
Basia Cummings
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Editor and partner, @tortoise.
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Bodo/Glimt offer one of sport’s most romantic stories. The next chapter will be written tomorrow night, when they play Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League semi-final. ✍️ Rory Smith Read more: bit.ly/3Gw9Ur7

More interesting stuff in the new The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/articl…

"I write what I know. And what I know, unfortunately, is shit flats... the only expert topic I have, and so I’m leaning into it." Read Róisín Lanigan column here: bit.ly/3Gu2F35

'One judge, three court cases and a murder' - did the family justice system fail Sara Sharif? My new The Observer podcast, digging into the detail of the court papers and court transcripts, and produced by Ada Barumé, has just gone up. observer.co.uk/listen/the-slo…




Great to join nicnewman Mitali Mukherjee Basia Cummings and many others for the Digital News Report rollout this morning Reuters Reuters Institute

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with The Salt Path: the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. It became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. Chloe Hadjimatheou Read: bit.ly/3GtJXsy

Oh dear. It seems like the publishers & film-makers truly had the wool pulled over their eyes. Thank goodness for good journalism - well done Chloe Hadjimatheou for exposing this. Perhaps the whole enterprise should be rebranded The #PorkiePath

On this week's The Observer #NewsMeeting editor Alexi Mostrous and I talk about our investigation into #TheSaltPath lnk.to/689fK3

Another chapter in the Salt Path story: Raynor and Moth’s former landlord admits he felt “gaslit” by them and explains why to Chloe Hadjimatheou The Observer observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Amelia Fairney worked at Penguin for 28 years and was not entirely surprised by the Salt Path revelation. She writes about why Allen Lane’s vision is now under threat from publishing processes that put profit before truth The Observer observer.co.uk/news/national/…



It’s a story about a story. This week’s Slow Newscast takes a deep dive into the best selling memoir, The Salt Path and hears from those who question the very premise of this ‘true’ story. Produced by the brilliant Matt Russell The Observer Tortoise podfollow.com/the-tortoise-p…