Jess Winch

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“In all of this, of course, she was a newspaper’s dream." Remembering Rachel Cooke (1969-2025). The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy. bit.ly/4ib8GjN

Extremely excited to be part of the new @ObserverUK - congratulations to my colleagues lead by @basialcummings who have built the new website: Observer.co.uk - or if you pref the physical paper, get your coffee ready and prepare for a great read on Sunday morning.

Exciting to have co-written the leading story on the first *ever* digital edition of The Observer newspaper, now live. Congrats to @basialcummings and her team for creating observer.co.uk in record time and thank you to @phoebe_ivy and @AndreiPopoviciu for helping shed some light on the other Tate brother, @TateTheTalisman. observer.co.uk/news/internati…

Foreign Office warns British lawyers they risk being sanctioned by Donald Trump and could have their worldwide assets frozen including UK bank accounts - my first story for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Some news: after 11 years at the New Statesman I will be joining the Observer as Literary Editor in June. Couldn’t be more excited to be part of a new era for a great newspaper with books and culture criticism in its DNA. Huge thanks to the NS team — it has been a privilege.

Some professional news - after 17 amazing years at The Times, I’m excited to be joining The Observer as political editor. Really looking forward to getting back to Westminster and beyond

Undeafen it by listening to @RachelSJohnson and my podcast, Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman, which broke the story in July 2024: open.spotify.com/show/6ozUqSQ5Z…

#FPAawards24 WINNERS : *RADIO/PODCAST of the Year* Congrats @chloehadj, Claudia Williams, @hannvarr, @GaryJMarshall90, @senordelcorbett with their #podcast ~The Gas Man~ @tortoise tortoisemedia.com/listen/the-gas… #mistery #crime #investigation #bestpodcast #winner #MediaAwards

🚨🎉🚨🎉 We did the Commons in 2023, so you know, might as well do the Lords this year?

🔍 Introducing… the Peer Review. A new, interactive tool that lets you investigate who is in the House of Lords, how they got there and ultimately, the role they play in British democracy. Use it now: torto.se/3ZizSFG

"At the heart of what we do is to help a listener understand something bigger about the world." This week marks 5️⃣ years of Tortoise podcasts. We sat down with Tortoise staff to hear what goes into making some of your favourite podcasts. Listen: lnk.to/tortoisemediaTT

Congratulations to @chloehadj and @claudiabromley - nominated for best radio/podcast for their extraordinary @tortoise series, The Gas Man.

So tricky to figure out Britain's "productivity puzzle".

Trailer for *Elon’s Spies* My new three parter for @tortoise with genius producer @GaryJMarshall90 First episode out Tuesday 8 October open.spotify.com/episode/6vhl3j…

Thanks to #WestminsterAccounts, we had previously revealed how Starmer led the pack on freebies tortoisemedia.com/2024/07/03/lab… He's maintaining that lead overall - but Nigel Farage has accepted more freebies so far this parliament tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/18/wes…

Thrilled that our podcast, reported by @aleximostrous and produced by @GaryJMarshall90, is finding new life as a @NetflixUK doc - coming soon.

"The confiscation of a few yachts is no solution. What if, instead, we shut it all down?" my pitch to fight kleptocracy, in the @FT themes taken from AUTOCRACY INC ft.com/content/0876ef…

I’ve been listening to a lot of Slow Newscasts in recent weeks, including the back catalogue, and they are really very good. Wide range of topics/investigations, eg revisiting the CBI crisis, Neil Gaiman, publishing. From ⁦@tortoise⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

The mob shouted ‘Where is Mohammed’ and then smashed his shop’s windows (Belfast, below). And this morning @bbcr4today we have been hearing from Muslims in Middlesbrough who were threatened in their homes, and had property & livelihoods destroyed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…