Grace

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.  All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. msf.org/msf-denounces-…

if only there were more like Sally Rooney around

SO happy to share that Time Out Travel is a finalist in the @TravMedia_UK awards for Consumer Magazine Travel Section of the Year! 🎉 #TravMediaAwards

Two colleagues killed in three hours.

I’ve called on the UK Gov to do all in its power to help ensure a permanent ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza. Add your name: oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/c…

If anyone's still on here... looking for a writer based in Koh Samui, Thailand for a @TimeOutTravel feature. You have to live there or have lived there v recently - no one-time trips please! E-mail grace.beard@timeout.com with your writing clips and a bit about you #journorequest

🥳Lots of love for #Birmingham in @TimeOutTravel this month, with thanks to @laurenpotts & @graceveronica__ 🇬🇧The 15 best places to visit in the UK in 2025 (#10) timeout.com/uk/things-to-d… 🇪🇺The 14 best city breaks in Europe for 2025 (#13) timeout.com/europe/things-… @visit_bham

The catastrophe in Gaza is nothing short of a complete breakdown of our common humanity. The nightmare must stop. We cannot continue to look away.

My dad’s got a book coming out. Afternoon Drinking, autumn 2025. What a title. What a talent! Short stories par excellence, people are saying. Mark your cals

It’s official. My next book - my third collection of stories - will be published in Autumn 2025 by Floodgate Press. It will be called ‘Afternoon Drinking’. Currently doing research for it down the pub. Thanks @FloodgatePress

This is the textbook definition of ethnic cleansing.

Dear world, Beit Lahiya, the northwestern city of the #Gaza_Strip is being exterminated silently! 🗣️Tens of people have been KILLED and WOUNDED in another massacre in a pace of one hour! 👉🏼The first massacre in a refugee shelter! 👉🏼The second massacre in the detonation of an entire residential compound! ▪️No kind of any rescue teams! ▪️No doctors! ▪️No hospitals! ▪️No food! ▪️No water! ▪️No communications! ▪️No shrouds!

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@LJHall101 @iconbooks This sounds brilliant, congrats Laura!

The images from Rafah are unbearable. What is there left to say? Do our political leaders not see what we see? Is there really no limit to what Palestinians must endure? Enough! Stop equivocating. Stop stalling. Stop hiding — and call for an immediate ceasefire, now.

A horrifying massacre unfolded tonight in the city of Rafah, following a relentless aerial assault directed at residences houses and mosques in the area. At least 14 houses were bombed 3 mosques +60 confirmed killed

@VictoriaBJourno Of course! Drop me an email at grace.beard@timeout.com

@graceveronica__ hi grace , I’m a student journalist at Liverpool John moores and just wondering if I could interview you about the article about 50 best cities in the world and why Liverpool was choosen thanks x

Time Out's annual best cities ranking is out for 2024! We surveyed thousands of locals in cities around the world to find out the best places for food, culture, nightlife, happiness, ease of making friends and finding love. Here are the results... timeout.com/things-to-do/b…

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