Sharin Hussain

London

Junior Reporter at The Times

Junior reporter @TheTimes. Co-chair of the News UK Muslim Network. [email protected]. DMs open. All views are my own.

Articles

Can you say no to an arranged marriage? Yes

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Sharin Hussain
We found thousands of royal properties. Search our map to see them

Nov 2, 2024 | thetimes.com | George Willoughby |Narottam Medhora |Heather Elliott |Sharin Hussain

When The Sunday Times Insight Team obtained a list of 5,410 assets belonging to the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, we wanted to find out what exactly these plots of land were. The team sought to identify as many points as possible to gain a full picture of how this land was providing the King and the Prince of Wales with an income. The goal was to produce a map so that readers could see what royal holdings were near them.
Solar scheme investment sees £150m of taxpayers’ cash go up in smoke

Aug 31, 2024 | thetimes.com | Sam Chambers |Sharin Hussain

North Hampshire’s idyllic Ashe Park estate bears all the hallmarks of a National Trust treasure. A yew tree maze, two lakes, five cottages, a tennis court and a “party barn” are spread around 232 glorious acres of English countryside. Perched on a hill at the heart of the estate sits a palatial country house once frequented by Jane Austen. The owner of this beautiful manor is the Dubai-based businessman Liam Kavanagh.
‘Less stress, more energy’: what four-day weeks are really like

Aug 31, 2024 | thetimes.com | Jim Armitage |Jill Treanor |Sharin Hussain

It was 11am on Friday when The Sunday Times phoned Mark Mullen, chief executive of Atom Bank. “Hello?” he answered, sounding flustered, a loud cacophony in the background. “Sorry, I’m just in the supermarket, I can’t hear you.” Had he popped in to buy a notepad on the way to an important meeting? Far from it. Three years ago, on his orders, Atom Bank’s 550 staff went from five days a week to four. So, having worked his Monday to Thursday, Mullen was doing the grocery shop.
Will there be a wage-price spiral as Labour bows to the public sector?

Aug 17, 2024 | thetimes.com | Oliver Gill |Sharin Hussain |Jim Armitage

Prospect Hospice provides end-of-life care for about 2,000 patients in northeast Wiltshire every year. It is hard to quantify the value of giving people the opportunity to die with dignity in monetary terms, but freeing up expensive hospital beds is a big saving for the NHS.
How anti-Israel boycotts have hurt the high street

Jun 1, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Sharin Hussain |Louise Eccles

At a Starbucks in central London, a barista is explaining that her hours have been cut from 35 hours a week to 15. The reason, she said, was a pro-Palestinian boycott against the US coffee chain. “It is so quiet because of the boycott,” she says, gesturing towards the coffee shop, where half a dozen people are queueing for their Saturday morning coffee. “At lunch, if we used to have 500 people coming into the store, we now get about 300.
How anti-Israel boycotts have hurt the high street

Jun 1, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Sharin Hussain |Louise Eccles

At a Starbucks in central London, a barista is explaining that her hours have been cut from 35 hours a week to 15. The reason, she said, was a pro-Palestinian boycott against the US coffee chain. “It is so quiet because of the boycott,” she says, gesturing towards the coffee shop, where half a dozen people are queueing for their Saturday morning coffee. “At lunch, if we used to have 500 people coming into the store, we now get about 300.
Hadiqa London: Inside the UK’s first lingerie boutique for Muslim women

Jun 1, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Sharin Hussain

‘It’s awkward going to a lingerie store, but what could we do about it? We just dealt with the awkwardness,” Parul Begum says. But last year Begum, 38, did decide to do something — along with her friend Hanah Bibi, 26, she founded Hadiqa London, the UK’s first Muslim-owned lingerie boutique. With lingerie sales on the rise (John Lewis reports an 8 per cent year-on-year increase), it should come as no surprise that Muslim women are keen to invest in underwear as well.
Why we’re more addicted to our phones than the French, Americans or Germans

May 11, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Tom Calver |Sharin Hussain

For Adrienne Cooper, policing her daughter’s social media feed has felt like a full-time job — so much so that she fears she has become addicted herself. During the pandemic, her gut feeling was to restrict phone use by Maya, then aged 13, but with classrooms closed, she felt she couldn’t cut her daughter off from the world. So until Maya turned 16, Cooper — a 52-year-old NHS medical secretary from Lincolnshire — had her work cut out policing her accounts.
The 25 most inspiring people under 30 in the UK and Ireland 2024

Apr 27, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Katie Tarrant |Louise Eccles |Sharin Hussain |Matilda Davies

The rising stars in the first ever Sunday Times Young Power List are artists and entertainers, sportsmen and women dominating their field, entrepreneurs changing the world for the better, tech trailblazers, a political powerhouse and many more. Our winners, from across the UK and Ireland, were chosen by editors across every section at The Sunday Times who selected not just the best young talent but the people who are making a real impact in the world and whose success they believe will endure.