1/2 Hermann Beck's 'Before the Holocaust' deserves the widest readership possible. It demonstrates that antisemitic violence in 1933 started much earlier than previously believed,that it was more widespread, & that many Conservatives & leading Protestants willingly colluded in it

1./ Is the Russell Brand takedown a plot by the mainstream media? Of course not. In Plain Sight was a rigorously constructed and brilliantly made example of British current affairs documentary-making; in the finest tradition of Channel 4 Dispatches. 1 of /12 channel4.com/programmes/rus…

If you really want to know what happened in Israel, watch this: the most painful video I’ve seen yet. Terrified Israeli family being held hostage by Hamas terrorists after they killed one of the sisters of the little girl. 💔

I have just finished reading this fabulous book. It is superbly written, full of raw emotion & fantastic detail. The last chapter is phenomenal - and a very difficult read in light of current events. Martin Davidson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷🇩🇪 #books #holocaust #reading

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the vote of confidence!

Simon Schama’s The Story of the Jews remains one of the most fascinating television histories I’ve seen. One of its most powerful facets was his reclamation of the term ‘zionist’ from those who have sought to weaponise it over time. It's an essential watch youtube.com/watch?v=xUwwx2…

Chris Killip’s In Flagrante is a masterpiece of photojournalism. Poetic, and often heartbreaking, it remains the most important photobook to document the devastating impact of deindustrialization on working-class communities in northern England in the 1970s and 1980s.

A country addicted to cover-up. Since this story went up yesterday, I've had a dozen more disclosures about abusers in schools whose activities were ignored. ‘Jimmy Savile mark II’: why was an alleged child abuser able to move from school to school? theguardian.com/society/2023/n…

More on this on BBC Panorama , Thursday 30 Nov, 9pm. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

It’s up. I’m just front of house - seriously- the guys in the pic - Kim and Neil and Neil and George and Jedgor are F ing amazing human beings. As you’ll see - I am in awe. Watch when Neil Douglas sees Iain Wares in South Africa. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

In the BBC Panorama at nine tonight on our school abusers there is an extraordinary sequence in a South African courtroom where Neil Douglas sits a few feet from the man who abused him when he was 9. He cried but he was calm and controlled - What would you have done? Me? Dunno.

Not the nostalgic journey back to halcyon school days I wd wish on anyone, but I can only toast those Edinburgh Academy contemporaries who suffered at the hands of two monstrous teachers, but who have campaigned so hard to have the last word, and let the daylight pour in.

Five men, aged between 69 and 90, have been arrested and charged in connection with non-recent abuse at Edinburgh Academy. Reports will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal. A sixth man, aged 74, will also be reported to the Procurator Fiscal. READ MORE: ow.ly/vBm550QhXYI

Meanwhile I’m blown away with Martin Davidson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷🇩🇪 WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk episode podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/we-… my Aunties husbands father Adolf Friedrich Hans Dücker (Antiques) 1896–1977, they burnt his papers when he died, we don’t know his role or how to find out online. She said SS

So grateful to rosie goldsmith, Ádám Zoltán, Yael Ben Moshe,& Martin Davidson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷🇩🇪 for joining Joachim Lang& I in Berlin. Listening to them talk about „The World Wars of Disinformation & Demagoguery“ and ‘Führer&Verführer’ has been for me one of the intellectual highlights of the year so far.

BBC TO PRODUCE THE OTHER BENNET SISTER INTO A TEN PART REGENCY ERA SET SERIES INSPIRED BY JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE CHARACTER hollywood-spy.blogspot.com/2024/10/bbc-to…

Had been hoping & praying that Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister would get picked up for a series as soon as I finished reading it! Such a fantastic book, very empathetic towards Mary (and even Mr Collins!).

Putin and Trump are both fascists, Timothy Snyder writes. Their use of the word to refer to their enemies is one of fascism’s essential characteristics: a fascist does not serve the language; the language serves him. nyer.cm/TlOg49f