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Graham Lawton is a staff writer who has worked at 91av for 24 years including as features editor, deputy editor and magazine editor. Nowadays he mostly writes features about life sciences, health, biodiversity and the environment as well as No Planet B, a monthly column on environmental issues. He has travelled extensively on reporting trips, most recently to the remote Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.

In 2023 he won the coveted PPA Writer of the Year award and has been shortlisted for multiple other gongs including the 2024 Press Awards Environment Journalist of the Year. He has written three books – , and – and has numerous TV, radio and live event appearances under his belt.

He has a first-class honours degree in biochemistry and an MSc in science communication, both from Imperial College London.