Daniel Keane

I am a journalist with over five years of writing experience. My career began in the student press at Oxford University, where I worked as Music Editor of The Oxford Student and then Co-Editor of Phaser Magazine (the University's only arts and culture magazine). During my second year, I hosted a weekly evening radio show on student radio Oxide, and the following year was invited on BBC Radio 6 to talk about Oxford's music scene.


These experiences led me to the prestigious 'International Journalism' MA  course at City University, where I graduated with a Distinction. The course helped me I to expand my skillset: learning how to put together news packages and use video and audio editing software. In the summer term I was elected Editor of the course magazine: a tech publication named 'Decode'. During the course I also wrote for Gigwise and The National Student.  


Since graduation, I have worked in a small publishing company and then as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times, The Times, The Evening Standard, the BBC World Service, Unherd and The Sun. My interests are varied, but I particularly enjoy writing about international politics and culture. 

Evening Standard •

Labour are right to promise NHS long-term reform but wait till the winter crisis hits

The NHS has become such a bleak topic of discussion in recent years that it is almost impossible to imagine it being fixed. Lord Darzi’s report paints a picture of an organisation grappling with several crises: in primary care, hospitals and the treatment of long-term illness. Its findings make for grim reading. A&E is in such a poor state that thousands of people are dying due to delays in treatment.
The Sun •

Neo-Nazi ex-BNP chief recruiting for far-right group on social media

A FORMER BNP chief is recruiting for a far-right group on social media while ranting the UK is “flooded with immigrants”, The Sun Online can reveal. Neo-nazi Mark Collett, 40, has been plugging Patriotic Alternative (PA) on Telegram, Twitter and YouTube as lockdown restrictions are eased. Collett, who was previously Director of Publicity for the British National Party and chairman of the young BNP, established the group in 2019.
The Sun •

Family’s agony as dementia-stricken mum, 75, to spend Xmas alone in care home

A FAMILY has told of their heartbreak as their dementia-stricken mum will spend Christmas alone in a care home with no visitors. Rachael Thomas, 52, hasn’t seen her mum and gran-of-six Kathryn Smith, 75, in six months - but says a festive visit just “isn’t worth the risk”. With swathes of the country plunged into Tier 4 restrictions, and festive bubbles cut to one day only, thousands of Brits are facing a lonely Christmas this year.
The Sun •

A-level student, 17, found dead was worried lockdown could affect grades

A "WONDERFUL" A-level student who tragically took his own life feared that lockdown could affect his grades, his heartbroken family have said. The body of Matthew Mackell, a Year 12 student, was found in Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells in the early hours of May 7. According to brother Chris, the ambitious and popular student had been concerned that the closure of his school might have affected his grades. He told the Daily Mail that the family had found a notebook since Matthew's death where h