Edna O'Brien with her husband, the writer Ernest Gebler, in London in 1959. O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published a year later.

That's at least 20 years of news to erase then. What a pointless and chilling exercise. theguardian.com/media/article/…

Three-year sentence for violent disorder, including punching a police officer. Five-year sentence just three weeks ago for non-violent climate change protest. Peaceful activism apparently more dangerous to society. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

No, just get all your news from anonymous right-wingers on X. What could possibly go wrong?

Great to hear Lucy Kellaway on BBC Radio 4 Today talking about the impact of a gifted teacher on our lives. Her own mother did that for me - the brilliant English teacher Deborah Kellaway Camden School for Girls . Lifelong debt to her.

Getting weary of the trite line that we're all potential Nazis. It's reductive and normalises atrocity. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Climate change activist Larch Maxey received draconian three-year sentence yesterday under new statutory offence conspiracy to cause public nuisance. Listen to Larch in our doc from 2021 when he was acquitted for a similar action. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Just one report on climate change sentencing yesterday. Activism and jailing of protesters no longer newsworthy? The Guardian @independent The Times and The Sunday Times @bbc thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Do you think in words? 🤔 On this week’s CrowdScience we look at the voice many of us have inside our heads. Where does it come from? Why is it there? With Arianna Pipitone. Producer: Jo Glanville Editor: Cathy Edwards bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

“How did that once necessary and glorious idea go so wrong? Turns out it wasn’t such a glorious idea after all, but it was a project of both conquest and salvation". What a brilliant piece. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

My father in his early football reporting years. 93 today.

‘I’m comfortable with them stopping.’ The firm hand of President Biden.

A bit of history often helps in dark times. Our doc Suzanne Kianpour on Iran and Israel explains how it all started. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Great to see this lecture series in memory of the great Ian Black - who could not be needed more right now #LSEEvents lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/11…

Expressing sympathy for Gaza's children is an empty gesture so long as Biden continues to arm and fund the Israeli military as it bombs and starves them and as Netanyahu resists a ceasefire without consequence. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🚨Episode 2 of our Iran series, as part of the #BoundariesOfExpression podcast is out! 🎙️Jo Glanville talks to Gissou Nia | گیسو نیا and ARTICLE 19's Bahar Saba about the search for justice following the 2022 #WomanLifeFreedom protests. article19.org/resources/boun…