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James Harding

James Harding

Co-Founder and Editor at Tortoise

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United Kingdom
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  • English
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Grenfell Tower and the battle for truth - Tortoise - Tortoise Media

Public inquiries have been an important clearing house in the battle for truth. They’ve settled arguments about who was responsible for national scandals and tragedies and, crucially, taken the pen away from people in power and given it to victims and campaigners. In the age of social media, when anyone can hold the pen, can the idea of the public inquiry survive?
almost 4 years ago
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A royal taboo - Tortoise - Tortoise Media

Confronting death is never easy, much less when it concerns the head of state. But we need to talk about the death of the Queen, not least so we can discuss what comes next
almost 3 years ago
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This week in Tortoise – Visit Rwanda: Britain’s harsh welcome for r...

“With tuppence for paper and strings, you can have your own set of wings.” There’s a wonderful nervous feeling to starting something new. We had it this weekend at Kite – it was our first ideas and music festival. Amazing people – Ai Weiwei, Jarvis Cocker, Grace Jones, David Olusoga, Rory Stewart, M…
almost 3 years ago
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This week in Tortoise – Hostile Environment: Inside the Home Office...

This week, Jack Shenker asks: what happened to the Home Office? For months, he has been talking to officials and ministers, past and present, asking how the Home Office became so suspicious of foreigners and so obsessed with “getting a grip” on immigration. In June, we published Visit Rwanda: Britai…
over 2 years ago
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The Tortoise interview: Matt Hancock - Tortoise

What does Hancock think of the turmoil in the Conservative Party?
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: Myanmar’s forgotten coup - Tortoise

We’re launching the Sport Sensemaker this week. It’s our new weekly newsletter picking out the threads that matter in sport. It’s written by Paul Hayward. He has been chief sports writer at the Daily Telegraph and covered sport for the Guardian, the Observer and the Daily Mail – which is my not-so-s…
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: Tortoise Lates - Tortoise

This week, we’re starting something new in our newsroom: Tortoise Lates. The idea is to spend an evening enjoying the business of getting to grips with a big idea that casts a long shadow on our lives today. On Thursday, it’s history. Gyles Brandreth is going to help us through the history of the B…
over 2 years ago
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Brexit: Britain’s convenient untruth - Tortoise

Despite the silence, Brexit continues to affect British politics, including last week’s mini-budget
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: Pig Iron - Tortoise

Six months ago, Basia Cummings started investigating what happened to Christopher Allen, a young freelance journalist killed on the frontline in South Sudan. Tomorrow, we publish Pig Iron, the first three episodes of Basia’s investigation into the death – and life – of a war reporter. Many newsrooms…
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: The Alzheimer’s casino - Tortoise

Alzheimer’s has proved stubbornly resistant to human efforts to find effective treatment or a cure. Which is why, when Cassava Sciences, a small biotech startup with around two dozen employees, announced last year its clinical trials had shown marked improvements in memory and understanding, there w…
over 2 years ago
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Boosting Britain’s place in the world - Tortoise

Rishi Sunak’s first speech on British foreign policy this week was thin on ideas. Luckily, others have started putting in the work
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise – Octopus: the allegations against Crispin Od...

This week’s Slow Newscast is ‘Octopus: the allegations against Crispin Odey’. Odey is one of the City’s most feted fund managers. He is perhaps best known for funding the Leave campaign and then making hundreds of millions by shorting the pound and British companies on the Brexit vote in 2016; like…
over 2 years ago
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A world without waste could be closer than we think - Tortoise - To...

Quantum computing could be key to reducing the inefficiencies we take for granted
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: How not to go back to the moon - Tortoise - ...

I got a few “good riddance to 2022” messages over the weekend. And a couple of harrumphing welcomes to 2023. But the last year was a remarkable year for step changes in science. The James Webb telescope peered into the universe. ChatGPT stepped over a creative threshold for Artificial Intelligence. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s …
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: The Westminster Accounts - Tortoise Media

For the past nine months, a team of data journalists, digital designers and political reporters at Tortoise has been working with a group of editors, researchers, reporters and producers at Sky News to produce The Westminster Accounts. It’s a tool. A database, open to everyone, that for the first time makes it easily possible to …
over 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: Real Money - Tortoise Media

Real Money: the hunt for Tether’s billions is the multi-part podcast we launch this week. It’s an investigation in pursuit of not just a scoop, but a bounty. A financial investor has offered $1 million to answer a question: is Tether, a so-called stablecoin that claims to have $1 in real money for every $1 …
about 2 years ago
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This week in Tortoise: A mother's fight to bring her children home ...

Ana’s two sons didn’t come home after her ex-husband took them for a week’s holiday to Spain. In fact, they had never been to Spain – he had taken the boys to California, where he switched off his phone, stopped using his bank cards, and laid low, triggering an international manhunt. In this week’s Slow …
about 2 years ago
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Activism: A new era of leadership - Tortoise - Tortoise Media

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over 1 year ago
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When is a tax cut not a tax cut? - Tortoise Media

James Harding sits down with ITV political editor Robert Peston to discuss his new book ‘Bust?: Saving the economy, democracy and our sanity’.
over 1 year ago
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A Guide to Stress-Free Living with Mo Gawdat - Tortoise - Tortoise ...

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about 1 year ago