Wow! Brilliant for writers!

Labour must reject the argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender @lucympowell.bsky.social told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Absolutely buzzing!!! Emma and I were so shocked to win, we hadn’t prepared speeches and I briefly forgot the name of our publisher…. But we got away with it!!

Breaking news: The Trump administration’s push to arrest and deport international students for their pro-Palestinian activism was illegal, a federal judge ruled, calling the crackdown a “truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech.”

One of my favourite conversations I've had in a while. Really getting into what's wrong in the current moment, what the facts are that are being obscured by racism & lies, and what we should be doing about it Do check it out!

"As soon as those flags went up, something changed in the wind, something didn't feel right." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

Excited for this and hope to see you there too! #carthage

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Ming Campbell was a dedicated public servant and a true Liberal giant. His principled leadership opposing the Iraq War was a mark of his morality, courage and wisdom. But more than that, he was an incredibly warm and caring friend and colleague. We will miss him terribly.

In this post, I reflect on what the TV series Black Earth Rising (Michaela Coel, John Goodman) tells us about how an inescapable colonial past bleeds into our meanings of home, truth, justice, and global hierarchies of power that collapse past, present, and future. folukeafrica.com/blackearthri...

Only a week to go folks! If you’ve not got your tickets head over to @waterstones.bsky.social ! We would love to see you there! @gevemac.bsky.social #Africa #AncientHistory #Heritage

@drmaimusie.bsky.social and me talking about #Carthage on Oct 2nd. Join us!

NEW: Far-right thugs are creating a "culture of fear" in Falkirk, it has been warned, after they falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home. Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...

This is a great cover.

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration  - on.ft.com/4gud1hb via @FT

If you know anyone who works in higher ed, none of us are ok right now. Like, it is taking 100% of my will power not to walk out of my office and go hide in an arcade for the next 6 hours.

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

Putrid, fascist, rape-excusing rag.

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

Nice one @theguardian.com front page & Carol Ann Duffy ❤️. 

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

You can never appease a tyrant.

BREAKING: Spain votes to boycott Eurovision if Israel competes Broadcaster RTVE is now the fifth to threaten withdrawal from Eurovision over Israel, following the Netherlands, Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland news.sky.com/story/spain-...

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.

I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home. bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...

Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!

Wes Streeting has called it “laughable” that rising racism and homophobia is a sign of free speech in a strongly worded intervention suggesting Labour needed to step up its defence of minorities www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.

I'll be speaking at the Stop Trump demo in Parliament Square today. A fascist autocratic clearly itching to declare martial law is not welcome here. share.google/sWEe8YGl3euj...

Submit a letter for consideration about this month’s edition by emailing the Editors: Miss Hardeep Matharu and Mr Peter Jukes on [email protected] subscribe.bylinetimes.com/e...

Labour's one in one out policy is just a continuation of the same old failed policies of "deterrents and deportation" of the past. It doesn't address the reasons people seek asylum in the UK, but does risk creating a never ending cycle of exploitation of those who do. news.sky.com/story/first-...

I don't think Peter Mandelson is PM's biggest problem. The biggest problem is not standing up to the literal violent racism on our streets, supercharged by the richest man in the world, and threatening the very fabric of our society. If he and so many commentators can't see this, we're truly lost.

“He seeks to Excel in his field” was right there, Guardian!

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man. Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent. We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate. My latest piece.

Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'll be presenting for the British Science Festival in Liverpool tomorrow at 3pm It's free, so I hope to see some friendly faces! britishsciencefestival.org/event/truth-...

Such wonderful energy in the room celebrating the 60th birthday of #ClassicalCivilisation. Brilliant to be in the company of friends and colleagues across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to celebrate the positive work being done in our community! #Classics #CelebratingClassics

"Who do they think they are?!" A furious @andyburnham.bsky.social on the news that a Reform UK government would scrap plans to build Northern Powerhouse Rail.

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Two things can be true at once. Rayner was foolish in her conduct and right to resign. It’s also true she was always despised by much of the right wing press because she was a working class powerful woman.

Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

ISLAM & MEDIEVAL ENGLAND Thurs 6 Nov | British Library Was Islam present in medieval and early modern England? What was premodern England’s relationship like with the wider Islamic Worlds? Join Medieval & Early Modern Orients & HistFest for a special event. Book now events.bl.uk/events/islam...

Given the news about Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time, now might be a good time to share this list (thanks to Paul Cartledge for the reminder!) keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...

This book is out today!!

'This country needs migrants' Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration