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have been a long time fan of the books of Chris Stewart about his life in the extraordinarily beautiful Alpujarras - the Driving over Lemons series. So this @ftweekend.com piece is a real treat. Wonderful photos too. Can recommend the Alpujarras as a place to visit www.ft.com/content/b5c3...
A life less ordinary in the mountains of Andalucía
Four decades after he left the UK for a new life in Las Alpujarras, Chris Stewart has no intention of going home. Come in autumn, he says, for a glimpse of the area’s true magic
www.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
have been a long time fan of the books of Chris Stewart about his life in the extraordinarily beautiful Alpujarras - the Driving over Lemons series. So this @ftweekend.com piece is a real treat. Wonderful photos too. Can recommend the Alpujarras as a place to visit www.ft.com/content/b5c3...
Why populism became popular - on.ft.com/4p0bthO via @FT
Why populism became popular
[FREE TO READ] It appeals more to a way of thinking than to a set of ideas — but is it just wrong?
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Why populism became popular - on.ft.com/4p0bthO via @FT
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must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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it's beyond time to leave X; anybody still there ... unless you're a journalist or researcher who studies right-wing misinformation or whatever, why ...
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
it's beyond time to leave X; anybody still there ... unless you're a journalist or researcher who studies right-wing misinformation or whatever, why ...
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
Shameful US behaviour again: 'It's like dealing with the Mob.'
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Shameful US behaviour again: 'It's like dealing with the Mob.'
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After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
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UK rightwing voters more anti-immigrant than Trump supporters, survey finds - www.ft.com/content/81b8...
a man wearing glasses and a plaid tie
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a plaid tie
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October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
UK rightwing voters more anti-immigrant than Trump supporters, survey finds - www.ft.com/content/81b8...
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"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender
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The state of the 2,000 Palestinians released as part of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has cast a renewed spotlight on the abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and how it has worsened in the war triggered by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack on.ft.com/4hBxyAY
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The state of the 2,000 Palestinians released as part of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has cast a renewed spotlight on the abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and how it has worsened in the war triggered by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack on.ft.com/4hBxyAY
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Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
'Smart beds'? People have 'smart beds'? That seems to be asking for trouble in an increasingly dysfunctional world. Be happy, keep it simple...
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
'Smart beds'? People have 'smart beds'? That seems to be asking for trouble in an increasingly dysfunctional world. Be happy, keep it simple...
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
'Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse. This is true of both the left- and rightwing varieties. The former attacks economic elites; the latter assails foreigners...' Martin Wolf on populism - on.ft.com/47hvI3j
The hard task of exiting the populist trap
[FREE TO READ] Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
'Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse. This is true of both the left- and rightwing varieties. The former attacks economic elites; the latter assails foreigners...' Martin Wolf on populism - on.ft.com/47hvI3j
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🚨BREAKING: today UK healthcare workers were joined by Amnesty activists to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all of the 105 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain illegally detained in Israeli prisons.
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: today UK healthcare workers were joined by Amnesty activists to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all of the 105 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain illegally detained in Israeli prisons.
Happy Diwali to all, and may the light drive out the gathering darkness in our world!
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Diwali to all, and may the light drive out the gathering darkness in our world!
Extraordinary testimony of Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Remawi detained without trial in appalling conditions by Israel for 2 years. Among 100s of journalists killed and imprisoned in this indiscriminate war of vengeance in Gaza. From min 29.40 ...https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zw8b88dw541
October 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Extraordinary testimony of Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Remawi detained without trial in appalling conditions by Israel for 2 years. Among 100s of journalists killed and imprisoned in this indiscriminate war of vengeance in Gaza. From min 29.40 ...https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zw8b88dw541
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes - on.ft.com/3J7jTVw via @FT
French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes
[FREE TO READ] Result marks opportunity to pass budget for 2026 in deeply fractured parliament
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes - on.ft.com/3J7jTVw via @FT
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As the political crisis continues in France, check out our titles below that offer a context for the current state of the country and shed light on how a better future can be achieved. 👇
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As the political crisis continues in France, check out our titles below that offer a context for the current state of the country and shed light on how a better future can be achieved. 👇
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Rassemblement National is favoured to win France's next presidential election.
'Far-Right France' by @vjmalletft.bsky.social explores the far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3avftpzs
'Far-Right France' by @vjmalletft.bsky.social explores the far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3avftpzs
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rassemblement National is favoured to win France's next presidential election.
'Far-Right France' by @vjmalletft.bsky.social explores the far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3avftpzs
'Far-Right France' by @vjmalletft.bsky.social explores the far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3avftpzs