Rob Hastings journalism
Special Projects Editor at The i Paper - long reads, interviews & investigations
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Rob is Special Projects Editor at The i Paper. He won the Legal Reporting Award 2019 for 'The Trial: Secrets of Jury Service', and in 2015 he was shortlisted for both the Washington Post's Laurence Stern Fellowship and Amnesty's Gaby Rado Prize for his reportage from Iran.
Long reads:
My award-winning series on jury service (2019)
My award-winning series on jury service (2019)
My award-winning series on jury service (2019)
Join juror Rob Hastings as he sits on a real trial and examines whether the system still works, in the first installment of a major four-part series
Inside a British open prison – where murderers go out for work and home visits (2025)
Inside a British open prison – where murderers go out for work and home visits (2025)
Inside a British open prison – where murderers go out for work and home visits (2025)
I did community service – this is what it’s really like (2024)
I did community service – this is what it’s really like (2024)
I did community service – this is what it’s really like (2024)
Soon thousands more offenders may do Community Payback instead of being jailed. Could this cut crime or are we going soft? To find out, i's Rob Hastings joins a session and is given an alcohol tag
The truth about how we die - and why many miss out on end-of-life care (2025)
The truth about how we die - and why many miss out on end-of-life care (2025)
The truth about how we die - and why many miss out on end-of-life care (2025)
A hospice in Bradford shows how palliative care can help people in their final days, but a funding crisis means services are being cut around the UK
The last days of a primary school that’s run out of children (2024)
The last days of a primary school that’s run out of children (2024)
The last days of a primary school that’s run out of children (2024)
Randal Cremer is among several schools closing in inner London - with locals blaming unaffordable housing, the cost of living crisis and gentrification for pricing families out
My undercover reportage from Iran (2014)
My undercover reportage from Iran (2014)
My undercover reportage from Iran (2014)
Nothing much has changed since the protests in 2009 despite President Rouhani’s pledges. Young and old are surprisingly open to quietly revealing their frustrations with theocratic rule, even to a Westerner
An ill-timed tour of Syria (2013)
An ill-timed tour of Syria (2013)
An ill-timed tour of Syria (2013)
How the wealthy dodge taxes - and how our 'rigged' system helps them do it legally (2023)
How the wealthy dodge taxes - and how our 'rigged' system helps them do it legally (2023)
How the wealthy dodge taxes - and how our 'rigged' system helps them do it legally (2023)
Tax dodges, empty mansions and pools in living rooms: The secrets of trading super-luxury homes (2023)
Tax dodges, empty mansions and pools in living rooms: The secrets of trading super-luxury homes (2023)
Tax dodges, empty mansions and pools in living rooms: The secrets of trading super-luxury homes (2023)
An air raid siren on holiday made me realise how close we are to World War Three (2024)
An air raid siren on holiday made me realise how close we are to World War Three (2024)
An air raid siren on holiday made me realise how close we are to World War Three (2024)
Inside the police operation against the Kinahan cartel (2022)
Inside the police operation against the Kinahan cartel (2022)
Inside the police operation against the Kinahan cartel (2022)
My reportage from Somaliland during the East Africa Drought (2017)
My reportage from Somaliland during the East Africa Drought (2017)
My reportage from Somaliland during the East Africa Drought (2017)
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Interviews:
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer (2026)
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer (2026)
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer (2026)
Annie Farmer, who gave key evidence at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial, says survivors have been warning of Jeffrey Epstein's web of power for years
Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza via letters from his detention cell (2022)
Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza via letters from his detention cell (2022)
Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza via letters from his detention cell (2022)
Former FBI director James Comey (2021)
Former FBI director James Comey (2021)
Former FBI director James Comey (2021)
The former FBI Director James Comey reflects on the risks posed by “dangerous, conspiracy-minded, racist" armed Donald Trump supporters
Ex-Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald (2022)
Ex-Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald (2022)
Ex-Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald (2022)
Speaking exclusively to i, Simon McDonald opens up about why he went public with information that led to a prime minister resigning
Exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (2022)
Exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (2022)
Exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (2022)
Once Russia's richest man, the businessman is doing his best to undermine the regime that jailed him
Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi (2018)
Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi (2018)
Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi (2018)
Marina Litvinenko, widow of assassination victim (2023)
Marina Litvinenko, widow of assassination victim (2023)
Marina Litvinenko, widow of assassination victim (2023)
Journalist John Sweeney (2022)
Journalist John Sweeney (2022)
Journalist John Sweeney (2022)
Film-music composer Ennio Morricone (2016)
Film-music composer Ennio Morricone (2016)
Film-music composer Ennio Morricone (2016)
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (2024)
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (2024)
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (2024)
Novichok scientist Vil Mirzayanov (2025)
Novichok scientist Vil Mirzayanov (2025)
Novichok scientist Vil Mirzayanov (2025)
Russian military defector Igor Salikov (2026)
Russian military defector Igor Salikov (2026)
Russian military defector Igor Salikov (2026)
Cult survivor Pamela Jones (2025)
Cult survivor Pamela Jones (2025)
Cult survivor Pamela Jones (2025)
Pentagon UFO chief 'whistleblower' Luis Elizondo (2024)
Pentagon UFO chief 'whistleblower' Luis Elizondo (2024)
Pentagon UFO chief 'whistleblower' Luis Elizondo (2024)
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Investigations:
Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia (2024)
Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia (2024)
Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia (2024)
A young woman allegedly in forced labour at a clothes factory in Jordan killed herself while making products for the global fashion brands, i has discovered
A jury acquitted a killer - his victim’s family can never know why (2021)
A jury acquitted a killer - his victim’s family can never know why (2021)
A jury acquitted a killer - his victim’s family can never know why (2021)
The parents of Ryan Passey were shocked when the man who stabbed him was acquitted. Now they’re calling for juries to reveal their reasons.
Care homes are evicting thousands of vulnerable and older people each year (2025)
Care homes are evicting thousands of vulnerable and older people each year (2025)
Care homes are evicting thousands of vulnerable and older people each year (2025)
Some have been forced to move due to local council funding battles but several families believe their loved ones are victims of 'revenge evictions'
UK's £800m 'slave labour' China imports revealed - from bras to lawnmowers
UK's £800m 'slave labour' China imports revealed - from bras to lawnmowers
UK's £800m 'slave labour' China imports revealed - from bras to lawnmowers
Thousands of tonnes of clothes, toys, furniture and tech are being flown in from Xinjiang - which Uyghur campaigners say is a 'national disgrace'
Exploitation, abuse and no prosecutions - Leicester's sweatshop scandal continues (2021)
Exploitation, abuse and no prosecutions - Leicester's sweatshop scandal continues (2021)
Exploitation, abuse and no prosecutions - Leicester's sweatshop scandal continues (2021)
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Exclusives:
Fayed's female Harrods staff had medical tests arranged by Tory councillor (2024)
Fayed's female Harrods staff had medical tests arranged by Tory councillor (2024)
Fayed's female Harrods staff had medical tests arranged by Tory councillor (2024)
Alison Foster says she has no recollection of booking a medical check-up for a lawyer who claims to have been sexually assaulted by the late Harrods owner
Mandelson firm lobbies for TikTok, Shell and water industry in boom under Labour (2024)
Mandelson firm lobbies for TikTok, Shell and water industry in boom under Labour (2024)
Mandelson firm lobbies for TikTok, Shell and water industry in boom under Labour (2024)
Global Counsel has helped 23 clients arrange meetings or other communications with ministers or senior civil servants
Trump 2.0 is major security risk to UK, warn top diplomats (2024)
Trump 2.0 is major security risk to UK, warn top diplomats (2024)
Trump 2.0 is major security risk to UK, warn top diplomats (2024)
The British Government must privately come up with plans to mitigate risks to national security if Donald Trump becomes US president again, according to senior diplomatic veterans
Everyone in the UK must prepare for missile attacks, warns top general (2025)
Everyone in the UK must prepare for missile attacks, warns top general (2025)
Everyone in the UK must prepare for missile attacks, warns top general (2025)
Britons should learn how to shelter from air raids, possibly in drills with sirens, says ex-military chief Sir Richard Barrons who co-wrote the Strategic Defence Review
Shein: Fast-fashion workers paid 3p per garment for 18-hour days, undercover filming reveals (2022)
Shein: Fast-fashion workers paid 3p per garment for 18-hour days, undercover filming reveals (2022)
Shein: Fast-fashion workers paid 3p per garment for 18-hour days, undercover filming reveals (2022)
Rolling Stones demand their Shein clothing line be terminated following scandal (2022)
Rolling Stones demand their Shein clothing line be terminated following scandal (2022)
Rolling Stones demand their Shein clothing line be terminated following scandal (2022)
Amazon accused of selling ‘slave-labour’ fashion on its website
Amazon accused of selling ‘slave-labour’ fashion on its website
Amazon accused of selling ‘slave-labour’ fashion on its website
Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected (2025)
Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected (2025)
Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected (2025)
Hans Blix: I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in Iran (2025)
Hans Blix: I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in Iran (2025)
Hans Blix: I knew the truth on WMDs in Iraq – now I fear a repeat in Iran (2025)
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