Experience

As a freelance journalist, I have written copy about the arts for newspapers including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Athens News.

Areas of journalism

Arts journalism

Portfolio

Image of the book Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath

A switch anyone can flick

Elevate magazine for Grant Thornton
Published on Tuesday July 6, 2010

Arts and Books | Business

How do you make change happen? Chris Alden talks to Dan Heath, co-author of a new business book on the subject.

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The shocking enthusiast

Elevate magazine for Grant Thornton
Published on Thursday November 12, 2009

Arts and Books | Business

Bestselling business author Tom Peters has had it with talk of ‘business models’. To thrive in difficult times, he says, you really need to get some hobbies. By Chris Alden.

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The definitive 90s

Telegraph "Guide to Modern British Music" supplement
Published on Saturday October 25, 2008

Arts and Books | Features

From Britpop to Girl Power, OK Computer to Big Beat, Chris Alden remembers the 90s in British music.

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A walk in the woods

The Daily Telegraph
Published on Thursday November 1, 2007

Arts and Books | Features | Travel

Chris Alden visits Black Park in Buckinghamshire, location for countless English movies – and rounds up famous film locations from around the country.

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The art of management

Guardian Work
Published on Saturday May 19, 2007

Arts and Books | Business | Careers | Education | Features | Media

The MBA is no longer just for bankers – the new media boom is fuelling a demand for leadership skills in the creative sector. Chris Alden reports.

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Weaknesses? Forget 'em

Guardian Work
Published on Saturday October 21, 2006

Arts and Books | Business | Careers | Features

Play to your strengths, leadership guru Marcus Buckingham tells Chris Alden

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Imaginative leap

EducationGuardian
Published on Tuesday June 24, 2003

Arts and Books | Education | Features

Creative writing courses used to be shunned by many universities as being too weird and way-out, but no longer, reports Chris Alden

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Buy my books

250 Things to Do in Cyprus on a Sunny Day*

Reliable, insider guide to the island of Cyprus. Available now as a Kindle ebook and in paperback.



The Greek Alphabet: 24 Letters in 24 Hours

Quick, accessible guide to the modern Greek alphabet. Available as a Kindle ebook.