Then: Mirrors Edge, Now: MKWii

My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.

This was an extraordinary, spine-tingling moment, recognising fearless and crucial journalism. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation like that at a journalism awards do.

I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!

further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.

Great scoop by @robwaugh.bsky.social in Press Gazette. Just searched my emails and I have 113 unread from this spam PR company pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Really enjoyed working on this one with @journo-jess.bsky.social looking at the areas where deprived and non deprived neighborhoods sit side by side. Good example of using datasets to find case studies www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

Also the 'nick 30 ans' thing started in 2020 and the British one in 2023 apparently so made-up Nick would actually be 32-35. Thanks for reading my fact check.

From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum

Office for Budget Revelations

Absolutely extraordinary - this seems to be the OBR's entire economic outlook, posted half an hour before the chancelor stands up: obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...

Have got my friends hooked on @chartle.cc - honestly one of the great puzzle games

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

Very happy to make the shortlist alongside brilliant colleagues @robevansgdn.bsky.social @rowenamason.bsky.social @michaelgoodier.bsky.social David Conn @anlugonz.bsky.social for this year's Public Service Journalism category at the British Journalism Awards for our project The Lords Debate.

Exclusive: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social

The government recently started publishing the immigration status of Universal Credit claimants. It showed that EU claimants are more likely to be in work than their UK counterparts. 46% of EU citizens claiming Universal Credit are in work compared to just 31% of those from the UK and Ireland.

The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims

How many people would be comfortable buying a wedding ring that had been seized from a refugee. Maybe it was the last item they had to remember a loved one. Is that the world we want our government to actively encourage?

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Exclusive: Lib Dems demand to know how HMRC child benefit crackdown got go ahead after data from pilot scheme shows high error rate, with 46% of those originally flagged as emigrated, living in the country. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them." ✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

A London lawyer is demanding dozens of Sheffield homeowners pay £25k to buy the freehold off him - or face court action for covenant breaches Given he acquired these freeholds for under £400 each, this equates to a potential profit margin of over 6,000% www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

the line has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @ ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

A great opportunity in the US for a data journalist!

Here are some emails from the MHCLG while Angela Rayner was DPM/Housing Secretary showing the department acting unlawfully by not treating an FOI request as "applicant blind" but instead seeking clearance from SpAds and the newsdesk on both my FOI and then an internal review.

This is UK based, a great job with a great team!

We're looking for a new data viz person on our graphics desk to work closely with us in the data projects team!

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Top scoop from @annaisaac www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Immigrants and muslims bore the brunt of the most vicious posts: you can see some of them here👇 Facebook told us it had reviewed the three main groups analysed by the Guardian but that the content did not violate its hateful conduct policy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I'm looking to speak to a UK renter aged 61-79 for a Guardian story who is happy to be photographed. Please email on [email protected] to get in touch! #journorequest

I have separate (not great) thoughts on the value of mid term MRP polls, but just on the vibe of this: it's interesting how political news reporting has increasingly adopted the tone and style of a weather forecast

In response to our reporting with @972mag.com, Microsoft has terminated Unit 8200’s access to cloud and AI technology used to operate an expansive surveillance system covering Gaza and the West Bank.

Thinking of buying an e-bike for london commute (through cycle to work scheme). Anyone have any recommendations?

DHS released new detention management stats last night, check out the top line numbers on @us.theguardian.com: Since the inauguration: 210,000 arrests 216,000 deportations 59,000 currently in Ice detention

EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM w/ @jessicaelgot.bsky.social @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social and @rowenamason.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

ewwww ew ew ew ew that trump note

🚨New Research 🚨 Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE. Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters. 🧵⬇️ tinyurl.com/3m62exph

So if you're granted political asylum from a nasty regime, the regime can now target your family and the UK won't try and help? bsky.app/profile/paul...

the worst noise is when someone is eating crisps loudly behind me on the train. Sends shivers down my spine.

ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵

Seems all you need to do to get a sympathetic front page these days is plead guilty to inciting racial hatred by calling for people to be burned alive inside hotels

Yesterday, Google released a new report estimating the environmental footprint per Gemini query. That's very welcome, as lack of any transparency from big tech companies has been a big problem. I hope others follow suit. I wrote about on this on Substack: hannahritchie.substack.com/p/ai-footpri...

The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

As the Canyon Fire continues to burn, I found that 71% of the 242k oil and gas wells in CA are in areas with a "high" or "very high" fire hazard. When they are on fire, wells release dangerous chemicals and are difficult to put out. Around 1.6m people (including 100k children) live close to them.