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Kathryn Bromwich
@kathryn42.bsky.social
Journalist + author
https://kathrynbromwich.com
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Hello. After 11 years @theguardian.com & @theobserveruk.bsky.social I am now freelance and available for commissions. I do features, profiles, interviews, reviews, comment pieces, editing and more

Here are 10 pieces I'm proud of:
Reposted by Kathryn Bromwich
Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his election as Mayor of New York City from all of us at the Green Party! 🎉💚
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This was a painful piece to write. I love horror, but it doesn’t always love me back. I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it keeps happening, often from people who should know better

Tl;dr: we need more disabled writers/directors so we can tell our own stories 🙏 Please share
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hello. After 11 years @theguardian.com & @theobserveruk.bsky.social I am now freelance and available for commissions. I do features, profiles, interviews, reviews, comment pieces, editing and more

Here are 10 pieces I'm proud of:
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I interviewed the owner and the architect behind the renovation of this mad, beautiful house on a rock overlooking the Atlantic ocean

observer.co.uk/style/interi...
The high and dry home on its own Cornish island
The house, known as The Island, is a familiar landmark on the Cornwall coast
observer.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘It’s outrageous,’ says mother of UK Israel protest accused as he faces 21 months in jail before trial

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It’s outrageous,’ says mother of UK Israel protest accused as he faces 21 months in jail before trial
William Plastow’s mother believes it is the longest anyone will have been held awaiting trial on protest-related charges
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thank you Kate Nash for speaking to me about terfs, trolling and trans rights for @theguardian.com ✊🏳️‍⚧️✨

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
‘British feminism needs reshaping’: Kate Nash on her new single about trans rights
The British pop musician questions the gender-critical movement in her new song GERM, and argues that cis women need to stand up for the trans community
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For my final piece as a Guardian employee, I'm going out with dignity (wrote about boobs)

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The one change that worked: I took my bra off during lockdown – and never put it on again
I couldn’t imagine life without hooks, wires and straps. Then Covid came along and suddenly I couldn’t bear any of it
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Bromwich
Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Wrote about that terrible OpenAI short story. Seeing serious writers enthuse about it makes me want to cry

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
OpenAI’s story about grief nearly had me in tears, but for all the wrong reasons | Kathryn Bromwich
If Sam Altman’s new model were a creative writing student, you probably wouldn’t stop them pursuing other job prospects
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If you don't normally post or write about disability rights because you don't feel like you know enough about the subject, or it's not your fight to fight, or it's not a sexy enough topic... now would be a pretty good time to start
March 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Reposted by Kathryn Bromwich
Really proud of this piece. Grateful to Avalyn, Rowan and Sarah for sharing their stories. It's a national scandal that long Covid patients have been forgotten by the government, employers & society at large. The least we can do is keep talking about them

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic neve...
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Writing a piece about long Covid five years on for the Observer. Looking for LC patients currently experiencing symptoms to talk about their story, particularly nurses/doctors

📧 kathryn.bromwich@observer.co.uk

#journorequest #longcovid @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidadvoc.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Bromwich
Continuing our David Lynch tribute, @kathryn42.bsky.social on Nic Cage's snakeskin jacket as a totemic talisman of wild freedom in Wild at Heart

Illustration by @alexxkittle.bsky.social
Personal freedom in Wild at Heart
A snakeskin jacket stands for so much in David Lynch's lurid fairytale Wild at Heart.
lwlies.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Bromwich
#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The other place is hell
November 5, 2023 at 11:16 AM