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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 22/09/2026

My Appalachia Journal story on Mountain Seed Foundation's climbing therapy sessions for children of military families in Ukraine is a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Awards. Thank you to the International Women's Media Foundation for supporting my reporting in Ukraine.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 14/09/2026

Sometimes article research brings unexpected joy.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/08/2026

Today marks 35 years since the restoration of Ukrainian Independence. I took this photo at the Kyiv War Museum in June last year. My fifth and final story from that trip will be published in September.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 21/08/2026

Found this message and bread packaging from 1931 while doing DIY at my parents' house. 'G MacLeod framer' is what it says...I think.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 19/08/2026

Found a pandemic relic in a part-read book.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 15/08/2026

It's not every day in Edinburgh that a C-17 Globemaster and two Typhoons fly directly over your head!

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 23/07/2026

We appear to have a miniature Bhutanese house yak.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 07/07/2026

Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 14/06/2026

Found this A.E.F. Displaced Persons record from 1946 of a potential distant relative in the Arolsen Archives. Desired Destination: "I wish to go to Lithuania if she will not be occupied by Bolsheviks, or to USA." Remarks: "I do not wish to live under dictatorial regime."

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 25/05/2026

The British everyman speaks. 🙄

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 20/05/2026

And you'd better believe it.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 20/04/2026

Nobody wants to be the spare but free spare pizza is always welcome!

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 03/04/2026

Next round! Thanks AIPS Sport Media Awards and @thefence.bsky.social

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 27/03/2026

Thanks to the AIPS Sport Media Awards for shortlisting my @thefence.bsky.social feature In the Shadow of the Mountain.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 26/03/2026

Great workshop on Unmanned Systems in Mountain Warfare by the NATO MWCoE. "UAS fundamentally transform command, manoeuvre and protection - integration, dispersion, and counter-UAS measures are critical for survivability and effectiveness on the modern battlefield, especially in mountainous terrain."

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/03/2026

Lviv, June 2025 and today following a Russian drone attack. I saw the news and immediately remembered the beautiful afternoon light on the monastery and surrounding historic UNESCO buildings.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/03/2026

A magical trip to Uganda with WildPlaces Africa. Still processing thoughts to put it all into words, so here are some images to do the talking.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 09/03/2026

Thanks to the AIPS Sport Media Awards for longlisting my @thefence.bsky.social feature In the Shadow of the Mountain.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 02/03/2026

Looking for scientists working on conservation projects on the front lines of endangered species research and recovery with strong human angles (overcoming obstacles, challenges etc.) for a potential film project. Based anywhere. Baby Bornean Orangutan photo for attention/timeline cleanse. Thanks!

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

“I hope that we will achieve our final victory. We’ll get our warriors back home and our children will grow up and continue building a democratic state.” [7/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

"If our leadership does not change, there will be no future. Even despite all the sacrifices that Ukrainians are now giving to the state, defending it. If we change, and we love, and we honour veterans, then my daughters will have a future, and Ukraine will have a future." [6/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

"The very best future, that this will end soon, peace will come to Ukraine, and all the forests will be cleared of mines, and Ukraine will become the safest country in the world." [5/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

"We definitely want the war to be over. We definitely would like some more certainty in our lives. But now, we don't have it. So definitely tomorrow." [4/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

"That soon everything will end, and we will be able to live peacefully, freely, as before. We will clear our land so that it can be plowed, planted, walked on safely, and breathe freely. I hope for freedom." [3/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

"A big hope for victory, big hope for families, that we will be working and living in peace, and that we will be living in a country without this war. We hope for a successful future. We hope that Ukraine will win and we will finally find peace." [2/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 24/02/2026

Four years of war. During our reporting trip to Ukraine last summer, I asked people about their hopes for the future of the country. It felt futile to ask the same, unoriginal question, but each person had their own unique wishes and shared a nuanced interpretation. [1/7]

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 20/02/2026

No context Epstein files: "Dud you see your pal Andrew on the News last night climbing down the London skyscraper? Crazy! They make the Royals work to hard over there."

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 14/02/2026

Edinburgh scenes from the last few months.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 27/01/2026

Alex Honnold's Instagram following has jumped up by 700,000 in the days since his free solo of Taipei 101. (23-27 January).

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 23/01/2026

When the word count is quite literally your Everest.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 22/01/2026

Best BBC interview background ever.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 19/01/2026

Looking forward to reading these.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 18/01/2026

Nice to see my Ukraine stories in print in their respective 5280 Magazine issues.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 13/01/2026

Ukrainian DuoLingo doesn't mince words.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 04/01/2026

First crochet project complete. Only took me a year and gave me crochet elbow! (It's a sloth btw).

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 01/01/2026

When you're explaining quantum mechanics to the BBC at 3pm but you've got a climbing session on the Moon Board at 4pm...

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 29/12/2025

Finally making progress on last year's Christmas present. It will eventually morph into an animal, with any luck....

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 19/12/2025

Thinking and climbing on the Mushroom Rock, Gozo.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 13/12/2025

Back in London for the first time in a year.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 26/11/2025

When a cat disrupts the interview...

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 20/11/2025

My Lithuanian-inspired vyshyvanka-esque shirt by Etnodim arrived from Kyiv. I ordered it after my trip, when I realised that they make Baltic designs too (I have Lithuanian ancestry). Their shop has been damaged multiple times by Russian attacks, but they keep going.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 15/11/2025

A line about parental absence and presence during war that stayed with me from the interview, and still hits just as hard each time I read it.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 14/11/2025

How am I supposed to work like this? (Answer: as normal but better).

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 02/11/2025

Sobering to see Google imagery from 2015 in Lviv's Field of Mars while researching for a story. The field held buried WW1 and Soviet soldiers, which were moved in 2022 following Russia's full invasion of Ukraine. A friend knew 3 men buried here and the cemetery is expanding. My photo: June 2025.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 20/10/2025

Durian fruit and dragons in Singapore.

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 30/09/2025

From our poultry correspondent:

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Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com · 15/09/2025

At the playpark (Roman Bath House) versus the walk home from the playpark...

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