Opens profile photo
Follow
Click to Follow Claire_Phipps
Claire Phipps
@Claire_Phipps
digital editor. Formerly senior live blogger.
London-Sydney-Londontheguardian.com/profile/claire…Joined July 2010

Claire Phipps’s Tweets

“The swift withdrawal of the cartoon and apology by both Rowson and the Guardian are welcome, but really, this should not still be happening.” Clear, calm, illuminating piece in the Guardian by on that cartoon
150
709
The latest brilliant column by my colleague ⁦⁦⁩: It’s hard to talk about cancer, but being open about my mastectomy has given me strength
1
1
Apply for the Scott trust bursary! It’s pretty gr8. Free masters and a salaried placement at the Guardian, with mentorship from some of our best journalists. (I was lucky enough to have and as my mentors on the scheme 🥰)
Quote Tweet
What do journalists @PippaCrerar @garyyounge @SamiraAhmedUK @PoppyNoor @taniabranigan @estheraddley have in common?* Apart from being brilliant, they all got their start through the Guardian's Scott Trust bursary. Applications for this year now open! theguardianfoundation.org/programmes/sco
Show this thread
10
It feels like a very long time since this - and subsequent revelations over following weeks. Raab may not like it, but the Tolley report concluded he had bullied FCDO & MoJ officials who were “in every case acting in good faith” by raising concerns. Thank you to my sources 🙏🏽
Image
155
3,006
Show this thread
Announcing the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize for entrants aged 11-14, inspired by the great curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills: lrb.me/r7u Founded by and
Quote Tweet
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize, which seeks to give young people aged 11-14 a chance to explore new themes in their writing and to get their work published. Full details on our website here: lrb.me/r7u
Image
41
Revealed:This is a chart used by prosecutors in #Ukraine to map Russian soldiers&commanders all the way up to #Putin. These are names & mugshots of #Russia’s military chain of command accused of #war crimes. By me & ⁦⁩ ⁦ 📸
5
152
This investigation has been a long time in the making. I spoke to 3 young young people (one of whom was underage) about their experience being sent to Somalia without their consent to “rehabilitation centres” where they were abused.
5
158
Show this thread
Wrote a piece about the misreading of where the political middle is that left Gary Lineker with a great big opening to become the martyr of the moment, somehow. And also about the BBC being crap about it.
17
72
Reading the list of women killed by men took more than five minutes this year. How many men were in the chamber to hear it? Three.
Quote Tweet
🕯️ Labour MP @jessphillips reads out the names of women killed by men in the UK in the past year Bereaved families and MPs are gathered in the House of Commons during the annual International Women’s Day debate 👇 (to be continued in thread below)
Show this thread
Embedded video
0:58
6.7K views
47
Thinking of Ukraine, and Ukrainians there and scattered abroad today -- and what the first anniversary of the Russian invasion means to them. Of course a Ukrainian writer says it best... "from now on, we're more than a year apart from our normal lives"
Quote Tweet
Every Ukrainian needs a hug tonight. Numbers don't matter, and yet it's hard not to imagine that from now on, we're more than a year apart from our normal lives.
2
22