Finally, someone speaking up for the oppressors

Protests on the campuses; a tarnished, tired Democrat president; a crooked Republican hopeful … & Robert F Kennedy running a spoiler candidacy. History repeats: it’s 1968 again

Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy? theguardian.com/environment/20…

Wrote about the photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who I worked with at the Big Issue. Long time ago, galaxy far away theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

I wrote an obituary for OJ Simpson. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

One obvious firework from this morning's Cannes lineup. Ali Abassi's The Apprentice - featuring Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn & Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump #Cannes2024

Eager to see this, it looks fascinating. A recast, reimagined Taxi Driver climax nytimes.com/2024/04/05/art…

My review of Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road which is boisterous & engrossing & made me never want to move back to London
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Victor Erice, the revenant, hallelujah, he’s BACK theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Fine piece on a fascinating subject. Film’s Magical Multiracial Historical Whitewash, or the fabulous avoidance of uncomfortable truths nytimes.com/2024/03/31/mag…

I’m sure everyone’s already been banging on about this interview, but I’ve just read it over lunch & must now join in with the banging. Such a fabulous piece of work theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

My onetime colleague @susansmillie, one of the world's great people, has only written one of the year's great books. The Half Bird launches this evening. Wishing it fair winds & calm seas as it sets out through the world

The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Some rare non-Oscar film content this Monday: the excellent Hirokazu Kore-eda on fatherhood, social media, Covid & Cannes theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/…

We spoke to all 10 of the directors of the best picture Oscar nominees this year. Watch narrated sequences on “Barbie” (“Just Ken”), “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and more before tomorrow’s ceremony. nyti.ms/49ZTQau

“We have a commentariat, overwhelmingly from the same social class both as each other and the politicians they cover. Their reference points are limited, their comfort zone is narrow. Much as they may mock millennials for seeking safe spaces, that is entirely where they operate.”

Journalism is in freefall. These writers aren’t giving up: ‘We can go out swinging’ | US press and publishing theguardian.com/media/2024/mar…

One Day / Before Sunset

I reviewed Phillip B Williams’s Ours, which was quite the schlep theguardian.com/books/2024/feb…

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