On #holiday? At the beach? Read my #Russian noir #thriller Last Dance, a #gay love story set in 1990s #Russia pre #Putin So: suspense, heartbreak💔 and DISCOS!🪩 Buy @wiltonsquare.bsky.social @eyebooks.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social

The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash #stopTrump #midterms #TrumpOut #elections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash

American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash #stopTrump #midterms #TrumpOut #elections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash

American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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Coming to Brighton Pride? Have a fab day — BUT PLEASE *DON'T TRASH OUR CITY* It's simple: if you can carry heavy, full bottles of drink, you can carry *lighter, empty* bottles and take them home. Happy #Pride! #loveBrighton #hatelitter #trash @visitbrighton.bsky.social @brightonpride.bsky.social

Coming to Brighton Pride? Have a fab day — BUT PLEASE *DON'T TRASH OUR CITY* It's simple: if you can carry heavy, full bottles of drink, you can carry *lighter, empty* bottles and take them home. Happy #Pride! #loveBrighton #hatelitter #trash @visitbrighton.bsky.social @brightonpride.bsky.social

Brilliant @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover illustration (last week!) by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social — totally captures Andy Burnham's arrival in #DowningStreet (and Starmer's departure) #ukpolitics #burnham #starmer #cartoon #satire #labourparty #primeminister

Brilliant @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover illustration (last week!) by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social — totally captures Andy Burnham's arrival in #DowningStreet (and Starmer's departure) #ukpolitics #burnham #starmer #cartoon #satire #labourparty #primeminister

An old @financialtimes.com article but one I'm proud of! My 2010 review of #Russian #Soviet-era #dissident #art, some with a #queer / #LGBTQ flavour It's a story of #Gorbachev's #perestroika & #glasnost (and the freedoms #Russia has lost under #Putin) *FREE TO READ* as.ft.com/r/3a7f932a-8...

Piercing political analysis by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social in @theguardian.com Burnham has got the British right cornered -- and Behr nails the sheer wrongness of rightwing arguments #UKpolitics #Burnham #Badenoch #Tories #Starmer #Farage #Reform #Thatcherism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr

The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Piercing political analysis by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social in @theguardian.com Burnham has got the British right cornered -- and Behr nails the sheer wrongness of rightwing arguments #UKpolitics #Burnham #Badenoch #Tories #Starmer #Farage #Reform #Thatcherism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr

The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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An old @financialtimes.com article but one I'm proud of! My 2010 review of #Russian #Soviet-era #dissident #art, some with a #queer / #LGBTQ flavour It's a story of #Gorbachev's #perestroika & #glasnost (and the freedoms #Russia has lost under #Putin) *FREE TO READ* as.ft.com/r/3a7f932a-8...

Kudos to Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social for calling out the scourge of 'carspreading' Christian points out that cars are getting WAY too big (and therefore more dangerous). Do you agree? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #cars #SUVS #ChelseaTractors #congestioncharge #parking

Kudos to Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social for calling out the scourge of 'carspreading' Christian points out that cars are getting WAY too big (and therefore more dangerous). Do you agree? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #cars #SUVS #ChelseaTractors #congestioncharge #parking

In our role as "tactical voting legends" [thanks Andrew] we are fully recommending the good people of Clacton, whatever colour of rosette they wear, to vote for Count Binface

Though I strongly disagreed with Ann Widdecombe's politics (on Brexit, on gay rights, on abortion), no way would I wish even an enemy — let alone an elderly woman living alone —to be murdered this way.

Though I strongly disagreed with Ann Widdecombe's politics (on Brexit, on gay rights, on abortion), no way would I wish even an enemy — let alone an elderly woman living alone —to be murdered this way.

It's come too late, but a step in the right direction . . . #Burnham #Gaza #Israel #Starmer #Labour #MiddleEast #Palestine www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham says Labour ‘didn’t get it right’ as he apologises for its stance on Gaza

Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel

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RIP Bonnie Tyler 1951-2026 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks

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🚨The UK-US pharma deal with Trump will cost 229,000 lives in England. The deal is so bad that the editor of the British Medical Journal says it suggests "We’ll kill our poor people to make your rich companies richer”. Dear Andy Burnham, tear up this deal as Prime Minister. Thank you.

RIP Bonnie Tyler 1951-2026 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks

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“Ordinary bloke”/“man of the people“ Nigel #Farage pockets a staggering *£22,500 PER HOUR* in his role (yes, more work unrelated to being #ReformUK MP for Clacton) for a gold dealer #stopFarage #stopReform as.ft.com/r/0342c1da-0...

Nigel Farage’s pay from gold dealer doubles to £22,500 an hour

Reform UK leader’s financial declaration comes amid continuing questions about £5mn gift

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The #war on #Ukraine by #Putin's #Russia goes on Death, destruction, wanton and senseless Barbaric for #Ukrainians; ZERO benefit to ordinary #Russians Россияне, Долой Путина! Россия без Путина! #PutinOut #РоссиябезПутина as.ft.com/r/cba1f702-b...

Russia unleashes huge bombardment of Kyiv

Attack of 74 missiles and nearly 500 drones follows Zelenskyy’s warning that Moscow is preparing ‘massive strike’

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Just 10 miles from the stage of the World Cup Final, hundreds of people are being held captive at Delaney Hall. This is the story of ICE brutality built off of the prison-industrial complex - and the fight against it.

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Alarmed by the power of far-right media (GB News, the Daily [Hate] Mail, The Torygraph)? Then help save the BBC Just sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Back Workers. Back Our BBC.

Nearly everyone - 94% of adults in the UK - uses the BBC every month. The BBC has an incredible range of TV, audio and digital services - from Planet Earth to the Proms, from BBC Bitesize and The Worl...

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The #war on #Ukraine by #Putin's #Russia goes on Death, destruction, wanton and senseless Barbaric for #Ukrainians; ZERO benefit to ordinary #Russians Россияне, Долой Путина! Россия без Путина! #PutinOut #РоссиябезПутина as.ft.com/r/cba1f702-b...

Russia unleashes huge bombardment of Kyiv

Attack of 74 missiles and nearly 500 drones follows Zelenskyy’s warning that Moscow is preparing ‘massive strike’

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“Ordinary bloke”/“man of the people“ Nigel #Farage pockets a staggering *£22,500 PER HOUR* in his role (yes, more work unrelated to being #ReformUK MP for Clacton) for a gold dealer #stopFarage #stopReform as.ft.com/r/0342c1da-0...

Nigel Farage’s pay from gold dealer doubles to £22,500 an hour

Reform UK leader’s financial declaration comes amid continuing questions about £5mn gift

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