So damn proud of my bestie @helenpidd.bsky.social for being nominated for best host in her *first* (1st) year of being the host of Today In Focus. What a badass 👑 💪 👑

Oh my god we’ve done it. Thank GOD for a single rubbish, but not quite so rubbish, penalty

Hate cold callers? You’ll enjoy this story about Jan and Michael, garage owners who took down the largest nuisance call network in the UK. I loved writing it >> www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm on Today in Focus this morning, talking over-excitedly about one of my niche Mastermind subjects (NDAs). It's worth a listen because of the brilliant Zelda Perkins ‪@cbmsuk.bsky.social‬ also features www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Zelda Perkins, a total badass >> www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

It was a pure joy to speak to Michael Cullen, aka Speedo Mick about his journey through addition to heroism - but also hear him talk so openly about what those massive charity walks in sub zero temperatures dressed only in Speedos cost him. I loved doing this one: www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Never change Guardian, never change

I’ve been obsessed with Brighton’s bin wars for a while. The council say managers in their depot have had death threats and car tyres slashed. I spoke to former workers who say they still have pstd from their experience. My report here >> www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

If you read nothing else this weekend, or frankly this year, you must read this astonishingly beautiful piece by my lovely colleague @archiebland.bsky.social about his son Max, the boy who came back. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

What happens to an area when a premier league club leaves its home of 133 years? Tears are shed, plan Bs are set in action, bank balances are scrutinised anxiously. Going to L4 to write this was such a privilege, huge thanks to everyone who spoke to me www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Special day for many Blues today, as the men’s team play their final game at Goodison Park. I made my final pilgrimage with my son earlier in the season, so glad I can now look forward to watching the women play there too 💙 www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This is so beautiful from my pal Tom Jenkins. His dedication to story telling and authenticity come through so clearly. I 💙 it. So happy to have shared a few of these moments with you @tomjenkinspix.bsky.social !! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

And if, you know, your history 💙 … love this from our Andy Hunter >> www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Goodison Park has been saved from demolition and will be dedicated solely to the Everton Women’s team next season. Story: @lexytopping.bsky.social

Exclusive: Everton Women will move into Goodison Park next season, saving the ground from demolition www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I love this and Barry Horne. Thank you @davidsquires.bsky.social 💙

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Fellow Blues - writing about what will happen to the businesses around Goodison when it closes its gates for the final time. Ideas and contacts welcome! #Everton #EFC #Goodison

If you missed it yesterday @estheraddley.bsky.social Guardian magazine piece about the dirtiest race in Olympic history is utterly fascinating. Just a brilliant read >> www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Brilliant work by @michaelsavage.bsky.social this. Exclusive: Former British PM urges police to reopen inquiry – and claims media executive Will Lewis attempted to incriminate him >> www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

I've been down the rabbit hole with this story for a long time, good to see it become the first Guardian Sunday Read >> From Johnny Depp in Somerset Life to Barack Obama in Dogs Today, the mystery behind a little-known freelancer's long litany of starry interviews www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

An imitation of Ukraine's Zorya Luhansk has just started up in the Russian pyramid. It's not the first example of teams from sovereign Ukrainian territory appearing in Russia, and may not be the last. Football is being used to normalise violent denial of the past. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This wonderful piece by @BryanAGraham about Reese and Desiree Mistretta, the first mother-son pair to win New York’s Golden Gloves, is everything you could want in a sports story and more. Loved it >> www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

The discourse around boys at the moment is much needed, but it can’t be either/or. Girls are not the winners in a zero sum game>> www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Gen z are super healthy! They love going to the gym! Also: They can't afford to do anything else, they are super anxious, they have massively negative body images injected into their eyeballs every waking hour of the day, they wfh and never see anyone www.theguardian.com/society/2025....

Leonie Mellinger was happy to talk about about her work with Keir Starmer. But the “misogynistic” backlash to it left her shocked and angry. I spoke to her about the experience www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Me hearing there are still two days left in February

Spine-tingling stuff from our Andy Hunter at the new Everton Stadium last night. God it looks so sexy www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Davy Moyes 2.0. What a time to be alive 💙

Football’s beautiful, untameable madness. Brilliant this from @jonathanliew.bsky.social

Just want to say thanks to every Evertonian who messaged me to say nice things about this piece, it was pretty overwhelming tbh and it meant a lot !!💙

Oh god this poor woman on the #Today programme sounds like she’s got up from her deathbed to do the interview. Get a lemsip down you and get back to bed love

Qatar 2022 was a human catastrophe, and Saudi Arabia 2034 will be worse. Yet it is so far away that attention fatigue will set in. Suffering will be trivialised, brutality normalised. This is what those inflicting it are hoping for. Thus why they must be fought all of the way.

Omg @nevillesouthall.bsky.social just reposted my story and 15-year-old me has just fainted with joy 🥹 💙

I wrote about football, family, memory and loss. About going to watch Everton with my dad, taking my son to Goodison for a final pilgrimage and why that place means so much to so many of us 💙>> www.theguardian.com/football/202...

History, memory, grief and belonging: my bittersweet Goodison farewell - lovely article from @lexytopping.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com today. Get the hankie ready. Only a few games left… 💙

There is a lot to love in this brilliant Plymouth v Liverpool report from @jonathanliew.bsky.social, but this pun is * chef’s kiss * >> “And all the while, the hills were alive with the sound of Muslic” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The Guardian: "WATCHDOG: WOMEN FACE AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE" #AlexandraTopping leads for #TheGuardian. An "epidemic of violence against women and girls" in the United Kingdom is getting worse, Whitehall watchdog warns. #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPapers @lexytopping.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Meier’s experience made me so cross that I immediately gave her a tenner and I suggest everyone else who shares my view and can afford it does so too: m.olyn.com/f6c6c3beaf1e...

Katja Meier won a spot on a writers lab for women over 40. Production companies loved her script - then told her to make her female lead 20 years younger. You can't make this shit up >> www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Axel Rudakubana's performance in court today was a final insult to the many victims. But as he was taken down to the court cells, one word emerged from the public gallery, following him as he went: “Coward.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024

Harry v The Sun >> * quite * the moment >> www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is just good policy >> www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Kelly Cates, Motd’s new star: just very nice and very good >> www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Sarah Crew, the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset police, is no stranger to criticism. But she revolutionised how her force dealt with rapists, and she now has domestic abusers in her sights. I spoke to her about the force’s plans #VAWG #domesticabuse www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Utterly grim story told brilliantly by @paddyedrich.bsky.social - great commissioning this.

This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino.

Chatting about football and fandom with the brilliant folk from @forestfocuspod.bsky.social was really the highlight of my week ❤️

‘When this city is in a good mood, there is nothing like it.’ Nottingham Forest fans are believing in miracles again. By @lexytopping.bsky.social