Emma Barnett

According to a new Government report, giving to others improves our wellbeing. Armed with free coffees, I took to the streets of London to test this theory out on behalf of The Telegraph. It didn’t quite going according to plan… This video first appeared on The Telegraph’s website on 13th April 2011.

      [Audio clip: view full post to listen]   Here’s me taking on Nick Ferrari on London’s Biggest Conversation about why we still need International Women’s Day 100 years on. A very fun debate indeed. Scroll to 17.35 mins. And then throughout the rest of the show I review some of the best [...]

A couple of weeks ago the usually chic Elle Macpherson caused outrage in the fashion world with her choice to wear some rather unflattering harem pants on a night out in London. With that one wardrobe choice, the divisive harem pant found itself once again at the centre of the fashion debate. Loved by women [...]

Over the last few weeks thousands of Britons have been sharing their personal definitions of happiness as part of the Government’s project to gauge the nation’s well-being. Somewhat surprisingly most of the suggestions have been non-materialistic revealing the nation’s deep appreciation for the simple pleasures in life: living near a park or the smell of [...]

Covering the Camden Crawl – encountering lots of happy music goers, including Jack Tweed….

                    Here’s me talking about the impact of social networks on communication, politics and business with Julian Worricker on You and Yours – BBC Radio 4. Scroll to 15.40 mins for the start of my contribution – which continues throughout the remaining 30 minutes of the [...]

Here’s me enjoying going through the morning’s newspapers with the lovely Mark Longhurst, one of Sky News’s breakfast show anchors.

  Queen Rania of Jordan is using social media to promote her charitable work, meet her subjects and chat to her children. All she wants to do now is get her fridge on Twitter. The Queen recently made headlines for getting on an ordinary commuter train. While this sudden appearance surprised Britons, the people of [...]

  Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, defends her vision of how news will look in the future, and explains why her days in US politics are over. Thief, parasite, constant kleptomaniac, are to name but a few of the choice words being levelled at Arianna Huffington at the moment. It’s nothing [...]

Confessional journalism and tweeting are all the rage. And what’s more, what you tweet or write now lasts for an eternity, thanks to the internet. Which is why, Rachel Johnson, otherwise known as the editor of The Lady magazine or sister of London Mayor Boris Johnson, should be doubly ashamed at outing her daughter for [...]