Remembering my beloved friend and colleague, Marie Colvin, murdered along with Remi Ochlik, by the Syrian regime 11 years ago today while we reported from Homs, Syria. Miss you mate 🥃

Bit of an awkward but very happy mess... Thanks so much to @MHPC and to the amazing team behind our films Phil Caller Hisham Arafat Tom Gordon-Martin jonathan patterson Jonathan Paterson Becca Hutson. And a big thank you to Kamal Ahmed who took the HUGE gamble on sending me!

You know it - a new newsletter. One you actually want. Get to Know: Gen Z from The News Movement by holly beddingfield and me. Your essential guide to the generation that is changing the world. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy writing it. thenewsmovement.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=11…

This is wonderful - congrats to the BBC digital/creative team on this beautiful piece of work…..bbc.co.uk/news/resources…

Although survivors are by no means a homogenous group, one of the most common things we hear on our support service is the strength and compassion of the survivor at the other end of the phone. If you need to talk, we're open until 9pm. 📞 0808 801 0331 #SurvivorsAreStrong

Ritual abuse is the reality for hundreds of survivors who contact NAPAC to disclose each year. Although widespread, many people are unaware of what it is and how it can occur. Our blog explains definitions, prevalence, and where to go for support: napac.org.uk/blog-ritual-ab…

George Michael’s incredible opening line when he spoke to Michael Parkinson in the wake of his arrest for lewd behaviour in LA

Ukrainian tank humour

Wild poliovirus weekly case update from World Health Organization (WHO): No new cases. In 2023: Afghanistan: 5; Pakistan: 2. In 2022: Afghanistan: 2; Pakistan: 20; Mozambique: 8. bit.ly/3MnsSxA. #EndPolio.

Today Gates Foundation announced new funding to scale up local mRNA vaccine manufacturing, enabling LMICs to develop high-quality vaccines at a low cost, allowing more people to have access to life-saving innovations. apnews.com/article/bill-g…

Rushdi Abu Alouf: My daughters beg for Gaza City return - but our old lives are over bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Honoured to be named freelance journalist of the year. Thanks to everyone who has supported me and continues to do so.

Today I have resigned from my freelance gig for the The Jewish Chronicle in Kyiv. Here is the key bit from my resignation letter: "The Douglas Murray piece is wrong. The Nazis liked killing Jews. When one of your colleagues asked me to string for the Jewish Chronicle from Kyiv in

So fantastic to host John Schofield Trust tonight H/Advisors Cicero - it’s a wonderful initiative we are proud to support fostering new journalism and new perspectives @CeoSchofield Sangita Myska Lewis Goodall

How fantastic to meet the 2024 John Schofield Trust mentees - stars of the future. And thank you to all their amazing volunteer mentors from newsrooms across the industry. #NewsroomsForAll #Mentoring

NEW Delighted & excited to be starting a new job from today … as Senior Political Adviser to Yvette Cooper… I’ll be working with Yvette’s talented team to develop the credible policies on crime, policing, security & immigration that this country badly needs…

Excellent chilling read about the reality on the frontline in #ukraine bit.ly/3NnQwgB James Waterhouse

The gap between women and men going to university really is huge

For the 2nd year running the BBC has won the RTS Award for International News coverage for reporting in Ukraine. It’s a massive tribute to everyone in BBC News.

Eyes on Georgia - extraordinary developments