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Online editor at the New Statesman
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NEW When should social media posts have legal consequences? Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah By me, at
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
can you follow me back so I can DM you?
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Hetan Shah
about 2 months ago
Well this is rather delicious from
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on being mansplained to about the roots of sexism by the Revolutionary Communist Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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Phil Tinline
3 months ago
Very funny report of the 'Battle of Ideas' by
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Particularly entertained to read some definitely accurate pronouncements from Reform's in-house genius James Orr, and that an English civil war is still just around the corner.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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On the front line in the Battle of Ideas
At the free speech festival, people were prophesying a race-fuelled civil war
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-sketch/2025/10/on-the-front-line-of-the-battle-of-ideas
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I went on a Border Force patrol with immigration minister Mike Tapp for the New Statesman
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
3 months ago
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Sarah Collins
6 months ago
Really happy to have signed with
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. Hopefully exciting projects ahead
www.ampliterary.co.uk/about-1-1
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SARAH COLLINS | ampliterary
https://www.ampliterary.co.uk/about-1-1
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Prospect Magazine
6 months ago
With the pressure to be political at Glastonbury in front of a sea of Palestine flags, it was almost odd when some artists avoided the topic, writes @emilylawford.bsky.social.
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Bob Vylan, Kneecap and the politics of Glastonbury
The police have got involved after this yearâs festival. Hereâs what it was like to be there
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-culture-newsletter/70364/bob-vylan-kneecap-and-the-politics-of-glastonbury
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Prospect Magazine
6 months ago
Our summer double issue has just hit newsstands! Hereâs a preview of whatâs inside... đ§” For our cover story,
@oliverbullough.bsky.social
details how water privatisation has left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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Thrilled to be selected as a winner of this yearâs 30 to Watch award!
8 months ago
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Alona Ferber
8 months ago
"In the pod, thereâs a red button. This is what youâd press to die. What a crazy way to go, is all I can think. Nitschkeâs face looms outside the plastic windows" A fantastic piece by
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from our new issue
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...
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My appointment with Dr Death
Philip Nitschke facilitated the worldâs first legal assisted suicides in the 1990s. But is he the best advocate for the cause he so believes in?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/69834/dr-death-philip-nitschke-assisted-dying-euthanasia-sarco
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For our new magazine, I profiled Philip Nitschke - aka âDr Deathâ - who facilitated the first ever assisted suicides in the 1990s and has spent the rest of his life inventing new ways to die
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8 months ago
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I reviewed Sayaka Murata's Vanishing World - where all babies are conceived by IVF and pretty much no one has sex - for The Times
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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âFictosexualityâ and artificial wombs â our dystopian future
In her novel Vanishing World, Sayaka Murata, the author of the bestselling Convenience Store Woman, imagines a sexless society where all babies are conceived in laboratories
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/vanishing-world-sayaka-murata-review-p7cbqmn8d
9 months ago
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Madeleine
12 months ago
Iâve finally bitten the bullet & started a
#substack
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#historybluesky
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Bad History
A short meditation on living the past.
https://empressofbyzantium.substack.com/p/bad-history?r=4zi3py&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaucNgYTUk5FSHzEeStuOhqPbBYYqHAcSeEQRnKrDIcCcJXC9phzro-5B0_aem_Vm2ESW9WzutmpEYN_fUfZQ
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Prospect Magazine
10 months ago
If youâre watching Netflixâs Adolescence, itâs a great time to revisit @emilylawford.bsky.socialâs deep dive into the radicalisation of young men in the online âmanosphereâ from our November 2024 issue.
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The incel trap
Angry and lonely young men can easily enter a web of hatred against women online. Is there a way out?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosophy/gender/67935/the-incel-trap
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I reviewed RĂłisĂn Lanigan's funny and haunting book about the horrors of renting in London
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
10 months ago
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Ellen Halliday
11 months ago
This never happens. The
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paywall is down until 7pm GMT tomorrow, so head over our site to read for free
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For Prospect, I interviewed Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of Peta, about why she's happy to be disruptive for animal rights:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
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Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk: âThe press wants something sexyâ
The campaigner on her favourite stuntsâand why sheâs still fighting for animal rights
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/69081/peta-founder-ingrid-newkirk-the-press-wants-something-sexy
12 months ago
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Prospect Magazine
about 1 year ago
âIn a group thatâs supposed to be for discussion of the rights of men, they spend 90 per cent of the time talking about what women are doingâ, said Harry. @emilylawford.bsky.social met some incels and menâs rights activists
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The incel trap
Angry and lonely young men can easily enter a web of hatred against women online. Is there a way out?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosophy/gender/67935/the-incel-trap
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Alona Ferber
about 1 year ago
Co-hosting the
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pod with
@ellenhalliday.bsky.social
has been one of the most unexpected (and fun) parts of my now not-so-new job, and our final episode of the 2024 was particularly fun to put together /1
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Predictions: the biggest stories of 2025 | The Prospect Interview
https://shows.acast.com/cf7520d4-c0d5-4b36-8f12-a828c622fc14/6761ab7ed9cd65ec1e64fed3
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What happens when you die, but have no one to pay for your burial? Beautiful piece about public health funerals, or 'paupers' funerals', and how budget cuts mean councils are struggling to provide:
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The decline of the pauperâs funeral
When a body is found alone at home, with no known relatives, a small team of local authority officers intervene. Their taskâbalancing dignity in death...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/68833/the-decline-of-the-paupers-funeral
about 1 year ago
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As parliament prepares to debate assisted dying, I spoke to Dame Esther Rantzen about what feels different about this campaign:
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Esther Rantzen: âIâm not seeking to shorten my life, only my deathâ
The assisted dying campaigner on the bill before parliament, joining Dignitas and disappointment with Wes Streeting
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/68656/esther-rantzen-im-not-seeking-to-shorten-my-life-only-my-death
about 1 year ago
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Is our assisted dying bill the first step on a slippery slope to murder? Mark Mardell examines how the law changed in Canada:
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Does Canadaâs assisted dying slippery slope end in murder?
Canada legalised assisted dying for those with a âreasonably foreseeableâ death in 2016. Its law has changed a lot since then
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/68636/does-canadas-assisted-dying-slippery-slope-end-in-murder
about 1 year ago
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Lovely interview with an end-of-life doulaâwho helps people in their final daysâby
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How an end-of-life doula makes dying easier
Hermione Elliott wants to retrieve societyâs forgotten death know-how
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/68611/how-an-end-of-life-doula-makes-dying-easier
about 1 year ago
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To keep up with Prospect's journalism, follow
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And we have our own starter pack!
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about 1 year ago
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Benjamin Clark
about 1 year ago
While youâre in the mood for new things, subscribe to Lightbulb đĄ, the free newsletter I write for
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. Every weekday lunchtime I provide a rundown of our latest stories, plus musings on my favourite things (mince pies, Paddington).
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/newsletters
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On Tuesday, Mark Mardell launched Prospect's assisted dying blog. During this week, he's spoken to doctors and campaigners, and examined the upsides and potential pitfalls. Read the blog here:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...
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Will the new assisted dying bill become law?
The strictest safeguards in the worldâor too much, too late?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/68522/will-the-new-assisted-dying-bill-become-law
about 1 year ago
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Alona Ferber
about 1 year ago
Hello newcomers to Bluesky! I send out a weekly(ish) email on the backlash against feminist progress. It's free! Why not sign up?
thebacklash.substack.com
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The Backlash | Alona Ferber | Substack
Notes from this moment in the struggle for gender equality. Click to read The Backlash, by Alona Ferber, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
https://thebacklash.substack.com/
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US election pollsters are getting a lot of flack for failing to predict a Trump victory. But former president of YouGov Peter Kellner argues that they were closer than usual
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US election pollsters werenât as far off as people think
Opinion polls were 1.5 points off in their prediction of Trump and Harrisâs vote share. Thatâs closer than usual
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united-states/us-election-2024/68510/us-election-pollsters-werent-as-far-off-as-people-think
about 1 year ago
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As parliament discusses assisted dying, Prospect is launching our new series, "A Good Death", where we cover all angles of the debate. To kick it off, Mark Mardell has written this beautiful piece:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...
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What makes a good death?
Both sides of the assisted dying debate can produce competing horror stories. But we need to think rationally about how to cause the least harm
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/68508/what-makes-a-good-death
about 1 year ago
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Will Coldwell
about 1 year ago
This piece, on the case of an asylum seeker jailed for manslaughter after crossing the channel in a small boat has just been shortlisted for print news story of the year in the
@fpalondon.bsky.social
media awards. It's in
@prospectmagazine.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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A teenager piloted a Channel dinghy. After it sank, he was charged with manslaughter
Ibrahima Bahâs conviction was the first of its kind. But will this new tactic stop the small boatsâor achieve justice?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/policy/immigration/65858/a-teenager-piloted-a-channel-dinghy.-after-it-sank-he-was-charged-with-manslaughter
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Ellen Halliday
about 1 year ago
âïž
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moved to Greece and is making the rest of us jealous
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Life in Greek time is relaxing my nervous system
Studying in Athens has given me a new sense of perspective
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/68482/life-in-greek-time-is-relaxing-my-nervous-system
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Alona Ferber
about 1 year ago
And here is our
@prospectmagazine.bsky.social
starter pack, too:
go.bsky.app/Vk8j7vP
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I went to lunch with incels to discuss why they hate women for Prospect:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
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The incel trap
Angry and lonely young men can easily enter a web of hatred against women online. Is there a way out?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosophy/gender/67935/the-incel-trap
about 1 year ago
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For Prospect's latest issue, I spoke to researcher Julia Ebner about how the far right got organisedâand why she's concerned about cracking down too harshly on extremists
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
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How the far right became organised
During the recent riots, formerly disparate factions coalesced in fury, says the extremism researcher Julia Ebner
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/67560/how-the-far-right-became-organised
over 1 year ago
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