Daniel Mulhall
@danmulhall.bsky.social
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Retired Irish Ambassador, author, consultant, media commentator, Director,
#Carlichauns
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Introducing the
#Carlichauns
to
@bsky.app
. An animated childrenâs entertainment venture for which I am Brand Ambassador. Carlingfordâs leprechauns, the Carlichauns, travel the world to deliver wishes to children. Check them out at
www.carlichauns.com
over 1 year ago
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âIrelandâs lost political experimentâ. Here is link to a review I wrote of a book on the All for Ireland League, a political party that flourished in Cork from 1909-1918. It was devoted to the cause of reconciliation betwen nationalists & unionists.
www.irishpost.com/features/ire...
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Irelandâs lost political experiment | The Irish Post
HISTORY has its broad thoroughfares along which we plot journeys through the past and see the mai...
https://www.irishpost.com/features/irelands-lost-political-experiment-307386
about 13 hours ago
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At times I see it, present As a bright day, or a hill, The only way of saying something Luminously as possible. Not the accumulated richness Of an old historical language - That musk-deep odour! But a slow exactness Which recreates experience By ritualising its details - John Montague
about 14 hours ago
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Daniel Mulhall
Here is a link to my contribution to this weekâs Sunday Miscellany programme on
@rteradio1.bsky.social
- âThe Man from County Buenos Airesâ
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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The Man from County Buenos Aires, by Daniel Mulhall
Irish connections and history in an Argentinian hurling club
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22600556/
5 days ago
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Brightness was drenching through the branches When she wandered again, Turning the silver out of dark grasses Where the skylark had lain, And her voice coming softly over the meadow Was the mist becoming rain. Austin Clarke, The Lost Heifer
3 days ago
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Obituary - Moya Brennan: the first lady of Celtic music. I met her a number of times in London & Berlin. A wonderfully warm and hugely talented women.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Obituary - Moya Brennan: the first lady of Celtic music
It was like nothing your average Top of The Pops fan had heard before.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0414/1568219-obituary-moya-brennan-the-first-lady-of-celtic-music/
3 days ago
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Here is a link to my contribution to this weekâs Sunday Miscellany programme on
@rteradio1.bsky.social
- âThe Man from County Buenos Airesâ
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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The Man from County Buenos Aires, by Daniel Mulhall
Irish connections and history in an Argentinian hurling club
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22600556/
5 days ago
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Check out
@rteradio1.bsky.social
âs
#SundayMiscellany
at 9.10 am tomorrow morning which will feature my essay on The Man from County Buenos Airesâ
7 days ago
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The six-book shortlist for the Dublin Literary Award 2026 has been announced. It was a privilege for me to be one of the five judges for this yearâs award and to read so many wonderful novels. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in
#Dublin
next month.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlist: âLiterature at its most international, most ambitious, and most humaneâ
Award-winning Scottish author Ali Smith, Vietnamese American writer Ocean Vuong and a Croatian debutant feature on a list with a strong French accent
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/07/dublin-literary-award-2026-shortlist-literature-at-its-most-international-most-ambitious-and-most-humane/
11 days ago
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Thereâs not a place, stream or bush, however remote; ⊠that we shouldnât consider with affection & sympathy. No matter how far South Africa, no matter how distant the moon, theyâre part of us by right: thereâs not a single spot anywhere weâre not part of. We issue from everywhere. Greg Delanty
16 days ago
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The wind orchestrates its theme of loneliness & the rain has too much glitter in it, yes. They are like words, the wrong ones, insisting I listen to sense. ⊠What I am after is silence in proportion to desire, the way music plumbs its surfaces as straight words do the air between them Vona Groarke
17 days ago
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The wind orchestrates its theme of loneliness & the rain has too much glitter in it, yes. They are like words, the wrong ones, insisting I listen to sense. ⊠What I am after is silence in proportion to desire, the way music plumbs its surfaces as straight words do the air between them Vona Groarke
17 days ago
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âUS gas prices hit $4 per gallonâŠâ . This will pile pressure on for a quick end to this war. Even MAGA enthusiasts will not be happy with this development or with a further escalation.
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/31/w...
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Live updates: Kuwaiti tanker laden with oil attacked as Trump again threatens to blow up Iranâs energy facilities | CNN
No oil leakage or injuries have been reported following the Iranian strike on the Kuwaiti tanker. Follow for live updates.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/31/world/live-news/iran-war-us-trump-oil
18 days ago
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One more time, call the earth female, as of old. She needs to be placed pronto in the recovery position, gently hold her chin up, bend the left arm at the elbow, hand above the head, palm facing down âwaving goodbye or hello? Greg Delanty
18 days ago
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It was always those with little else to carry who carried the songs to Babylon to the Mississippi- some of these last possessed less than nothing did not own their own bodies yet, three centuries later, deep rhythms from Africa, stowed in their hearts & bones, carry the worldâs songs. Moya Cannon
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It was always those with little else to carry who carried the songs to Babylon to the Mississippi- some of these last possessed less than nothing did not own their own bodies yet, three centuries later, deep rhythms from Africa, stowed in their hearts & bones, carry the worldâs songs. Moya Cannon
19 days ago
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The reprieve from danger Cast a halo around Sunlight on dewy grass, Purple shadow thrown By mountains, the carnal Pink of sunset, a green Glade amid blitzed woodlands Above the Isonzo. We Hear the din of battle In the white silence Around his words. Michael Longley
#Irish
#Poetry
19 days ago
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The strong geese claim the sky again & tell us ⊠of the many shifts & weathers of the long-boned earth. Blind to their huge, water-carved charts, our blood dull to the the tug of poles, we are tuned still to the rising & dying of light & we still share their need to nest & to journey. Moya Cannon
21 days ago
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Long after my dead time I survive To see snow melt on the lifeless icicles Off the coast of Atlantis The ocean has shrunk to expose The bleak creatures of coral animation. Thoughts roam in aimless shoals with giddy dolphins There are visions & revisions. I remain in the Land of Doubt Hayden Murphy
22 days ago
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As a vetrran of
#Stuttgart
1988, I will be watching tonightâs game with fingers crossed that
#Prague
2026 will come to be remembered as another epic day for Irish football.
www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
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World Cup play-off: Czechia v Ireland build-up
The day has finally arrived and now it's a case of counting down the hours and minutes before Ireland face up to Czechia in this highly anticipated play-off.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0326/1565292-world-cup-semi-final-play-off-czechia-v-republic-of-ireland-updates/
23 days ago
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Itâs hard to think of a more brilliant Irish family in modern times than the Yeatses. đ
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How the 'talented, complicated' Yeats' family shaped Ireland
The family helped shaped each other, the arts and public life in Ireland and beyond despite creative tensions and financial hardships
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0325/1564818-yeats-family-ireland-influence-arts-culture/
23 days ago
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Sing carnival when the mind freezes Then turns on its own meat, carnival Before the long fast, carnival that we turn To drink at the blood wells of memory. Savage simplicity, in the bleached palms Of the self-regarding dancers; Savage & clear, the energy Of the self-disclosing dancers. Theo Dorgan
23 days ago
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Itâs hard to know what the believe at this stage as the narrative from Washington keeps changing. My best guess is that the end is nigh for this war, but that the future for the region will remain highly uncertain with a continuing stand-off between Iran & Israel.
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24 days ago
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Trump says negotiations to end war happening 'right now' and Iran is 'talking sense'
His comments come a day after Iranian officials denied any contact with the US had taken place, calling claims of talks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn8dldl0jx9t
24 days ago
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As you plaited the harvest bow You implicated the mellowed silence in you In wheat that does not rust But brightens as it tightens twist by twist Into a knowable corona, A throwaway love-knot of straw. Seamus Heaney âThe Harvest Bowâ
24 days ago
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Water was the first mirror, drinking images of beauty, showing their wrinkled future in the mildest breeze. Water clings to its neutrality, changes state at boiling point, finds the level at which tensions cool, limbs relax. Dennis OâDriscoll âWaterâ
#Irish
#Poetry
25 days ago
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I will be on BBC Northern Irelandâs The View at 11 pm reviewing a busy Irish week in Washington for
#StPatricksDay
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29 days ago
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Ireland needs to grow up & get serious about its interests Interesting reflections by ex-Irish Ambassador Bobby McDonagh & Prof Emeritus Brigid Laffan on the clouded horizons for Irish foreign policy. A wake up call for us to get serious about our future security
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: Ireland need to grow up and get serious about our interests
In the infantile recent debate about the Mercosur deal, for example, politicians from all sides fell over each other to criticise an agreement profoundly in Irelandâs interests
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/03/18/opinion-ireland-need-to-grow-up-and-get-serious-about-our-interests/
30 days ago
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Here is a link to my interview
@rteradio1.bsky.social
âs Morning Ireland reviewing the Taoiseachâs meeting with President Trump. The Taoiseach came through it all with great credit for his defence of Keir Starmer & the EU.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Taoiseach defends Starmer as Trump takes aim at allies in St Patrick's Day meeting
Dan Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador to the United States and Lorcan Nyhan from The Communications Clinic, analyse Taoiseach MicheĂĄl Martinâs performance alongside US President Donald Trump at the Ova...
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22593588/
30 days ago
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Waif of the afterglow On summer nights you meet your mate & jink Over sea-cliff & graveyard ⊠To hatch an egg in a hermitâs skull. Pulse of the rock You throb till daybreak on your cryptic nest A song older than fossils, Ephemeral as thrift It ends with a gasp. Richard Murphy âStormpetrelâ
30 days ago
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce On a big day at the
#Oscars
for Jessie Buckley &
#Hamnet
, a reminder that in
#Ulysses
James Joyce wrote about the Hamnet/Hamlet link that runs through the film.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce
I did what I could to connect the playwright with Ireland, but it was a stretch
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/03/09/a-cast-of-characters-hamnet-hamlet-william-shakespeare-and-james-joyce/
about 1 month ago
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⊠His thoughts altered the deepest enmities. Like a woman who gathers her husbandâs arrogance into a basket of love, he took our wars into the palm of his thought and stroked the poisons from where we had fought. Thomas McCarthy âThe Wisdom of AEâ
about 1 month ago
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce On a big day at the
#Oscars
for Jessie Buckley &
#Hamnet
, a reminder that in
#Ulysses
James Joyce wrote about the Hamnet/Hamlet link that runs through the film.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce
I did what I could to connect the playwright with Ireland, but it was a stretch
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/03/09/a-cast-of-characters-hamnet-hamlet-william-shakespeare-and-james-joyce/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Her eyes are pebbles. Her dress is seaweed. Her legs are driftwood that needs to float, but for now she keeps wading, slicing the waves that keep on offering their myriad loves. Matthew Sweeney âWadingâ
#Irish
#Poetry
about 1 month ago
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Daniel Mulhall
A preview of next weekâs White House visit by the Taoiseach MicheĂĄl Martin
@theguardian.com
to which I contributed.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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âA minefieldâ: taoiseach prepares for St Patrickâs Day visit to Washington
Traditionally jovial affair poses potential debacle for Irish leader at odds with US over foreign policy, tax and immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/13/taoiseach-st-patricks-day-visit-washington-trump
about 1 month ago
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A preview of next weekâs White House visit by the Taoiseach MicheĂĄl Martin
@theguardian.com
to which I contributed.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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âA minefieldâ: taoiseach prepares for St Patrickâs Day visit to Washington
Traditionally jovial affair poses potential debacle for Irish leader at odds with US over foreign policy, tax and immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/13/taoiseach-st-patricks-day-visit-washington-trump
about 1 month ago
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My Irish Diary from this morningâs
@irishtimes.com
. âA cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyceâ âHamlet, the black prince, was Hamnet Shakespeareâ (#Ulysses)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce
I did what I could to connect the playwright with Ireland, but it was a stretch
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/03/09/a-cast-of-characters-hamnet-hamlet-william-shakespeare-and-james-joyce/
about 1 month ago
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I had a thought for no oneâs but your ears:   That you were beautiful, and that I strove   To love you in the old high way of love; That it had all seemed happy, and yet weâd grown   As weary-hearted as that hollow moon. W.B.
#Yeats
âAdamâs Curseâ
#Irish
#Poetry
about 1 month ago
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Where we stood footloose, at home beyond the tribe, More scouts than strangers, ghosts whoâd walked abroad Unfazed by light, to make a new beginning And make a go of it, alive and spinning, Ourselves again, free-willed again, not bad. Seamus Heaney
#Irish
#Poetry
about 1 month ago
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My Irish Diary from this morningâs
@irishtimes.com
. âA cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyceâ âHamlet, the black prince, was Hamnet Shakespeareâ (#Ulysses)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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A cast of characters: Hamnet, Hamlet, William Shakespeare and James Joyce
I did what I could to connect the playwright with Ireland, but it was a stretch
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/03/09/a-cast-of-characters-hamnet-hamlet-william-shakespeare-and-james-joyce/
about 1 month ago
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The leaf-green scurf of pollen on the meadow pond blizzard of bridal-white blossom in breeze-gust two redtails idling high on a thermal and higher in widening circles till they must be near out of each otherâs sight but not sound as one lets out a cutting screech ⊠Eamon Grennan
about 1 month ago
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On the water the accumulation of spume, The hiss and purl of spiralling waves, the skid And visible snarl of wind, horizonâs disintegration, The glower and sharp glint of a tired sky. ⊠Now for the decisions of the night, the heartâs undoing; The time where reason & emotions meet. Valentin Iremonger
about 1 month ago
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We covered a lot of ground on this morningâs newspaper panel
@rte.ie
âs Brendan OâConnor programme. The war in the Middle East, the evacuation of Irish citizens from the Gulf, the Taoiseachâs White House visit etc.
about 1 month ago
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Early start this morning. On the way to
@rte.ie
to read the Sunday papers ahead this morningâs newspaper panel on the Brendan OâConnor programme.
about 1 month ago
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Good economic news for
#Ireland
. Domestic economy grows by an impressive 4.9% in 2025, exceeding expectations.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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Domestic economy grows better than expected 4.9% in 2025
The domestic economy grew by 4.9% last year which was significantly faster than had been expected, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show today.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0305/1561783-cso-gdp-figures/
about 1 month ago
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I was given a copy of Valentin Iremongerâs poems some years ago but didnât pay much attention to them. The more I read him, to more I rate his poetry. He was an accomplished poet & an Irish diplomat with several Ambassadorial postings. Here is his @DIB_RIA entry
www.dib.ie/biography/ir...
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about 1 month ago
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On the water the accumulation of spume, The hiss and purl of spiralling waves, the skid And visible snarl of wind, horizonâs disintegration, The glower and sharp glint of a tired sky. ⊠Now for the decisions of the night, the heartâs undoing; The time where reason & emotions meet. Valentin Iremonger
about 1 month ago
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Daniel Mulhall
My interview on this eveningâs The Hard Shoulder on
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
in which I discuss the dilemma facing European governments in the wake of the US/Israel assault on Iran.
music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7a4...
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https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7a440a63-2b82-4976-87e0-e7de77bf972e/episodes/585dab38-ae50-440d-9215-193a8df768d2/the-hard-shoulder-why-countries-are-slow-to-condemn-the-iran-war
about 1 month ago
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Should I join them The old fellas Above Troyâs gate Demobbed by age Their fighting days Long behind them Good talkers still Conversation Like tree-crickets Or grasshoppers Settled on branches Deep in a wood Voices gently Lilting lily-like? Michael Longley
#IrishPoetry
about 1 month ago
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My interview on this eveningâs The Hard Shoulder on
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
in which I discuss the dilemma facing European governments in the wake of the US/Israel assault on Iran.
music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7a4...
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https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/7a440a63-2b82-4976-87e0-e7de77bf972e/episodes/585dab38-ae50-440d-9215-193a8df768d2/the-hard-shoulder-why-countries-are-slow-to-condemn-the-iran-war
about 1 month ago
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