The Six Swans, 1981, illustration for Grimm's Fairy Tales by Keighley-born Pauline Ellison (b.1946), who studied at Bradford School of Art.

Greater Manchester Police officers say 75% of call-outs are domestic abuse itv.com/news/granada/2…

"The government has tried to take the sting out of the political and public outcry. Its immediate legislation took aim at dividends and bonuses and director liability. It was a bit of performance politics (a bit like forcing out the Chair of the UK Competition and Markets

Local commentary from back in the day about the 'regeneration' of The Aylesbury Estate:

Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Liz Kendal, the right wing papers, and Yer Da' on X dot com the everything app: benefits are too easy to get Reality: man with acute kidney failure who needs machines to live denied PIP, assessor didn't know what dialysis was inews.co.uk/news/pip-claim…

What do Trump’s tariffs mean for global climate action? There are emerging alliances and transformative shifts in green supply chains as countries act strategically. Fact-rich piece by m rajshekhar. Agree its Short-term bad, long-term good Kate Aronoff carboncopy.info/how-trumps-tar…

DR UK's Co-Production Group... what is it? Our co-production lead Liddie went on RNIB Connect Radio to discuss how we are embedding Disabled experiences into all our work through our co-production group Shared expertise makes for collective solutions! Listen 📻 audioboom.com/posts/8702560-…

The cat’s out of the bag! 🐈‍⬛ LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my weird, slippery biography of Muriel Spark, will be out in April next year. A huge thank you to the team at Sceptre for helping me bring it to life. Please tell your libraries and favourite bookshops!

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Israel didn’t even wait for the cameras to turn off or the applause for Edan Alexander’s release to fade before admitting that three Palestinian hostages from Gaza had been tortured to death in its prisons. Not during combat, not in airstrikes; but in cages, stripped of rights

“From North to South, children are being killed and maimed in hospitals, in schools-turned-shelters, in makeshift tents, or in their parents’ arms.” Full statement by UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا’s Edouard Beigbeder on the killing of at least 45 children in the Gaza Strip ⬇️ unicef.org/press-releases…

When voting works!

As an environmentalist/Nature lover, there's lots of destructive things humans do to our precious ecosphere that I loathe. Possibly the absolute worst is #BottomTrawling in 'Protected' places. The next worst is doing it anywhere. We know so little of our #Ocean and yet destroy it

RIP Alisdsair MacIntyre: “His original critique of liberal modernity has won followers on the Left and the Right. His account of how capitalism has undermined the conditions of human flourishing deserves the serious attention of socialists.” jacobin.com/2024/09/alasda…

RIP Alasdair MacIntyre.

I know but isn't this still brilliant news! Leonard and Hungry Paul to be adapted for TV. Sometimes you just find a book that resonates with all manner of folk around the world. Thank you Rónán. BBC RTÉ deadline.com/2025/05/leonar…...

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” -- Omar El Akkad

Omar El Akkad

Not one UK newspaper has reported a single word about this Do you get it yet?

The Economist offers an example of what I warned would happen on 24th October 2023: "As the calamity of Israel’s onslaught against Gaza becomes apparent, those who cheered it on will panic about reputational damage and plead their earlier ignorance." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…