Lovejit
@lovejitd.bsky.social
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Journalist, Podcast Host @MoreDocs, sometimes wins awards. Judge @ RTS. Has run a marathon - no really. Pls tell me where the mangoes have gone!
www.sharpcuriosity.co.uk
Journalist, Podcast Host @MoreDocs, sometimes wins awards. Judge @ RTS. Has run a marathon - no really. Pls tell me where the mangoes have gone!
www.sharpcuriosity.co.uk
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“Everyone involved pretends they had absolutely no idea.” Ian Hislop, Private Eye’s editor, appeared on Tonight with Andrew Marr to discuss the Epstein files, and the cover the Eye ran in reference to the paedophile sex trafficker all the way back in 2011.
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
“Everyone involved pretends they had absolutely no idea.” Ian Hislop, Private Eye’s editor, appeared on Tonight with Andrew Marr to discuss the Epstein files, and the cover the Eye ran in reference to the paedophile sex trafficker all the way back in 2011.
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The BBC has launched a temporary emergency 30-minute daily radio programme for Iran on mediumwave and shortwave to combat the ongoing internet blackout. It will complement the existing BBC News Persian video and digital services www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC launches emergency lifeline radio programme for Iran
The programme will air daily for 30 minutes across medium and shortwave frequencies
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The BBC has launched a temporary emergency 30-minute daily radio programme for Iran on mediumwave and shortwave to combat the ongoing internet blackout. It will complement the existing BBC News Persian video and digital services www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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reposting to fix a broken link! serious point buried in this by
@roberthutton.co.uk - if Mandelson leaked like a sieve to Epstein, shouldn't we be asking if he was forwarding market sensitive stuff to anyone else? potential for any inquiry to get pretty wide thecritic.co.uk/peter-mandel...
@roberthutton.co.uk - if Mandelson leaked like a sieve to Epstein, shouldn't we be asking if he was forwarding market sensitive stuff to anyone else? potential for any inquiry to get pretty wide thecritic.co.uk/peter-mandel...
Peter Mandelson must go | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Say what you like about the Right Honourable Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and of Hartlepool in the County of Durham, he still has the capacity to surprise.
thecritic.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
reposting to fix a broken link! serious point buried in this by
@roberthutton.co.uk - if Mandelson leaked like a sieve to Epstein, shouldn't we be asking if he was forwarding market sensitive stuff to anyone else? potential for any inquiry to get pretty wide thecritic.co.uk/peter-mandel...
@roberthutton.co.uk - if Mandelson leaked like a sieve to Epstein, shouldn't we be asking if he was forwarding market sensitive stuff to anyone else? potential for any inquiry to get pretty wide thecritic.co.uk/peter-mandel...
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If you are watching Art Of Persia on BBC4, you can catch up on all the episodes and the story behind it here…
From Genghis Khan to 1979...Final of ep of Art of Persia is on BBC4 at 8pm tonight. Here's my behind-the-scenes blog post samiraahmed.blog/art-of-persi... You can watch all 3 episodes on the iplayer anytime: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Art of Persia - Series 1: Episode 3
Samira Ahmed goes back to when Persia faced her gravest threat, Genghis Khan, and reveals how the Safavids, who succeeded the Mongols, give Iran a powerful new identity.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
If you are watching Art Of Persia on BBC4, you can catch up on all the episodes and the story behind it here…
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
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Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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#BBCNews - Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EpsteinFiles
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#EpsteinFiles
Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
The woman, then in her 20s, says the alleged encounter happened at Royal Lodge in 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
#BBCNews - Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EpsteinFiles
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EpsteinFiles
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#BBCNews - Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has contacted Ratner's representative for comment.
The files were released the same day as 'Melania: 20 Days to History'
#EpsteinFiles
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has contacted Ratner's representative for comment.
The files were released the same day as 'Melania: 20 Days to History'
#EpsteinFiles
Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files
The images of Ratner with Epstein and unidentified women were released the same day as his documentary about the US first lady.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
#BBCNews - Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has contacted Ratner's representative for comment.
The files were released the same day as 'Melania: 20 Days to History'
#EpsteinFiles
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has contacted Ratner's representative for comment.
The files were released the same day as 'Melania: 20 Days to History'
#EpsteinFiles
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#BBCNews - Ex-intelligence officer in Austria's biggest spy trial for years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Egisto Ott charged with handing over info to Russian intelligence officers and to #JanMarsalek
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Egisto Ott charged with handing over info to Russian intelligence officers and to #JanMarsalek
Austria's biggest spy trial for decades puts ex-intelligence officer in the dock
Egisto Ott, 63, denies charges of handing over information to Russian agents.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 AM
#BBCNews - Ex-intelligence officer in Austria's biggest spy trial for years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Egisto Ott charged with handing over info to Russian intelligence officers and to #JanMarsalek
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Egisto Ott charged with handing over info to Russian intelligence officers and to #JanMarsalek
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Fed up of the doom and gloom? Come and get your tickets for the Reel Optimism Film Festival!! Inspiring and uplifting films!!
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January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Fed up of the doom and gloom? Come and get your tickets for the Reel Optimism Film Festival!! Inspiring and uplifting films!!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reel-optim...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reel-optim...
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'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
2 hrs ago
Middle East
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
2 hrs ago
Middle East
Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
2 hrs ago
Middle East
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
2 hrs ago
Middle East
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Royal bones reassembled bit.ly/4jxQNwd remains of Saxon kings and the most powerful Queen in England’s history separated from bone jumble in cathedral chests as 25 individuals identified after more than 1000 years
Bones of Anglo-Saxon kings return to cathedral after DNA ‘jigsaw’
The remains, believed to be of 25 individuals including Emma of Normandy, were jumbled together in mortuary chests at Winchester Cathedral
bit.ly
January 10, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Royal bones reassembled bit.ly/4jxQNwd remains of Saxon kings and the most powerful Queen in England’s history separated from bone jumble in cathedral chests as 25 individuals identified after more than 1000 years
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Heard about companies tracking you and collecting your data to profile you? Learn about those who shape our secret identities and how to fight back!
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Heard about companies tracking you and collecting your data to profile you? Learn about those who shape our secret identities and how to fight back!
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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El Hishri’s transfer to the ICC marks an important moment for international justice in Libya, after decades in which armed groups committed serious abuses, including in migrant detention centers and prisons, with impunity. apnews.com/article/icc-...
Germany sends a Libyan man suspected of war crimes to the ICC to face justice
Germany has sent a Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
El Hishri’s transfer to the ICC marks an important moment for international justice in Libya, after decades in which armed groups committed serious abuses, including in migrant detention centers and prisons, with impunity. apnews.com/article/icc-...
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Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
Dharmendra, iconic Bollywood actor and Indian cinema’s ‘He-Man,’ dies at 89
Dharmendra, a beloved star of Indian cinema, has died at 89. Known for his versatile roles in the 1970s and 1980s, he became a defining presence in Bollywood.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
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#BBCNews - Germany paves way to conscription as defence boss sees strongest EU army in five years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Germany paves way to conscription as defence boss sees strongest EU army in five years
Berlin has agreed a new military service plan to boost troop numbers to 260,000 by 2035.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#BBCNews - Germany paves way to conscription as defence boss sees strongest EU army in five years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
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As the United Nations Climate Change Conference approaches, we are calling on the Prime Minister to introduce a Climate Damages Tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies.
Time for the polluters to pay.
Time for the polluters to pay.
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference approaches, we are calling on the Prime Minister to introduce a Climate Damages Tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies.
Time for the polluters to pay.
Time for the polluters to pay.
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The big rally is underway in Novi Sad. A change of tactics from Vucic, who apologised to protesters for calling them agents of Western intelligence. Protesters are having none of it #serbia
Serbia marks anniversary of deadly train station disaster with large rally
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to commemorate the victims of last year's railway station disaster.
apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The big rally is underway in Novi Sad. A change of tactics from Vucic, who apologised to protesters for calling them agents of Western intelligence. Protesters are having none of it #serbia
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Latest BBC Newswatch. Viewers concerned about how fairly the BBC is reporting crime & foreign nationals. As we were told no BBC person was available, Dr Ben Brindle of Oxford Migration Observatory is on to give us the facts. Midnight iplayer link or 745am BBC1 Breakfast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC News - Newswatch, 01/11/2025
Is BBC News giving too much priority to violent crimes committed by foreign nationals?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Latest BBC Newswatch. Viewers concerned about how fairly the BBC is reporting crime & foreign nationals. As we were told no BBC person was available, Dr Ben Brindle of Oxford Migration Observatory is on to give us the facts. Midnight iplayer link or 745am BBC1 Breakfast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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🚨ICYMI: Last week, @hamidmkk.bsky.social, Kholood Khair, and Mahitab Mahgoub joined TIMEP's Douglas Christensen to discuss how the establishment of parallel “governments” in Sudan affects people on the ground.
Catch the discussion here: www.youtube.com/live/Poz1IcP...
Catch the discussion here: www.youtube.com/live/Poz1IcP...
Sudan’s Power Chessboard: Rival Governments and the Battle for Legitimacy
YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
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October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚨ICYMI: Last week, @hamidmkk.bsky.social, Kholood Khair, and Mahitab Mahgoub joined TIMEP's Douglas Christensen to discuss how the establishment of parallel “governments” in Sudan affects people on the ground.
Catch the discussion here: www.youtube.com/live/Poz1IcP...
Catch the discussion here: www.youtube.com/live/Poz1IcP...