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Graham Lawton is a consultant for New ������ý, where he spent more than two decades as a staff writer, features editor, deputy editor and magazine editor. Nowadays, he mostly writes features about life sciences and health, as well as a monthly column on ageing. He has travelled extensively on reporting trips, most recently to the remote Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.

In 2023 he won the coveted PPA Writer of the Year award and has been shortlisted for multiple other gongs including the 2024 Press Awards Environment Journalist of the Year. He has written three books – , and – and has numerous TV, radio and live event appearances under his belt.

He has a first-class honours degree in biochemistry and an MSc in science communication, both from Imperial College London.