Venetia Menzies
@venetiamenzies.bsky.social
Journalist and photographer 📸 | Assistant Data Editor 🗺️| The Times and Sunday Times 🗞️
More Gazans died of malnutrition in 11 days than in 21 months of war
Hunger is growing and while the powerful eat first, children and the hostages are starving
A visual explainer on the aid crisis and who blames who for the failure @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Hunger is growing and while the powerful eat first, children and the hostages are starving
A visual explainer on the aid crisis and who blames who for the failure @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
The starvation of Gaza and Israel’s role, in maps, charts and video
To reach what little aid is let through, Palestinians have to walk through a war zone, avoid armed looters and hope the IDF doesn’t shoot them
www.thetimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
More Gazans died of malnutrition in 11 days than in 21 months of war
Hunger is growing and while the powerful eat first, children and the hostages are starving
A visual explainer on the aid crisis and who blames who for the failure @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Hunger is growing and while the powerful eat first, children and the hostages are starving
A visual explainer on the aid crisis and who blames who for the failure @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Gazan leader of the anti-Hamas militia Yasser Abu Shabab denies that he is an Israeli agent or gangster, and asks the international community for protection from Hamas
This is his response to accusations in his first extensive interview 🧵
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
This is his response to accusations in his first extensive interview 🧵
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Crime boss, traitor, looter — or Gaza’s best hope?
The anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab says he’s no collaborator or criminal, just an ordinary Palestinian with a plan to save his people
www.thetimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Gazan leader of the anti-Hamas militia Yasser Abu Shabab denies that he is an Israeli agent or gangster, and asks the international community for protection from Hamas
This is his response to accusations in his first extensive interview 🧵
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
This is his response to accusations in his first extensive interview 🧵
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
INVESTIGATION: 7% of England -3.8m people- have been on antidepressants for > 5 years 💊
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
A generation of women over 50 stuck taking antidepressants
A quarter of women in their fifties and sixties take antidepressants, and 15 per cent of women over 50 have been on them for longer than five years
www.thetimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
INVESTIGATION: 7% of England -3.8m people- have been on antidepressants for > 5 years 💊
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
NEW: Letters between author @katemossewriter.bsky.social and Afghan writer Parand provide insight into women's lives under gender apartheid ✍️
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
The Taliban letters: one woman writes in freedom, the other in fear
The bestselling British author Kate Mosse shares her inspiring email exchange with a brave female writer living under Afghanistan’s brutal regime
www.thetimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW: Letters between author @katemossewriter.bsky.social and Afghan writer Parand provide insight into women's lives under gender apartheid ✍️
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
Afghanistan 2025 & women are banned from parks, offices , education. Read these letters between British novelist @katemossewriter.bsky.social & Afghan writer Parand beautifully designed by nina krause & @venetiamenzies.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
The Taliban letters: one woman writes in freedom, the other in fear
The bestselling British author Kate Mosse shares her inspiring email exchange with a brave female writer living under Afghanistan’s brutal regime
www.thetimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Afghanistan 2025 & women are banned from parks, offices , education. Read these letters between British novelist @katemossewriter.bsky.social & Afghan writer Parand beautifully designed by nina krause & @venetiamenzies.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
“At the heart of the problem is the failure of outpatient and inpatient care to meet the needs of those with serious mental illness.”
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
“At the heart of the problem is the failure of outpatient and inpatient care to meet the needs of those with serious mental illness.”
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
Vital investigation by @kwajo.bsky.social and the @thetimes.com: Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Vital investigation by @kwajo.bsky.social and the @thetimes.com: Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
INVESTIGATION 🚨 Every 2 minutes a patient in mental health crisis goes to A&E, where they are twice as likely to wait over 12 hours
Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis
In today's @thetimes.com with @kwajo.bsky.social 🧵👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis
In today's @thetimes.com with @kwajo.bsky.social 🧵👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
INVESTIGATION 🚨 Every 2 minutes a patient in mental health crisis goes to A&E, where they are twice as likely to wait over 12 hours
Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis
In today's @thetimes.com with @kwajo.bsky.social 🧵👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis
In today's @thetimes.com with @kwajo.bsky.social 🧵👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
Six-day waits and security guards: The mental health crisis in A& depts across Britain - report by @venetiamenzies.bsky.social & Kwajo Tweneboa
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
Six-day waits and security guards: the mental health crisis crippling A&E
Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Six-day waits and security guards: The mental health crisis in A& depts across Britain - report by @venetiamenzies.bsky.social & Kwajo Tweneboa
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
www.thetimes.com/article/efd1...
I met Oscar-winning directors of No Other Land in the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta, where since the war settler attacks have doubled
With troops in Gaza, settlers are now recruited & armed — blurring the line between settler & state violence 🧵
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
With troops in Gaza, settlers are now recruited & armed — blurring the line between settler & state violence 🧵
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
My Oscar film exposed Israeli settlers. Now they’re the soldiers
Since Basel Adra finished No Other Land in October 2023, he says the West Bank’s notional order has been replaced by daily attacks from armed settlers
www.thetimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I met Oscar-winning directors of No Other Land in the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta, where since the war settler attacks have doubled
With troops in Gaza, settlers are now recruited & armed — blurring the line between settler & state violence 🧵
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
With troops in Gaza, settlers are now recruited & armed — blurring the line between settler & state violence 🧵
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
I spoke with Gazans who risked their lives to join protests this week, demanding an end to the war and the removal of Hamas
Since Friday, Hamas has retaliated by detaining, torturing and executing protest and clan leaders
🧵👇 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Since Friday, Hamas has retaliated by detaining, torturing and executing protest and clan leaders
🧵👇 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
March 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I spoke with Gazans who risked their lives to join protests this week, demanding an end to the war and the removal of Hamas
Since Friday, Hamas has retaliated by detaining, torturing and executing protest and clan leaders
🧵👇 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Since Friday, Hamas has retaliated by detaining, torturing and executing protest and clan leaders
🧵👇 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
Palestinians are defying the group with big demonstrations calling for an end to the war with Israel. Is it because they sense the militants are getting weaker?
The week that Gazans dared to reject Hamas — ‘We’re hostages too’
www.thetimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Palestinians are defying the group with big demonstrations calling for an end to the war with Israel. Is it because they sense the militants are getting weaker?
@thetimes.com is free to read all weekend🔓
Here are some of my favourite stories from my colleagues 👇
First up, this made-for-cinema investigation by @manumidolo.bsky.social solving the 48-year-old mystery as to who killed a Sunday Times reporter 🎁
www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
Here are some of my favourite stories from my colleagues 👇
First up, this made-for-cinema investigation by @manumidolo.bsky.social solving the 48-year-old mystery as to who killed a Sunday Times reporter 🎁
www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
The Cold War murder of our star reporter — solved after 48 years
David Holden, the Sunday Times chief foreign correspondent, was assassinated hours after landing in Cairo in 1977. At last we can reveal who did it and why
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@thetimes.com is free to read all weekend🔓
Here are some of my favourite stories from my colleagues 👇
First up, this made-for-cinema investigation by @manumidolo.bsky.social solving the 48-year-old mystery as to who killed a Sunday Times reporter 🎁
www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
Here are some of my favourite stories from my colleagues 👇
First up, this made-for-cinema investigation by @manumidolo.bsky.social solving the 48-year-old mystery as to who killed a Sunday Times reporter 🎁
www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
Want to understand what happened in the bond market this week? 📈
Here's a dummy's guide from myself and
@matildakdavies.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Here's a dummy's guide from myself and
@matildakdavies.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
What’s happening to the bond market and how will it impact the UK?
Thirty-year gilt yields surge to 1998 highs, sparking concerns about rising UK debt and inflation. Could this trigger another crisis?
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Want to understand what happened in the bond market this week? 📈
Here's a dummy's guide from myself and
@matildakdavies.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Here's a dummy's guide from myself and
@matildakdavies.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
I spoke with Gazans who oppose Hamas and want peace
Despite the risks, they spoke out as they believe their views are drowned out
“Why aren’t we heard? Why do we allow others to talk on our behalf?”
This is what they want you to know👇
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Despite the risks, they spoke out as they believe their views are drowned out
“Why aren’t we heard? Why do we allow others to talk on our behalf?”
This is what they want you to know👇
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
‘They’re dragging us to destruction’: the Gazans who oppose Hamas
Despite the risk to their lives, some Palestinians spoke out to say that after October 7, the group built tunnels to save themselves while civilians were left to face death
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I spoke with Gazans who oppose Hamas and want peace
Despite the risks, they spoke out as they believe their views are drowned out
“Why aren’t we heard? Why do we allow others to talk on our behalf?”
This is what they want you to know👇
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Despite the risks, they spoke out as they believe their views are drowned out
“Why aren’t we heard? Why do we allow others to talk on our behalf?”
This is what they want you to know👇
@thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Yesterday Oliver Marsden and @edmundbower.bsky.social
visited suspected mass grave sites in Damascus for @thetimes.com
At one site, a gravedigger spoke of trucks of bodies arriving weekly, dripping blood down the road
Satellite analysis supports these claims 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
visited suspected mass grave sites in Damascus for @thetimes.com
At one site, a gravedigger spoke of trucks of bodies arriving weekly, dripping blood down the road
Satellite analysis supports these claims 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Yesterday Oliver Marsden and @edmundbower.bsky.social
visited suspected mass grave sites in Damascus for @thetimes.com
At one site, a gravedigger spoke of trucks of bodies arriving weekly, dripping blood down the road
Satellite analysis supports these claims 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
visited suspected mass grave sites in Damascus for @thetimes.com
At one site, a gravedigger spoke of trucks of bodies arriving weekly, dripping blood down the road
Satellite analysis supports these claims 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Venetia Menzies
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