"What are Palestinians supposed to do? That’s a rhetorical question because the last three weeks have made the answer to this crystal clear: we are supposed to shut up and die."
Every word. Thank you
@ArwaM
"Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, including some bound and stripped of their clothes."
I do not understand why more people are not talking about this. I do not understand any of this at all.
I would be interested to know:
• did Kyle Clifford have police reports for stalking / harassment by exes
• had Louise Hunt reported him to police
• did police recognise his military experience made him an increased risk
I’d guess yes, yes and no
RIP Hannah, Louise & Carol
Every Glastonbury I remember what makes it so special. My favourite place in the world. People are just so kind. BUT there were moments that felt unsafe this year. I was at the Bicep stage that was shut down, and it was scary. They need to address this before a tragedy happens.
I campaigned for Labour in the last two elections. Door knocking, volunteering in head office, etc. This video and Keir's LBC interview is the reason I can't vote for the party any more. Incredibly ashamed of what they've become.
Shadow minister Pat McFadden is clear - Israel is an ally, Labour aren't calling for a ban on arms sales to them, & if Labour win the next election they'll continue selling arms to them.
Some exciting news I can finally share: Can I Tell You A Secret, my Guardian investigation and podcast series, is now a Netflix documentary! I'm so glad the women are getting a platform to share their stories to a wider audience. You'll see me in ep 2 😉
Because we're already seeing a ton of 'this is worse than the Taliban' takes - Christian fundamentalists did this! Islam does not have a monopoly on religious extremism. Please stop with the lazy Islamophobia
I'm thrilled to bring you
@guardian
investigative podcast, Can I Tell You A Secret? It tells the shocking true story of Matthew Hardy, who police believe to be the UK's most prolific cyberstalker. How did he target women for so long? And why did he do it? All episodes out now 🎉
I wrote about the death of VICE, the executives who ran it into the ground, and what it means for young talent trying to break into this industry
@guardianopinion
Emotional to share my last ever
@GdnSaturday
Angel column. It’s been truly a privilege to write but it’s time to hang up my angel wings…because I’m having a baby! Heading out on maternity leave this week and look forward to seeing you on the other side ❤️
Hello! I’m back from maternity leave minus my blue tick but plus one lovely son. Please send story tips, cat memes etc to sirin.kale
@guardian
.co.uk. Sorry if you’ve messaged me on here in the last ten months and I didn't respond - I’ve my hands pretty full!
Sometimes I feel like I am going insane and then I read
@NesrineMalik
and I am so grateful to her for putting into words the sick feeling I have in the pit of my stomach every day while this nightmare continues.
I wrote about the state of England’s maternity services, a little girl who died at a few hours old, and a doctor who claims he was sacked for whistleblowing
@guardian
The manager of my son's nursery say they can't even get people to turn up to interviews, let alone hire them. Have no idea how Labour's childcare policy is going to work - who's staffing these 3,000 new nursery classes? AI? Robots? Giant Cocomelon screens 24/7??
Can I Tell You A Secret? is out on Netflix today! For
@guardian
I wrote about my journey into the story, stalking, and why so many victims are still being failed
People think the climate emergency will happen years away, in the global south, but it's already happening, here, in Europe, with devastating floods. For my new
@guardian
series, I went to Belgium to tell the story of Rosa Reichel, who died at just 15
It was a huge pleasure to interview Richard Ratcliffe for
@BritishGQ
about his years-long struggle to get his wife, Nazanin, home, and what he learned about realpolitik and love in that period.
@FreeNazanin
It is fairly remarkable after three government commissioned reviews (Ockenden, Kirkup x2) that identified pro-normal birth culture as a contributing factor to failing maternity services to see a trust openly advertising for posts that will promote so-called 'normal' birth
Job ad.
Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Fetal & High Risk)
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Person spec 👇
Where Martyn Pitman used to work. The takeover by normal birth is now complete I think. What a scandal.
I wouldn’t have a career without Vice and
@misszing
in particular taking a chance on me. I will always be so, so grateful. They hired unknown writers from diverse backgrounds and let them thrive. My anger at the senior execs who drove the company into the ground is bottomless.
In a memo to staff, Vice CEO Bruce Dixon announces hundreds of layoffs and that the company will no longer publish on Vice dot com. He also says VMG is in advanced talks to sell Refinery29.
Unreal is a UK number one podcast! Thank you to everyone who has listened, reviewed or shared it, it genuinely means a lot, and we love hearing your feedback 🎉
@PINsykes
This story - of a mum who tried to conceive for 7 years, suffered 6 miscarriages, and then lost her daughter after 6 opportunities to save her life were missed — is unbearable. When she told a midwife she was in pain & bleeding she said to 'go to Waitrose'
I'm writing a piece about the allure of the Aldi middle aisle...have you gone in for a loaf of bread and emerged with a pizza oven, canoe and hot tub? DM me! UK-based Aldi fans only please ;)
I hope people don't lose sight of the Covid families in today's reporting. I know it feels like a fun gotcha moment but it's actually really not fun at all for them
I would not have a career with
@misszing
taking a chance on me. She is an unbelievable editor, writer, podcaster, columnist, friend - but more importantly one of the most phenomenal people I have ever met. This isn’t a fringe view, I’m speaking for literally everyone I know. 💫
It's official! After eight and a half-ish years at VICE, I've been made redundant.
I got to work with some incredible people, first at Broadly and then at VICE. Being editor-in-chief was like getting put in charge of the funniest, smartest people in class. 🧵
“Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow south? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.”
@NaomiAKlein
I'm looking to chat with people who've got into fights / lost friends due to over-active Whatsapp groups, or who have gone to extreme lengths to escape them...no judgement, god knows we all hate them (unless you actually love them them, in which case, please mount a defence)
Ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary I spoke with Grenfell survivors about that terrible night, their lives since the fire, and what needs to change moving forward
@guardiang2
I'm writing for
@guardian
about bike thefts...have you had your bike stolen recently? Did you manage to track it down? Did the police get involved? Did they care? Have you confronted a bike thief mid-steal? How did that go for you? Please DM me
“To this day, I still wake up and hope it’s all been a nightmare and then it hits me and I’m completely floored by the grief."
Theo was dying as midwives ate Haribo and ignored his mother when she asked for help. So tired of reading these stories.
If I learned one thing writing this column it’s that there’s a huge amount of kindness in the world if you look for it, and communities can form with individual actions. Which is something to hold on to, I think, as things seem to get progressively more difficult.
For the second piece in my
@guardiang2
flooding series I went to Germany, where entire houses were washed away with the inhabitants still in them, and still people rebuild exactly as before, close to the river that killed their friends and neighbours
@guardiang2
Thank you to everyone reading and sharing this piece and saying nice things about it. If anyone would like to contribute to the fundraiser for John's family, it is here:
I personally cannot wait for the extremely po-faced and serious NYT article that attempts to explain why the British government has been brought down by someone called 'the arse pincher' [ass pincher]
I wrote about the depressing inevitability of bike theft for
@guardiang2
. Thank you to everyone who messaged me about this - judging by the fact it's been our most read story all day I think a lot of people are very annoyed about this too
It was an incredible honour to interview the amazing
@NadiaMuradBasee
(and Amal Clooney!) for
@BritishVogue
. She was funny, candid, and honest, and unsurprisingly for a Nobel Laureate, as inspirational as you’d expect.
I wonder as a society how many more of these stories we are willing to tolerate. This catastrophe was completely avoidable and I read about settlements like this almost every day
"War is hardly the right noun for conflict between one of the most militarised states on Earth... and Gaza, which has no planes, no Iron Dome (all-weather air defence system), barely any money. It is a daily pulverising."
A must read from
@chakrabortty
Whenever I interview anyone with a Middle Eastern name I know with 100% certainty that the first five minutes of our discussion will be a chat about my name, their name, where they are from, where I am from, our shared background. They never don't ask, which I love actually.
"What haunts me too is that we didn’t get to see his eyes. He was born with his eyes closed so we didn’t get to see them."
Our maternity services are totally broken. Every one of these stories breaks my heart. And there are so many.
Ethan Blackwell was alive for 32 hours after being born at Royal Derby Hospital with significant brain damage and failed organs which left him gasping for air and unable to open his eyes
An independent report found the hospital at fault
The 'honour' killing of Banaz Mahmod by her father is one of those stories it's impossible to forget. It was a privilege to interview her sister Bekhal about their childhood and the remarkable courage she showed in testifying against their father in court
For the final piece in my
@guardian
flooding series, I wrote about Tapton Terrace, a grandmother who lived there her whole life, and the home she died in during storm Babet. These stories will sadly become more common in an era of climate emergency
Last year I spoke with Khaled, a Syrian refugee, about his dreams of starting a street food business for my
@GdnSaturday
Angel column. He’s now crowdfunding towards his goal and you can support him here
@KhaledsTofsyria
Some interesting letters in response to my John Balson piece. Worth pointing out the UK has comparatively weak union protections compared to the US which makes us attractive to international productions...but also has a cost on the ground
This is a really important investigation from
@JanetEastham
@gordonrayner
. I think there's a strong argument for regulation of NHS executives and senior managers. Doctors and nurses have to abide by professional codes - why not their bosses?
Enjoyed giving the plenary about Covid reporting and Lost to the Virus at
#UKCSJ22
this morning, and especially sharing my favourite Boris Johnson image: of him wiping down a plastic chair in a vaccine centre, lest he contract Covid through his butt
I would really like to hear people's experience of private antenatal groups. Do you feel that one type of birth was favoured over another? Did it prepare you for birth / parenthood or give you unrealistic expectations? Please email sirin.kale
@guardian
.co.uk or comment below🙏
@GdnSaturday
Guardian Angel was such a team effort so huge thanks to everyone who made it possible: Nina,
@becbecliuliu
@naomilars
, Alicia, Sarah, and of course
@ruthlewy
and
@meropemills
. And most of all thanks to everyone who wrote in to nominate, and all of our Angel recipients.
We can't wait for @
@thedalstonyears
' masterclass on how to write and pitch a feature in August!
Sirin is a feature writer for the
@guardian
and writes the Guardian Angel column for
@GdnSaturday
, paying tribute to the people making a difference big and small across the nation.
Hey
@BalmaLtd
do you think this is an appropriate place to put a portable loo and where would you like wheelchair users / blind people / parents with prams to go exactly
Been asked to do spots about the return of Big Brother but declined because I don't want to be a reality tv commentator, BUT my only comment is: a HUGE part of what made the show ratings gold was the binge drinking (Kinga 😲)...struggle to see how they'll create drama without it
Happy publication day to the amazing
@ionegamble
. She is my favourite - bar none - writer on feminism and Poor Little Sick Girls does not disappoint 🎉
Black mothers are over twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with perinatal mental illnesses than their white counterparts, a Guardian analysis of NHS figures shows, with the racial disparity being described as “horrifying”.
I'd love to speak with UK-based crypto enthusiasts who are either holding their coins despite the crypto crash, or planning to sell and get out asap. DMs open
Hello - I am looking to speak with people who've had difficulty getting a driving test - DM me or I'm on sirin.kale
@guardian
.co.uk thank you as ever 🚗
I’ve seen how incredibly hard
@Lucy_Osborne
has worked on her documentary into abuse in the modelling industry over the past year and thrilled it’s finally out today 🎉
Fashion's darkest secret has been exposed, and its survivors need to be heard.
A co-production from
@Guardian
and
@WonderhoodHQ
, Scouting For Girls: Fashion’s Darkest Secret reveals exploitation and abuse within the fashion industry.
This is an interesting development...following mine and
@ohrhealy
reporting last year on David Walliams’ remarks on the BGT set he is now suing Fremantle, which makes the show