Authors
Our Writers
Every byline on Left Field, in one place - staff, guest contributors and the collective bylines used for jointly written pieces.
Andrew Hedges
8 articlesAndrew Hedges was a founding member of The Democratic Bloc but has since left Your Party and joined the Greens. He also sat on Momentum’s national coordinating group from 2022-2024 but left Labour in 2025.
Andy Walker
29 articlesAndy Walker is the founder and editorial director of Left Field. He is a journalist and the secretary of the Newcastle branch of the National Union of Journalists.
Andy Walsh
1 articleAndy Walsh is chair of trustees at Greater Manchester Law Centre. A former general manager and board member at FC United of Manchester and head of community ownership and the national game at the Football Supporters' Association, Andy has over 40 years experience in football and has been an adviser to a number of football clubs and supporters' groups.
Ben Sellers
1 articleBen Sellers formerly worked for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour MP Laura Pidcock and is now a fellow of the Democracy Collaborative. This article is written in a personal capacity.
Brian Green
4 articlesBrian Green is a socialist who helped found the modern trade union movement in South Africa. He arrived in the UK in 1977, was politically active in the left and anti-fascist movement in the 1980s and has been an anti-capitalist campaigner ever since.
Bryn Griffiths
2 articlesBryn Griffiths is an activist in Colchester Labour Party and North Essex World Transformed. He is the vice-chair of Momentum and sits on the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy’s executive. Bryn hosts the Labour Left Podcast.
Clive Hedges
5 articlesClive Hedges is an academic and recovering ex-member of various political organisations who is currently unlucky enough to live in the constituency of Luke Akehurst MP.
Daniel Emmett-Gulliver
2 articlesDaniel Emmett-Gulliver is a native Londoner and adoptive Welshman, who is passionate about politics, fairness and equality.
El Donnellon
2 articlesEl (Elaine) Donnellon is the daughter of an Irish immigrant, Liverpool born and raised and now an adopted Londoner. Fiercely working class, she is an intersectional socialist who does class politics and is also a mother, writer, activist, charity and NHS worker.
Fiona Ranson
1 articleFiona Ranson is an anti-hate activist, educator and researcher from Durham, whose research interests lie in education, children’s social care, multilingualism and the care journey of young people seeking asylum.
Gemma Thornton
2 articlesGemma Thornton is co-founder of Root & Branch and an activist in West Yorkshire.
Granville Williams
1 articleGranvile Williams edits MediaNorth which he started after the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom ceased activity in 2018. He has written and edited several books on media topics, most recently It's The Media, Stupid! The Media, the 2019 Election and the Aftermath (2020).
Harry Cross
5 articlesDr Harry Cross is a researcher and consultant specialising in security and economic policy in the Middle East and East Africa. His recent book, Undoing a Revolution: Sudan and the Politics of Debt, examines the history of sovereign debt in Sudan in the context of regional politics.
Jamie Driscoll
1 articleJamie Driscoll is a Green Party councillor in Newcastle and former North of Tyne Metro Mayor.
Jason Tetley
1 articleJason Tetley is the director of the Greater Manchester Law Centre, a community-led, independent advice and campaign organisation dedicated to providing free legal support across the region.
Liam Jones
1 articleLiam Jones is a writer, former carer, socialist and member of the Green party.
Olly Mooney
1 articleOlly Mooney is a digital animal activist and the founder of Save the Dogs UK.
Paul Heron
1 articlePaul Heron is a solicitor and founder of the Public Interest Law Centre and is part of the centre’s legal team at the undercover policing inquiry.He also sits on the executive committee of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers.
Rob Dyer
1 articleRob Dyer is an ecological socialist and a retired engineer, living in Durban, South Africa.
Sára Vidimova
1 articleSára Vidimova is a Franco-Czech writer and commentator based in the Picardie region of France. She was previously a Green candidate for the European Parliament in the Czech Republic where she writes about French and European politics for Alarm magazine.
Siobhán Ovey
1 articleSiobhán Ovey is an activist whose work focuses on intersectional feminism, ending violence against women and girls, anti-racism, and youth engagement. She is also a co-founder of North Devon and Torridge Socialists.
Will McMahon
3 articlesWill McMahon is a writer for Left Field.
Collective Bylines
Cable Street 90
1 articleThe Cable Street 90 organising committee, which includes prominent figures like Alex Gordon, Mary Davis and David Rosenberg and is backed by groups such as the Jewish Socialists’ Group alongside numerous trade unions and community organisations.
International editors
2 articlesThis article was compiled by Left Field's international editorial team.
Left Field editors
2 articlesThis is the editorial team byline for Left Field. Articles may be written collectively or by one of our team of editors.
Left Field news desk
11 articlesLeft Field’s news desk covers breaking stories and developments across UK and world politics, housing, and public services – reported fast and reported straight.
Left Field reporters
6 articlesLeft Field's collective of writers have contributed to this article.
Left Field staff writers
8 articlesThis article was written by a staff writer or a group of writers from Left Field.
Left Field union desk
10 articlesLeft Field’s union desk covers trade unions and industrial action – including strikes, disputes, campaigning and organising.