These bodies come to an end; But that vast embodied Self is ageless, fathomless, eternal. - Bhagavad Gita, 2.18

"I used to create joy before the war, but during it, I'm the one looking for joy and a smile." Aloush the Clown and his partner Bilal once entertained children across Gaza at birthdays and festivals. Now they roam hospital wards trying to lift the spirits of children injured by

Woken up unable to say, even to two friends, that I support a non-violent protest group. No journalistic exemption, 14 years in prison. If this were happening anywhere east of Turkey we'd be calling it an authoritarian regime.

It is worth noting that, for some time, every production at Covent Garden was preceded by the Ukrainian national anthem.

To this day maybe my favorite piece of forgotten pop-cultural lore is the lost Jorge Luis Borges Godfather script:

Rest in peace to Suleiman Obeid. A legendary Palestinian footballer who was killed by Israeli occupational forces while waiting for humanitarian aid to feed his family. The Pelé of Palestine was a symbol of pride in a place too often denied joy. A thread.

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I imagine Sally Rooney believes it’s more meaningful to fund efforts to frustrate a genocide than to only treat its symptoms

Bragg is the last of the Reithians i.e public service ethos, intellectually serious, committed to making complex cultural subjects available to a broad audience. This stands in contrast to what TV has become in the modern-era: wall-to-wall quiz shows, soaps and reality TV.

Wheelchair-bound RAF Veterans & elderly lady vicars arrested, while Israeli President Herzog, who has issued a steam of genocidal comments against Palestinian civilians & is specifically named in the CIJ_ICJ Israel genocide case, is invited to meet Labour ministers

Absolutely shocking that just 25 arrests were made by the Metropolitan Police today following very serious violence by far-right thugs on the Tommy Robinson march attacking police and Stand Up To Racism protestors. Last weekend over 900 peaceful protestors were arrested for holding signs

Not a peep from the PM about yesterday’s far right demo. Instead he’s doing PR for Blackrock and US financiers. Irresponsible at best. Actively dangerous at worst.

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The revelations in this article are shocking and unacceptable. From Mandelson in Washington to Blair’s TBI writing NHS data policy with Oracle’s billions, to corporate lobbyists sitting on departmental boards - we are watching a state quietly repurposed to a degree not seen

The Starmer ID card thing is his ‘leadership style’ all over: Petty authoritarianism, instantly unites all against him, no natural base of support, reheated New Labour, incoherent, not part of any wider vision or idea, hobbled from the beginning by association with him.

These people are insane. Saying Tony Blair should rule Gaza because “he’s done a lot of work in the Middle East” is like saying Harold Shipman should run a care home because he has experience with pensioners.

BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

these four albums being recorded all at the same time and in the same studio always fascinated me what i would do to be a fly in 1998 buzzing around getting to hear all the magic being made

And now, the reality: - Cambodia and Thailand: it was a border conflict that ended thanks to mediation by Malaysia. All Trump did was a phone call threatening tariffs. - Kosovo and Serbia: there was no war - DRC and Rwanda: war did not end, violence continues - Pakistan and