News features by journalists.

We write news-focused content and make professional films. Take a look at some of our latest work. It doesn’t have to be expensive but it can look good. We’re journalists with more than 50 years’ combined experience in print and broadcast media.

Who we’ve worked with

A view of London from Waterloo Bridge

We produce engaging copy, pictures and video for companies, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations.

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Latest work includes

Ho Chi Minh’s Sussex trail

A seaside town’s ambivalent connection to Vietnam”s former leader.

Farmers talk about the importance of hedgerows

A short film for the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Standing tall

A bird’s eye view of one of England’s most famous chalk figures.

Brighton’s Beetle Battle

Britain’s elms have been devastated by a deadly disease. Brighton is the last stronghold in the south. But even there it’s a constant battle for survival.

Grief in the pandemic

Waiting lists for bereavement counselling are growing as calls for help increase under Covid. Among those seeking support are people unable to say goodbye to a loved one or attend their funeral. We spoke to two bereavement workers from the charity Cruse about their personal experience. The charity expects demand to rise by up to 50% this year.

Grape picking on the High Weald

Skippers take the helm

Indian soldiers remembered

Coronavirus prevented a big congregation attending the 2020 Chattri Memorial Service, honouring Indian soldiers who died in the Great War. But the commemoration did not go unmarked.

Intrigue, murder and vengeance

A trailer for an imaginary film of Graham Greene’s first published novel.

Billboards to make you smile

The Rise of Northwood

The trees are back at Northwood, West Sussex. The National Trust’s biggest woodland restoration, filmed on a winter’s day.

Still clinging to life

Brighton’s Green Wall has survived the decades along Madeira Terrace.

A man of firsts

Sake Dean Mahomed was a pioneer of the Indian diaspora. Brighton pays tribute.

The Martians are coming

A short tribute to the genius of HG Wells who turned a sleepy railway town into a war zone.

Lighting up the capital

Iain Bell and Garry Usher had regular jobs with British Gas until they stepped back in time to become the last lamp lighters of London. They lovingly keep the ancient gas street lamps burning at some of London’s best-known landmarks. We joined them on their night-time rounds.

Health and wellbeing campaign for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

A compilation of words, pictures and iPhone video produced to promote the Trust’s health and wellbeing activities for staff.

Boy George’s vocal coach bravely reveals his secret

“My name is Christopher David Mitchell. This is the secret I’ve kept for six years”. With these opening words Boy George’s vocal coach tells of his crash from West End career to depression, and his final triumph, being open about his life-changing illness. For six years Christopher, a 33-year-old former model and singer signed to a top agent, told no one about his condition: a stoma and ileostomy bag as a result of ulcerative colitis. Working with Christopher and leading doctors at St Mark’s, the National Bowel Hospital, in Harrow, we’re reaching a wide audience, helping others facing the same life-threatening disease.

Medical Technology Group

A young cardiologist, Dr Fran Porter-Young, is able to carry on treating patients with heart conditions, thanks to her own implanted medical technology.

Medical Technology Group

The Medical Technology Group explains how pioneering medical technology can improve patients’ lives, benefit society and save the health service money.

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