“The Russian soldiers were shooting their guns inches away from my head so I couldn’t move or run. Then they started raping me,” Marina told me in Ukraine last week. “But facts are facts. Let England know what happened here.” Dispatch – no paywall 👇 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Paraic what a heartbreaking film. Deeply humane, brilliantly scripted, beautifully filmed. Please post a link when you can.

A year ago I flew to America to meet Christopher Allen’s family for the first time. After months of investigation, we released Pig Iron, a podcast about his death, about war, and the relationships journalists forge with their subjects - and with each other podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pig…

This week I’m Tortoise celeb correspondent 🫡 We’re diving into the chaos of the Peltz-Beckham wedding and asking: what happens when you treat a gen-z super-wedding like a business deal? It’s about fame, wealth, nepo-babies and nightmare group chats: pod.fo/e/16fd1d

🎉 Tortoise Sensemaker and Slow Newscast nominated for best news coverage!

So many who do a favour for Boris Johnson end up in the same place as Richard Sharp: reputation in tatters, forced out of a job, burned. The £800k - the source of which is still unknown - is just one part of the puzzle. Listen to more here 👇

Our new series, launching Monday: Into The Dirt. A story over three years in the making, about truth, spies and the stories we tell ourselves. By Ceri Thomas, Gary Marshall and Alexi Mostrous. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/int…

It's Monday so here's my Financial Times column on Into The Dirt, a new pod from Tortoise which tells the absolutely bonkers story of Rob Moore, a former Brass Eye producer who became involved in corporate espionage. ft.com/content/b1c71b…

Generous, and very perceptive review from Fiona Sturges of Into The Dirt from Tortoise. More episodes available this week. As ever, near the end of a long-running project, it's hard to see the wood for the trees in the story. All your Twitter reviews warmly welcome.

Pig Iron nominated for best documentary at the British Podcast Awards – an emotional, challenging project that consumed us for 9 months. So chuffed, and huge thanks to the team Gary Marshall, Jeremy Bliss, Xavier Greenwood and the inimitable Karla Patella.

Bittersweet news as we approach the 6th anniversary of Christopher Allen’s killing that our podcast Pig Iron is nominated for the best documentary podcast at the British Podcast Awards Well done to Basia Cummings Gary Marshall Xavier Greenwood Karla Patella and Tortoise

This will be a lot of fun. Book your ticket to join us in the newsroom for this live recording.

Blown away. Pig Iron won Best Documentary British Podcast Awards this evening. Massive thanks: Gary Marshall my brilliant collaborator, Jeremy Bliss our driving force, Xavier Greenwood super reporter, sound designer Karla Patella, and composer Tom Kinsella. And, all at Tortoise. <3

My new investigation, Walter’s War, is out now. It’s a podcast about lies and storytelling. It starts 10 years ago, on a park bench, and ends up in the world of military tech and AI, where it turns out, the hype may actually be the weapon. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tor…

My incredible sister-in-law Grace Hughes-Hallett and the always impressive team at Tortoise - Basia Cummings and Gary Marshall - have a new podcast out today. DANGEROUS MEMORIES. It’s an astonishing story, spectacularly told. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dan…

My first podcast with Tortoise is out today. Produced by the amazing Gary Marshall DANGEROUS MEMORIES - a story that began as young women seeking healing, but became a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our minds. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dan…

I have just finished ep1 of Dangerous Memories and I'm already totally hooked!! An utterly fascinating story brilliantly told by Grace Hughes-Hallett and Gary Marshall and Imy Harper .

Our latest investigative series, Dangerous Memories, is out now. A mind-bending story from the brilliant Grace Hughes-Hallett. Made with top Tortoise team: Imy Harper, Tom Kinsella, Basia Cummings & Ceri Thomas podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dan…

Binged this in two days – it’s a mad story about false memories, told beautifully by this amazing team

Elon Musk allegedly hired a private investigations firm to spy on Amber Heard - my story for Mail+. Musk’s use of investigators is the subject of my Tortoise podcast #ElonsSpies. Out now on Spotify Podcasts 🎙 and Apple Podcasts dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…