Zamira Rahim
@zamirarahim.bsky.social
Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
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Zamira Rahim
@zamirarahim.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Got to see my fiction in print for the first time, which has been a weirdly emotional experience. You spend five years squinting at something on a Google Doc and it doesn't seem real, until suddenly it very much is.
Did not realise that the folks at St. John had taken over the old LRB cake shop but I'm so pleased that they did
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Did not realise that the folks at St. John had taken over the old LRB cake shop but I'm so pleased that they did
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Okay is there some sort of game of forfeits going on in the treasury or what
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Okay is there some sort of game of forfeits going on in the treasury or what
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Yup it is.
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yup it is.
'Spring and Fall' by Gerard Manley Hopkins
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
'Spring and Fall' by Gerard Manley Hopkins
I kinda want Chotiner to interview Nuzzi
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I kinda want Chotiner to interview Nuzzi
I decided to finally read Middlemarch on my month off work - it's filled with sublime, carefully written passages like this, where Dorothea visits her marital home for the first time.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I decided to finally read Middlemarch on my month off work - it's filled with sublime, carefully written passages like this, where Dorothea visits her marital home for the first time.
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This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
Booker Prize winner David Szalay, who abandoned Flesh several times in the early stages, stresses the importance of risk when writing a novel
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
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Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"It would be, to some extent, a novel about contemporary Europe, and about the cultural and economic divides that characterise it.” www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
David Szalay's Flesh wins the Booker Prize
The British-Hungarian writer is one of the more justly deserved laureates in recent years
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"It would be, to some extent, a novel about contemporary Europe, and about the cultural and economic divides that characterise it.” www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
I am intrigued by terms like 'yookay', 'freshies' and also 'Boriswave' now being used in a completely offhand manner by writers and journos
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am intrigued by terms like 'yookay', 'freshies' and also 'Boriswave' now being used in a completely offhand manner by writers and journos
Heard Carol of the Bells for the first time this year and am reminded that this is my favourite season because of all the good choral music that spills out of shops, radios and random train stations
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Heard Carol of the Bells for the first time this year and am reminded that this is my favourite season because of all the good choral music that spills out of shops, radios and random train stations
South Asian diaspora mothers are about to be absolutely unbearable today and you know what, let them enjoy themselves
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
South Asian diaspora mothers are about to be absolutely unbearable today and you know what, let them enjoy themselves
Dress has slightly ripped on the way to an event but it's okay, reading Little Women has trained me for this moment.
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Dress has slightly ripped on the way to an event but it's okay, reading Little Women has trained me for this moment.
I'd forgotten how much I love a deservedly scathing review www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'd forgotten how much I love a deservedly scathing review www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I'd love to read an Iraqi writer's perspective on Dick Cheney's legacy today
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'd love to read an Iraqi writer's perspective on Dick Cheney's legacy today
My first thought was 'How does this fit into the narrative spun by Matt Goodwin and co'? And then I realised I was only thinking that because of this chap's name. So in a way, their rot has already set in, even within myself.
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My first thought was 'How does this fit into the narrative spun by Matt Goodwin and co'? And then I realised I was only thinking that because of this chap's name. So in a way, their rot has already set in, even within myself.
"Wallace Shawn from Gossip Girl"
I mean mine is probable "Wallace Shawn from Clueless"
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Wallace Shawn from Gossip Girl"
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Once again a gentle reminder that brown women can be pretty right wing. Their minority status in the West does not stop that from happening. You don't need to reach for any other explanation.
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Once again a gentle reminder that brown women can be pretty right wing. Their minority status in the West does not stop that from happening. You don't need to reach for any other explanation.
My favourite theory about Aarom Sorkin is that he desperately wants to write a rom-com but keeps throwing politics or media in there for Plot
It’s a kind of cultural narcissism I think. It’s a show set in the White House, therefore it’s about The Politics all of the time.
I suspect both Sorkin and the average viewer were much more interested in whether Josh and Donna were going to go anywhere than Bartlet’s legislative agenda
I suspect both Sorkin and the average viewer were much more interested in whether Josh and Donna were going to go anywhere than Bartlet’s legislative agenda
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My favourite theory about Aarom Sorkin is that he desperately wants to write a rom-com but keeps throwing politics or media in there for Plot