Barbara Speed (@bspeed8) 's Twitter Profile
Barbara Speed

@bspeed8

Deputy head of opinion @guardian. pitches to [email protected]. not usually here

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Phineas Harper (@phinharper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So chuffed that our guest on the Open City podcast this week, talking Brum bankruptcy, HS2 and Southwark Council's war on table tennis is the brilliant Barbara Speed, Deputy Opinion Editor at the Guardian. spotify.link/Y69LfD9TgDb

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wrote about my 'two accents' era - featuring the baffling logic of children, bidialectalism, and a Barbie hair salon theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Joseph Harker (@josephharker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Aspiring journalists! 3 great opportunities at the The Guardian! 1) If you need financial help for a postgrad journalism course, u can apply to have the fees paid Plus 2) if you have a disability, or 3) if you're a person of colour, you can apply for the Positive Action Scheme

Level Up (@we_level_up) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JOURNALISTS: Your reporting of the harrowing Hunt murders has the power to prevent future deaths. Use it, and use our guidelines for reporting fatal domestic abuse: 🛑Accountability 🛑Accuracy 🛑Dignity 🛑Images Sensitive reporting saves lives. welevelup.org/media-guidelin…

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This was a joy to work on with Orna and Christine - it's about Israel/Palestine, but more overarchingly about how connecting with those who disagree with you is an act of hope and humanity. pls read! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Tracy Kawalik (@tracykawalik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My friend Natasha has been missing for 7 days She is 55 yr old transwoman, last seen in Soho on Friday at 2am wearing a white Chanel suit. I am asking if any editors or publications would be up for reposting or perhaps covering a small news story about her disappearance 🙏

My friend Natasha has been missing for 7 days

She is 55 yr old transwoman, last seen in Soho on Friday at 2am wearing a white Chanel suit. 

I am asking if any editors or publications would be up for reposting or perhaps covering a small news story about her disappearance 🙏
Nesrine Malik (@nesrinemalik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy to announce something exciting that we’ve been working on for a while. The Long Wave, a weekly newsletter on Black life and culture around the world, is launching on 30 Oct. Written by me and edited by the mega talented @jaseokundaye. Sign up here! theguardian.com/global/2024/oc…

Barbara Speed (@bspeed8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer For more information please @GoNUJ93 and NUJ or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

Clothes in Books (@clothesinbooks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Not as niche as it sounds’ - A Place of Our Own by June Thomas looks at 6 spaces where lesbians met over the years, and is heart-warming, life-affirming, sometimes heart-breaking - with universal human relevance. Bars, bookstores, softball, communes... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-plac…

'Not as niche as it sounds’ - A Place of Our Own by June Thomas looks at 6 spaces where lesbians met over the years, and is heart-warming, life-affirming, sometimes heart-breaking - with universal human relevance. Bars, bookstores, softball, communes... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-plac…
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Thanks to my great pal Clothes in Books for asking some excellent questions about A PLACE OF OUR OWN. clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-plac…

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Me in the I newspaper on a new book about Princess Diana: lost royals, Anne Boleyn & Meghan Markle inews.co.uk/culture/books/…