Alex Rayner, an English journalist

Gaming and the military piece in today's G2

You can read my article about computer games and the military in today's edition of the Guardian. Click here for more.

Apples and Facebooks in the Guardian's end of year review

I wrote up a brief piece for the Dec 29 edition of the Guardian on the big monetary figures of 2011 expressed in the value of Apples and Facebooks. All should become clear if you click here.

Intelligence Squared feature in this month's Wallpaper

My feature on the international debate organisation, Intelligence Squared, appears in the Jan 2012 edition of Wallpaper.

 

AV and the Oscars piece in the Guardian

My article, comparing different balloting methods used by various awards ceremonies, appeared in Monday's Guardian. You can read it by clicking on this link.

Belated mention: Guardian's end of year round-up

I contributed to G2's light-hearted round-up of last year's events, published towards the end of last month. Read it here.

Hipster piece in today's Guardian

My piece on hipsters and their attendant haters appears in today's G2 supplement. Read it by clicking here.

Los Zetas in ShortList

I wrote this piece on the heavily militarized Mexican drug, Los Zetas, in today's edition of ShortList. To read it, click here.

My feature on God's Banker in this week's ShortList

I wrote a piece on Roberto Calvi for Britain's most widely read mens' weekly, ShortList. You can see it by clicking here. It's on pages 34-35 of this Emag.

Gambling piece in ShortList

My article on 'whales', or international high rollers, appeared in today's edition of ShortList. You can read it online, by clicking here. Its on p 30-31.

Cyber mercenaries piece in today's ShortList

You can read my piece on the group who might be behind Georgia's cyber assault in today's ShortList. Leaf through the issue online, here. My piece is on page 34.

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