Anna Kerr

Journalist

I’m a senior news and features writer for a global legal and business news platform, covering sustainable business and corporate human rights abuses. I’m also a freelance journalist who writes about politics, arts and culture. 

I’ve written for titles including Dazed, Time Out, and DJ Mag, and my exclusive stories have been picked up by the NME and Mixmag. I’m available for freelance writing and editing commissions.

My Latest Work

How Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill is impacting the country’s creative scene

One day in late February, as the seasons were about to tip into spring, Campbell Addy was preparing to launch a five-year business plan to support Ghanaian creatives. The British-Ghanaian creative, who has become one of fashion’s most in-demand photographers after capturing the likes of Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner and Tyler, the Creator, suddenly thought: “I can’t do this.” 
Earlier that day, Ghana’s Parliament had passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that – if signed into law by President Nana Afuko-Addo – w...

Teen pregnancy falls in London but Croydon with highest rate

Conception rates amongst girls under 18 have been steadily dropping in London, more than halving between 2012 and 2022, according to a recently released Office of National Statistics (ONS) dataset.
The amount of under-18s having pregnancies dropped from 879 in June 2012 to 379 in June 2022, signalling a 57% decrease.
This drop follows the national trend, as across England, conception rates have similarly dropped.
Nevertheless, London’s drop is notable, as its rates have dropped below the West M...

South West London hit hardest by soaring rental Costs, ONS data reveals | South West Londoner

South West London is bearing the brunt of the burden of escalating rental costs in the city, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.
Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Richmond upon Thames, and Merton were in the top 12 London areas with the highest jump in rental prices in 2023.
According to the data released on April 25, 30.5% of households in Kensington & Chelsea and 27.9% in Wandsworth experienced a rise in private rent in 2023, placing...

London elections: Sadiq Khan wins record third term as mayor | South West Londoner

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has secured a record third term, beating Conservative rival Susan Hall.
Khan secured 43.7% of the vote, whilst Hall secured just 32.6%, a significant shift towards Khan compared to his win over Shaun Bailey in 2021.
His commitments include free school meals for all primary school children in Greater London, freezing TfL fares until at least 2025, and a promise to end rough sleeping by 2030.
His win signals a commitment to ULEZ, the £12.50 charge for polluting vehicles, which...

Thread Ahead: Reshaping Fashion Narratives for London’s Asylum Seekers

“Fashion is everything” – and it should be for everyone, according to London-based charity Thread Ahead. 


Young asylum seekers had the chance to browse, try on and pose for a photoshoot in high-end streetwear at Thread Ahead’s pop-up event at the end of 2023. The event, which took place in Edwin’s showroom in Shoreditch, London saw 13 young asylum seekers take home three brand new items of their choice. 


Thread Ahead partners with brands and businesses to redirect unsold clothes and access...

UK drill TikTok content removal requests from Met Police have increased 366% since 2020

64% of TikTok content removal referrals from London’s Metropolitan Police during the 2022/23 financial year were related to UK drill music, according to new data obtained by DJ Mag via a Freedom of Information request. 
In the previous year, 89% of Met Police content removal referrals on TikTok were related to drill, and 100% during the year preceding that. Removal requests on the platform related to UK drill have also seen a 366% increase over the last three years.
Manager and producer Kovani,...

These stunning photographs capture Hackney’s rich, diverse history

Hackney hasn’t always been saturated with overpriced sandwich shops, natural wine bars, mullets and platform Doc Martens. While the canal-side Hackney Wick is being hailed as an alfresco dining hotspot by Aperol-wielding drinkers on TikTok, some artists are trying to preserve the history of an area that has become an HQ for the young and trendy.
Opposite the Hackney Picturehouse, Hackney Museum’s new photographic exhibition ‘At home in Hackney: a community photographed 1970 to today’ explores t...

Here’s why tonnes of Black women are boycotting certain London hair shops

Many London women are calling for heightened support of Black-owned hair shops after a shocking viral video appeared to show an unnamed woman being ‘strangled’ by a shop worker in the store Peckham Hair and Cosmetics earlier this week.
The widely-circulated clip showed a male, South Asian shop worker with his hands around an unnamed customer’s throat following an alleged dispute about a refund. The woman was arrested on accusations of theft and assault and later bailed pending further enquiries...

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