sianushka.bsky.social
@sianushka.bsky.social
Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
Trying to think of a case where a national newspaper would platform a man facing allegations of murdering a white British woman - but Agnes is a black Kenyan woman.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Trying to think of a case where a national newspaper would platform a man facing allegations of murdering a white British woman - but Agnes is a black Kenyan woman.
Russian occupation is not peace
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russian occupation is not peace
"Security concerns"
(this is the roof of a school in Kharkiv)
(this is the roof of a school in Kharkiv)
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Security concerns"
(this is the roof of a school in Kharkiv)
(this is the roof of a school in Kharkiv)
Strong Tobias Funke vibes from Labour’s Home Office
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Strong Tobias Funke vibes from Labour’s Home Office
Then I get back to the UK to see the tankies & the genocide deniers & the victim blamers & those advocating occupation as peace and remember what Orwell said … to be a pacifist in a war like this is to be on the side of fascism
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Then I get back to the UK to see the tankies & the genocide deniers & the victim blamers & those advocating occupation as peace and remember what Orwell said … to be a pacifist in a war like this is to be on the side of fascism
Kyiv and Kharkiv
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Kyiv and Kharkiv
Some pics from Kyiv and Kharkiv.
The bombed building is a school.
The bombed building is a school.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Some pics from Kyiv and Kharkiv.
The bombed building is a school.
The bombed building is a school.
On the job in Kharkiv last week
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
On the job in Kharkiv last week
Goodbye Kyiv, goodbye Kharkiv, until next time
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Goodbye Kyiv, goodbye Kharkiv, until next time
I took this photo in honour of your daily cat posts @brams884.bsky.social - of a Kharkiv cat on Friday morning
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I took this photo in honour of your daily cat posts @brams884.bsky.social - of a Kharkiv cat on Friday morning
I like to think our investigation for @opendemocracy.net played a part 💪💪
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I like to think our investigation for @opendemocracy.net played a part 💪💪
Good. Too late but good.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Good. Too late but good.
One for your book-a-likes @john-self.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One for your book-a-likes @john-self.bsky.social
Screams endlessly into the void
(This is a book for women who have been fired - a sort of pop feminist manual that forgets everything feminism means)
(This is a book for women who have been fired - a sort of pop feminist manual that forgets everything feminism means)
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Screams endlessly into the void
(This is a book for women who have been fired - a sort of pop feminist manual that forgets everything feminism means)
(This is a book for women who have been fired - a sort of pop feminist manual that forgets everything feminism means)
From Women’s Aid press release
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From Women’s Aid press release
Spending the afternoon remembering Diane
October 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Spending the afternoon remembering Diane
Timeline serendipity
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Timeline serendipity
Last 2.5 weeks I’ve been in West London, Kenya, Zanzibar & Liverpool and while that was all marvellous, it’s nice to be home
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Last 2.5 weeks I’ve been in West London, Kenya, Zanzibar & Liverpool and while that was all marvellous, it’s nice to be home
So I haven’t read them all but I feel Misinterpretation & The South were better than the two I read on this shortlist! Plus I loved Endling…but The South was marvellous.
September 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So I haven’t read them all but I feel Misinterpretation & The South were better than the two I read on this shortlist! Plus I loved Endling…but The South was marvellous.