Katharine Quarmby
Award-winning writer, editor and journalist.
Author: Katharine Quarmby
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It’s landed, a really thought-provoking report by the film-maker, Christopher Hird, on how journalists can achieve impact with their work, funded by the not-for-profit foundation, Adessium. I edited the report, which is over 100 pages long, and you can read it here. I also blogged about it for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which commissioned…
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An image of the Bureau newsroom I’ve been a little silent recently, as I started a new post as Production Editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in July last year and it has been busy. I’m very pleased to work at the Bureau, as it’s known, with some very talented people. Towards the end…
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It’s Empathy Day today, and I’m delighted that one of the books I co-wrote with Richard O’Neill, last year, illustrated by Hannah Tolson and published by Child’s Play, is on the list of 21 recommended books for the day (and beyond). Ossiri and the Bala Mengro is the story of a young girl from the Traveller…
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A quick blog to give links to my latest pieces on the general election 2017 for Prospect Magazine. I first looked at UKIP’s chances in Boston and Skegness: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/enter-paul-nuttall-ukip-general-election-boston-skegness This week, I looked at the fight for the South London seat of Vauxhall. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/winning-vauxhall-kate-hoey-liberal-democrats-brexit Lastly, I looked at the contested seat of Tooting, and how…
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This week I was lucky enough to join Ken Titmuss, an expert in old maps who runs London walking tours, on one of his outings in Vauxhall. Ken, a former community worker, really knows his stuff, although he wears his knowledge lightly. I met Ken, along with some charming German students at the local station.…
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Below is the text of the letter we have sent today to the Attorney General, asking if he will review the sentences against those who attacked Lee Irving, under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. We hope pressure from the family, the network and others will bring about a review of the sentence. We campaigned some…
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Here’s the next in a series of oral memories from friends, family and neighbours. This time the theme is Christmas. I asked everyone for a vivid memory from any Christmas they remembered. My mum talked about Christmas as a child in war-time Belgrade, where she was born and lived till she was nine. My dad…
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Blood of the Oak is the fourth in the so-called Bone Rattler historical series, setting a Scottish protagonist, physician Duncan McCallum, centre stage during the early days of America settlement. He is known among the native peoples as a Death Speaker – someone who can read corpses and find out the truth about what happened…
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I recently delivered a speech at Nottingham Festival of Literature on this interesting subject – how disabled people are represented in literature. The speech is in four parts, and I’ve also embedded links to the speech, which I then recorded later, on my Soundcloud account, where you can have a listen here by clicking on…
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Yesterday, like a lot of people, judging from Facebook and Twitter, I watched Sally Phillip’s documentary, about her own experience of having a much loved son, Olly, who has Down’s, (and two other children), and also about the wider picture once a new screening programme goes live. This new screen is non-invasive and it’s thought…
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