Amy Fleming
@amyfleming.bsky.social
Pond dipper. (Plus writer and editor, mostly at the Guardian, but also the Independent, FT, Economist, Newsweek, BBC Science Focus, Vogue etc and some memoir bits in books. Currently editing on the Guardian's culture desk.)
A nice surprise in the office today.
May 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A nice surprise in the office today.
Excited to be talking to inspiring and impeccable artistes @iainandjane.com and Sue Webster at the NeoAncients festival this weekend. neoancients.com
NeoAncients 2-4 May 2025
Music, Talks, Books, Art, Film, Ritual, Lore
neoancients.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Excited to be talking to inspiring and impeccable artistes @iainandjane.com and Sue Webster at the NeoAncients festival this weekend. neoancients.com
An honour to do this interview
A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph
A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph
‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
An honour to do this interview
Reposted by Amy Fleming
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
HUNTSVILLE, AL—In an effort to comfort the child by telling her the funds had gone to a far better place, local parents Blake and Allison McKee gently explained to their daughter Friday that their mon...
theonion.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
Wrote about cholesterol - an often quite abstract concept, lingering inside and unseen: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The truth about cholesterol: 12 things you need to know – from eggs to weight to statins
What is good and bad cholesterol? Should you remove fat from your diet? And what about shellfish? Experts explain it all
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March 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wrote about cholesterol - an often quite abstract concept, lingering inside and unseen: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Loved interviewing this extraordinary artist: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Flame-haired defiance by a Belfast mural: Hannah Starkey’s best photograph
‘She seemed so strong, so forceful, to be going through the streets dressed like this. The hyper-feminised character she projected was like a riposte to the male violence’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Loved interviewing this extraordinary artist: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Writing this helped me. A lot. ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online
March 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Writing this helped me. A lot. ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online
What a horrific bunch of see you next Tuesdays www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
Andrew Tate’s alliance with Trump has been in the making for a long time
Trump’s attempts to intervene in Tate’s rape and human trafficking cases in Romania might seem strange, but their worlds are intimately linked
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What a horrific bunch of see you next Tuesdays www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
Oh my, “Project family harmony” is so tragically Succession… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
The Guardian view on the Murdoch family drama: mogul’s death could imitate art
Events in a US court reveal a story that rivals HBO’s Succession with a patriarch’s waning control, sibling rivalries and a media empire at stake
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Oh my, “Project family harmony” is so tragically Succession… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Ok whose brain is too rotten to read my 3000-word piece on alleged brain rot? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Ok whose brain is too rotten to read my 3000-word piece on alleged brain rot? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Wrote a thing about the lesser known muscles which, if exercised more, could save you from a world of pain:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
From stiff necks to ‘lazy glutes’: why these unloved muscles could prevent injury – and how to train yours
Never heard of your lower trapezius? Don’t know your rotator cuff from your neck flexor? To alleviate common injuries, it’s time to get to know them
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote a thing about the lesser known muscles which, if exercised more, could save you from a world of pain:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Also interviewed novelist Emma Healey about the dark side of self control. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘I knew I was overexercising and not eating enough’: novelist Emma Healey on the dark side of self-control
Her bestselling debut Elizabeth Is Missing was inspired by her grandmother’s dementia. Now the novelist has drawn from her own experiences for a thriller about the power dynamic between personal train...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Also interviewed novelist Emma Healey about the dark side of self control. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
I interviewed the De Beauvoir sisters' best friend, ahead of feminist painter Hélène's first (posthumous) London show. ♥️
‘Jean-Paul Sartre hid at her house!’ The forgotten brilliance of Hélène de Beauvoir, sister of Simone
She was a painter ‘ahead of her time’, counting Picasso as a fan. But Hélène de Beauvoir was always overshadowed by her famous sister. Now, with a show opening in Britain, the artist is finally receiv...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I interviewed the De Beauvoir sisters' best friend, ahead of feminist painter Hélène's first (posthumous) London show. ♥️
Electric Dreams at Tate Modern lived up to its title ⚡️
December 10, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Electric Dreams at Tate Modern lived up to its title ⚡️
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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December 4, 2024 at 9:06 AM
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
Wrote about the brain microbiome: could understanding it help reverse some dementia cases? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The brain microbiome: could understanding it help prevent dementia?
Long thought to be sterile, our brains are now believed to harbour all sorts of micro-organisms, from bacteria to fungi. How big a part do they play in Alzheimer’s and similar diseases?
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Wrote about the brain microbiome: could understanding it help reverse some dementia cases? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Storm Bert in full effect. If you know, you know.
Some of audio’s finest have put together this open letter urging BBC Radio 4 to reconsider their position on Short Cuts.
You can sign it here: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
You can sign it here: tinyurl.com/34pn38m4
Letter to the BBC Regarding the Cancellation of Short Cuts
Dear Mohit, Hugh and Eleanor, We are devastated by the news of the BBC’s cancellation of Short Cuts. In a time where audio imaginations are being squashed by commercial realities, Short Cuts has bee...
tinyurl.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Storm Bert in full effect. If you know, you know.
You can't hide from orangutans - unlike birds and other primates they always know you're there. I love doing these.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
A Bornean orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph
‘While it was dark, I climbed up and put remote control cameras in the tree. I’d never have got the shot if I’d been up there. An orangutan always knows you’re there’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
You can't hide from orangutans - unlike birds and other primates they always know you're there. I love doing these.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Oh my, Coming of Age by @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social sounds right up my alley. Lovely piece here...
The big idea: why we should take teenage love more seriously
The big idea: why we should take teenage love more seriously
Adolescent passions shape our future selves, and can be every bit as powerful – and perilous – as adult relationships
I haven’t kept many things from my teenage years. I have a box of photos – hazy snapshots from holidays and parties, captured on…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Oh my, Coming of Age by @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social sounds right up my alley. Lovely piece here...
Morning, I made a butterfly out of a ginkgo leaf, as you do…
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Morning, I made a butterfly out of a ginkgo leaf, as you do…
Reposted by Amy Fleming
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I am so happy to learn there is a word for this:
Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I am so happy to learn there is a word for this: