23 August 1940 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Simone Frajermauer, was born in Brussels. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

We name the best recordings of of Handel’s Messiah, a choral masterpiece that should have everyone shouting Hallelujah! classical-music.com/features/recor…

The Other Room, (late 1930s) by English painter Vanessa Bell #WomensArt

Norway, by Eric Ravilious, 1940. Ravilious travelled to Norway with the Royal Navy as an official war artist during the ill-fated operations there in April 1940. Original artwork in the collection of Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle.

Times "asylum protests swell" headline yet reports on a total of about 700 people across 7 locations, "some in their hundreds" (1.5 or 2.5 hundreds; Chichester 250 is biggest) but several smaller than 100

Exciting news … over the next few months I’ll be appearing at book festivals in Chiswick, Appledore, Henley, Yeovil & Dulverton. Can you join us ? ⁦W&N⁩ ⁦Chiswick Book Festival⁩ @henleylitfest @yeovillitfest Waterstones Yeovil

I have now dismounted this beast and just landed in BRISTOL! Yeah! BBC Radio 3 are here for BBC Proms And I’m here to deliver a post-Prom Classical DJ set Bristol Beacon Stalls Bar, 7.30 pm. Come! It’s free & you can drink!

Weird on many levels - not least that Russia will not be able to participate in the World Cup. They're banned.

Just to be clear. To believe Lucy Connolly's defenders you have to also believe the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the initial prosecution barrister, the initial defence barrister, the initial judge and three individual appeal court judges were all acting under direct

We remember the longing for freedom that Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian people demonstrated with the Baltic Way. We honor the unity these nations showed in defending their right to freedom and independence. And today we highly appreciate the genuine solidarity of the Baltic

“Ministers have delayed a decision on whether to grant planning permission to a proposed Chinese “super-embassy” in London amid concerns about redacted drawings in the building’s plans” theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Pentagon fires intelligence agency chief after Iran attack assessment bbc.in/47HpefY

'Emily in Paris' assistant director Diego Borella died suddenly after collapsing on set while filming Season 5 in Italy. He was 47 variety.com/2025/tv/news/e…

The tides could not be tamed during filming for Rose of Nevada in west Cornwall 🌊 Actors George MacKay and Callum Turner lead in the mystery drama 🎣 ➡️ bbc.in/4mRrLbV

“Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective immediately. France and Austria will follow Monday, and the United Kingdom Tuesday.” apnews.com/article/us-tar…

Till's lynching and the subsequent activism of his mother Mamie Till-Mobley helped galvanise the civil rights movement in the US. It was only in *2022* that the US signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law, which makes lynching a federal hate crime offence.

‘It’s the “I’m OK, but you’re not” economy, he said. “The marketplace for bad news seems to be more oversupplied than ever.”’

Really interesting read.

Really important. Could save lives.

Our commentary of the US Open begins at 1600 this Sunday on 5 Sports Extra BBC Sounds - with Emma Raducanu, Ben Shelton and Aryna Sabalenka on the schedule. Leon Smith Ryan Harrison and Rajeev Ram (on debut) will be with us for day one