Jane Martinson
Writes, speaks, teaches for a living. Journalist, City U Prof Financial Journalism, Author - You May Never See Us Again. The Barclay Dynasty: A story of survival, secrecy and succession out 19 October: amzn.eu/d/669hZna
- Must read by @sulliview.bsky.social . Providing both despair and hope. “It’s not enough for good journalists to do quality work. If the goal is an informed public — and it should be — then part of their mission must be to defeat the liars so the facts prevail.” open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
- This is so awful. Her gofund me page still open though www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
- Calling makers of “Deluded Wine Mom” t shirt makers !
- Been away, world is burning, tax return is looming - thank God for Wild London and the treasure that is London wildlife and David Attenborough www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- I wanted to write something jolly but after a year in which journalists have been killed with impunity live on the air this is more important. Thanks to all the brave men and women seeking to tell the truth and the agencies that support them CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Me on why Starmer should channel his inner Hugh Grant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Important part of the fight for news organizations to “investigate and report without fear or favor” New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
- The Daily Mail £500mn deal for the Telegraph raises two big questions. Why after all this time are they less concerned with a competition probe? Also where does all the money come from? on.ft.com/4oXyXoo
- Rachel Cooke, always brilliant and gone too soon. RIP observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
- The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- A podcast in which I get to talk Mumdani and not just the British media thanks to @themediaclub.com
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- Tv moment of the year David and Nick comforting Alan Carr for winning celebrity Traitors
- Jo Marler hero. What would we do without #celebritytraitors
- Up to date after marathon madness and this one of best reviews of best TV so far www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
- It’s just struck me on way to Henley lit fest that I’m going to discuss Tony Blair and no fewer than SIX conservative Prime ministers, only one of whom left office losing at the ballot in the past 45 years! Looking forward to talking to Iain Dale, Adam Boulton and Sir Graham Brady lnkd.in/ecxz7vcn
- Tom Daley and Charlotte Church are going to become even more entrenched national treasures aren’t they? Just love celebrity #traitors
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- Migrant hotels in some of the poorest parts of the country help no one but this terrible situation is being manipulated by politicians and the media alike. Me for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/30/press-politicians-debate-refugees-migration-uk
- Really good speech by James Harding on the need for the BBc to be made truly independent - like the Bank of England - and how the media is like the Last of us - “trying to stay alive as the fungus of new things eats through all of us". www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
- Right then, my beloved youngest has got into her top choice university, I’ve eaten cake and scrolled insta for empty nest videos. Now sharing this on how fewer kids are taking A levels and how regional and class disparities persist. My job is done #nomoreexams www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- Incredible piece of reporting by @BBC’s Andrew Harding and team - doing a better job at finding the violent channel smuggling gangs
- My take on Murdoch, the unlikely hero www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- The Guardian’s independence and commitment to the very best journalism is more important than ever in a world undergoing such momentous change. I’m enormously proud to become a director of the Scott Trust, its ultimate owner, and can’t wait to get started. www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
- Good column by @BeebRoger on why Tim Davie shouldn’t stand down and why we need more not less reporting from Gaza www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- The Telegraph thought it was all over, but it’s not yet. The continuing sale saga continues. Thanks to Fraser Nelson for talking on the record and all others for the rest. When the history of British newspapers is written the Telegraph will need a very large chapter… observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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- The siren calls for change are only growing. This is sad news
- Morning highlights #mtb2025. BBC’s Tim Davie on the need for funding reform and to protect national IP. Also Sony’s Wayne Garvie on “ridiculous” C4’s plans to set up a production company. Channel 5’s Sarah Rose on the value of PSBs for an ecosystem that provides great UK content. All before coffee
- A humane column by @melaniereid. Make the Sycamore two plant trees - dont jail them observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
- Loved the end of an era montage of @GaryLineker’s playing career followed by “it wasn’t meant to end this way”. Whatever else happens #MOTD will miss him
- A huge loss to the creative and cultural life of the nation - AbFab, Bowie, arm wrestling for W1a too many contributions to mention ♥️RIP Alan Yentob
- Gary Lineker may be going but the issue of dealing with stars and reporting on Gaza is still a huge problem for the BBC www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- After two years, could this finally be the endgame for the “newspaper auction from hell” www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
- Brilliant win by the @theguardian.com’s Josh Halliday and Patrick Butler who won the #paulfootaward for “listening to people who aren’t listened to” on the carers allowance
- I interviewed Andrew Norfolk after he’d been garlanded with awards but was already showing signs of strain. His journalism gave a voice to the most vulnerable and made a difference RIP www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
- 12 points from a mouse. God love #eurovision
- Loved interviewing the journalist Andrew Norfolk in 2014. Even then he was an “increasingly rare thing, an old-school shoe-leather reporter”. His reporting had real-world impact RIP www.theguardian.com/media/2014/s...
- James Harding asks whether everyone is missing the threat from Silicon Valley and AI. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg compares lobbying of early car companies that seat belts were bad #sirharrysummit
- A must watch. Yulia Navalnaya calls for aid in her continued fight against Putin and his allies #sirharrysummit
- 📰 Yulia Navalnaya Unbowed How the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is carrying on his fight to bring down Putin. 🗣️ Yulia Navalnaya @tinabrownlm.bsky.social 📆 Livestream 7 May: sirharrysummit.org/watch 🔗 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/322jwf8y #truthtellers #sirharrysummit
- Reposted by Jane Martinson📰 Yulia Navalnaya Unbowed How the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is carrying on his fight to bring down Putin. 🗣️ Yulia Navalnaya @tinabrownlm.bsky.social 📆 Livestream 7 May: sirharrysummit.org/watch 🔗 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/322jwf8y #truthtellers #sirharrysummit
- A standing ovation for Mohammed Salem the brave Reuters journalist documenting tragedy in Gaza #sirharrysummit
