Jess Winch
@jesswinch.bsky.social
Managing Editor at The Observer, previously News Editor at Tortoise Media and Foreign Editor at The Telegraph
New research shows 48 per cent of white working class children are not ready for school - my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the crisis in the early years observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Teachers are being forced to parent children as Britain f...
As more pupils join reception lacking motor, speech and hygiene skills, charity calls for urgent action to avert an educational crisis
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Just a few more days left to apply for the Paul McLean graduate trainee programme at the FT. This is an amazing opportunity for any aspiring journalist job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Paul McClean Graduate Trainee
London
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Who is winning the AI arms race? New data from the @observeruk.bsky.social Global AI Index shows Europe falling behind, China pulling ahead, and the UAE rapidly expanding its influence abroad. So what have we found? Here are three stories behind the numbers 👇 observer.co.uk/data/global-ai
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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. https://bit.ly/4ib8GjN
Three years ago, Lydia Gard discovered freediving — a sport where athletes dive as deep as they can on one breath. In our new investigation, Deep Water, we uncover rumours of doping and rivalries that shook the sport. Listen to the trailer now: lnk.to/lEuDdV
Join us today from 10am-4pm in Victoria Park Market, eat some food inspired by @NigelSlater's recipes and get a free copy of the paper with every order. We’ll be serving roast pork with plum chutney, and tomatoes, coconut and sweet sour onions, as well as cheesecake with damsons
My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu...
‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing
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Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
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On 10th June, I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social on her new book, Empire of AI – an extraordinary look into the race for AI domination. You can grab a free ticket to join us in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social newsroom: observer.co.uk/our-events/e...
Empire of AI with Karen Hao | The Observer
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My debut piece for the Observer is up on their website. It's on the global crisis of the centre-right and why its lost its way. (Free to read) observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The party’s over: the Tory slump is part of a global conservative comedown | The Observer
Across the G20, centre-right parties have misunderstood the roots of the populist revolt against them
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THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP REACHES AN EMPTY DESERT In Chad, 3,500 Sudanese refugees arrive daily - fleeing violence in Darfur. Many are hungry & dehydrated but aid cuts mean little awaits them. My dispatch with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
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Today, my weekly column moves home. My Kitchen Diary can now be found at observer.co.uk
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I had my first byline in The Observer in November 1992…so it feels incredible to be back in the news pages on such a momentous day in its long history. And now, it’s got a website! Theobserver.co.uk
Glad to be part of the next chapter for @theobserveruk.bsky.social with this look at the UK’s unprecedented crackdown on non-violent protest - inspired by Braverman and Patel, delivered by a justice system which has imposed record sentences for climate change activists
The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · last yr.The radical climate protest group Just Stop Oil delighted supporters and infuriated opponents in equal measure. So where are they now? ✍️ @geordiedav.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/446hPVV
The new Observer has gone to press. Buy your copy, available across the country, tomorrow morning. observer.co.uk/print
Welcome to the new Observer. Tortoise Media is the proud new owner of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper 🗞️ In print every Sunday, and now also digitally, seven days a week – with top investigations, analysis, features, ideas, newsletters and podcasts. Sign up today: Observer.co.uk
Foreign Office warns British human rights lawyers they risk being sanctioned by Donald Trump and having worldwide assets frozen including UK bank accounts - my first story for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Top British human rights lawyers could be hit by Trump sanctions
Some were part of an International Criminal Court panel backing arrest warrants relating to alleged war crimes in Gaza
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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
Come work with us! The Observer is looking for a chief international correspondent and a slate of new contributors across the world. It's a fantastic chance to join a revamped international team and play a role in shaping global coverage in the new Observer. www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/13/c...
Chief International Correspondent, The Observer
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Like Tortoise? You'll love our people. Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️ go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi
mmmmmmkay Alice, you do you. Alice Weidel: the former Goldman analyst leading Germany’s far-right on.ft.com/4g2JU2t
Excellent piece by @ceri-t.bsky.social on Murdoch and his lackeys
Exclusive: Will Lewis suggested going after Tom Watson ‘personally’ during phone hacking scandal
The 2011 phone hacking scandal continues to drip poison onto former executives from Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers, including Washington Post publisher Will Lewis
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Today's Sensemaker on Syrian prisons is brilliant by @chloehadj.bsky.social. Can't stop thinking about Adnan, jailed for 21 years after beating President Assad’s brother in a horse race. Or Ali, who vanished from a checkpoint when he was 18 and emerged days ago aged 57. shorturl.at/fAPM2
Families flock to Syria’s prisons looking for released inmates - Tortoise
Prisoner releases bring joy, but also stories of horror
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Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no
