Holden Frith, The Week UK
Holden Frith is The Week’s digital director, a role in which he is responsible for digital strategy, product development and editorial direction. He also makes regular appearances on The Week Unwrapped podcast, speaking about subjects as diverse as vaccine development and bionic bomb-sniffing locusts. He joined The Week in 2013, spending five years editing the magazine’s website before moving into his current role. Before that, he was deputy digital editor at The Sunday Times, where he was part of the team that launched the newspaper’s digital subscription service – and was responsible for day-to-day production on the app and website. He has also been TheTimes.co.uk’s technology editor and the launch editor of Wired magazine’s UK website.
Holden has worked in journalism for nearly two decades, having started his professional career while completing an English literature degree at Cambridge University. He followed that with a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. A keen photographer, he also writes travel features whenever he gets the chance.
Latest articles by Holden Frith, The Week UK
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Coronavirus: does cold weather have an impact on Covid-19?
Speed Read Experts says wintry conditions can affect both the spread of the virus and our ability to recover if infected
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Coronavirus: what are the odds of catching Covid-19 on a plane?
Speed Read Studies suggest air travel is safe despite concerns about air quality
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Schools do not spread Covid-19, multiple studies find
Speed Read Reports from Germany, Norway and the WHO conclude schoolchildren are not vector of infection
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Russians spreading fake news about Oxford vaccine
Speed Read Online disinformation campaign targets countries where Russia’s immunisation jab is being marketed
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Two coronavirus trials paused over safety concerns
Speed Read Setback for global efforts to counter Covid as human testing of antibody treatment and vaccine put on hold
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How an ‘experimental arthritis drug’ could help treat Covid-19
Speed Read Otilimab given to Manchester man as UK clinical trial kicks off
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Care homes brace for new influx of coronavirus patients
Speed Read Clinicians say care home bosses are facing increasing pressure to admit people with Covid despite lack of legal obligation
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Coronavirus: will UK schools have to close again?
Speed Read Thousands of teachers are self-isolating - but the government is determined not to order new closures
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Coronavirus: UK herd immunity ‘may be closer than thought’
Speed Read New study finds that antibody tests may be failing to identify large numbers of people who have been exposed to Covid-19
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Russian agency behind US election meddling ‘created fake left-wing news site’
Speed Read Facebook says real reporters were hired by fake editors to write about US corruption
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Copy Sweden’s coronavirus response, says WHO special envoy
Speed Read Expert calls for controversial Swedish response to Covid-19 to be adopted elsewhere - including New Zealand
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How an Amazonian city that shunned lockdown may have hit herd immunity
Speed Read The authorities in Manaus made little attempt to halt spread of Covid-19 - yet the virus seems to have run out of steam there
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Five reasons coronavirus may be getting less deadly
In Depth Covid-19 infection rates are rising in many countries - but death rates remain low
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Mali coup: why the president resigned
Speed Read Senior military figures including an air force major-general are now in charge of the West African nation
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England and Germany ‘neck-and-neck’ in coronavirus vaccine race
Speed Read Teams at Oxford University and BioNTech are competing to produce the first internationally accepted vaccination for Covid-19
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London’s best fish and seafood restaurants
The Week Recommends Oysters, scallops and new school fish and chips are on the menu
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Sharing the pain: Hong Kong protesters invest in arrested mogul’s pro-democracy newspaper
Speed Read Supports of campaigner Jimmy Lai are buying stocks in his media company
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Coronavirus: why England’s daily death toll is dropping so slowly
Speed Read The explanation lies in both the size of the outbreak and the way that Covid fatalities are measured
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How 2020 exam grades will be calculated
Speed Read Exam cancellations and automated downgrades have led to fears of injustice
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Coronavirus: do Covid-19 tracking apps work?
In Depth The promise that technology would deliver us from the pandemic has not yet been fulfilled
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Here today, Juan tomorrow: why Spain’s former king has fled into exile
Speed Read Corruption scandal threatens to tarnish legacy of monarch who re-established Spanish democracy
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Why has Nasa launched a mission to Mars?
In Depth The Perseverance rover is looking for evidence of life on the red planet
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Coronavirus: are false positive Covid-19 tests skewing infection rate figures?
In Depth Mass testing combined with a low level of genuine cases can lead to misleading results
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