I would love to hear about your most expensive recent coffee purchases. Did it break the £5 barrier? Did you get latte art for that? UK only please!

Four days left! Join us, Rachel Corp, Beth Rigby, Debbie Ramsay, and Pippa Crerar on the 18th of April at our networking event: How women shape the news. Tickets available in person and online but selling fast! #news #Election2024 #journalism womeninjournalism.co.uk/tickets/p/how-…

My latest article for the The Observer

People best suited to freelance life?

- frugal w/o resentment
- manage their $ carefully
- generous w peers (it comes back)
- enjoy variety in their work
- self-reliant
- stay up to date on the industry (ies) they focus on
- aren't snobby about work ($ is $)
- negotiate!
- rest

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

I’m in need of an editor who might be interested in some work editing a long-ish profile - must have experience at broadsheets/magazines. Paid, obvs! DM for more info!

I wanted people to laugh not at me, but with me - loved interviewing ⁦Tom Shakespeare⁩ for ⁦Observer Magazine⁩. Please buy a print copy tomorrow theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

best explanation of the current politics I have ever seen! 🔥

My parents fought so hard to get me into mainstream school in the early 90s (it was initially presumed I wouldn't be able to read or write... funny how that turned out). How are we here 30 years later? Tempest is one of the biggest school photography firms! P.s. Your horror child

'Spectacular' Diane Billas

An Yu's Braised Pork meets Madame Bovary in this wry and moving tale of one woman's mid-life re-awakening in contemporary rural China.

4 April 2024

tidd.ly/3IuUJfD Wenyan Lu

There is something deeply upsetting about seeing photographic evidence of the most depraved male violence inflicted against women - captured by men, of course - being celebrated with a photojournalism award.

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It was such a privilege for me to interview Candida about this. Her work is so important

An important thread from my colleague, and old friend, James Coney.

Read it, and share with everybody who judges/tuts/eye rolls/chastises a family who are just trying to go about their daily life with a disabled child.

Thanks to The Guardian and Donna Ferguson for this piece about my book #godsghostwriters Uni of Birmingham UniBirmingham News

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‘You can see it as a revenge fantasy’: The new book arguing that enslaved people co-authored the Bible - my latest for ⁦Guardian Books⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

What fantastic news. Kudos to @tbij for hiring an amazing journalist in Hannah Summers 💪 Women in Journalism

So thrilled at this announcement from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism which has hired the fantastic Hannah Summers to be the first ever full-time family court reporter!

I am so enjoying this book

I’ve written about telling people about my cancer diagnosis because so much of what Kate Middleton said resonated with me: I was stunned when diagnosed with cancer. Then I had to work out how to tell my son theguardian.com/society/2024/m…