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I love these threads so much.

A really brilliant, sensitive set of articles by Georgia Banjo

Rowan Williams on Desmond Tutu

🧵 A New Year's Eve tale: June 1990 "Hello, could you tell me when the next train to Birmingham is?" "One moment, ah yes, it's at 1:40." "Brilliant!" "People aren't usually this excited about Birmingham." "I've got a date with Sam, I can't believe it!" "Have fun young man." 1/12

It’s unbelievable that an international coalition which could find 130BN dollars a year for Afghanistan when fighting there, cannot find 5 per cent of that amount to prevent millions of Afghans from starving. Sky News

It’s me, the World Book Day grinch, once again complaining that World Book Day costumes are a) homework for parents (which should be banned), and b) another way to highlight who in the class is poor (which should be banned).

🚨 We are sorry to say that new paperwork on the UK-France border are holding up the vital supplies which left Lewisham yesterday. This is so disappointing and frustrating. Vicky Foxcroft 💙 please can you help?

Incredibly gifted nephew has hand-drawn a map of Kyiv to raise funds for humanitarian effort in 🇺🇦 Elis is on the autistic spectrum and draws maps to help with anxiety. He has a personal connection with Ukraine through travels and desperately wants to help. PleaseRT 🙏 Link ⬇️

The moment Richard, Nazanin and Gabriella finally reunited after 6 long years. This picture makes me so happy and so proud of all 3 of my brave constituents. Thank you everyone for your constant support for this incredible family. #NazaninIsFree

When did it become a thing that there's something inherently unlikely about a young, single man being an asylum seeker? I can think of many reasons why they would be. I very rarely write about personal stuff on Twitter, but here is the brief story of my late father-in-law. 1/15

Read this brilliant column by Jon Fasman and then regret that you’re not in New York…

I once had an illicit vegetable garden in prison. We smuggled fresh veggies into the cell blocks. A thread...

Ten Supreme Court judges have disqualified the appointment of Netanyahu’s deputy prime minister and Shas Leader Aryeh Deri due to his conviction for tax-fraud last year. Massive political and potential constitutional crisis for Netanyahu and Israel.

Our cover story this week is on the future of fertility and goes with an absolutely brilliant set of articles by @SachaNauta and Catherine Brahic which I thoroughly recommend everyone read: economist.com/leaders/2023/0…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Jeffrey Howard, Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at UCL, as a Senior Research Associate.

We just launched a new Middle East newsletter for subscribers The Economist. You'll get weekly analysis from our correspondents—the first issue has my thoughts on endless, pointless wars—plus a roundup of our MENA coverage and things to read elsewhere. economist.com/newsletters/mi…