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@davidedgarwolf.bsky.social

Editor, The Guardian Long Read

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Sam Byers@sambyers.bsky.social · last wk.

Honestly very difficult to accurately convey what a political and ethical revolution it is just to have a prime minister even speak about carers with such insight and passion, emphasising not just their dedication but their *skill*, and the way that skill encompasses the physical and the emotional.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · last wk.

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says carers should be the "best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad. I want those carers to know that we appreciate you"

Patrick Barkham@patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 4w ago

What are the early years of a rewilding project really like? I've been lucky enough to spend 4 years following progress at Boothby Wildland and I've written a long read about it here: www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?

The long read: Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nat...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

how loudly can the subaltern speak? tone policing, violence, and the (un)knowing of working class lifeways - JD Vance, Gender Studies Quarterly, 2026

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

DOUTHAT: Let's be honest -- the tone of the administration is not consistently a Christian tone. There is a tone of aggressive uncharity JD VANCE: Tonal arguments are ways of, frankly, policing working class ways of communication, and covering them in elite preferences

Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For #caturday, a thread of Chinese cat night-lights, porcelain figures made since the Ming period, often for the export market. A candle was placed inside with the light shining through the cat's eyes, reportedly intended for children afraid of the dark & perhaps also to scare off rats

Blue and white porcelain cat with eyes cut out (for light to shine through)
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“I think the message of this case is don’t abuse the British justice system to get stories taken down when they are based on valid journalism”. Really well played @joshih.bsky.social 👏- yet another egregious abuse of process to try to silence public interest journalism

Joshi Herrmann@joshih.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A good email to get from our lawyers: "Great news!! The attached judgment was handed down this morning and we have won!!!” Nightmare over for @londonermag.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social. And a huge win for the free press. So delighted with this. ✊ www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-won-our-d...

Tom Burgis@tomburgis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A mystery moneyman's donations could carry Nigel Farage to power. He lives in Thailand and is “intensely private”. I’ve spent months investigating who he is, what he wants and his crypto fortune. Here, for the first time, is the story of Chris Harborne www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motives

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@davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Lawrence Bishnoi has been incarcerated for more than 10 years, awaiting trial on several counts of murder and extortion, but it hasn’t been a limiting experience. His most serious crimes have taken place while in the custody of the Indian state." Today's long read by Atul Dev

‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India

The long read: Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Can...

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Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An extract from IF WE TOLERATE THIS is today's Guardian Long Read. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...

The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?

Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history

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Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

Alex von Tunzelmann@alexvont.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This piece (linked in the thread below) is my read of the day. I started out thinking “eh, what’s the big deal, just keep the passport and don’t use it,” but soon realised I hadn’t understood anything. Thoughtful, insightful and fascinating!

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have a long piece in the Guardian about... well, myself. As a writer and a historian, I generally tell other people's stories. So, this story was difficult to write. It took me about six months. It's about my understanding of my own identity: who, or what am I, really?

@davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"I regarded renouncing my Russian passport as a liberation, a bit like ridding oneself of a toxic relationship or having surgery to remove kidney stones." Today's Guardian long read by @radchenko.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship

The long read: When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to act

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@davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Sam needed extra work, and he found shifts at a vegetable packing factory on Dundee’s outskirts, washing and packaging vegetables for Tesco and Aldi. He worked 10-hour shifts at minimum wage. 'By that time, my ego had died, so I had accepted: OK, we can do this,' he told me."

Samira Shackle@samirashackle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For my latest Guardian Long Read, I looked at a part of the university funding crisis that doesn't get so much attention: the foreign students stacking up monumental debt to prop the sector up and the sometimes unscrupulous recruitment system that draws them in www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 4mo ago

IF WE TOLERATE THIS is out on 30 April - just ahead of the elections. Come and see me talk about it... 5 May, Nottingham @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/if-we... 13 May, London @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daniel-tri... Hope to see you there!

Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

@davidedgarwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"In some ways, it’s the perfect crime. If stolen cargo isn’t found within the first few hours, it’s as good as gone. It re-enters the supply chain, and, soon after, the evidence will get eaten." Today's Guardian long read by @stuartmcgurk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mike Dawber who investigates

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