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Emily Mackay

@emilyrosemackay.bsky.social

Rhymes with pie. Guardian homepage editor, and writer/editor of various things.

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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 5mo ago

My daughter turns 18 today. I’m giving her the gift of shared caring responsibilities with her brothers | Ranjana Srivastava

My daughter turns 18 today. I’m giving her the gift of shared caring responsibilities with her brothers | Ranjana Srivastava

As a doctor, I have a front-row seat to the physical, emotional and financial impact on women who find themselves in the role of primary carer ‘Why do you always grip the dashboard like that when I am driving?’ It’s the bleary-eyed 5am run to rowing practice and I have just relented to the eager ‘Can I drive?’ When your teenager takes a reluctant ‘I guess’ as full-throated approval, you still want to show grace. Especially when there are many more mandated hours of supervision en route to a probationary licence. Continue reading...

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Simon Hattenstone@shattenstone.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There are not many politicians (or people full stop) who have had a life like Labour's Naz Shah. She tells me all about it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘She did kill. There’s no grey area there’: Labour MP Naz Shah on the day she and her mother were arrested for murder

The politician was 18 when she and her mum were hauled off to a police station for the killing of the man she’d considered an uncle. What happened next would shape her future. She talks Labour’s woes,...

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John Doran@jahduran.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dear Hearts can you help us get up to 2,000 subscribers? Spread the word, gift a sub, let your insanely rich mate who owns a private island that he could do with taking out 20 subscriptions... It's what will secure our future for the following year. Bless up.

The Quietus@thequietus.com · 8mo ago

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John Doran@jahduran.bsky.social · 8mo ago

TQ Tracks of the Year! I'm reppin' hard for Elijah Minnelli, Aya, Rosalia, Charli xcx/John Cale, Blawan, SunnO))), Agriculture, Burial, Matmos, Oh Mr James, Jerkin Fendrix & more! thequietus.com/tq-charts/tr...

The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2025 | The Quietus

Every year, when we publish our round-up of the year’s best albums, the default reaction on social media and certain corners of Reddit – yes, I have scanned them on occasion I’m afraid – is to assume ...

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Owen Davies@odavies9.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s. "There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.

Ellie Mae O'Hagan@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.

Ellie Mae O'Hagan@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 9mo ago

At the Reform press conference I asked Richard Tice about Matthew Goodwin being made the head of the party's student wing, and Goodwin's views on some minority ethnic Britons not being British. Tice did *not* distance Reform from Goodwin or the views – feels like a significant moment.

Q: Do you agree with Goodwin’s assessment that some British people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not actually British, and if so does it show that Nigel Farage’s bar on far right views in his parties has gone? Tice: “I just think your assessment is completely wrong. Matthew is is putting out some really important messaging. You may or may not agree with all of it, any of it, or none of it, but that's the joy of free speech. The very fact that Reform has moved the whole debate on illegal immigration, legal immigration, shows that actually we're in touch with the wishes of the people. I know about all these sort of smear labels. I just think the message from the voters, voting for us in record numbers, tells a story.” Q: So do you agree with Goodwin? Tice: “I can agree with Matthew on lots of things. Life would be boring if you agree with absolutely everything.”