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🔖"The autobiography is unusual among Jewish memoirs because it is by a woman who not only received a high level of secular education, but she also converted to Roman Catholicism and then became a fully cloistered nun." writes Mary Lucia Darst about ‘Life in a Jewish Family’ by Edith Stein.📔 👇Link👇

‘Life in a Jewish Family’ by Edith Stein

The autobiography is unusual among Jewish memoirs because it is by a woman who not only received a high level of secular education, but she also converted to Roman Catholicism and then became a fully…

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🪙"One of the most notable trends I witnessed was young men anxiously asking me if there was any way to reclaim their money from some crypto scam.'"writes Robert Dalton💷 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/young-men-ne...

Young men need more help to avoid crypto scams

One of the most notable trends I witnessed was young men anxiously asking me if there was any way to reclaim their money from some crypto scam.

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🇬🇧"To end sectarianism, make white people move to Tower Hamlets." 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Henry Clifford argues that the integration of newcomers will not be possible without conscious state policy. 👇Link👇

To end sectarianism, make white people move to Tower Hamlets

Lee Kwan Yew initiated a policy of forced movement, moving people into new accommodation according to the exact ethnic-to-religious ratios as the overall population.

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🇬🇧"Britain should recognise its potential to be influential in the Pacific, building on deep historic ties, shared values, common legal and political systems and in some cases a shared head of state." Writes Matthew Davies🇦🇺🇳🇿 👇Link👇

Britain needs to do more to defend the Pacific from China

In August 2022, the Solomon Islands refused Royal Navy and US Navy ships access.

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🇳🇬"This time may be different: opposition leaders have combined in a number of coalitions, making it hard to predict the outcome."🇳🇬 Geoff Hill writes about the upcoming 2027 Nigerian general election. 👇Link👇

Preparing for elections while getting bombed in Nigeria

If ADC wins next year — with its disparate mix of parties, large and small — it will take the wisdom of Solomon to build a cabinet.

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🏭"The problem is that much of what is extracted [in the West] is then sent to China for processing. This allows Beijing not only to capture valuable parts of supply chains, but to threaten to restrict the supply chains of Western nations, or in some cases actually doing so." writes Thomas Nurcombe ⛏️

Pax Silica and friendshoring can protect us from the Chinese threat

The EU relies on China for 97% of its magnesium, 71% of its gallium and China supplies 85% of the bloc’s permanent magnets.

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🖥️👨‍💻👩‍💻"If your campaign publishes a strong explainer, briefing or evidence-led response, but it sits three pages deep in search results, many people will never see it." 💽🛜💾🖱️💻writes Sally Giles 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/for-policy-c...

For policy campaigns, digital is king

If your campaign publishes a strong explainer, briefing or evidence-led response, but it sits three pages deep in search results, many people will never see it.

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🟥🟨🟦"A solution [to the rise of populism] would be a hung parliament with a Government of National Unity drawn from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats." writes Arya Chanda🟥🟨🟦 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/is-it-time-f...

Is it time for a fourth National Government?

Men who had spent careers attacking one another subordinated everything to the defeat of the enemy without.

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🇬🇧"On nuclear and AI, Washington holds almost all the cards"🇺🇸 Charles Hellens argues that The UK will always depend on the US. 👇Article Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-uk-will-...

The UK will always depend on the US

The inevitable consequence is further dependence on the US for at least twenty years, and likely much longer.

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🚨NEW EXCHANGE🚨 Would scrapping leasehold be a mistake? Samuel Hughes of @worksinprogress.bsky.social y.social : YES @williamprescott.bsky.social of @brightblueuk.bsky.social : NO 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/samuel-hughe...

Samuel Hughes and William Prescott: Would scrapping leasehold be a mistake?

The Law Commission correctly argued that thresholds need to be reduced and that this would make commonhold into a viable tenure.

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🐯"The protagonists most definitely outrank the architects of tragedy [yet] are powerless to prevent their families being ripped apart"🐯 Mary Lucia Darst reviews ‘The Ginger Tree’ by Oswald Wynd. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-ginger-t...

‘The Ginger Tree’ by Oswald Wynd

The protagonists most definitely outrank the architects of tragedy [yet] are powerless to prevent their families being ripped apart.

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🧸"There is a long tradition of overestimating the fragility of the Russian state"🪖 Esa Butt argues that we should dispense with the illusion that Russia is on the precipice of collapse. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-russian-...

The Russian problem won’t disappear

Moscow has long relied on a sense of historical continuity and collective struggle.

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🟦"Reform are primarily the immigration party, yet do not yet have the same credibility on other issues like the economy."🟦 Binyamin Jayson argues that the Tories can win the 2029 general election. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/i-think-tori...

I think Tories will win in 2029

Positioning on economic policy is clear. Reform have instead shifted around on issues like benefit caps and nationalisation.

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⚒️"As Marcuse’s ideas found fertile ground in the academy, English professors increasingly began to question the notion that literature could be viewed outside of a socio-political context"📚 Liza Libes argues that Marxism is ruining how we read literature 👇Article link👇

Marxism is ruining how we read literature

’Mansfield Park’ is a novel about race and ‘Howards End’ is a novel about class consciousness…

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👩‍🎤"Our culture once produced fragments powerful enough to inspire an entire generation behind the Iron Curtain"🇺🇸 Arya Chanda argues that through the lens of Russia’s rockstar we can understand the once potent now decayed power of western culture. 👇Article link👇

Viktor Tsoi: a discography

Blue jeans, Joy Division, the Cure, and the word ‘Liverpool’ on a café wall.

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🌾"instead of focusing on where our food comes from, one better way would be to focus on what our food is."👨‍🍳 Alistair Currie argues that a shift towards a more plant-based diet is essential for ensuring food security amidst geopolitical turmoil. 👇Article link👇

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"Despite, or indeed because of today’s climate of rampant individualism, acts of humility and service like the Pope’s still have incredible power to move, encourage, and — perhaps — inspire us." Joseph Tulloch argues that this Easter we must remember how to be servants 👇Article link👇

This Easter, let us remember how to be servants

The late Pope, who is in a wheelchair, moves slowly down a line of female prisoners, washing and drying their feet, kissing them and smiling.

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"There will always be a group ready to brand a FLOTUS a malingerer, a Svengali, or a Marie-Antoinette." Our Culture Columnist, Mary Lucia Darst, reviews 'Melania' the new documentary on Melania Trump. 👇Article link👇

‘Melania’ by Melania Trump

There will always be a group ready to brand a FLOTUS a malingerer, a Svengali, or a Marie-Antoinette.

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🦴🔨"Newsom is a "six-foot- three chad" who “mogs.”"🪞💉 Arya Chanda argues that the internet subculture of looksmaxxing is not altogether new and can be traced back to the 1890s. Article link👇

Clavicular came from the 1890s

Newsom is a “six-foot- three chad” who “mogs.”…

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🇬🇧"Lawrence [of Arabia] understood something that the German High Command failed to: the difference between community and category."👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Henry Clifford argues that we should stop assuming that shared characteristics necessarily imply the existence of a uniform 'community'. Article link👇

Most “communities” are empty categories

Lawrence of Arabia understood something that the German High Command failed to: the difference between community and category.

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🫂"We have become so accustomed to the failures of the state that we are seemingly content to treat our fellows poorly, too"🇬🇧 Imogen Bath contrasts Harold Macmillan’s careful management and steady leadership with today's careless governance. Article link👇

We’ve trashed the social contract

It would be remiss to suggest that the decline began under the auspices of the current destructive government: the rot started to creep in some time ago.

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🇬🇧"By prioritising concessional loans over grants, Japan transforms aid into a strategic anchor for its domestic industry."🎁 Cody Butler calls for a more pragmatic approach to UK aid. Article link 👉 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/lets-do-aid-...

Let’s do aid like they do in Japan

Japan has nearly doubled its foreign aid budget between 2018 and 2023, from $8.6 billion to $19.3 billion.

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🍼👶“many people are hesitating about parenthood, not out of a lack of want to have kids, but out of fear of the unknown"👩‍🍼👨‍🍼 Peter Foreshaw argues that closing information gaps can help reduce fears and uncertainties around starting a family. Article link👇

Fear of having children is irrational

One-in-two parents desire an additional child for each child they have.

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🎒“this deeply regressive package turns its back on international best practice in favour of parochial interests and dogma” 📚 Damien Phillips argues that Labour’s looming Schools Bill betrays a wealth of policy will leave England’s pupils worse off. Article Link👉

The Schools Bill ignores international best practice

They have chosen the narrow interests of teaching unions and their ideological opposition to the rigours of competition.

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🏛️ “British domestic politics today also has parallels with Macmillan’s time” 🇬🇧 Deiniol Brown argues that a return to Harold Macmillan’s ‘middle way’ could provide a more sustainable conservative settlement than Thatcherite orthodoxy. Article link👉 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/macmillan-of...

Macmillan offers way out of Thatcherism

Macmillan’s concept of “co-ordination” … is already underway across the world.

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