Anna Sayburn
@AnnaSayburn
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Freelance journalist. Crime fiction writing alter-ego at @bloomsburyblue. No longer posting here. Find me on FB, LinkedIn or Substack
London, UK
Joined February 2009
I'm no longer posting on this platform. Find me on Linked In, Facebook or Substack.
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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)! https://t.co/XIdVbNKSxi
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Ageism standing in way of older writers breaking into the industry, playwrights claim
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I've been a journalist 30+ years. Cannot believe this still goes on.
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
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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.
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Thank you Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett for fighting so I had the right to vote today. #suffragette #votesforwomen
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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
newscientist.com
After many years of connecting brilliant minds with the world’s leading science employers, New Scientist Jobs has now closed . We want to express our heartfelt thanks to every employer, recruiter,...
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I'm quite partial to a glass of chilled fino, but perhaps I should stick to my usual IPA.
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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
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You have until 23:59 BST tonight to register to vote in the general election Find out how ⬇️
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If only our politicians were capable of thinking like this.
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.
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Calling our London supporters, we’re walking in London next weekend and we’d love you to walk with us! This is not a march, it’s a walk in solidarity and the listening conversations on the route deepen our understanding and connections. Email refugeetales@gdwg.org.uk to book!
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Prisoner of Askaban; Delia's Christmas. Wolf Hall; Cold Comfort Farm; the one with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Imagine you can only keep three books from the Old Testament and three books from the New Testament. Which ones would you keep? https://t.co/aOCII3DxDS
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So I'm still researching targeted lung screening and hearing there is a mixed approach to incidental findings. If you're a GP who deals with things flagged up that are not cancer I'd love a chat about how that works. Thanks!
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'Sir Brian Langstaff has shone a light on one of the darkest chapters in this nation's history' Clive Smith of the Haemophilia Society joins @skysarahjane after a public inquiry found that the infected blood scandal was 'not an accident' https://t.co/Im2EtDI0Id 📺 Sky 501
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The data are clear: taking sex and gender into account in research and using that knowledge to change health care could benefit billions of people
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A tribute to Richard Warry put together by @mjauk members and others who worked with him. Definitely an unsung hero in health journalism
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Medical Journalists' Association Obituary: Remembering Richard Warry, a brilliant and outrageously funny editor
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There are 17 chances for health and science journalists to win a coveted MJA Award. Entries open next week and you don't have to be a member. Details here:
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The 2024 Medical Journalists' Association Awards, with £750 cash prizes in 16 categories, are open for entry from May 1.
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