“I’ve seen academic life destroy the best writers of my generation.” —Susan Sontag buff.ly/3UO4nRr

This speech by Tony Benn is one of the finest ever delivered in Parliament. And, yes, that is Jeremy Corbyn — listening thoughtfully to his friend and mentor. Corbyn seeks a new term in Parliament as a candidate who remembers and champions Benn’s legacy.

A while ago I attempted to do some graphic design with the words of a brilliant poet called Simon Barraclough – here are some of the images and words all about a journey we took through former Yugoslavia:

This is what makes being a Blackburn Rovers fan bearable over the past decade – in the decade before that Wharton would have been playing for us in the Prem but at least we got to see him play for the club and a matter of months after leaving he’s playing in the euros for England

Newcastle Uni students are now 50 days into their protest against the war in Gaza. Give them a retweet

On Thursday's first-ever International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, we honour the memory of the victims and stand in solidarity with the survivors. un.org/en/observances…

Hvala Vam! @azaizamotaz9

I was honored but also filled with sorrow to attend the memorial of the 29th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide in #Srebrenica. Palestinians in Gaza and around the world feel the same pain as the people of Bosnia Herzegovina. What happened in Srebrenica is what is happening

I had the opportunity to be in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to visit Srebrenica. I spoke about the suffering of my people and explored the parallels between the unfolding genocide in my homeland, Gaza, by the Israeli occupation, and the infamous Srebrenica massacre in

Uncle Hajrudin's grave. Bones buried in 2012 are marked in green. Bones buried today are light green. It was found on the surface in the Buljim area. Some bones were burned. There is no hope that missing bones (more than half) wil be found. #Srebrenica

The beginning of another geography field course to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Newcastle University Geography undergraduate students – feels different this year as it’s the first time without Paul being around to talk to the students and I miss his presence in the city

Thanks again to War Childhood Museum for the talk about all of the amazing things you are doing globally to research war childhood – Newcastle University Geography students get so much out of seeing human stories of war rather than thinking in terms of numbers and statistics

❤️ Sarajevo

Mostar day – Newcastle University Geography students love coming here as part of the Bosnia AND Herzegovina field course (Sarajevo is in Bosnia, Mostar in Herzegovina) and we learn about the city from a local guide called Ševko who is fantastic who travels from Ottoman era to the present

Yesterday and today Newcastle University Geography students have been doing their group projects in the city on the siege of Sarajevo – we stay in the hotel where journalists stayed on sniper alley, and this image includes a monument memorialising a tragic story from that time of Nermin Divović

Protest of truckers on the streets of Sarajevo: sarajevotimes.com/transporters-l…

The Newcastle University Geography students have now left Sarajevo and they go home knowing that the siege, war, and genocide happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina within my lifetime – to clarify for anyone who has commented on any of my posts who denies facts gathered by international courts

Marking the 30th anniversary of the ‘Dayton Agreement’ in Dec 2025 we will launch an atlas that reimagines the often-told divided story of present day Bosnia and Herzegovina made at workshops across BiH and by invited artists – more details soon Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) perspektiva.plus/sta-je-to-subj…

On this day when I remember my beautiful sis Aida, the brave librarian killed as her beloved National Library was bombed & its books pulped to ashes on 25/8/1992, I mourn the killing of another brave soul, the Palestinian journalist Maryam Abu Daqa. May the two meet in peace 💔