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Jesús Montero
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British 🎭 writer 🎬 director
Life in 3 acts:
🇪🇸 ACT 1 Andalusia
🇺🇸 ACT 2 Massachusetts
🇬🇧 ACT 3 London
🇪🇺 48% Remainer
He/him
✍🏼 Society of Authors
🎬 BECTU
🟨 National Geographic,
🇬🇧 BBC & Channel 4 alumni
🧠TBI survivor
🦋 No access to *CHATS* 👈🏻
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For me, a ream of white paper is more like a block of marble and, writing, a process of continuous elimination; just like re-writing is more sculpture than painting. All you need to do is chip off the unnecessary. 8.11.2015
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Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?

To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?

How are they not all dying of shame
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown

I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR
Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Labour MPs slam government for ‘chasing Reform’ with ‘brutal’ asylum crackdown

MPs have accused the home secretary for 'performative cruelty'

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
Labour MPs slam government for 'chasing Reform' with 'brutal' asylum crackdown
The government is facing criticism from Labour MPs after home secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans to overhaul the UK's asylum system.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Someone in Labour needs to start telling the truth to the leadership. Soon. This can't go on - it's not just nasty, it's unsustainable.
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The British Academy invite applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026. The scheme aims to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, particularly those of British interest: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Last 🏊🏻‍♂️ 10km!!! (And 🔥❄️ contrast therapy is going well.)

My 61km charity 🏊🏻‍♂️ swim for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social continues: DAY 62 Today I swam 1km 020m . Distance to complete challenge = 10km 620m #MonteroSwimsForGAZA 🇵🇸 #MonteroSwims
#TBIawareness #Persistence

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tinyurl.com/5fcuhhkv
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Latest YouGov UK government approval ratings, 8-10 November 2025

Approve: 13% (+1 from 1-3 Nov)
Disapprove: 70% (+1)
Net: -57 (=)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Plaques commemorating Black WWII soldiers fighting against Nazi Germany have been removed from a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands —Newsweek
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Barbaric.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 9d
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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🇪🇺🤝🇨🇭 Switzerland is officially in the European research game.

Today, it joins Horizon Europe and the Euratom Research and Training Programme.

Think CERN-level breakthroughs… but across health, energy, and digital tech.

Here’s why it matters ↓

link.europa.eu/G4Jfjw
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.

Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.

Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.

Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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5:30am start. That’s another 🏊🏻‍♂️ 1km done at the London Aquatics Centre.

My 61km charity 🏊🏻‍♂️ swim for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social continues: DAY 61 Today I swam 1km . Distance to complete challenge = 11km 640m #MonteroSwimsForGAZA 🇵🇸
#TBIawareness #Persistence

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tinyurl.com/5fcuhhkv
61km SWIM for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Help raise money to support Medical Aid for Palestinians
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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'What does justice look like when it comes to the legacy of slavery?'

Listen to Marcus Ryder discuss his new book with Lenny Henry, The Big Payback: The Case for Reparations and How They Would Work: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚

The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...

This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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From Sweden’s heathlands to Spain’s soil, our nature is getting a fresh start 🌍🌱
The LIFE Programme is investing €358 million in 132 new projects to restore habitats, cut pollution, and power the clean transition.

Together, we’re building a greener, more resilient 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yep! Anything with “swimming” in it is good for the 🧠 brain. 😉
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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We have collated an approved selection of lawyers knowledgeable in supporting those living with acquired brain injury.

ukabif.org.uk/search/custo...

#ukabif #approvedlawyers #abi #acquiredbraininjury #braininjury #law #legalrights -#lawyers #braininjuryclaims #braininjurysupport
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Our full support to 🇮🇹 journalist Gabriele Nunziati dismissed for asking European Commission spokeswoman a question about Israel’s responsibility for the reconstruction of Gaza. It should be no news to Agenzia Nova that public interest journalism sometimes means asking uncomfortable questions.
Italy: IFJ-EFJ call for the reinstatement of sacked journalist Gabriele Nunziati
Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziati, Brussels correspondent for the Nova news agency, was fired on 27 October after asking European Commission ...
europeanjournalists.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Bees landing on flower petals, spiders building their webs: See short-listed images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year, celebrating close-up, macro, and micro photography.
Seeing the World Up Close
Shortlisted images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year, celebrating “close-up, macro, and micro photography”
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Want your script noticed by the BBC?

Join @macneighill.bsky.social on 13 Nov, 1pm for a FREE #PapatangoStudio online workshop. Learn how the BBC Writers Open Call works & what they look for in scripts.

Log into the Studio to find the event link.
🔗https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Excited to welcome Ivan Pitman, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, to our event “Understand Your Role in the Litigation Process.”

He’ll share how neuropsychology bridges brain, behaviour & law — and how case managers can collaborate for stronger outcomes.

#Litigation #Neuropsychology
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM