This, by @andrewkersley.bsky.social, is the best piece of journalism I've read this year.
A gut-wrenching account of the human cost of bureaucratic failures and a testament to what you can discover when you set out to answer the question - how the fuck did this happen?
Gareth Davies
In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.
She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.
It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?
A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
