I write long form features, essays and investigations for the Financial Times, Guardian and loads of other places. I wrote two nonfiction books published by HarperCollins and am working on my first novel at the moment, along with a bunch of other stuff https://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3mltjkpzijk2pWent to Devon for the first time the other day. What a lovely part of the world. First place I’ve ever seen a goth wearing Stone Island14 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltjkpzijk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3mibysiwg2k2wThirty years after the end of the Bosnian War, I spent a week travelling across Bosnia charting the work being done to locate the thousands of people still missing https://observer.co.uk/style/features/article/the-search-for-the-missing-victims-of-the-bosnian-war30 Mar 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibysiwg2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3mibycuiom22wManaged to lock myself out of here for months. Back in, so thought I'd share some new work. Here's my new investigation into three British men who, for diverse and often baffling reasons, have joined the Russian armed forces over the past three years. Listen here: https://observer.co.uk/listen/the-slow-newscast/rogue-brits-fighting-for-putin30 Mar 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibycuiom22whttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3miby4ctjak2wReal blast from the past [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miby4ctjak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lw74cjdjoc22Here’s a new piece from me about the violence enveloping Woolwich, & the young lives it has claimed. It’s also about the mothers who did everything to keep their children safe, only for their efforts to prove unequal to the forces set against them https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/when-love-is-not-enough-counting-the-cost-of-britains-knife-crime-crisis12 Aug 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw74cjdjoc22https://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lo72rxdptk2hSome cool news. Am now senior writer at The Observer!02 May 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo72rxdptk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3llvm6kevzc2dMy new @theguardian.com longread is about the UK's university innocence projects- a radical, if imperfect, attempt at addressing miscarriages of justice. I am grateful to everyone who gave me their time this past year. It is an extraordinary story https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/03/miscarriages-justice-wrongful-conviction-justice-system-uk03 Apr 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvm6kevzc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lhvtn6xcns2hIf I ever lose millions in bitcoin in a Welsh dump, I like to believe I'd simply get over it and have a laugh https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/10/man-who-lost-bitcoin-fortune-in-welsh-tip-explores-purchase-of-entire-landfill11 Feb 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvtn6xcns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lhjf7pozac2iExperiencing the sort of feverish deadline mania where I'm beginning to curse the fact I was ever taught to read and write06 Feb 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjf7pozac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lgkphnlisc2fFor the past six months, I’ve been reporting on the highly controversial plan to open ‘Europe’s largest lithium mine’ in Serbia. You can read the resulting long read here if you’d like https://www.newstatesman.com/international-content/2025/01/serbia-mining-protest-environment-lithium25 Jan 2025 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgkphnlisc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lfzsgklbvs2dVery happy to have written this piece on a remarkable book coauthored by four very remarkable people [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfzsgklbvs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3leyikewu522zHere’s a fun piece that I wrote for this weekend’s FT about the history and contested future of London’s Blue Plaques https://www.ft.com/content/371f62ae-3f75-452b-a1d4-20bd753e8b6505 Jan 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3leyikewu522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3ldijq7f4us2hBeen a very productive and interesting year of work. Slowly finishing up for 2024, though excited to share some new projects and long form pieces in the NY. Cheers!17 Dec 2024 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldijq7f4us2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lbhqrwgfes2aNew longread on 'the future of Soho' and its dwindling residential community in the @thefence.bsky.social, which was an editor's pic in @longreads.com https://www.the-fence.com/last-days-of-soho/21 Nov 2024 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhqrwgfes2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lbhqlvm45s2aMy April @theguardian.com longread which was shortlisted for best investigation at last months Anti-Slavery Awards in parliament https://www.theguardian.com/law/ng-interactive/2024/apr/18/county-lines-drug-dealer-to-human-trafficker-modern-slavery-laws21 Nov 2024 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhqlvm45s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/franciscogarciadf.bsky.social/post/3lbhq7riu5c2aHello! Getting set up here and thought I'd share a few substantial pieces from this year. Here's my October 5th @financialtimes.com cover on the 'Blake Escape' and why it took 25 years for the British state to catch up with those responsible https://www.ft.com/content/2c9eec1a-cc41-4d35-9bcd-f2e1997088cd#comments-anchor21 Nov 2024 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:i3fjckdhdtenps643fds4vf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhq7riu5c2a