My radio feature, ‘Sara’s Spirit’ is now available for you to listen on BBC Sounds. Check it out! 🧡✨ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

So incredibly proud that Dad and I were invited to present the Dr Allan Mintz GP prize today! This is a very proud Granddaughter moment ❤️ Massive congratulations to all the grads!! L’Chaim!! 🍾🍾🍾 UoBMBChB

“There’s only so many times someone with poor mental health can be told this isn’t for you…she just lost hope” Kate’s sister, Alice Litman, took her life in 2022 after waiting more than 3 years for gender-affirming healthcare. She spoke to Jonny Dymond

The hotel where I stayed with a BBC team in 2018 after a reporting trip to southern Israel and Gaza - one of the rooms on the beach side was our on-air studio

We tried to explain some of the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Four essays over four weeks, all on 'Broadcasting House' - each profiling a different historical figure. You can listen to them here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

2023 top picks: Films: Anatomy of a Fall; The Fabelmans; Of An Age (technically 2022 but I watched it 2023...) Books: Romantic Comedy; Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow; The City and the Pillar. TV: Jury Duty; The Last Of Us; Happy Valley; Loch Henry; Big Brother (yes really)

I was in the editor's chair for PM today. We talked Taiwan, Yemen, mortgages, and Gen Z in the workplace. Listen back here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Do rats deserve more sympathy?🐀 🐀 🐀 I made a package about our changing approach to rodents (about 35mins in). With help from @JoeShute and his great book, Stowaway. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Deliberately exposing somebody to a disease used to be a taboo. Now researchers are doing it more and more - with enormous benefits promised. But some scientists told me they worry that ethical red lines are being crossed. Me for BBC Future bbc.com/future/article…

I was on BBC Free Thinking on Friday talking about empathy in reading and in journalism. Then I heard Paddy O'Connell this morning uniting two people who have lost so much in the war between Israel and Hamas. “This is how we become human again.” Do listen if you can, from 30 mins in

Thanks Jeff Lawson for buying the Onion so we could get this great zoom in on electoral coverage. No other news source has gone to this level of detail.

This FT piece from a few weeks ago (republished today) is the best thing I've read about what a second Trump term will mean Ukraine, Mid East, Taiwan and elsewhere on.ft.com/3CaKDjU via Financial Times

We spoke to Mike Waltz - Trump's new pick for national security advisor - on Broadcasting House a few weeks ago, before the election. He'll now shape US policy on Ukraine, China, Israel/Gaza. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

I was in the editor's chair for The World This Weekend yesterday. We asked what a post-Assad Syria will look like. Plus, the state of the English and Welsh courts - and what can be done to fix them. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Here's the point : former prime ministers (almost) never so this. Weighty, deliberate, strong ..Major on Trumpism. bbc.com/news/articles/…

.@TomBateman & @LukeMintz: Americans used to be steadfast in their support for #Israel. Those days are gone bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #Gaza

On Monday, the UK and EU will host their first leaders' summit since Brexit. I worked on this, with Damian Grammaticas, about what it means. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It looks like the UK and EU have reached a deal on food. I spoke to some food exporters back in January about the post-Brexit red tape they were facing. One had to send samples of popcorn on a passenger flight to Spain, to stop it getting held at customs.

This is our inside look at what went so wrong at the ONS. We spoke to over 20 insiders who peeled back the curtain, revealing deep-seated problems from accusations of bullying to chaos at the top of stats body. Lots of new stuff in there. Read below 👇

I wrote this last month, about the rise of so-called 'private police' forces - and what it says about the public's confidence in law enforcement. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…