Tom Pashby

Senior reporter, New Civil Engineer

United Kingdom

I'm a senior reporter at New Civil Engineer, write on a freelance basis for a range of publications including national newspapers, and provide services including strategic communications and public speaking.

At New Civil Engineer, I cover civil and defence nuclear, strategic flood risk management, climate risk, cyber and physical security of infrastructure, critical national infrastructure, National Highways' runoff management, the Aquind interconnector, Neom in Saudi Arabia, the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), and the wider civils landscape.

I have written news on a freelance basis for Private Eye, The National (Scottish newspaper), The Canary UK, PinkNews, Trans Writes and Bricks magazine.

You can find opinion articles from me in The Times of London, the i newspaper, PinkNews and Metro UK.

Portfolio

Freelance

Trans Writes
01/08/2023
A look at the transgender and non-binary census 2021 data - Trans Writes

The Office for National Statistics has released data from the 2021 census which for the first time ever includes statistics about the numbers of trans and non-binary living in England and Wales. Here Tom Pashby takes a look at the transgender and non-binary census data;

Trans Writes
04/20/2023
What does Census 2021 say about trans people? - Trans Writes

Trans people live in diverse communities, intersecting ethnicity, age, disability, religion and sexuality. This is not news, but the Office for National Statistics released fresh data comparing the gender identities of people in England and Wales with key demographics which were recorded in Census 2021.

The Times
05/13/2020
Eco-fascists must not put us off fighting for the environment

Coronavirus has infected millions of people, killed thousands and left billions locked inside, with governments imposing some of the severest restrictions on freedom of movement since at least the Second World War. The scale of the changes imposed in the effort to save lives has already had a signif

The Times
10/06/2019
Welcome to our green revolution, Corbyn and Johnson, but what took you?

British politics is being influenced by the fight against climate change as never before, from the high-profile protests of Extinction Rebellion, which start again today, to the Labour Party's shift towards a more radical environmental policy at their recent conference. In October last year the in

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