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Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on memory and endings
In a moving mix of fiction and non-fiction, the Booker winner examines the struggle to find happiness and face life’s losses
www.ft.com
My first piece of 2026 and it was a pleasure to work on. Review of Departure(s) - Julian Barnes' "last book" - for this weekend's @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/2969...
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The day the late John Carey went too far.
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The critic cornered
The day the late John Carey went too far
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January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The day the late John Carey went too far.
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"Abolish ICE" is the moderate position. "Try everyone involved in ICE for crimes against humanity" is the progressive one.
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Abolish ICE" is the moderate position. "Try everyone involved in ICE for crimes against humanity" is the progressive one.
Me arriving at the cinema, saying "Hind Rajab" and the person who takes tickets saying "Hind Rajab" and pointing us towards the right screen. I like the idea of her name echoing around cinemas and beyond... Go and see the film
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Me arriving at the cinema, saying "Hind Rajab" and the person who takes tickets saying "Hind Rajab" and pointing us towards the right screen. I like the idea of her name echoing around cinemas and beyond... Go and see the film
One of the less cherished volumes on my shelves but good luck to him
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
One of the less cherished volumes on my shelves but good luck to him
"What is going on with that accent, Chalamet?" Excellent discussion of Marty Supreme jewishcurrents.org/what-makes-m...
What Makes Marty Run?
Jewish Currents discusses Josh Safdie’s new film, Marty Supreme , and its vision of mid-century American Jewishness.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"What is going on with that accent, Chalamet?" Excellent discussion of Marty Supreme jewishcurrents.org/what-makes-m...
Thinking of all the Nobel Prize for Literature winners who should've given theirs to Roth
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Thinking of all the Nobel Prize for Literature winners who should've given theirs to Roth
I was asked to choose some books we would've been better off without. It wasn't easy - I like books - but I went for a killer, lying liars, cynical barrel-scraping and Philip Roth's disastrous attempt to control his posthumous reputation inews.co.uk/culture/book...
The Salt Path and nine other books that should never have been published
From a suicide-bombing comedy by a former prime minister to OJ Simpson’s ‘confessions’, these works should never have seen the light of day
inews.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I was asked to choose some books we would've been better off without. It wasn't easy - I like books - but I went for a killer, lying liars, cynical barrel-scraping and Philip Roth's disastrous attempt to control his posthumous reputation inews.co.uk/culture/book...
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Watch this video. As a short film it's got the heart attack urgency of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. But as a record of this awful moment, it captures so much: the absurdity, cruelty and horror -- but also the compassion and humanity, and the essential brave resistance I can only hope will see us through this.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Watch this video. As a short film it's got the heart attack urgency of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. But as a record of this awful moment, it captures so much: the absurdity, cruelty and horror -- but also the compassion and humanity, and the essential brave resistance I can only hope will see us through this.
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My first piece of 2026 and it was a pleasure to work on. Review of Departure(s) - Julian Barnes' "last book" - for this weekend's @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/2969...
Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on memory and endings
In a moving mix of fiction and non-fiction, the Booker winner examines the struggle to find happiness and face life’s losses
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM
My first piece of 2026 and it was a pleasure to work on. Review of Departure(s) - Julian Barnes' "last book" - for this weekend's @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/2969...
Something pleasingly My Struggle Onesque about being able to leave beer outside to get old
January 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Something pleasingly My Struggle Onesque about being able to leave beer outside to get old
My first piece of 2026 and it was a pleasure to work on. Review of Departure(s) - Julian Barnes' "last book" - for this weekend's @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/2969...
Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on memory and endings
In a moving mix of fiction and non-fiction, the Booker winner examines the struggle to find happiness and face life’s losses
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM
My first piece of 2026 and it was a pleasure to work on. Review of Departure(s) - Julian Barnes' "last book" - for this weekend's @ftweekend.com www.ft.com/content/2969...
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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You’ve all read this, yes?
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM
You’ve all read this, yes?
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Alabaster DePlume joining Damon & Naomi, previously of Galaxie 500, on stage at Cafe Oto. Extremely beautiful
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Alabaster DePlume joining Damon & Naomi, previously of Galaxie 500, on stage at Cafe Oto. Extremely beautiful
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Cut to six months time: to ensure clarity and consistency in our reporting, please avoid ‘invaded’ or ‘annexed’ in relation to Greenland
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Cut to six months time: to ensure clarity and consistency in our reporting, please avoid ‘invaded’ or ‘annexed’ in relation to Greenland
The world should turn its back on US. It should be ostracised like Russia in '22. If I meet an American I want to know who they voted for & if they voted for that I want nothing to do with them. The domestic policies are disgraceful & what they have done in Venezuela is too sickening to be ignored
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The world should turn its back on US. It should be ostracised like Russia in '22. If I meet an American I want to know who they voted for & if they voted for that I want nothing to do with them. The domestic policies are disgraceful & what they have done in Venezuela is too sickening to be ignored
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Not one word of condemnation by our government of Trump's illegal act of war in Venezuela.
Not one word.
Not one word.
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Not one word of condemnation by our government of Trump's illegal act of war in Venezuela.
Not one word.
Not one word.
This is on Netflix now and sadly it's an apt day to watch it. As Hersh says: "You just can't have a country that does that."
Went to see Cover-Up, Laura Poitras' doc about Seymour Hersh, for my solo Xmas office outing. Superb filmmaking, under no illusions about Hersh's mistakes but rightly reverential. Hersh has so much important stuff to say - re. US power & violence - I wished I could take notes in cinema. See it
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is on Netflix now and sadly it's an apt day to watch it. As Hersh says: "You just can't have a country that does that."
Went to see Sentimental Value and, based on the parts when I wasn't staring into the darkness thinking about US state terrorism, I think it is a seriously good film
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Went to see Sentimental Value and, based on the parts when I wasn't staring into the darkness thinking about US state terrorism, I think it is a seriously good film
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The nobel peace prize committee has to wear this
At 7:10 or so the winner of the 2025 Nobel peace prize praises Tr*mp & condones extralegal killings in service of regime change. At 14:15 she tells Biz Forum that Venezuela will be the “energy hub of the Americas,” & the “new global frontier of innovation and wealth creation.”
If you want to know what the plan is, traitorous stooge Machado told the America Business Forum back in November: privatizing oil to the tune of $1.7 trillion. She said the same thing at a Saudi forum. It’s remarkable how little pretense there is. youtu.be/l2J2JtO8R9Q?...
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The nobel peace prize committee has to wear this
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM
There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
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The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
"Do not quote David Foster Wallace to me my brother!" I loved The Lowdown, 8 part series, hour episodes, Ethan Hawke as investigative journo/rare book dealer in Tulsa. Skulduggery, country soundtrack, a violent but alluring world. Best TV of its kind since Saul imo
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
"Do not quote David Foster Wallace to me my brother!" I loved The Lowdown, 8 part series, hour episodes, Ethan Hawke as investigative journo/rare book dealer in Tulsa. Skulduggery, country soundtrack, a violent but alluring world. Best TV of its kind since Saul imo