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Rohan Banerjee

@rbanerjee23.bsky.social

Freelance writer and editor covering culture, politics, business, technology and sport. Prev on staff at The Telegraph & The New Statesman. Fan of #NUFC and nice watches. Website: www.rohanbanerjee.co.uk

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I’m having an Indian wedding – here’s how I advise my Western guests to dress From kurta to Nehru suit, saree to lehenga — a few tips on what to wear and where to find it

Friends were asking what they should wear to my wedding, so I wrote this:
www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl...

10.09.2025 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Case for Rediscovering Your Hometown Going back to my small U.K. town after time away taught me to learn to love the home I once eagerly left, writes Rohan Banerjee.

I wrote about Thanet, London and me for TIME magazine
time.com/7311802/uk-h...

26.08.2025 09:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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The Case for Rediscovering Your Hometown Going back to my small U.K. town after time away taught me to learn to love the home I once eagerly left, writes Rohan Banerjee.

I wrote about Thanet, London and me for TIME magazine
time.com/7311802/uk-h...

26.08.2025 09:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

I’m a journalist in a film. I have a staff job and all my interviews are in person

27.07.2025 23:03 — 👍 470    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 43
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When the Group Chat Becomes the Friendship Group WhatsApp chats can feel alive. But they have their flaws, writes Rohan Banerjee.

Modern friendship is a minefield – and nowhere is this truer than the Group Chat. My latest for TIME magazine here...
time.com/7304848/what...

27.07.2025 11:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Quiet Dread of Wedding Season—and How to Cope Weddings can bring up anxieties about where your own life stands. Here are four tips to get through it, writes Rohan Banarjee.

"Loneliness is a crowded room," sang Bryan Ferry. And I wrote this for TIME magazine...
time.com/7299599/surv...

06.07.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Quiet Dread of Wedding Season—and How to Cope Weddings can bring up anxieties about where your own life stands. Here are four tips to get through it, writes Rohan Banarjee.

"Loneliness is a crowded room," sang Bryan Ferry. And I wrote this for TIME magazine...
time.com/7299599/surv...

06.07.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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5 watches perfect for summer, no matter your budget — from £100 to £3000+ These conversation-starting timepieces offer an exclamation point for your outfit at the beach or in a beer garden.

It’s hot. Buy a watch.
www.shortlist.com/style/best-s...

02.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Twenty years of the best superhero movie ever made Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy gives us a complex, credible Batman alongside the blockbuster spectacle

Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy gives us a complex, credible Batman, writes @rbanerjee23.bsky.social on the 20th anniversary of ‘Batman Begins’.
www.prospectmagazine...

26.06.2025 14:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Britain’s newest way of demoralising doctors A lottery decides where they will work

A lottery decides where newly qualified doctors will work. This risks eroding incentives for future medics to study hard, and could undermine trust in medical-school rankings https://econ.trib.al/Yq7zZxX

21.06.2025 07:54 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Can men and women be just friends? The answer matters more than you think

The proportion of women who work, relative to the share of men who do, affects opposite-sex friendships more than you think

21.06.2025 09:28 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My opinions on films are just as correct as my opinions on football

20.06.2025 17:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Twenty years of the best superhero movie ever made Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy gives us a complex, credible Batman alongside the blockbuster spectacle

Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy gives us a complex, credible Batman, writes @rbanerjee23.bsky.social on the 20th anniversary of ‘Batman Begins’.
www.prospectmagazine...

19.06.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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A new London attraction hopes to revive interest in Elvis At “Elvis Evolution”, the king of rock ’n’ roll ain’t dead

Wrote this preview feature on Elvis Evolution for The Economist. It opens in mid-July on London's Royal Docks and is well worth a visit!
www.economist.com/britain/2025...

05.06.2025 11:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations. Open to pitches from across the pond? :)

26.05.2025 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Network! I’m free for commissions/full-time opps. I write; I sub; I commission. I’m good value at after-work drinks 😊 Prev on staff at the New Statesman and The Telegraph. Bylines with The Times, FT, Bloomberg, London Library and others. Let’s chat. chsrohan@gmail.com

13.05.2025 13:46 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Network! I’m free for commissions/full-time opps. I write; I sub; I commission. I’m good value at after-work drinks 😊 Prev on staff at the New Statesman and The Telegraph. Bylines with The Times, FT, Bloomberg, London Library and others. Let’s chat. chsrohan@gmail.com

13.05.2025 13:46 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How to date if you’re a CEO — five bosses share their horror stories How do you know your next date isn’t just after your money — or your business secrets? Rohan Banerjee meets five execs navigating a romantic minefield

Had great fun with my Sunday Times Magazine debut. It's lonely at the top...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

08.05.2025 16:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Our cover this week.

24.04.2025 13:46 — 👍 49357    🔁 10544    💬 1295    📌 795

A pint is quite a lot of liquid when you think about it, isn’t it? You wouldn’t drink 6 pints of orange squash. And yet 1 pint of beer isn’t enough. Funny old game

26.03.2025 22:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WHAT A MOMENT #NUFC

17.03.2025 04:12 — 👍 36    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I am still trying to move back on staff. If you are looking for a senior writer or a commissioning editor, let’s chat. I’m on chsrohan@gmail.com
My experience/portfolio spans The Telegraph, The Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New Statesman and others. I can start immediately.

13.02.2025 09:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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5 iconic watches (and the affordable alternatives everyone can enjoy) Affordable takes on classic watches which might help you achieve the look you want without breaking the bank.

Used my Shortlist debut to do the lord's work. Don't let your wallet stop you from having a nice watch...
www.shortlist.com/lists/5-icon...

27.01.2025 17:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

wait I thought Trump was going to bring a Russia-Ukraine truce “within 24 hours”

21.01.2025 17:22 — 👍 138    🔁 8    💬 37    📌 3
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A dive watch that’s also a dress watch? And it comes in different colours? Longines Legend Diver 39mm has you covered. Retails at c.£3000 but you can definitely find it cheaper…

12.01.2025 19:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bollywood’s Divorced Power Couple on Their Movie About Marriage Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s blockbuster Lost Ladies tackles India’s modernizing view of relationships.

My interview-cum-essay about Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan's excellent film 'Lost Ladies' is the dispatch for Bloomberg's Weekend Edition. What a pleasure and a privilege it was to meet them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

10.01.2025 12:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sensational. This is the year. Believe. #NUFC

07.01.2025 21:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Positive attitude needed tonight. We can do it. Isak needs one clear-cut chance. Manifest. #NUFC

07.01.2025 11:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sure, thanks for the heads up

06.01.2025 17:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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