Slow down with Tortoise
We don’t do breaking news, but what’s driving the news. Become a member of a slower, wiser newsroom.
Under 30s
£5 a month, £60 a year
- Audio stories and investigations
- The Sensemaker newsletters
- Tickets to all our live events
- Discounted tickets to KITE Festival
30-Day Free Trial
Member
£10 a month, £120 a year
- 30-day free trial*
- Audio stories and investigations
- The Sensemaker newsletters
- Tickets to all our live events
- Exclusive member-only events, hosted by Tortoise editors
- Discounted tickets to KITE Festival
- The Tortoise Quarterly book, in glorious old-fashioned print
*When paying annually
Supporter
Help us build a different kind of newsroom.
- Investigate We take the time to see the fuller picture, to make sense of the forces shaping our future, to investigate what’s unseen.
- Campaign We use our platform to let the world know when change is needed, and fight hard to make the case for it.
- Explore We gather unseen data and design tools to reveal hidden trends and injustices.
- Teach We make our newsroom open to everyone, to help nurture the journalism talent of tomorrow.
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Our other membership plans
Community network membership
Tortoise is free to people working for change on the front of local communities and charities
Tortoise for business membership
Make sense of the news and business with our Sensemaker newsletters, data insight reports and Responsible Business Forum