On Screen - Timandra Harkness

Timandra Harkness

Presenter, Writer & Lapsed Comedian

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Timandra Harkness

Presenter, Writer & Lapsed Comedian

Broadcast

I regularly appear on television to comment on the news or explain the latest technology story. Here I am on Newsnight:

Online

Big Data: why should you care? – a film I made with the Guardian:

Me on Strava data and a marriage proposal:

I am honoured to be involved with the Abel Prize for Mathematics. Here I am, introducing the work of the 2025 winner, Masaki Kashiwara, and interviewing him across the miles:

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'Absolutely captivating… Equal parts illuminating and empowering, Technology Is Not the Problem is essential reading'

Pete Etchells, author of 'Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time.'

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'Great book: a very bold and insightful attempt to grapple with the strangely unexpected social confusion we are experiencing in the 21st century!'

Matt Ridley, author of 'the Rational Optimist'

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'A riveting analysis of our uneasy relationship with the digital world, and a must-read for anyone who both loves and hates their smartphones.'

Andrew Doyle, author of 'The New Puritans'

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'A fresh and fascinating perspective. In a world where we are told we are increasingly powerless, Harkness reminds us of our own agency.'

Jenny Kleeman, Author of 'The Price of Life' & 'Sex Robots & Vegan Meat'

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'Interesting and informative but also enticing and highly addictive. No, that's not the internet. It's this book. I recommend you read it.'

Stephen Senn, Statistician and author of 'Dicing with Death'

Technology is Not the Problem

Now out in paperback

'An eloquent and invigorating antidote to amnesia, putting today's technologies in their cultural and historical place--and insisting that the great questions of a digital age remain intransigently human.'

Tom Chatfield, author and tech philosopher