Anna Sayburn

Freelance journalist. Crime fiction writing alter-ego at @bloomsburyblue. No longer posting here. Find me on FB, LinkedIn or Substack

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

I'm no longer posting on this platform. Find me on Linked In, Facebook or Substack.

[Mslexia ✨ @Mslexia]

All emerging writers schemes should include writers over 40 – writers can emerge at any age, and women writers especially are frequently prevented from taking up writing until later in life (as we well know)!
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[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

I've been a journalist 30+ years. Cannot believe this still goes on.

[David Challen @David_Challen]

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.

The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.

Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.

We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.

Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.

This takes all of us ➡️ https://t.co/iPJGFUs7Qn

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@RefugeeTales A wonderful walk and so great to be met by Lord Alf Dubs and representatives from the new government on our arrival. Time to change our broken, inhumane immigration system.

[The Refugee Tales @RefugeeTales]

All those miles and all that rain and we made it even more determined by the last step than the first. This is what hope - beautiful hope - looks like! Cherish it, clean your boots and we’ll keep walking.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@jamesdmorris Lost count of the number of times over the past 5 years I've said I'd settle for basic competence.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@hannahsbee @catharinehughez Dismayed by my fellow sherry aficionados.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

Thank you Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett for fighting so I had the right to vote today. #suffragette #votesforwomen

[catherine de lange @catdl]

New Scientist is looking for a Head of Features to lead our world class features team, and take a leading role in how our longform journalism takes shape on digital platforms @newscientist https://t.co/mfLX3dno8o please do RT

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

I'm quite partial to a glass of chilled fino, but perhaps I should stick to my usual IPA.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Perfect Friday afternoon polling @LukeTryl. Cheers! 🍻

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@themediamentor It'd be lovely to be paid on time without having to chase invoices, too.

[The Refugee Tales @RefugeeTales]

Summer sun is coming! Our solidarity walk will gladden your heart! Boots on and #WalkWithUs 👣🌟Book to walk or attend our free evening events with tales, world music… and there will be dancing! 🥾🌞✊🏾https://t.co/VIoBD43kfq

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@Emmajourno @MichaelMarmot He's a hero! Wish I was there.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@RoryStewartUK Perhaps because people with a high profile repost it?

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

You have until 23:59 BST tonight to register to vote in the general election

Find out how ⬇️

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@CatherineECarr @BBCRadio4 It was excellent and so moving.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

If only our politicians were capable of thinking like this.

[Robert Saunders @redhistorian]

I've been re-reading the 1945 manifestos for a thing next week.

The sections on education - written in the middle of an economic crisis, with a huge job of reconstruction ahead - make quite a contrast with the narrowly econometric vision we get today.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@georgia_coan @lydmorrish You bet. Although my mother would be mortified to know that pegged her as working class. She told us it was chocolate mousse.

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

Also, what the hell is a vestigial pub?

[Anna Sayburn @AnnaSayburn]

@naomirwolf Rubbish. I've lived in London most of my 55 years. It's a living city, not a museum. The river is majestic, the parks and trees are beautiful, the history multi-layered. If you want a theme park, go to Disney land.