I revealed the govt was poised to axe the firm making a "disaster" of the National Tutoring Prog six weeks ago. Glad they've finally done it. theguardian.com/education/2022… theguardian.com/education/2022…

Dom Phillips, a superb journalist, regular contributor to The Guardian, and great friend, is missing in Javari Valley of Amazon after death threats to his indigenista companion, Bruno Pereira, who is also missing. Calling on Brazilian authorities to urgently launch search operation.

Brilliant

A place to grow: the gardener and land owner pairings making happy unions and plenty of produce theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

I 100% agree with Rebecca on this - I love this show so much, and the fun of watching it, gasping in shock at every episode with my son, that I’ve stated dreaming about it: I’m 100% faithful: The Traitors is the most exquisite reality TV of the year theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

The Observer’s splash by the excellent Toby Helm Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Such a moving, and unexpectedly inspiring, piece from the lovely Anna x

Some exciting news for me for 2024. I move from the Observer's news desk to editing the Guardian's Seascape, all about the state of our oceans. I am working alongside excellent reporter Karen McVeigh but will also be looking for freelance contributions from around the world

It's 20 years tomorrow since the tragic death of the cocklepickers in Cumbria. Karen McVeigh spent some time up there to examine the lasting impact ‘It’s going to finish the village’: how Morecambe Bay’s tragedy changed cocklepickers’ lives for ever theguardian.com/environment/20…

Remember this film? Here's what happened next...

I put this supplement together for this weekend’s paper. It’s primarily about how to protect our coastline, with lots of ideas for projects to get involved in. But also best beaches as picked by people like Steve Backshall and Michael Morpurgo

All week this week on Guardian Seascape we are going to be looking at the real cost of cruise ship holidays with a series of reports from around the world. We kicked off this morning with this news story theguardian.com/environment/20…

He decided to become the sea’s protector…The first feature in our week long focus on the cruise ship industry. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Who is driving the boom in cruise holidays? The older generation? That’s what I thought - but I was wrong. I loved writing this with the excellent Clea Skopeliti.bsky.social Thanks to all who spoke to us for it theguardian.com/environment/20…

Bigger is not always better…. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Not all plastic is the same…as talks continue in S Korea to tackle one of the biggest problems on the planet, Emma Bryce has identified some of the worst offenders theguardian.com/environment/20…

Non-stop helicopter noise. Just one of the impacts of cruise ship tourism on the Alaskan town of Juneau. Our final dispatch in Seascape’s cruise ship week: theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Guardian’s Dan Boffey travelled to Greenland for Seascape to interview anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in jail ahead of possible extradition to Japan theguardian.com/environment/20…