Practicing instrument makers, systems programmers, and civil engineers reporting from Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Cork, and Stornoway.
Clara Hendry trained in marine chronometer restoration in Glasgow before founding Kestrel Review in 2021. Her reporting examines how small machine shops maintain sub-micron accuracy without proprietary cloud lock-in, and why physical repair manuals remain essential industrial infrastructure.
Soren Lindqvist spent eleven years auditing safety-critical control software for Nordic rail corridors and industrial manufacturing lines. At Kestrel Review he investigates formal verification, local-first shop-floor tooling, and boring software architectures that run for decades.
Maeve Donovan practiced coastal structural engineering in Cork and Rotterdam prior to joining Kestrel Review. She measures municipal projects by lifecycle repair records, concrete mix durability, and how generously engineering structures welcome everyday pedestrians.
Based in the Outer Hebrides, Iain MacPhee accompanies utility linesmen, lighthouse technicians, and meteorological engineers who keep exposed coastal instrumentation running through winter gales.