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On this day in 1974, Dublin was buzzing with people going about their business. Families out shopping, workers hurrying home for dinner, and school kids loitering with their friends. Suddenly, at 5:30pm, three car bombs explode, tearing the peace of the city apart. One on

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"Once you analyse a flower, you no longer have a flower" Duke Ellington. 🙏 youtu.be/sCQfTNOC5aE?fe…

The first of these Loeb giveaways, then: the nine-volume set of Early Greek Philosophy. A bedtime book if ever there were one. Or nine! To enter the draw, just share this tweet and cross your fingers for Monday 10 May!

“One day you’ll wake up and ask ‘What the fuck am I doing?’” — Edward Said, addressing the Israeli public

OK, our final -and biggest- Loeb give-away for the summer: 31 of them by the looks of it! Sophocles, Euripides, Cicero, Sallust, Suetonius, and the dirtiest poet of all, Martial in 3 vols. Draw 10pm Thurs BST: just RT and follow us before then! And vote below for 1 or 2 winners!

🚨Infant Muhammad Hamada Abu Anza was born in the tents in #Rafah, and today he was killed by heavy Israeli shelling in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza Strip.

In 30 years and 40 mission trips, ground zero, earthquakes, all of that combined doesn't equal the level of carnage that I saw against civilians in just my first week in #Gaza -When you say civilians, is it mostly children? Almost exclusively children, I've never seen that before

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Wa'ad M AboZaher's FB post asked: "What was that night like when you lost your family?" My uncle, who lost 3 daughters & 3 grandchildren & my cousin Asma,who lost her daughter, joined thousands of Palestinians sharing their trauma of losing loved ones & being buried under rubble

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Skin diseases are increasingly prevalent in #Gaza, particularly among children in displacement camps. This is exacerbated by the rising temperatures, lack of cleaning supplies, and relentless Israeli bombardment. These are the unspoken horrors of war‼️

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Donald Trump said he, “probably took a bullet to the head…” No, that was my daughter - in her fourth grade classroom. End gun violence NOW #lexirubio #uvalde

Autumn in Dublin...

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, say reports theguardian.com/technology/202…

It's #BookGiveaway time! If you're based in the UK or Ireland here's a chance to win a copy of my biography of Henri Bergson and find out why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway! All you have to do is retweet this! I'll announce the winner on Tuesday (5/11)

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