Heidi Blake

Heidi Blake joined The New Yorker in 2022. She is the author of “ From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin’s Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin’s Secret War on the West ” and “ The Ugly Game: The Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup .”

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Did the U.K.’s Most Infamous Family Massacre End in a Wrongful Conviction?

annals of crime · August 5, 2024

Jeremy Bamber remains in prison in England for the murders, at Whitehouse Farm, of his family: his parents, Nevill and June; his sister, Sheila; and her sons, Daniel and Nicholas. Despite newly discovered evidence, his appeals for another trial have been rejected. Heidi Blake reports.

The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai

a reporter at large · May 8, 2023

As the emirate’s ruler espoused gender equality, four royal women staked their lives on escaping his control, Heidi Blake reports.