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The time when Nick Griffin tried to use me as a human shield & I had to have a shower when I got home.
February 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The time when Nick Griffin tried to use me as a human shield & I had to have a shower when I got home.
Never again is sounding a bit thin these days.
January 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Never again is sounding a bit thin these days.
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Can't help wondering if Starmer's sudden decision to take away the last traces of NHS data privacy is also him folding to Trump's backers.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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January 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Can't help wondering if Starmer's sudden decision to take away the last traces of NHS data privacy is also him folding to Trump's backers.
Fingers crossed for 2025!
December 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Fingers crossed for 2025!
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Does anyone else think that making money from charging NHS staff, patients+visitors to use car parks is wrong?
I’ve just found this info:
“NHS England Estates data reports that in 2018/19, £271.8 million was made from car park charges—£185.6 from patients/visitors and £86.2 million from staff.”
I’ve just found this info:
“NHS England Estates data reports that in 2018/19, £271.8 million was made from car park charges—£185.6 from patients/visitors and £86.2 million from staff.”
December 22, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Does anyone else think that making money from charging NHS staff, patients+visitors to use car parks is wrong?
I’ve just found this info:
“NHS England Estates data reports that in 2018/19, £271.8 million was made from car park charges—£185.6 from patients/visitors and £86.2 million from staff.”
I’ve just found this info:
“NHS England Estates data reports that in 2018/19, £271.8 million was made from car park charges—£185.6 from patients/visitors and £86.2 million from staff.”
My 1998 secret squirrel pic of when the Easter Sunday sermon by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Carey, was disrupted by protesters from Outrage storming the pulpit with Peter Tatchell denouncing homophobia & hypocrisy in the church.
Spycop Ian Farmer (really Adrian Radford) in glasses next to Tatchell.
Spycop Ian Farmer (really Adrian Radford) in glasses next to Tatchell.
December 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
My 1998 secret squirrel pic of when the Easter Sunday sermon by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Carey, was disrupted by protesters from Outrage storming the pulpit with Peter Tatchell denouncing homophobia & hypocrisy in the church.
Spycop Ian Farmer (really Adrian Radford) in glasses next to Tatchell.
Spycop Ian Farmer (really Adrian Radford) in glasses next to Tatchell.
I'm feeling cheered. The Kickstarter for my book Protest! is fully funded & I can stop worrying. I can also post a photo that isn't about protest or policing for a change!
Smithfield Meat Market, 1989.
Have a nice weekend.
Smithfield Meat Market, 1989.
Have a nice weekend.
December 13, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I'm feeling cheered. The Kickstarter for my book Protest! is fully funded & I can stop worrying. I can also post a photo that isn't about protest or policing for a change!
Smithfield Meat Market, 1989.
Have a nice weekend.
Smithfield Meat Market, 1989.
Have a nice weekend.
From my new book Protest!
Slutwalk, London, 2011 an international protest against rape and sexual violence triggered by a Toronto policeman's comment that women should “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar.... If you like it, please share!
Slutwalk, London, 2011 an international protest against rape and sexual violence triggered by a Toronto policeman's comment that women should “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar.... If you like it, please share!
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
From my new book Protest!
Slutwalk, London, 2011 an international protest against rape and sexual violence triggered by a Toronto policeman's comment that women should “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar.... If you like it, please share!
Slutwalk, London, 2011 an international protest against rape and sexual violence triggered by a Toronto policeman's comment that women should “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar.... If you like it, please share!
I fear that they may prove to be millstones.
December 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I fear that they may prove to be millstones.
From my new book Protest!
Nation of Islam at a protest in Lambeth following the death of Brian Douglas, struck on the back of the head by PC Mark Tuffey with one of the new American-style long batons.
My Kickstarter is at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar... please share, I’d appreciate your help.
Nation of Islam at a protest in Lambeth following the death of Brian Douglas, struck on the back of the head by PC Mark Tuffey with one of the new American-style long batons.
My Kickstarter is at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar... please share, I’d appreciate your help.
December 5, 2024 at 8:58 AM
From my new book Protest!
Nation of Islam at a protest in Lambeth following the death of Brian Douglas, struck on the back of the head by PC Mark Tuffey with one of the new American-style long batons.
My Kickstarter is at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar... please share, I’d appreciate your help.
Nation of Islam at a protest in Lambeth following the death of Brian Douglas, struck on the back of the head by PC Mark Tuffey with one of the new American-style long batons.
My Kickstarter is at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar... please share, I’d appreciate your help.
From my new book Protest!
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protest against a proposed visit by Pope Benedict XVI who’d described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil". Westminster Cathedral 2010
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d appreciate your help.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protest against a proposed visit by Pope Benedict XVI who’d described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil". Westminster Cathedral 2010
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d appreciate your help.
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 AM
From my new book Protest!
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protest against a proposed visit by Pope Benedict XVI who’d described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil". Westminster Cathedral 2010
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d appreciate your help.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protest against a proposed visit by Pope Benedict XVI who’d described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil". Westminster Cathedral 2010
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d appreciate your help.
From my forthcoming book Protest!
Late night, Bank Holiday Monday 1979, Notting Hill Carnival. Police move along Ladbroke Grove attacking isolated groups of revellers & sparking counter attacks.
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Please share, I’d appreciate your help.
Late night, Bank Holiday Monday 1979, Notting Hill Carnival. Police move along Ladbroke Grove attacking isolated groups of revellers & sparking counter attacks.
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Please share, I’d appreciate your help.
December 2, 2024 at 8:54 AM
From my forthcoming book Protest!
Late night, Bank Holiday Monday 1979, Notting Hill Carnival. Police move along Ladbroke Grove attacking isolated groups of revellers & sparking counter attacks.
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Please share, I’d appreciate your help.
Late night, Bank Holiday Monday 1979, Notting Hill Carnival. Police move along Ladbroke Grove attacking isolated groups of revellers & sparking counter attacks.
Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Please share, I’d appreciate your help.
This is from the 1994 protest against the M11 link road from my new book Protest!
Activists occupied trees slated to be cut down, blocked the paths of bulldozers, barricaded empty properties & sabotaged equipment.
Please check out & share the Kickstarter - www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Activists occupied trees slated to be cut down, blocked the paths of bulldozers, barricaded empty properties & sabotaged equipment.
Please check out & share the Kickstarter - www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
December 1, 2024 at 9:05 AM
This is from the 1994 protest against the M11 link road from my new book Protest!
Activists occupied trees slated to be cut down, blocked the paths of bulldozers, barricaded empty properties & sabotaged equipment.
Please check out & share the Kickstarter - www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Activists occupied trees slated to be cut down, blocked the paths of bulldozers, barricaded empty properties & sabotaged equipment.
Please check out & share the Kickstarter - www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
It was only my flash going off that saved his teeth.
The screech of muscle brakes was almost audible as this cop stopped his punch just before it made contact. G20 protests City of London 2009
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
It was only my flash going off that saved his teeth.
The screech of muscle brakes was almost audible as this cop stopped his punch just before it made contact. G20 protests City of London 2009
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
November 30, 2024 at 8:53 AM
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
It was only my flash going off that saved his teeth.
The screech of muscle brakes was almost audible as this cop stopped his punch just before it made contact. G20 protests City of London 2009
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
It was only my flash going off that saved his teeth.
The screech of muscle brakes was almost audible as this cop stopped his punch just before it made contact. G20 protests City of London 2009
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
This is a 1993 Dongas Tribe action to stop the extension of the M3 motorway through Twyford Down, the setting for ‘Watership Down’, Richard Adams' popular novel about rabbits under threat.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
This is a 1993 Dongas Tribe action to stop the extension of the M3 motorway through Twyford Down, the setting for ‘Watership Down’, Richard Adams' popular novel about rabbits under threat.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
November 29, 2024 at 9:13 AM
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
This is a 1993 Dongas Tribe action to stop the extension of the M3 motorway through Twyford Down, the setting for ‘Watership Down’, Richard Adams' popular novel about rabbits under threat.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
This is a 1993 Dongas Tribe action to stop the extension of the M3 motorway through Twyford Down, the setting for ‘Watership Down’, Richard Adams' popular novel about rabbits under threat.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
The March for Social Justice just before the 1997 general election which was enthusiastically attacked by hundreds of viciously aggressive TSG police
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d really appreciate your help.
The March for Social Justice just before the 1997 general election which was enthusiastically attacked by hundreds of viciously aggressive TSG police
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d really appreciate your help.
November 28, 2024 at 7:32 PM
There'll be more of this story & others in my new book Protest!
The March for Social Justice just before the 1997 general election which was enthusiastically attacked by hundreds of viciously aggressive TSG police
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d really appreciate your help.
The March for Social Justice just before the 1997 general election which was enthusiastically attacked by hundreds of viciously aggressive TSG police
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
please share, I’d really appreciate your help.
After almost half a century covering protests I'm doing a Kickstarter for a book. Take a look, if you like it, please share!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
November 27, 2024 at 9:32 AM
After almost half a century covering protests I'm doing a Kickstarter for a book. Take a look, if you like it, please share!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
A long but productive editing session! My book 'Protest!' spanning 5 decades of chasing trouble is coming on well. Take a look at the Kickstarter & if you like it then please share. It's a hard time to be raising money and this book needs all the help it can get!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
November 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
A long but productive editing session! My book 'Protest!' spanning 5 decades of chasing trouble is coming on well. Take a look at the Kickstarter & if you like it then please share. It's a hard time to be raising money and this book needs all the help it can get!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
and I've still got the poster!
November 19, 2024 at 9:27 AM
and I've still got the poster!
I'm sort of hoping that my Poll Tax riot photograph in today's #TheGuardian will help with the Kickstarter for my Protest! book.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
November 18, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I'm sort of hoping that my Poll Tax riot photograph in today's #TheGuardian will help with the Kickstarter for my Protest! book.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar...
Great to see one of my favourite photographs picked up in the promo for #TheTate 1980s show.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled city boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: nine photos that capture the 1980s
It was a tumultuous decade characterised by street riots, financial excess and big-haired bands making big-budget videos. As a major exhibition of shots from the 1980s prepares to open, we talk to the...
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November 18, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Great to see one of my favourite photographs picked up in the promo for #TheTate 1980s show.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...