Nicola Kelly
@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
Journalist. Used to work for the Home Office, now report on it. 'Anywhere But Here', my book on the small boats crisis, out now.
Enquiries via IG DM @nicolakellywrites.
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Enquiries via IG DM @nicolakellywrites.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
The paperback is coming! Thanks to Lyse Doucet for this lovely endorsement.
You can buy 'Anywhere But Here' wherever you usually get your books. 🧡
You can buy 'Anywhere But Here' wherever you usually get your books. 🧡
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The paperback is coming! Thanks to Lyse Doucet for this lovely endorsement.
You can buy 'Anywhere But Here' wherever you usually get your books. 🧡
You can buy 'Anywhere But Here' wherever you usually get your books. 🧡
Thank you, Lyse, for recommending 'Anywhere But Here'.
You can buy it here:
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
You can buy it here:
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thank you, Lyse, for recommending 'Anywhere But Here'.
You can buy it here:
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
You can buy it here:
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
A wave from Brussels, my diplomatic home for nearly three years, where everyone keeps asking me why Britain would want to commit another act of self-harm by withdrawing from the ECHR. It's viewed so differently here.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A wave from Brussels, my diplomatic home for nearly three years, where everyone keeps asking me why Britain would want to commit another act of self-harm by withdrawing from the ECHR. It's viewed so differently here.
Moving people from a hotel in the city centre to a military base, also in the city centre is likely to achieve... Nothing.
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Moving people from a hotel in the city centre to a military base, also in the city centre is likely to achieve... Nothing.
It keeps getting worse for the HMP Chelmsford authorities.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It keeps getting worse for the HMP Chelmsford authorities.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Sad news on entries to this year's @womensprize.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sad news on entries to this year's @womensprize.bsky.social
Can't wait for this: Cheltenham Literary Festival, Thursday, 4.30pm. See you there!
Tickets:
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Tickets:
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October 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Can't wait for this: Cheltenham Literary Festival, Thursday, 4.30pm. See you there!
Tickets:
share.google/Qz0caKx5zx1U...
Tickets:
share.google/Qz0caKx5zx1U...
Every newsroom should have an immigration correspondent.
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Every newsroom should have an immigration correspondent.
Southwark Cathedral: you were magical, I was sleep-deprived. Thanks to the lovely 109 of you, bar the one guy who stood up to announce that everyone should be wearing St George's flags across their backs. I hope I disagreed agreeably. 🧡
@southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
@southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Southwark Cathedral: you were magical, I was sleep-deprived. Thanks to the lovely 109 of you, bar the one guy who stood up to announce that everyone should be wearing St George's flags across their backs. I hope I disagreed agreeably. 🧡
@southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
@southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
Only took a week to say it.
September 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Only took a week to say it.
Alaa is free! I interviewed his sister @mon.asosh in October 2022 as she staged a peaceful protest outside the Foreign Office. She, her mother Laila, sister @sanaaseif and cousin @orhamilton feared they may never see him again, but they remained strong and defiant, calling for his release. Mabrouk!
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Alaa is free! I interviewed his sister @mon.asosh in October 2022 as she staged a peaceful protest outside the Foreign Office. She, her mother Laila, sister @sanaaseif and cousin @orhamilton feared they may never see him again, but they remained strong and defiant, calling for his release. Mabrouk!
Books I read while writing mine. If you're interested in small boats, migration, refugees, UK immigration and asylum, I'd recommend all of these. Anything to add?
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Books I read while writing mine. If you're interested in small boats, migration, refugees, UK immigration and asylum, I'd recommend all of these. Anything to add?
Ever feel like you're stuck in groundhog day?
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ever feel like you're stuck in groundhog day?
Keir Starmer's silence on immigration is allowing Farage to seize the narrative - and it reeks of the desperation to cling on to power.
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Keir Starmer's silence on immigration is allowing Farage to seize the narrative - and it reeks of the desperation to cling on to power.
After this weekend, I'm leaving X.
Follow my work stuff on Instagram @nicolakellywrites. I'll mainly be posting there.
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Follow my work stuff on Instagram @nicolakellywrites. I'll mainly be posting there.
www.instagram.com/nicolakellyw...
September 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After this weekend, I'm leaving X.
Follow my work stuff on Instagram @nicolakellywrites. I'll mainly be posting there.
www.instagram.com/nicolakellyw...
Follow my work stuff on Instagram @nicolakellywrites. I'll mainly be posting there.
www.instagram.com/nicolakellyw...
Chuffed to see my 'insightful' book 'Anywhere But Here' referenced in the @financialtimes.com Inside Politics newsletter.
September 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Chuffed to see my 'insightful' book 'Anywhere But Here' referenced in the @financialtimes.com Inside Politics newsletter.
There's always a tweet. This from 2018, when Yvette Cooper still had a backbone.
September 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There's always a tweet. This from 2018, when Yvette Cooper still had a backbone.
This video doing the rounds again today. What Farage is promising still impossible.
August 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This video doing the rounds again today. What Farage is promising still impossible.
Late summer days: the end of one thing, the beginning of another. Back at my desk next week. Change, change, always change.
August 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Late summer days: the end of one thing, the beginning of another. Back at my desk next week. Change, change, always change.
Don't listen to Farage; listen to the country's brightest legal minds, who actually know what they're talking about.
August 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Don't listen to Farage; listen to the country's brightest legal minds, who actually know what they're talking about.
August 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A brilliant few days @edbookfest.bsky.social. We talked all things demonisation, dehumanisation - and, of course, Gaza. Thanks to all who came and to @yassmin.bsky.social for chairing. Signed copies of 'Anywhere But Here' are in the festival bookshop now.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A brilliant few days @edbookfest.bsky.social. We talked all things demonisation, dehumanisation - and, of course, Gaza. Thanks to all who came and to @yassmin.bsky.social for chairing. Signed copies of 'Anywhere But Here' are in the festival bookshop now.
Edinburgh-bound! See you @edbookfest.bsky.social, Friday 15th, 1.30pm.
Tickets here: share.google/GaTK9v7HtCcG...
Tickets here: share.google/GaTK9v7HtCcG...
August 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Edinburgh-bound! See you @edbookfest.bsky.social, Friday 15th, 1.30pm.
Tickets here: share.google/GaTK9v7HtCcG...
Tickets here: share.google/GaTK9v7HtCcG...
