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‘However successful Mahmood’s triangulation may be for now, she has to know that the narrative around asylum is out of her control. Reform’s response to her proposals this week was to invite her to join the party.’
Jason Okundaye on Shabana Mahmood’s motivations.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Jason Okundaye on Shabana Mahmood’s motivations.
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Jason Okundaye | Shabana Mahmood’s Triangulations
Shabana Mahmood is in a different situation from previous minority ethnic home secretaries who were accused of catering...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘However successful Mahmood’s triangulation may be for now, she has to know that the narrative around asylum is out of her control. Reform’s response to her proposals this week was to invite her to join the party.’
Jason Okundaye on Shabana Mahmood’s motivations.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Jason Okundaye on Shabana Mahmood’s motivations.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
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Edinburgh’s Broken Bridge bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/22/e...
Edinburgh’s Broken Bridge
The Question on South Bridge “Still kicking the buses?” It’s one of those lines that immediately calls for a short story. In what context could such a question even make sense? What struck me…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Edinburgh’s Broken Bridge bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/22/e...
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‘Whatever funding proposals are made, the BBC will still need to confront the post-truth world, either embracing it by going tribal or trying to make due impartiality look relevant.’
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
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Owen Bennett-Jones · Can’t Afford to Tell the Truth: Trouble at the BBC
BBC managers have become a national joke. The problem is structural. Many start out as capable and engaged producers but...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
‘Whatever funding proposals are made, the BBC will still need to confront the post-truth world, either embracing it by going tribal or trying to make due impartiality look relevant.’
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘Estate agents are replacing the term “ex-local authority flat” with “mid-century modernist flat by famous architect”.’
Owen Hatherley on the modernist council housing of South London:
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Owen Hatherley on the modernist council housing of South London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Hatherley · South London Modern
In the late 1960s, the critic Bevis Hillier invented the term ‘Art Deco’ for the commercial architecture of the...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
‘Estate agents are replacing the term “ex-local authority flat” with “mid-century modernist flat by famous architect”.’
Owen Hatherley on the modernist council housing of South London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Hatherley on the modernist council housing of South London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
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NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans
The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
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The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
@nanjala.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a... Here come the disruptors | The Observer
June 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@nanjala.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a... Here come the disruptors | The Observer
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With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.
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This book is - I don’t know what the right word is? - it’s extraordinary, it’s everything.
May 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This book is - I don’t know what the right word is? - it’s extraordinary, it’s everything.
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At least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
Israeli strikes kill 51 in Gaza as aid groups collect limited supplies
At least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
At least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
@nanjala.bsky.social in case you missed it, nice recent episode of All The Smoke podcast with Cynthia Cooper.
May 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@nanjala.bsky.social in case you missed it, nice recent episode of All The Smoke podcast with Cynthia Cooper.
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s new stance on immigration – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s new stance on immigration – cartoon
The prime minister’s tough proposals have come less than a fortnight after local election success for Reform UK
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May 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s new stance on immigration – cartoon
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The most powerful thing about the show is seeing people who are clearly absolutely terrified of fascists yet still somehow find the courage to act against them. Even though they’re utterly isolated, even though they’ll never get any credit for their resistance. It’s a message, a lesson.
Andor is amazing by the way. It’s so fitting for the present moment that it feels as if it was written last week. The bravery of everyday people, wow. Every act of resistance matters.
May 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The most powerful thing about the show is seeing people who are clearly absolutely terrified of fascists yet still somehow find the courage to act against them. Even though they’re utterly isolated, even though they’ll never get any credit for their resistance. It’s a message, a lesson.
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Ben Thompson at Stratechery has described OpenAI as the first new major consumer tech company in a decade given ChatGPT’s growth to 400M users.
It makes sense for OpenAI to both create a consumer apps division and hire the person who used to run the Facebook app as its CEO.
It makes sense for OpenAI to both create a consumer apps division and hire the person who used to run the Facebook app as its CEO.
May 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ben Thompson at Stratechery has described OpenAI as the first new major consumer tech company in a decade given ChatGPT’s growth to 400M users.
It makes sense for OpenAI to both create a consumer apps division and hire the person who used to run the Facebook app as its CEO.
It makes sense for OpenAI to both create a consumer apps division and hire the person who used to run the Facebook app as its CEO.
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With no food entering Gaza for 64 days under Israel’s total blockade, hospitals are seeing a rise in Palestinians suffering from severe malnutrition.
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May 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
With no food entering Gaza for 64 days under Israel’s total blockade, hospitals are seeing a rise in Palestinians suffering from severe malnutrition.
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The last functional hospital in Gaza city has been bombed and patients are strewn on the streets.
April 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The last functional hospital in Gaza city has been bombed and patients are strewn on the streets.
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank before being handed to Israeli military, witnesses say
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March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
@nanjala.bsky.social I really enjoyed Unrivaled 1 on 1. The girls can ball. Thank you!
February 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@nanjala.bsky.social I really enjoyed Unrivaled 1 on 1. The girls can ball. Thank you!
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This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻
February 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻