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
-
Spanish coronavirus mutation blamed for Europe’s second wave
Speed Read Holidaymakers spread the new Covid-19 variant across the continent
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
US election: why the price of soybeans could swing the Senate for the Democrats
Speed Read An agricultural faux pas could hand control of the chamber to Joe Biden’s party
By Holden Frith Published
Speed Read -
US election: Texas calls in National Guard amid ‘voting day violence’ row
Speed Read Democrats accuse Republican governor of seeking to deter voters by calling up troops
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
Coronavirus: how Arctic Canada kept Covid-19 at bay
Speed Read The province of Nunavuk has recorded no community transmission of coronavirus
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
US election: will the Republicans or Democrats win the Senate?
Speed Read Donald Trump’s unpopularity threatens to loosen the Republicans’ tight grip on the upper house
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
One in four Britons believe in QAnon-linked conspiracy theories, study finds
Speed Read Influence of the far-fetched theory has spread alongside the coronavirus pandemic
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
Inside the village split by a river into two lockdown tiers
Speed Read A little-noticed boundary between two local authorities is dividing neighbours as England battles Covid-19
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
Russians spreading fake news about Oxford vaccine
Speed Read Online disinformation campaign targets countries where Russia’s immunisation jab is being marketed
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
Who in Labour is backing a second lockdown - and who is not?
Speed Read Many of the party’s northern mayors have spoken out against new coronavirus rules
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith Last updated
Speed Read -
How an ‘experimental arthritis drug’ could help treat Covid-19
Speed Read Otilimab given to Manchester man as UK clinical trial kicks off
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
Coronavirus test rationing: who will be at the back of the queue?
Speed Read Nationwide shortage of Covid-19 testing capacity means some people may have to wait longer for appointments
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
Best knives for carving, chopping and paring
The Week Recommends
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
The Week Recommends -
Why the government’s most senior lawyer resigned
Speed Read Sir Jonathan Jones had long expressed doubts about the government’s commitment to upholding the law
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
England’s ‘tax-dodging’ hotspots revealed
Speed Read Home Counties dominate list of towns with highest levels of tax avoidance
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read -
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
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Last updated
Speed Read -
Five of the strangest quotes from Donald Trump’s Republican convention
Speed Read The US president launched his reelection campaign with a surreal and occasionally jarring display
By Holden Frith, The Week UK Published
Speed Read