I’m so tired

Do you know what went wrong at Soho House Glasgow? I'm working on a story about why it didn't happen and would love to chat if you have any insight/opinions... contact details in bio!

I'm always moaning that there's no perks to my usual social affairs beat - so last month I moonlighted as a lifestyle journalist to tour some of Scotland's most scenic wild saunas, the results of which are in yesterday's Observer. Now considering a career shift... observer.co.uk/culture/phot...

NEW: 60+ organisations have set out five key asks for the government's new violence against women strategy, as concerns grow about its delay, the funding crisis for services and the hijacking of VAWG to promote an anti-migrant agenda #NotInOurName

Here we go! At Xmas I brazenly agreed to run a half marathon. Then I went into denial and didn’t start running until April. THEN I didn’t start fundraising until a month ago because I didn’t believe it would happen 😅 Wish me luck & please consider donating ❤️ www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

📢 Mentoring: At @tbij.bsky.social we are launching a mentorship programme open to both staff and freelance journalists interested in gaining experience and guidance on reporting on the family courts. Full details here 👉 tinyurl.com/42xdkk5b

Labour's decline in support is remarkable. Support for Labour has fallen more sharply after this election than it has for any other winning party covered by the BESIP (though the timings between waves are not identical).

Yvette Cooper looked at current British asylum policies and thought, what we need is for *more* children to die in the English Channel

The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

This time next week I’ll be gearing up to run a half-marathon 🏃‍♀️ I’m raising money for UNICEF’s Gaza appeal - if you can, please help me reach my target before the race and donate whatever you can spare to help get food, water and vaccines into Gaza www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today. Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

📢 Just a few weeks left to fundraise for UNICEF's Gaza appeal! Next month I'm running a half-marathon to raise money for food, water & medical supplies. If you've been looking for a way to help Gaza, please consider donating. V grateful to all who already have! www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

This is all becoming very dangerous and the Government's failure to show any kind of resistance to it is a disgrace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

📢 Just a few weeks left to fundraise for UNICEF's Gaza appeal! Next month I'm running a half-marathon to raise money for food, water & medical supplies. If you've been looking for a way to help Gaza, please consider donating. V grateful to all who already have! www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

ICYMI I’m running a half-marathon next month to raise money for UNICEF’s Gaza Appeal. Thank you so much to everyone who’s donated so far ❤️ Donations will fund food, water, vaccines and nutrition treatments in Gaza, where every infant is at risk of malnutrition: www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

ICYMI I’m running a half-marathon next month to raise money for UNICEF’s Gaza Appeal. Thank you so much to everyone who’s donated so far ❤️ Donations will fund food, water, vaccines and nutrition treatments in Gaza, where every infant is at risk of malnutrition: www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

I've been in denial (hence the last minute fundraising) but I can no longer ignore the fact that this non-runner is doing a half-marathon in September following an ill-advised bet... I'm fundraising for UNICEF's Gaza Appeal & am so grateful for any donations: www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

I've been in denial (hence the last minute fundraising) but I can no longer ignore the fact that this non-runner is doing a half-marathon in September following an ill-advised bet... I'm fundraising for UNICEF's Gaza Appeal & am so grateful for any donations: www.justgiving.com/page/eve-liv...

Heading to Edinburgh tomorrow for the first weekend of the fringe and in the market for drinks/chats/shows*! DMs open 🍻🎭 (*but NOT reviews! I only do a few and they’re already allocated I’m sorry please don’t pitch me! Always happy to hear about other - relevant - potential stories though)

See @everebecca.bsky.social piece in @theguardian.com on this in Feb 2025, with expert support from a 2024 seasonal agricultural worker. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Seasonal agricultural workers reported wage theft & widespread payslip confusion in 2024, we partnered with workers to highlight this issue. So we're pleased that the UK Director of Labour Market Enforcement has now committed to a review on payslips assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68779f...

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

A Palestinian mother in Gaza: “My children have become skeletal, skin and bone. Even the slightest effort makes them dizzy. They are asking for food, and I have nothing to give. I can’t lie and say I’ll bring them something when I know I won’t be able to.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I spoke to the brilliant @greatergovanhill.com and @everebecca.bsky.social about their work creating community led reporting with women impacted by gambling harms in Glasgow. Cat Cochrane who took part also shared her story on the power of journalism & women coming together ✨Read it bit.ly/44AOzq3

A fortnight ago, people in Royston turned out to protest against news a local building was being turned into an “illegal migrant hotel”. The only problem? It was completely false. So what happened? @everebecca.bsky.social investigates www.glasgowbell.co.uk/royston-far-...

Glasgow’s women made history in the largest ever equal pay strike in 2018. A few months later the council admitted their contracts were discriminatory. But almost seven years on, they’re still waiting for new ones - and for all the money they’re owed. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-coun...

Glasgow’s women made history in the largest ever equal pay strike in 2018. A few months later the council admitted their contracts were discriminatory. But almost seven years on, they’re still waiting for new ones - and for all the money they’re owed. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-coun...

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

Which is what identity politics as coined by the Combahee River Collective, was intended to do. Be the center of a critical politic that builds solidarity within and across identities that share that questioning of power, not a replacement for that critical politic.

So in awe of these brilliant women that I’ve overcome my TikTok aversion to try and share their stories further… 🎧 Listen to ‘Brute Force: domestic abuse in the ranks’ wherever you get your podcasts 🗞️ And read the story online: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

What a hollowed-out fucked-up corporate “local news industry” we’ve got, reliant on disillusioned poverty pay graduates rewriting dodgy press releases that are gamed for SEO by a casino, all enabled by Google pushing this shit through its Discover tab. pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-pr-...

Important podcast by @everebecca.bsky.social who spent months speaking to policewomen abused by their police office partners. Particularly interesting insight into how forces responded to murder of Sarah Everard Listen to the podcast here: t.co/7eJuVEiQWF Eve's story for the Observer:

Rooting out abusers and transforming the cultures that enable them is vital and urgent work if we are to address the extreme loss of trust and confidence in the justice system it has caused. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The power held by police officers means they should meet the highest standards of conduct. Yet systemic, institutional failures have allowed police-perpetrated abuse to persist unchecked, with abusers rarely facing meaningful consequences.

"When a domestic abuser is also a fellow police officer, victims have been subjected to further trauma as forces close ranks against them." A must read by @everebecca.bsky.social Solidarity with the women who have shared their stories of police-perpetrated abuse observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I’m working with @glasgowbell.bsky.social this week and on my way to Paisley for a rally about proposed redundancies at UWS. If you’re staff or a student who’ll be there and want to chat - or if you want to catch up separately - give me a DM. You can be anonymous!

🚨ICYMI I’ve spent months talking to policewomen abused by fellow officers about how their partners used police training and authority to facilitate abuse - and how their own forces closed ranks when they asked for help. Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa... Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...

‘Staying silent is no longer an option’: female police officers on abuse within their ranks. #PoliceMeToo observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

🧵1/2 📢 This article highlights the urgent need for change in policing. We have long called for meaningful reform to ensure officers who abuse their power are removed from the force.

If you missed it earlier this week, there's also an audio doc where you can hear from the women in their own words. We can't use their real names or voices - but they are determined for their stories to mean something & keen to hear your thoughts: bsky.app/profile/ever...

This is the story of three policewomen abused by other officers - of how their perpetrators' police training, authority and access shaped their abuse, and how their forces abused them all over again when they tried to speak up: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Their experiences are horrifying; there are dozens of details that each made my jaw drop when I heard them. But I was also in awe of their strength & solidarity - how finding each other has saved them all, and made them into activists determined to change things together.

She wanted to talk about what she'd been through, and what happened when she tried to speak up to her own force. And she wanted to introduce me to her friends - two more policewomen, from two more forces, who had eerily similar stories of abuse, gaslighting, and closed ranks.

🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners. But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.

I am not even surprised at this point. Of course this happens. Pattern of behaviour. But thank Goddess that Eve got the story out.

Many years ago, my aunt was brutally beat near to death by her husband who was a policeman. My aunt survived but was crippled for life, and eventually died of her injuries in her 60’s I’d met him a year or so before it happened, and he looked like and behaved like a control freak.

Great reporting and a shocking story.

🚨ICYMI I’ve spent months talking to policewomen abused by fellow officers about how their partners used police training and authority to facilitate abuse - and how their own forces closed ranks when they asked for help. Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa... Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...

"Taylor never knew what to expect; he could switch in an instant from loving and affectionate to aggressive and distant, isolating her from family and friends, and saying she was “crazy”, “mental” and “made stuff up”. This is an extraordinary report and I strongly advise reading it.