Michaela Makusha

Students remember Jason Arday: ‘People would say how much they were looking forward to his classes’

A viral article by an anonymous student suggested the academic was a “terrible” teacher. Undergraduates at Durham, where he taught between 2019 and 2022, tell fellow alumna Michaela Makusha that their experience was very different

News

Stonehenge, carnival, folk and fascists: how Zakia Sewell went in pursuit of the real story of Britain

The 6 Music DJ and writer, whose new book explores her mixed-race heritage and the ancient myth of ‘Albion’, tells Michaela Makusha everyone has a stake in a complex, nuanced country

Q&A

We’ve found the dog... but lost our privacy: how Ring’s Super Bowl ad went viral for the wrong reasons

The smart doorbell company’s heartwarming story of helping find a lost pet was quickly called out by viewers as a chilling demonstration of high tech surveillance, writes Michaela Makusha

Tech

Skate secrets: how I fell in love with hit drama Heated Rivalry before I ever saw it on TV

The steamy gay ice hockey drama has become a global sensation – in part because chronically online people like me have been watching edits and memes about it for months, writes Michaela Makusha