The JK Rowling name plot thickens

 
16 July 2013

Jude Callegari, the mysterious tweeter who revealed the secret of JK Rowling’s nom de plume, is said to have taken down her account after unmasking “Robert Galbraith”.

But a Jude Callegari is still on Twitter, with no followers and a single retweet — Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart’s promise to “give £1 to Comic Relief for every retweet of this message before 9pm”. Is Callegari also a cover name for a well-known identity? And could there be a Scottish connection between Glasgow-born Mactaggart and the elusive JC?

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