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Hannah Al-Othman

@hannahalothman.bsky.social
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Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽‍♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal

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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I hadn’t noticed that until now, but yes!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That’s an amazing cake! Yep I very much feel this is me for life now 🤣 Especially as my husband is coeliac, so unless I make them he won’t be able to have a slice 😢 They’re never going to look as professional as shop bought ones, (and it probably ends up costing more!), but homemade are the best ❤️
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Four birthdays in two* months!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I make all of the birthday cakes in our family and after four birthdays in three months, I can’t quite believe I’m done for the year! 🎂😅
Sunflower cake Cake with chocolate bars on topCake with piped roses Dirty and worm cake
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The women have been told that their alleged abuser cannot not be prosecuted in the UK because the Royal Military Police could not find evidence that he had paid tax to HMRC, meaning that the case would have to be prosecuted in Germany – where the statute of limitations has expired.
theguardian.com
Alleged abuse victims at British military school in Germany tell of agonising fight for justice
Two women, now in their 50s, say MoD refuses to take responsibility for abuse they suffered as children
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Deborah Cole @deborahcole.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two women, now in their 50s, say MoD refuses to take responsibility for abuse they suffered as children @hannahalothman.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Alleged abuse victims at British military school in Germany tell of agonising fight for justice
Two women, now in their 50s, say MoD refuses to take responsibility for abuse they suffered as children
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🔴NEW🔴 Joint investigation by me and @hannahalothman.bsky.social at the Guardian Anne and Jane were 10 when they were sexually abused by a man working in their British army school. Two police investigations later, he has never been interviewed or arrested. Why? www.opendemocracy.net/british-army...
opendemocracy.net
Legal loophole denies justice to child abuse victims in British Army school
Exclusive: Questions over whether alleged abuse fell under military police’s jurisdiction is "travesty of justice"
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Started feeling ill on Thursday and basically haven’t left the house all weekend 😩 Feel like I may now be coming out the other side, but it’s been grim!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Anyone else got this Labour conference cold? 🥀🤧 It’s a bad one 😩🦠
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jealous.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Difficult times for those of us who have made going to Glastonbury our whole personality.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’ve never been called 😢😢😢
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
(We once got back from holiday and my husband picked up a letter and said “it says on his majesty’s service, I think you’ve got jury duty!” Reader: it was from the ONS 😢)
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Great news for society, but also for me personally. (I am desperate to do jury service.) www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...
theguardian.com
Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry
Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Solidarity. It’s grim 😩🤧
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was a shame not to get Glastonbury tickets, but I am comforted by the fact that a lot of people I dislike didn’t get them either 🙏🏽
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s so weird watching instagram stories when you’re home sick. This person is drinking cocktails! This one is out for dinner? This one is at A GIG! Meanwhile I can’t conceive of even leaving the house.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🟩🟩😭😭😩😩
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The new Glastonbury ticket system is undoubtedly fairer, and objectively a good thing. But it has disadvantaged me personally, and therefore I must say I hate it.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎶 Hello darkness, my old friend… 🎶
Glastonbury ticket website
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You assume incorrectly. In the main luggage rack, where I can reach it, which is what this whole conversation has been about.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Literally this whole conversation has been about putting it on the luggage rack. Keep up!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I loved the south. Gjirokaster and Ksamil were my two favourite places!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just like everybody else, I’ve just got back from Albania, and I can see why everyone is going. It’s quite the place.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That’s me, but four years ago now…
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Maybe I want access to my bag and don’t want to have to keep asking people to get it up and down?! I’ll continue to store it whe it is accessible to me.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yeah, my husband is 6 foot, so not even that unusually tall but I’ve seen it from the other side too. He can reach supermarket shelves, but planes / trains can be uncomfortable, and for every time I can’t see at a gig, there’s someone having a go at him for blocking their view!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I don’t think there’s a huge amount they can do about it really 😩 I also have to find staff to help me get stuff down from the tallest supermarket shelves. Being short is hardly the biggest hardship in life, but just pointed it out as it may not have occurred to taller people.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I think the issue is if someone moved it without checking I wouldn’t be able to see it in the rack and would probably think it’d been stolen. People have in the past offered to put a bag up for me and get it down again at the end of the journey, and that’s fine and welcome!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m sure Liam just didn’t think about this when he responded to that post. But hopefully the original poster (and other tall people reading this) will think twice about doing it again after hopefully realising it’s not necessarily stupidity or selfishness, but often out of sheer necessity!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Well yes, I don’t think many would argue with you on that! Putting bags on seats while people are standing is obviously unacceptable. But just pointing out that some of us use the luggage compartment for smaller bags to avoid doing just that. Wish I was tall enough to reach the overhead storage 😔😩😭
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yeah if its a handbag etc I’ll keep it on my knee, but l often I have a couple, and especially if it’s busy and all the seats are full, I would put a smallish rucksack that would fit in the overhead rack in the luggage storage because I can’t reach the overheads. Suspect many women do the same.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Maybe it wasn’t a stupid person, it was just a… woman??
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yep. And I think I’d also be really stressed assuming it’d be stolen, because I can’t see into the overhead racks!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is tall privilege! I actually cannot reach the overhead racks to store my bag there, so if someone did this to me I’d be furious!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oh this looks excellent.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I was in Barnsley and Penistone a couple of weeks ago, and there was a sense that people were much more open to Labour than they had been just a few months ago: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring voters back in Labour heartlands?
With questions over Farage’s finances and a new face in No 10, could Barnsley council be a bellwether for changing Labour fortunes?
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yes it’s just a council by-election so we can’t read too much into it BUT after an historic loss in May LAB gain from REF. Penistone East by-election result: ➡️ Ref: 795 🔵 Con: 387 🟢 Grn: 59 ⚪️ Ind: 87 🌹 Lab: 1,728 ⚪️ Ind: 2 🔶️ LD: 70 ⚫️ Res: 218
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Was the concerning thing that she didn’t manage to finish it??
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yes, I’m really lucky that they didn’t take the whole bag and everything in it!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Literal, unfortunately.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I have sourced a replacement strap (thanks to excellent customer service from All Saints), and a local leathersmith who can fit it, so all is not lost. This wasn’t an outcome I ever expected after leaving my bag outside, but apparently it’s not the first time a fox has done similar, so now we know.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So last weekend I left my bag in the garden in London and a fox 🦊 chewed up the strap?! It cut it clean in half. I learned a lesson the hard way, but apparently foxes absolutely love leather? So in case it saves anyone else’s shoes/bag/jacket: never leave your leather goods outdoors.
A black leather bag with a broken strapThe chewed end of a black leather strap.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Some people are having some very bad and edgelord political opinions outside my window and can u not
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This one of my favourite recipes of all time, and one of my husband’s too. It’s part of the regular rotation in our house, and so quick and easy. I make it with cavolo nero when I can’t find rainbow chard. I cannot recommend it highly enough, and thank you for bringing it into our lives!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So @countbinface.bsky.social has apparently inspired a drag act…
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
These things are almost always pre-written, and it should have been edited and/or subbed…
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I know, not even the fifth!
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hmmm 🤔 Think you’re forgetting Tracy Brabin @manchestermill.bsky.social. And Claire Ward. And Kim McGuinness. And Andrea Jenkyns. And Helen Godwin…
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yeah watched a bit of them at a festival last night and everyone was young. Probably the same as millennials loving Gen X bands (eg. The National)
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