Basia Cummings

London

Editor at The Observer

Editor, digital, @ObserverUK

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Articles

Making films against amnesia

2 months ago | africasacountry.com | Basia Cummings |Johan Gimonprez |Zahra Moloo |Jordan Teicher

Interview by Zahra Moloo Johan Grimonprez is the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, a film whose main theme is the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in 1961.
Lucky Boy

Mar 6, 2025 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings |Gary Marshall |Rebecca Moore |Chloe Hadjimatheou |Hannah Varrall

series Lucky Boy 2h 59 mins • 5 Episodes Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel. Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Operation Asshole: Paul Watson's whale war

Nov 18, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings |Xavier Greenwood

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The News Meeting - LIVE

Nov 11, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings

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Liz Truss ‘pledged $1bn for gas project linked to Mozambique massacre’

Oct 10, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings

CULTURE Culture #UKPolitics #Energy More than $1 billion of UK taxpayers’ money was pledged to support a controversial gas project in northern Mozambique, built in an active conflict zone, in a move pushed through by former prime minister Liz Truss. Politico reports that Truss, as trade secretary, made the pledge in 2020 despite widespread opposition in Boris Johnson’s cabinet.
When is a tax cut not a tax cut?

Nov 22, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Catherine Neilan |James Harding |Claer Barrett |Basia Cummings

In this live recording he’s joined by political editor Cat Neilan, the FT’s Claer Barrett and Slow Newscast host Basia Cummings to make sense of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement and Palantir’s new NHS data contract. Listen to Basia’s new series Walter’s War here. What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to [email protected]. The producer was Rebecca Moore and the executive producer was Lewis Vickers.
Walter's War - Tortoise

Nov 20, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Xavier Greenwood |Karla Patella |Gary Marshall |Basia Cummings

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Rory Stewart on David Cameron’s return and Suella Braverman’s sacking

Nov 13, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings |James Harding |Rory Stewart |Giles Whittell

The News Meeting Rory Stewart on David Cameron’s return and Suella Braverman’s sacking Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Culture #Countries #Society #TruePolitics Technology
Should pro-Palestinian marches go ahead on Armistice Day?

Nov 6, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Giles Whittell |Basia Cummings |James Harding |Ian Goldin

The News Meeting Should pro-Palestinian marches go ahead on Armistice Day? Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Culture #Countries #Society #TruePolitics Technology
What’s delaying Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza?

Oct 23, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Jeevan Vasagar |Catherine Neilan |Basia Cummings |Paul Wood

The News Meeting What’s delaying Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza? Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Culture #Countries #Society #TruePolitics Technology As Israel prepares to enter Gaza, former BBC Middle East correspondent Paul Wood explains why the ground offensive hasn’t started yet and how Israel is approaching this war.