Sally Dawson
@sallydawson.bsky.social
🎭📚 Books & culture editor @thehousemag.bsky.social
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No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
"Shining a spotlight on the predicament facing mothers after incarceration, Daisy-May Hudson has made a heartbreaking yet hopeful film"
🎬 @jessasatomp.bsky.social reviews 'LOLLIPOP' | #lollipop #bafta
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🎬 @jessasatomp.bsky.social reviews 'LOLLIPOP' | #lollipop #bafta
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'A heartbreaking yet hopeful film': Jess Asato reviews 'LOLLIPOP'
Daisy-May Hudson's film shines a spotlight on the predicament facing mothers after incarceration
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January 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"Shining a spotlight on the predicament facing mothers after incarceration, Daisy-May Hudson has made a heartbreaking yet hopeful film"
🎬 @jessasatomp.bsky.social reviews 'LOLLIPOP' | #lollipop #bafta
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🎬 @jessasatomp.bsky.social reviews 'LOLLIPOP' | #lollipop #bafta
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"The film gave me nightmares – but maybe that is the point"
🎬 Sarah Champion MP reviews Oscar nominated film, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' | #TheVoiceofHindRajab @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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🎬 Sarah Champion MP reviews Oscar nominated film, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' | #TheVoiceofHindRajab @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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'Deeply affecting': Sarah Champion reviews 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'
This powerful and authentic docudrama recounts the desperate real life attempts to save a six-year-old Palestinian child
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January 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
"The film gave me nightmares – but maybe that is the point"
🎬 Sarah Champion MP reviews Oscar nominated film, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' | #TheVoiceofHindRajab @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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🎬 Sarah Champion MP reviews Oscar nominated film, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' | #TheVoiceofHindRajab @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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"Powerful and at times chilling, director Jafar Panahi’s remarkable black comedy scores a direct hit on Iran’s brutal and authoritarian regime"
🎬 Lord (Wilf) Stevenson reviews the Oscar-nominated film, 'It Was Just an Accident' | #ItWasJustAnAccident
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🎬 Lord (Wilf) Stevenson reviews the Oscar-nominated film, 'It Was Just an Accident' | #ItWasJustAnAccident
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'Remarkable': Lord Stevenson reviews 'It Was Just an Accident'
Powerful and at times chilling, director Jafar Panahi’s black comedy scores a direct hit on Iran’s brutal and authoritarian regime
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January 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
"Powerful and at times chilling, director Jafar Panahi’s remarkable black comedy scores a direct hit on Iran’s brutal and authoritarian regime"
🎬 Lord (Wilf) Stevenson reviews the Oscar-nominated film, 'It Was Just an Accident' | #ItWasJustAnAccident
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🎬 Lord (Wilf) Stevenson reviews the Oscar-nominated film, 'It Was Just an Accident' | #ItWasJustAnAccident
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UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
Like many of you, I have seen this video, and I'm demanding answers.
My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
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There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
"Moving and profound, Chloé Zhao’s beautifully shot film is more than worthy of its Oscar nominations"
🎬 @cajardinemp.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' | #Hamnet
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🎬 @cajardinemp.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' | #Hamnet
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Christine Jardine reviews 'Hamnet' – a film which lives up to its hype
Moving and profound, Chloé Zhao’s beautifully shot movie is more than worthy of its eight Oscar nominations
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January 27, 2026 at 9:31 AM
"Moving and profound, Chloé Zhao’s beautifully shot film is more than worthy of its Oscar nominations"
🎬 @cajardinemp.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' | #Hamnet
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🎬 @cajardinemp.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' | #Hamnet
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For those who missed it yesterday, this thread contains a detailed analysis of the Alex Pretti killing, clearly showing he was holding a phone when attacked by ICE, and had a gun removed from him shortly before being shot to death by ICE officers.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 AM
For those who missed it yesterday, this thread contains a detailed analysis of the Alex Pretti killing, clearly showing he was holding a phone when attacked by ICE, and had a gun removed from him shortly before being shot to death by ICE officers.
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We should be very clear, that when headlines claim he ruled out using force to take Greenland, he then immediately swaggered about the power of his armed forces and the new battleships that he's building. No one leaving the room can think he really ruled out force.
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We should be very clear, that when headlines claim he ruled out using force to take Greenland, he then immediately swaggered about the power of his armed forces and the new battleships that he's building. No one leaving the room can think he really ruled out force.
"The price of admission is worth it alone for Turner’s extraordinary 'The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons'"
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' | #TateBritain #TurnerAndConstable
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🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' | #TateBritain #TurnerAndConstable
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'A fascinating opportunity': the Earl of Clancarty reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals'
A cleverly curated exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of these two rival English artists, don't miss this chance to go along and...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"The price of admission is worth it alone for Turner’s extraordinary 'The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons'"
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' | #TateBritain #TurnerAndConstable
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🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' | #TateBritain #TurnerAndConstable
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🗞️Totally bonkers to see a story broken by me (!) splash the front pages this morning
You can read the full @politicshome.bsky.social story at the link below
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You can read the full @politicshome.bsky.social story at the link below
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January 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
🗞️Totally bonkers to see a story broken by me (!) splash the front pages this morning
You can read the full @politicshome.bsky.social story at the link below
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
You can read the full @politicshome.bsky.social story at the link below
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Just off to see Hamnet - hope I enjoy the film as much as my dog enjoyed my Christmas present…
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Just off to see Hamnet - hope I enjoy the film as much as my dog enjoyed my Christmas present…
"Any play about a journey out of hell is going to appeal to us denizens of Westminster – and this fabulous, irrepressible show does not disappoint"
🎭 @barrygardiner.bsky.social reviews 'Hadestown' | #HadestownUK #Hadestown
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🎭 @barrygardiner.bsky.social reviews 'Hadestown' | #HadestownUK #Hadestown
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'Irrepressible': Barry Gardiner Reviews 'Hadestown'
Any play about a journey out of hell is going to appeal to us denizens of Westminster – and this fabulous show does not disappoint
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January 14, 2026 at 10:59 AM
"Any play about a journey out of hell is going to appeal to us denizens of Westminster – and this fabulous, irrepressible show does not disappoint"
🎭 @barrygardiner.bsky.social reviews 'Hadestown' | #HadestownUK #Hadestown
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🎭 @barrygardiner.bsky.social reviews 'Hadestown' | #HadestownUK #Hadestown
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"At the end of a year in which the American dream of a republic embodying the best of our shared humanity seemingly died with Donald Trump’s return to power, ‘Song Sung Blue’ is the perfect homage to the United States we knew and loved"
🎬 @georgefreemanmp.bsky.social on #SongSungBlue
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🎬 @georgefreemanmp.bsky.social on #SongSungBlue
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The musical antidote to Trump-era fatigue: George Freeman reviews 'Song Sung Blue'
This real life tale of a Neil Diamond tribute act is the perfect homage to the United States we knew and loved
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January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"At the end of a year in which the American dream of a republic embodying the best of our shared humanity seemingly died with Donald Trump’s return to power, ‘Song Sung Blue’ is the perfect homage to the United States we knew and loved"
🎬 @georgefreemanmp.bsky.social on #SongSungBlue
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🎬 @georgefreemanmp.bsky.social on #SongSungBlue
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X is literally making child porn as a service so there really shouldn't be a question to whether or not MPs leave. Bellingcat has.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
X is literally making child porn as a service so there really shouldn't be a question to whether or not MPs leave. Bellingcat has.
"In this impressive biography, Eirug describes a man who was full of complexity and colour, and a politician who played a central role in Welsh politics for nearly 50 years"
📚 Wayne David reviews Aled Eirug's biography, 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' | @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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📚 Wayne David reviews Aled Eirug's biography, 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' | @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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'Impressive': Sir Wayne David reviews 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder'
This well written and researched biography holds valuable insights into the life of a remarkable Welshman
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December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"In this impressive biography, Eirug describes a man who was full of complexity and colour, and a politician who played a central role in Welsh politics for nearly 50 years"
📚 Wayne David reviews Aled Eirug's biography, 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' | @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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📚 Wayne David reviews Aled Eirug's biography, 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' | @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
Shooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.
At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
"The exhibition is vast including rarely seen personal items, as well as many opulent dresses and wigs, and her tiny shoes"
✨ Baroness Blackstone on the "magnificent visual experience" that awaits visitors at the V&A's 'Marie Antoinette Style' #MarieAntoinetteStyle
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✨ Baroness Blackstone on the "magnificent visual experience" that awaits visitors at the V&A's 'Marie Antoinette Style' #MarieAntoinetteStyle
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'A magnificent visual experience': Baroness Blackstone reviews 'Marie Antoinette Style'
Startling, absurd and even touching, the V&A’s exhibition is opulent and imaginatively displayed – but it fails in its attempt to reframe Marie Ant...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"The exhibition is vast including rarely seen personal items, as well as many opulent dresses and wigs, and her tiny shoes"
✨ Baroness Blackstone on the "magnificent visual experience" that awaits visitors at the V&A's 'Marie Antoinette Style' #MarieAntoinetteStyle
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✨ Baroness Blackstone on the "magnificent visual experience" that awaits visitors at the V&A's 'Marie Antoinette Style' #MarieAntoinetteStyle
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"An important contribution to understanding how Margaret Thatcher achieved and wielded power against the odds"
📚 Baroness (Simone) Finn reviews Tina Gaudoin's 'The Incidental Feminist: Friend, foe, femme fatale? The truth about Thatcher' | @swiftpress.bsky.social #MargaretThatcher
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📚 Baroness (Simone) Finn reviews Tina Gaudoin's 'The Incidental Feminist: Friend, foe, femme fatale? The truth about Thatcher' | @swiftpress.bsky.social #MargaretThatcher
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'Genuinely enlightening': Baroness Finn reviews 'The Incidental Feminist'
Despite engaging in some unnecessary speculation, Gaudion’s important book casts a fresh perspective on how Margaret Thatcher rose to power against...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"An important contribution to understanding how Margaret Thatcher achieved and wielded power against the odds"
📚 Baroness (Simone) Finn reviews Tina Gaudoin's 'The Incidental Feminist: Friend, foe, femme fatale? The truth about Thatcher' | @swiftpress.bsky.social #MargaretThatcher
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📚 Baroness (Simone) Finn reviews Tina Gaudoin's 'The Incidental Feminist: Friend, foe, femme fatale? The truth about Thatcher' | @swiftpress.bsky.social #MargaretThatcher
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"It makes the perfect Christmas gift for anyone interested in the world of politics and economics... If you’re like me, you will struggle to put the book down once you get stuck in"
📚 @davidbsampson.bsky.social reviews @joemayes.bsky.social 'Can You Run the Economy?'
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📚 @davidbsampson.bsky.social reviews @joemayes.bsky.social 'Can You Run the Economy?'
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'Highly addictive': David Burton-Sampson reviews 'Can You Run the Economy?'
This fun, interactive book is the ideal Christmas gift for all would-be chancellors
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December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"It makes the perfect Christmas gift for anyone interested in the world of politics and economics... If you’re like me, you will struggle to put the book down once you get stuck in"
📚 @davidbsampson.bsky.social reviews @joemayes.bsky.social 'Can You Run the Economy?'
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📚 @davidbsampson.bsky.social reviews @joemayes.bsky.social 'Can You Run the Economy?'
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"'Prime Minister' is an extremely moving and intimate portrait of Ardern as a leader and as a human being. It is also a message to leaders everywhere that it is possible – and desirable – to lead with heart"
🎥 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews 'Prime Minister' #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterDoc
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🎥 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews 'Prime Minister' #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterDoc
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'A powerful film with a radical message': Sarah Owen reviews: 'Prime Minister'
This visually stunning documentary presents a moving and intimate portrait of an extraordinary leader
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December 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"'Prime Minister' is an extremely moving and intimate portrait of Ardern as a leader and as a human being. It is also a message to leaders everywhere that it is possible – and desirable – to lead with heart"
🎥 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews 'Prime Minister' #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterDoc
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🎥 @sarahowen.org.uk reviews 'Prime Minister' #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterDoc
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"During a walkabout... Margaret Thatcher went into a butcher’s shop to buy two pork chops (for her supper with Denis) which she then handed to me to carry for the rest of the day"
📚 Lord Hodgson on @iaindale.bsky.social 'British By-Elections 1769–2025' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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📚 Lord Hodgson on @iaindale.bsky.social 'British By-Elections 1769–2025' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Revealing': Lord Hodgson reviews 'British By-Elections 1769–2025'
As the latest anthology edited by Iain Dale makes clear, by-elections are frequently enlightening and colourful affairs
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"During a walkabout... Margaret Thatcher went into a butcher’s shop to buy two pork chops (for her supper with Denis) which she then handed to me to carry for the rest of the day"
📚 Lord Hodgson on @iaindale.bsky.social 'British By-Elections 1769–2025' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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📚 Lord Hodgson on @iaindale.bsky.social 'British By-Elections 1769–2025' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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"They may still be contrary but the trademark style of the Lords of Misrule of the modern art world is starting to feel a touch nostalgic"
🖼️ @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures' | Hayward Gallery, London SE1 until 11 January 2026
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🖼️ @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures' | Hayward Gallery, London SE1 until 11 January 2026
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'Provocative schoolboy humour': Lord Clancarty reviews 'Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures'
They may still be contrary but the trademark style of the Lords of Misrule of the modern art world is starting to feel a touch nostalgic
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December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"They may still be contrary but the trademark style of the Lords of Misrule of the modern art world is starting to feel a touch nostalgic"
🖼️ @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures' | Hayward Gallery, London SE1 until 11 January 2026
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🖼️ @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures' | Hayward Gallery, London SE1 until 11 January 2026
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“Can art and war be reconciled? Can music overcome xenophobia and hate? These are the unspoken questions in a film where the power of music, the pity of war and the tenderness of love combine to make something memorable”
🎬 Baroness Andrews reviews ‘The Choral’ #TheChoral
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🎬 Baroness Andrews reviews ‘The Choral’ #TheChoral
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'A stunning cast with fabulous voices': Baroness Andrews reviews 'The Choral'
The Choral combines the power of music with the tenderness of love and the pain of war to moving and memorable effect
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December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“Can art and war be reconciled? Can music overcome xenophobia and hate? These are the unspoken questions in a film where the power of music, the pity of war and the tenderness of love combine to make something memorable”
🎬 Baroness Andrews reviews ‘The Choral’ #TheChoral
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🎬 Baroness Andrews reviews ‘The Choral’ #TheChoral
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“Brilliant and insightful, Tom Mutch’s compelling account skilfully untangles the complexities of the war”
📚 @alexsobel.co.uk reviews @tomthescribe.bsky.social 'The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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📚 @alexsobel.co.uk reviews @tomthescribe.bsky.social 'The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Expertly told': Alex Sobel reviews 'The Dogs of Mariupol'
A brilliant and insightful book, Tom Mutch’s compelling account skilfully untangles the complexities of the war in Ukraine
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December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“Brilliant and insightful, Tom Mutch’s compelling account skilfully untangles the complexities of the war”
📚 @alexsobel.co.uk reviews @tomthescribe.bsky.social 'The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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📚 @alexsobel.co.uk reviews @tomthescribe.bsky.social 'The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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