Assistant editor, Saturday magazine, the Guardian. Boutique tweeting operation.
Joined July 2009
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Rob Fearn retweeted
22 Sep 2024
Monday 23rd September at Wanstead Library: @lizziedearden on Plotters
4 Sep 2024
Lizzie Dearden is an authority on the troublingly fascinating world of extremism and how it is countered by authorities.
@lizziedearden discusses Plotters on 23rd September, at Wanstead Library.
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Rob Fearn retweeted
1 Jun 2024
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I’ve been a journalist for more than 25yrs
But I never thought the deepest investigation I wld ever undertake – lasting 4yrs – wld be into the confusing circumstance of my own father’s birth
What I uncovered shocked me
…taking me into the archives of Nazi Germany
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14 May 2024
So @Summerhallery in edinburgh is for sale, might become offices or student flats.
One of the biggest private arts centres in Europe.
More than 500 rooms. When it opened I could hardly believe it.
Like a Berlin space in the 80s where Bowie/Eno might have worked..1/x
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Rob Fearn retweeted
4 May 2024
Whenever we begin to wake up to how we're being screwed, conspiracy fictions distract and confuse us and send us back to sleep. So why DO so many people obsess about false stories, but ignore the real ones? In the hope of finding out, I wrote this theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
26 Aug 2023
This Guardian book excerpt gets into why I decided to go deep on doppelgangers. It’s not about me and her.
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Rob Fearn retweeted
26 Aug 2023
‘It’s like doing an Arctic expedition with German scientists in 1943’: life on the International Space Station at a time of war theguardian.com/science/2023…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
29 Jul 2023
This story - published today in @GdnSaturday - took months of work, and I'm so grateful to the Amazon workers, the incredible @GMBMidlands union organisers, and everyone on the BHX4 picket lines for their bravery and support
You can read it here: theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
8 Jul 2023
Jesus Christ. This story is an absolute rollercoaster of emotions but the overriding one is how absolutely devastating. theguardian.com/books/2023/j…
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Today’s must read in the magazine …
8 Jul 2023
‘I can’t believe Miss P is naked in front of me’: the affair with a teacher that changed my life theguardian.com/books/2023/j…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
3 Jul 2023
So pleased to announce the winners of the Martha Mills Young Writers' prize. Huge thanks again to the @LRB and @LRBbookshop for making this happen - Martha would be so chuffed.
Full thread and link to winners below 👇
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Rob Fearn retweeted
17 Jun 2023
Really enjoyed taking @shattenstone for a walk around the East End to talk about my childhood, family, criminal records, politics and, erm, binge drinking.
Probably with too much honesty…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
17 Jun 2023
This is the most personal piece I've ever written. It's about my last three years living with chronic pain - the mystery, the loneliness, and the failures of the system. (Warning: discusses self harm and suicidal thoughts.) theguardian.com/society/2023…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
25 Mar 2023
‘You walked in and your heart sank’: the shocking inside story of Manston detention centre theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Some incredible stuff in the magazine this week theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
28 Jan 2023
I wrote about Griff and Patti Thomas, and why people in Pembrokeshire are still haunted by the police’s explanation of their deaths theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Rob Fearn retweeted
3 Sep 2022
I’ve been thinking about this piece for a year. There’s so much more I could say. The only thing that matters is that Martha should be alive today…
‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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