Mark Cantrell, Journalist

Cover Story: Monumental failings or deliberate design?

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The house that ministers made With welfare reform, Ministers appear to be rather more concerned about the lifestyle ‘choices’ of the poo...

Cover Story: Are we slumming it tomorrow?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Shacked up in a slumdog future? House prices are falling but the barriers to home ownership are as strong as ever. Private rents are ris...

Interview: David Ireland, Empty Homes Agency

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bringing back the empties Putting the nation’s empty properties back to use won’t solve the housing crisis, but it can certainly help, ...

Cover Story: Pickles promises people power

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

And ‘gulags’ to you too, Mr Secretary Eric Pickles said he felt tempted “to become a bit Maoist” in the pursuit of the Localism Bill’s mu...

What's the story?

Mark Cantrell is a UK-based writer and journalist with some 15 years' experience working for B2B publications in print and online.

Along the way, Mark has also done the odd bit of freelance work on both a professional and semi-pro basis.

This site pulls together a selection of his past writings: you can think of it as an extended portfolio.

Mark has written on the housing industry, construction, local government, business, politics and current affairs, public and social policy, and a host of thematic subjects relevant to his B2B audiences.

This site also reflects his personal interests, with articles on culture, books, politics, and the writing life.