“We are witnessing the sanitisation of social problems: the government is trying to convince us that gestures are a substitute for sufficient funding, and that the comfortable are as vulnerable as the insecure.”

For people being abused, popping to the shops may be their only chance to leave their home right now. Not everyone's online or knows there's help available. Print off a poster and drop it round your local corner shop. It takes five minutes and could save a life. Get on it.

Put our colonial history on the curriculum – then we’ll understand who we really are theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Police use of stop and search has doubled during the lockdown in London. Black people are 9.5 times more likely to be stopped than white people. I’ve done a story on this - you can hear it now by asking your Alexa to “Play BBC news” - or you can hear half the story here 👇🏿

I am in bits, I am in awe, I am utterly destroyed. Who is the destroyer, E. Alex Jung (probably) or I? Frighteningly masterful in its construction, he deserves every award the world offers for this piece, and for the time (14 hours) he spent listening to me talk. Thank you, Alex.

Catch our founder Lavinya Stennett speaking at #ADE2020, where she will be sharing the story behind her vision for facilitating social change through The Black Curriculum. Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:30-17:15 BST Register: s.apple.com/dE5O6U3z0T #TBH365 Apple Education #AppleEDUchat

"In facing mass illness, the ‘healthy’ are becoming initiated into the rites and rituals of the sick person’s state of constant bodily vigilance." Really powerful essay on living with phobias in a world where everything is now a potential contagion thewhitereview.org/feature/self-e…

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It is *incredible* to watch Rupert Murdoch assert his power and realize the degree to which *he’s* the actual power center in all of this.

My husband tested positive for covid. He changed his track and trace app to positive. My app still hasn't kicked in to say I've been in contact with someone who tested positive even though I've clearly spent 2 days sat next to him... World leading track and trace system!

This description of Johnson seems spot on (from The Guardian)

Journo request. I'm working on a BBC doc about the rising cost of food. We're building a picture of just how difficult life is becoming for people financially, and I'm hoping to talk to a family who are concerned about the rising price of their weekly food shop. DMs open

So proud to be a part of this brilliant team 💫 We worked very hard to explain wage growth & productivity in an accessible way, so it means a lot for this to be recognised. Thanks The Wincott Foundation!

The Video Journalism of the Year winner is BBC Panorama's 'Surviving the Pay Freeze'. Congratulations to Ros Atkins Neil Breakwell dianamartin Sachin Martha Elwell Lora Jones and Bob Marsden. Judges concluded that 'the personal touch made the difference'