Kirk Leech is a freelance journalist and researcher. For many years, Kirk’s energies were devoted to revolutionary politics in the UK. Latterly his interests expanded to issues in the developing world, having travelled and researched in Brazil, Ghana and India.

He has researched and written extensively on the environmental and social impact of a multi billion dollar goldmine in Transylvania, Romanian. Kirk has written extensively on development and environmental issues for the Guardian, Telegraph, spiked, and latterly for the Wall Street Journal and the Australian. He is currently researching the popularity of ethical eating.