A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding at Napier barracks - Britain's first modern-day refugee camp, run controversially by the Home Office - where a Covid outbreak is spiralling out of control. I've been contacted by dozens of residents who don't know where to turn 👇

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Russell T Davies must be the most imaginative of writers for television. His latest series reveals that he cares for the audience as much as he loves his characters. He’ll make you sad but lift your heart. #ItsASin will entrance young viewers, whatever their sexuality.

1/ For this year's US black history month I plan to post an article each day, drawing on my 12 years of reporting from there and beyond, including interviews (Maya Angelou (twice), Tracey Chapman, Angela Davis, Jesse Jackson) and reportage from Katrina to Black Lives Matter.

Loved last week's food programme exploring the power & importance of food bringing communities together. It spotlighted stories of refugees rebuilding their lives through food projects, including Migrateful, Proof Bakery & ImadsSyrianKitchen. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Britain has unnecessarily endangered thousands of asylum-seekers in pandering to the right-wing press, Andrew Connelly writes. buff.ly/3bztP5v

Do we want to talk about the contraceptive pill having a higher potential blood clot rate than the AstraZeneca vaccine? Or are we too tired?

Was 21 minutes into PMQs before a woman was heard from (Caroline Lucas)- despite the debate being dominated about women’s rights, talk of what “women think” and so on

Queens!👑 Congratulations Rebecca Thomson and @RachitaSaraogi1

I suggested a colour scheme for a few of the figures but they were quickly rejected. However, my tea making skills are excellent so I personally think I should take a lot of credit for this paper getting published. Oh and congratulations Ned Staniland. You're showing off now.

In a delicious turn of events, I now make choux buns (and other sweet surprises) to order for delivery in South and Central Manchester 🍰 You can get your choux fix here: instagram.com/babyitschoux/

Great advice from Afua Hirsch on Growing up with gal-dem this week👌🏾 She also spoke about the alienation that can come with being unapologetically black and why she's refusing to keep arguing about the existence of racism. Listen to it here ➡️pod.fo/e/c2008

“The power of SMALL AXE is that it stands as proposer, seconder, and resounding voice vote for the inclusion of stories, events, and experiences too long absent from the record of British history.” Gary Younge The New York Review of Books — nybooks.com/articles/2021/…

Today marks the start of the Global Conversation, in partnership with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Economist Foundation. For six weeks, students from all around the world will connect, share and discuss ideas about a key, global issue - Building Back Greener after COVID-19 #ConnectingClassrooms

I've really enjoyed working on this partnership. A huge thank you to Unilever for their support. Download and share the resource below 👇

Proud to have volunteered at Sisterhood's pop-up bookshop on Saturday selling 'Find Me Among Them', an anthology of fiction & poetry written by teenage girls from Stratford exploring topics of race, identity & belonging. It's a beautiful book. Open until 3rd July. Pop by!

You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.

The remarkable interventions by MR14 and @OfficialTM_3 strengthen my belief in the extraordinary character of this team. Do read this Tortoise piece.

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Down the rabbit hole🐰 We are auctioning our first ever NFT to raise money for The Economist Educational Foundation. On October 25th, from 5pm BST you can bid to buy the non-fungible token of our Alice in Wonderland cover on decentralised finance econ.st/3m0UvlW