Sirin Kale, The Guardian

Sirin Kale

The Guardian

United Kingdom

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Guardian
  • VICE
  • The Independent
  • Crack Magazine
  • Dazed
  • The Debrief

Past articles by Sirin:

Happy endings: the food bank Guardian readers helped find a home

After a London food hub featured in our Guardian Angel column, cash poured in to help it find a permanent location → Read More

David Walliams recorded making derogatory remarks about BGT contestants

Exclusive: Britain’s Got Talent judge made sexually explicit comments about participant, leak shows → Read More

‘The more dangerous the operation, the more I wanted to do it’: neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on mistakes and mortality

The author of three bestselling memoirs was a swashbuckling presence on the wards for three decades. Now undergoing treatment for advanced prostate cancer, he talks about facing death and living without regrets → Read More

I spent a year meeting people who make a difference – here’s what they taught me

The Guardian angel is hanging up her wings – here she revisits three community heroes to see how their lives have been changed by the column → Read More

The people making a difference: the man setting up woodworking ‘sheds’ to combat loneliness

When Philip Jackson moved back to the UK from Australia, he felt compelled to support fellow lonely souls in his town. Now, for a momentous event, it’s his turn to be treated → Read More

Can I Tell You a Secret: episode one of a new podcast

In this new six-episode podcast, Guardian journalist Sirin Kale investigates the story of a cyberstalker who terrified people in his hometown and beyond for over a decade. → Read More

Can I tell you a secret: episode one of a new podcast

In this new six-episode podcast, Guardian journalist Sirin Kale investigates the story of a cyberstalker who terrified people in his hometown and beyond for over a decade → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode six: the winding clock

As the years tick by, journalist Sirin Kale speaks to victims and those who know Matthew to ask whether his stalking will ever truly end → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode five: a mother’s love – podcast

Journalist Sirin Kale meets Matthew’s mother to uncover more about his past, and find out what might have motivated him to cyberstalk his victims for so many years → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode four: a reckoning

Matthew’s victims come face to face with him as an attempt is made to stop his torment once and for all → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode three: the man upstairs

Who is Matthew? Journalist Sirin Kale looks for clues about who this cyberstalker really is and why he creates chaos and fear in so many people’s lives → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode two: the widening circle

As the cyberstalker spreads his net wider, anyone could be a target. The fast-changing world of social media creates new opportunities for him to find more victims. Only now, someone is watching him … → Read More

Can I Tell You a Secret, episode 1: the beginning

In the first part of a new series, the Guardian journalist Sirin Kale visits a small town in the north of England to uncover how one man began a decade of cyberstalking → Read More

Can I tell you a secret? Episode one: the beginning

Guardian journalist Sirin Kale takes us to a small town in the north of England to uncover how one man began a decade of cyberstalking → Read More

The people making a difference: the mother warning women about the hidden risks of medications

Janet Williams fights tirelessly to raise awareness of the risks of certain drugs to pregnant women. Now it is her turn to be treated → Read More

‘So many people tell me they wish they could get out!’ Can we escape the tyranny of WhatsApp groups?

Group chats were a lifeline during lockdown – but for many, the constant messages have become an oppressive distraction. Leaving, however, is not so simple → Read More

Sanna Marin: Finland’s prime minister who just wants to be herself

Controversy over her private life goes to the heart of the occasionally divisive leader’s appeal → Read More

The people making a difference: the man who set up a mental health walking group for ‘blokes’

After bottling up his own anxieties for a decade, Scott Oughton-Johnson created a group for other men who’ve felt the same. Now it’s his turn to be treated → Read More

‘People think we are scumbags. But celebrities are ringing us!’ The changing world of the paparazzi

The ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial was a reminder that celebrities and photographers have a far cosier relationship than many of them would admit. Here, insiders reveal how the industry really works → Read More

The people making a difference: the powerchair football coach leading his team to victory

Chris Hammans started coaching the side after his son Lewis took up the sport. Now, after Lewis’s death, Chris is determined to continue → Read More