The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Repeal the 20th Century When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists and the Origins of Trumpism #books www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

No Cheese Please: The First Bibliophiles www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

you know I wouldn't say I had high hopes for "the Spectator interviews the Tate brothers" anyway but somehow the piece is worse than I thought it would be

Fritz Lang’s Use of Sound Michael Wood looks at Fritz Lang’s use of sound in the director’s first two sound films, M and The Testament of Dr Mabuse. #podcast www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

'It took the Tories ten years to reach this degree of perpetual crisis; Labour has managed it in fourteen months. If only the party could look to the country, and provide the government it needs.' www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

21st century Britain where it's illegal to project an image on a wall but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths

Devotion to the Cut Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade. #books www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Supereffable Chasing the Pearl-Manuscript: Speculation, Shapes, Delight by Arthur Bahr. #books www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Short Cuts: Reform's Disaster Capitalism #ReformExposed www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Pretty Garrotte: Why we need Dorothy Parker www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Alien to the Community The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s 20th Century by Dagmar Herzog. #books #history www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and the right’s spiral of extremism open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3

So when Yvette Cooper goes along with this pretence, boasts about all the flags she hangs in her garden shed (really? and, er, why?) and says “put them up anywhere”, she is, in effect, saying: “have the territory.” 2/3

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

It's Hard To Have Hope open.substack.com/pub/poeticou...

We lost one of the greats. Graham Greene was not only an actor but a trail blazer. He opened doors for so many of us Natives. I'm proud to say that the very first pilot I ever acted in was with Graham Greene. The pilot was never picked up but I get to say that I got to work with one of the greats.

Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations

Yet another capitulation to Reform, when all the evidence shows that following the far right agenda is a disaster for centrist parties. Politics 101, which Starmer has once again entirely failed to grasp.

The US really is unlike other rich countries when it comes to job insecurity – and AI could make it even more ‘exceptional’ theconversation.com/the-us-reall...

Drowned in a Bowl of Blood King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great by Matt Waters. #books #history www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"London lives rent free in their heads as it's living proof of how completely wrong their politics is - they 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 to lie about it!" As the far-right push a thinly veiled anti-immigrant narrative by branding London a "crime-ridden hellhole" - Jon and Lewis push back.

Absolutely massive Japan For Palestine rally an estimated 5 million people ...

Want to understand the history of European culture? Start with the Minoans, not the Ancient Greeks theconversation.com/want-to-unde...

Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities theconversation.com/our-medieval...

It's simple, if you throw paint on a plane then you get proscribed and any 80 year olds defending you get arrested. If you ask people to burn down hotels, and they try, you get an interview in the Telegraph and positive coverage in the BBC. That's sensible, proportionate policing.

what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In Belfast Virtually everything the UK does regarding Palestine makes it the Republic’s ugly friend: almost anyone would look good standing next to it. #GazaGenocide #PalestineActionProtests @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

Uribismo after Uribe www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

Plausible Deniability #GazaGenocide www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

"At a meeting of 2-300 in Sheffield today, he set out four founding principles for the new party: peace, anti-austerity, sustainability and a transfer of wealth and power from the richest to the poorest. I don't see how anyone on the left can argue with this." via Roger Hill

El fantasma del cuadro de Courbet era una mujer negra Un documental desvela la razón por la que el pintor tapó la figura de Jeanne Duval, una haitiana que fue amiga y compañera del poeta Baudelaire elpais.com/eps/2025-08-...

Check out @tempus-fukit.bsky.social ‘s Substack in which he travels the motels of the USA and ponders the state of the American dream…

@lucyworsley.bsky.social has also called it “A sobering and significant achievement, this is a book you need to read.“ Pre-order yours now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heir...

Finally! My copy of #Heiresses has arrived! Grateful for generous endorsements from @anitaanand.bsky.social @axrenton.bsky.social @patersonjoseph.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social & the late great Marika Sherwood.

Tigers with a frozen milk brick on a hot day.

Iran’s nature is under threat – here’s how better environmental stewardship can save it theconversation.com/irans-nature...

Berlin Diary www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The Israel Lobby John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...

Satie against Solemnity Don’t we all want to be happy? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Close Readings: 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘year without a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creation myth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction #podcast www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

Fritz Lang’s Use of Sound Michael Wood looks at Fritz Lang’s use of sound in the director’s first two sound films, M and The Testament of Dr Mabuse. #podcast www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

Tariffs before Trump www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Lilit, a trans human rights defender, was detained in Dubai, denied her rights, and humiliated – all during a layover. Emirates won’t investigate. Demand justice and accountability now. Sign and share! ✈️🏳️‍⚧️✊ a.allout.org/s/PyeDM/

Let custards quake State of Ridicule: A History of Satire in English Literature by Dan Sperrin www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

📚 SPECIAL OFFER - LAST DAY!📚 @waterstones.bsky.social is offering 25% off pre-orders of select Pluto books until 31 July - including, Victor Serge by Mitchell Abidor: www.waterstones.com/book/victor-...

Excellent piece by Adam Shatz for the LRB. The World since 7 October www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

What is the meaning of support? David Renton on the challenge to the banning of Palestine Action www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...