Six years ago today John Smyth, the most prolific abuser in the modern church, died. His abuse had been known in the church for 36 years. The following day, the CofE announced it would review its role in enabling Smyth. Six years later there is no sign of its publication.

Crowdfunder for a legal challenge to arms exports to Israel. crowdjustice.com/case/disruptin… via CrowdJustice

Now the South African Govt want him out. Emotional night for the boys. Former teacher will be extradited to UK over sexual abuse charges - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This has long been the reality of industrial scallop dredging around Scotland - a brutal and ecologically catastrophic trade. It's not about local jobs! Seawilding - Native Oyster & Seagrass Restoration Open Seas Ailsa McLellan Guy Grieve @Seafishuk @scotgovmarine Rhoda Meek bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A flush of damn fine shows in Edinburgh, all featuring fabulous strong women - Weathergirl and Psychobitch both Summerhall; hilarious Juliet Cowan @Pleasance; Madeleine Potter in Adam Frapp's literary nail-biter, The Sound Inside Traverse Theatre. It's a good #EdFringe year.

This is a story about how a reported antisemitism row involving comedian Reginald D Hunter unfolded. If you've only read mainstream media you'll have a partial view. The story unravelled on social media and we now have much-needed context. It began with this in The Telegraph

I think Bluesky. Anyone else? 🦋

‘Destroy! Destroy!’ Another @melanielatest column in The Times and The Sunday Times to remind you where ‘mainstream’ newspapers stand on genocidal war.

So many ideas! But how about That HMG begins discussions with CARICOM about reparative justice for transatlantic enslavement and its legacies #Reparations

Ah, the Times. It’s easy to tell when Tony Gallagher (ed.) is back from hols.

Blimey, five defence secretaries and a former PM? Serious stuff - except that they are Grant Shapps, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson, Penny Mordaunt, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson…

Hello Tracy Gilbert. You're my new MP and I've emailed you a few times since mid-July, and not got any answer beyond 'out of office'. I'm sure you're very busy, but it would be good to know if you do accept emails from constituents. Thanks.

Great take-down of Robert Tombs’ and History Reclaimed’s latest twattery. Quite apart from the bigotry and deliberate falsehoods, is there another historian ‘professor emeritus’ who is quite so habitually, eye-poppingly inaccurate when in print? (nigel biggar doesn’t count).