Priory Farm Music Camp - mailchi.mp/4f3e44208a7d/p… Calling all young musicians! *Applications for our 2023 camps PFMC and PFMC+ are now live*

Join Fred on a trip to Brazil from midday til 3pm UK time: BMC Radio on Mixcloud live. Fred Robarts

My last show on BMC (for the time being) was a 2-hour Brazil special: mixcloud.com/bmcradio/fred-…

Can't argue with Astral Weeks on a rainy day. Over 50 years old yet still fresh.

The latest insights from ICRC on armed groups: 5⃣2⃣4⃣ groups are of humanitarian concern 1⃣7⃣5⃣ million people live in areas controlled by armed groups 3⃣9⃣4⃣ armed groups provided some type of public services and/or levy taxes Read more by Matthew Bamber-Zryd blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

Further evidence to bolster arguments for human rights & IHL compliance. I found plenty of examples of this when interviewing current and former combatants in South Kivu, eastern DR Congo, taking one armed group as a case study (for my MSc research): theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

At the #Türkiye-#Syria border today. We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria. They rightly feel abandoned. Looking for international help that hasn’t arrived. My duty and our obligation is to correct this failure as fast as we can. That’s my focus now.

Applications open - Conflict & International Law: A Field-Based Training Course Human Rights Centre presents an in person practical development course for professionals, taught by a leading practitioner in the field of Human Rights and Humanitarian aid. okt.to/y28dPN

I'm bringing a mixed bag of funky stuff from here and there to BMC Radio, where I'm on from midday til 2pm (UK-time) today. To listen, it's mixcloud.com/bmcradio & the green 'Live Now' button.

"One o'clock in the morning. Hotfoot, all three of us. Stepping where we had no business." So begins Fire Rush by Anne Arbas. I haven't been this eager to embark on a new novel in ages. (Hat tip to reviewbookshop.)

Using two telescopes and over 280,000 individual photos, I captured my most detailed image of our moon. The full size is over a gigapixel. Trust me, you’ll want to zoom in on this one.

Dear Twitter advertisers, I am not, unfortunately, in the market for gold just now.

A moment we will cherish forever. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this journey. We are so grateful. Ezra Collective „Where I‘m Meant To Be“ Winner of the 2023 Mercury Prize EZ to the World 🌍

Ahead of elections in #DRC, Ebuteli has crisscrossed country speaking w citizens. We established a list of policy priorities they want addressed. We are engaging with pres candidates to see where they stand. Soon Keba! can help voters decide who their candidate is.

Leo Cendrowicz ...In essence my advice would be take a pause, remember and assert your values, project calm resolution and resilience, identify the perpetrators, and act with precision within the law...

Please share with qualified individuals in your network. This could be a dream job for many: an opportunity to work on the increasingly critical issue of civilians in conflict alongside some of the brightest minds and finest professionals. Learn more: oxfordhr.com/jobs/executive…

We are witnessing a pandemic of inhumanity: to halt the spread, we must cling to the law theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Tonight’s Great Jazz Album is “A New Perspective” by Donald Byrd, released by Blue Note Records in February of 1964 (recorded on 1/12/1963).