Thank you Tortoise Jess Winch for having me .. other letters in ‘Broken Threads’ include those written at moments of great tension as India was divided in 1947

To all the police officers who have had rest days cancelled this weekend, who have stood sweltering in so much kit in this heat, to be the thin blue line between vile racist thugs and the communities who have more in common, a massive, massive thank you.

The mob shouted ‘Where is Mohammed’ and then smashed his shop’s windows (Belfast, below). And this morning @bbcr4today we have been hearing from Muslims in Middlesbrough who were threatened in their homes, and had property & livelihoods destroyed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I’ve been listening to a lot of Slow Newscasts in recent weeks, including the back catalogue, and they are really very good. Wide range of topics/investigations, eg revisiting the CBI crisis, Neil Gaiman, publishing. From ⁦Tortoise⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

"The confiscation of a few yachts is no solution. What if, instead, we shut it all down?" my pitch to fight kleptocracy, in the Financial Times themes taken from AUTOCRACY INC ft.com/content/0876ef…

Thrilled that our podcast, reported by @aleximostrous and produced by Gary Marshall, is finding new life as a Netflix UK & Ireland doc - coming soon.

Thanks to #WestminsterAccounts, we had previously revealed how Starmer led the pack on freebies tortoisemedia.com/2024/07/03/lab… He's maintaining that lead overall - but Nigel Farage has accepted more freebies so far this parliament tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/18/wes…

Trailer for *Elon’s Spies* My new three parter for Tortoise with genius producer Gary Marshall First episode out Tuesday 8 October open.spotify.com/episode/6vhl3j…

So tricky to figure out Britain's "productivity puzzle".

Congratulations to Chloe Hadjimatheou and Claudia Williams (is not here) - nominated for best radio/podcast for their extraordinary Tortoise series, The Gas Man.

"At the heart of what we do is to help a listener understand something bigger about the world." This week marks 5️⃣ years of Tortoise podcasts. We sat down with Tortoise staff to hear what goes into making some of your favourite podcasts. Listen: lnk.to/tortoisemediaTT

🔍 Introducing… the Peer Review. A new, interactive tool that lets you investigate who is in the House of Lords, how they got there and ultimately, the role they play in British democracy. Use it now: torto.se/3ZizSFG

🚨🎉🚨🎉 We did the Commons in 2023, so you know, might as well do the Lords this year?

#FPAawards24 WINNERS : *RADIO/PODCAST of the Year* Congrats Chloe Hadjimatheou, Claudia Williams, Hannah Varrall, Gary Marshall, Jasper Corbett with their #podcast ~The Gas Man~ Tortoise tortoisemedia.com/listen/the-gas… #mistery #crime #investigation #bestpodcast #winner #MediaAwards

Undeafen it by listening to Rachel Johnson and my podcast, Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman, which broke the story in July 2024: open.spotify.com/show/6ozUqSQ5Z…

Some professional news - after 17 amazing years at The Times, I’m excited to be joining The Observer as political editor. Really looking forward to getting back to Westminster and beyond

Some news: after 11 years at the New Statesman I will be joining the Observer as Literary Editor in June. Couldn’t be more excited to be part of a new era for a great newspaper with books and culture criticism in its DNA. Huge thanks to the NS team — it has been a privilege.

Exciting to have co-written the leading story on the first *ever* digital edition of The Observer newspaper, now live. Congrats to Basia Cummings and her team for creating observer.co.uk in record time and thank you to Phoebe Davis and Andrei Popoviciu for helping

Extremely excited to be part of the new The Observer - congratulations to my colleagues lead by Basia Cummings who have built the new website: Observer.co.uk - or if you pref the physical paper, get your coffee ready and prepare for a great read on Sunday morning.

Foreign Office warns British lawyers they risk being sanctioned by Donald Trump and could have their worldwide assets frozen including UK bank accounts - my first story for The Observer observer.co.uk/news/national/…