We're focusing this am on Darfur, in Western Sudan, where a genocide may be taking place. A reminder - by the brilliant Lindsey Hilsum + team - of the terrible situation elsewhere in the country (+ the Sudanese civilians doing their best to make things better) #KeepEyesOnSudan

Taliban senior officials meet with Hamas' Isma'il Haniyah in Tehran. Note that the Taliban publicized this, but Hamas didn't. Make that of what you will.

My latest column in The Stage looks at the growing importance of surtitles - and how two major recent shows got them so wrong thestage.co.uk/opinion/the-uk…

Tears in the rain. But just rain.

At least they got the music off for the one effective line in Sunak's speech - the attack on Labour's lack of principle.

'I don't know what they offer, and in truth I don't think you know either.' That'll play on every bulletin - especially if the sound engineers have their say.

He's rattling through this without pausing for breath. Hopelessly uninspiring.

Opinion I The ICC has put the international protest movement in a tricky position

🖋️ Kate Maltby trib.al/qtgn4TB

Congratulations to Shakespeare’s Globe on emerging from a rain-soaked press night to today’s strong reviews of Richard III

It was a pleasure to write a programme note about Michelle Terry’s choice to focus on Richard’s sexual violence, which she discusses here: theguardian.com/stage/article/…

My column this week in the i newspaper is on the ICC decision - and what it gets right.

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Today is the International Day of Solidarity With Political Prisoners in #Belarus .

Lukashenka's regime has locked people up for speaking out in the defence of democracy.

Please read the words of those the state has tried to silence: indexoncensorship.org/campaigns/lett… #StandwithBelarus

What gain for Folger Shakespeare Library! Brilliant appointment for them. Brava Farah Karim-Cooper.

Huge loss for Shakespeare’s Globe. But a mark of its stature as a research hub to see an institution like Folger Shakespeare Library recruiting its academic leadership in this way. So much more than 'just' a theatre.

Tonight, I'm thinking about Toomaj Salehi and all his fellow political prisoners in Iran, facing torture and the shadow of the death penalty.
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In a week when I saw four shows, nothing made me feel as privileged as making it to Sam Grabiner's new play, Boys On The Verge of Tears, before it closed at Soho Theatre

Everyone who's already said this is the breakthrough young playwright of the year - you were absolutely right

For those sharing the horrific Diddy/Cassie exclusive video from CNN, please do also consider sharing helplines for those in similar circumstances who may need help, or just to talk to someone. Here are a few:

The video of Diddy assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is deeply upsetting - which is why I'm not sharing it into people's TLs. But as Yashar Ali 🐘 points out, Kimora Lee Simmons and others tried to speak out. And people dismissed them, because it was inconvenient. As always.

Wrote about why people that like Israel shouldn't turn a blind eye to settler violence just because the people doing it are Jewish

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