What do you do?
Enterprise software sales.
Where do you live?
Oakland, California.
Do you vote?
Yes, my mum is my proxy.
How long have you been a subscriber?
Coming up on three glorious years.
What made you start?
I needed an insightful and balanced overview of politics back home.
Is the NS bug in the family?
I’m working on it.
What pages do you flick to first?
Always the Leader.
How do you read yours?
Methodically and in a linear fashion, plucking the articles like petals off a flower. It has to be the physical copy.
What would you like to see more of in the NS?
Interviews with local MPs.
Who are your favourite NS writers?
Emily Tamkin.
Who would you put on the cover of the NS?
Jacinda Ardern.
With which political figure would you least like to be stuck in a lift?
Donald Trump.
All-time favourite NS article?
“We Can’t Breathe” by Gary Younge.
The New Statesman is…
Thought-provoking and inspiring.
This article appears in the 23 Mar 2022 issue of the New Statesman, A Dream of Britain