Jason Okundaye
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Assistant opinion editor at the Guardian. Writer on arts, culture and society
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My book REVOLUTIONARY ACTS is released today in paperback with this beautiful new cover by Ajamu X. This is a social history of Black Britain’s gay communities, told through the generation who lived through Thatcher, AIDS and squats. Get yours 💚
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Here’s my piece on rising intolerance in Britain, and our vacuum in moral leadership
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Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want? | Jason Okundaye
Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/03/minorities-adverts-menaced-footballers-observing-ramadan-booed-britain
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Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want? | Jason Okundaye
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Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want? | Jason Okundaye
Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/03/minorities-adverts-menaced-footballers-observing-ramadan-booed-britain?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772525672
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I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
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I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/baftas-bbc-n-word-john-davidson-black-disabled-people?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772008263
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Go to university! No, get a trade! How can young people survive when all the paths are landmined? | Jason Okundaye
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Go to university! No, get a trade! How can young people survive when all the paths are landmined? | Jason Okundaye
Is it to be a degree and heavy debt when graduate jobs are shrinking? Or foregoing a degree, knowing society still worships them? Confused, angry: who wouldn’t be, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/young-people-university-trade-degree-graduate-jobs?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771827763
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Olivia Colman sometimes thinks of herself as a gay man. As a gay man myself, I say – welcome | Jason Okundaye
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Olivia Colman sometimes thinks of herself as a gay man. As a gay man myself, I say – welcome | Jason Okundaye
Her comments have been put through Britain’s culture war meat-grinder, but sexuality and gender is as fluid and interesting as we want it to be, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/olivia-colman-thinks-herself-gay-man-lgbtq?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770886593
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Henry Dyer
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Exclusive: Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists (including me) who had reported on Labour Together, the thinktank he chaired at the time (before he became an MP), sources say. Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01
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Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/labour-minister-intelligence-files-gathered-on-journalists-josh-simons
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Does it matter when celebrities like Bad Bunny castigate Trump and ICE at the Grammys? You bet! | Jason Okundaye
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Does it matter when celebrities like Bad Bunny castigate Trump and ICE at the Grammys? You bet! | Jason Okundaye
Famous people who speak out are often derided, but throughout time artists have used the platform they have. And if not now, when, asks Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/grammys-bad-bunny-donald-trump-ice-artists?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770046207
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On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath | Jason Okundaye
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On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath | Jason Okundaye
It comes to something when ‘Henrys’ in London worry about money, but that’s the reality of today’s wages and the cost of city living, says Jason Okundaye, a Guardian assistant opinion editor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/26/100k-salary-debate-britain?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1769414981
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@peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Hi Peter, Jason from the Guardian - have popped you an email if you could return soon as possible
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A really touching piece by
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on balancing the often complex family dynamics and emotions that Christmas can bring up. (With a side note of celebrity gossip.)
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Bad blood between the Beckhams at Christmas might seem trite. But here’s why it’s important | Jason Okundaye
It’s celebrity catnip, but beyond the headlines this is also a tale of family dysfunction. At this time of year, so many people know about that, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/beckham-family-feud-christmas-brooklyn-peltz?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top | Jason Okundaye
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When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top | Jason Okundaye
A social housing victory at the ‘luxury’ Battersea power station development shows the power of grassroots politics – and holds a lesson for all of our cities, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/20/developers-people-money-community-social-housing-battersea?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766232968
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‘Community simply cannot exist without the presence of existing long-term residents.’ It’s hard not to be reminded of the battles that played out in Seven Dials in the 1920s & 30s reading this great piece by
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When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top | Jason Okundaye
A social housing victory at the ‘luxury’ Battersea power station development shows the power of grassroots politics – and holds a lesson for all of our cities, says Guardian assistant opinion editor J...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/20/developers-people-money-community-social-housing-battersea
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3 months ago
‘Ignoring minorities is our original sin’: the complex roots of Nigeria’s security crisis
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‘Ignoring minorities is our original sin’: the complex roots of Nigeria’s security crisis
Criminal exploitation, economic opportunism and religious persecution are all factors in a broader picture of insecurity
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/26/ignoring-minorities-is-our-original-sin-the-complex-roots-of-nigerias-security-crisis?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764164543
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui. w/ Dan Boffey,
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Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/25/three-more-ex-pupils-at-school-with-nigel-farage-reject-banter-claims
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Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste? | Jason Okundaye
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Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste? | Jason Okundaye
Anti-AI and pro-beauty, Leo XIV has proved an unlikely custodian of culture – and a patron of meaningful work in a world of algorithmic slop, says Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/22/who-knew-american-pope-value-art-good-taste-hollywood?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763792283
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On the point analysis from
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www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
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Jason Okundaye | Shabana Mahmood’s Triangulations
Shabana Mahmood is in a different situation from previous minority ethnic home secretaries who were accused of catering...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/november/shabana-mahmood-s-triangulations
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Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up | Jason Okundaye
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Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up | Jason Okundaye
Sydney Sweeney has become the poster child of a predicted rightwing cultural domination. So why is no one watching her films, asks Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/15/great-unwokening-hollywood-righwing-cultural-domination-sydney-sweeney?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763187269
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‘Young people can come in and have life-changing moments’: Gus Casely-Hayford on V&A East, a new museum for Gen Z
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‘Young people can come in and have life-changing moments’: Gus Casely-Hayford on V&A East, a new museum for Gen Z
The director wants London’s long-awaited institution to ignite creative passion in the Gen Z visitors it’s aimed at. As he unveils the building and its contents, can he pull it off?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/05/gus-casely-hayford-v-and-a-east-unapologetically-diverse-museum-gen-z?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762302299
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If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students? | Jason Okundaye
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If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students? | Jason Okundaye
The media loves to manufacture outrage about what students get up to – and to discipline those who dare challenge conservatives, says Jason Okundaye, a Guardian assistant newsletter editor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/01/right-free-speech-universities-students-media-conservatives?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761992457
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‘They said I didn’t belong here’: rap star Knucks on his uprooted childhood – and why he records bus conductors
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‘They said I didn’t belong here’: rap star Knucks on his uprooted childhood – and why he records bus conductors
For the follow-up to his Mobo-winner Alpha Place, the UK rapper revisited Nigeria, drawing inspiration from bygone days of school bullies and washing his clothes by hand
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/27/knucks-rap-interview-a-fine-african-man-nigeria-mobo-alpha-place?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761553354
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My piece on the death of one nation conservatism and the rise of blatant racism for the Guardian
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No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot?’ Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/27/racism-right-tory-nigel-farage-bigot
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No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
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No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/27/racism-right-tory-nigel-farage-bigot?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761546518
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‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis
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‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis
As the landmark Nigerian Modernism exhibition opens at the Tate, curator Osei Bonsu talks about the art in dialogue with ideas of nation-making
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/08/this-is-a-west-african-story-how-modern-art-tackled-nigerias-identity-crisis?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1759926235
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I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson
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I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson
I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/palestinian-foreigners-protests-campus-ai-ice-trump-us-migrant?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1759648699
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Farewell Amazon Fresh: the no tills thing was all a bit too awkward | Jason Okundaye
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Farewell Amazon Fresh: the no tills thing was all a bit too awkward | Jason Okundaye
The ‘just walk out’ innovation promised frictionless shopping – but these days, maybe we all need a bit less tech in our lives, says assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/amazon-fresh-store-closing-technology-shopping?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758958085
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Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
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Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/15/book-lgbtq-literary-polari-prize-trans-rights?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1755275122
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I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers
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Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/15/book-lgbtq-literary-polari-prize-trans-rights
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Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians
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Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians
A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/aug/13/the-long-history-of-black-solidarity-with-palestinians?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1755085450
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‘Little England’ no more: what I learned on my first trip to the Caribbean
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‘Little England’ no more: what I learned on my first trip to the Caribbean
From stilt-walking to queer inclusion, I came for Crop Over but left Barbados with a powerful education in the island’s heritage, history and future
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/aug/06/little-england-no-more-what-i-learned-on-my-first-trip-to-the-caribbean?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754479736
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‘I have different weathers in my brain’: how Celeste rekindled her love of music after heartbreak and loss
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‘I have different weathers in my brain’: how Celeste rekindled her love of music after heartbreak and loss
After a No 1 debut album, a Brit win and Mercury and Oscar nods, the pandemic and a devastating breakup paused the singer’s rising career. Now, she’s back with a new record and a newfound sense of peace
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/01/i-have-different-weathers-in-my-brain-how-celeste-rekindled-her-love-of-music-after-heartbreak-and-loss?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754022251
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The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
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The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/diane-abbott-britain-race-conversations-minorities?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1752852970
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Wireless festival review – Drake’s disjointed three-night headline run smacks of desperation
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Wireless festival review – Drake’s disjointed three-night headline run smacks of desperation
An all-star lineup of supporting turns – including, astonishingly, Lauryn Hill – show up to bolster the beleaguered megastar, but this is a very scrappy affair
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/14/wireless-festival-review-drake-finsbury-park-london-lauryn-hill?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1752505007
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I wrote off Glastonbury as a ‘white’ festival – until I finally went
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I wrote off Glastonbury as a ‘white’ festival – until I finally went
Camping, fogey rock acts and a lack of diversity meant I once ignored Glasto. But visiting Worthy Farm for a second year was like returning home
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/02/i-wrote-off-glastonbury-as-a-white-festival-until-i-finally-went?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1751456994
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When did ‘feminist critique’ of celebrities become nothing more than a snide telling-off? | Jennifer Jasmine White
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When did ‘feminist critique’ of celebrities become nothing more than a snide telling-off? | Jennifer Jasmine White
Those delivering paternalistic lectures to Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae and Sydney Sweeney would do well to revisit recent history, says writer Jennifer Jasmine White
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/feminist-critique-snide-telling-off-sabrina-carpenter-addison-rae-sydney-sweeney?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1750494497
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Very pleased that my book Revolutionary Acts has won the Somerset Maugham Award. Thanks to the Society of Authors and congratulations to my co-winners.
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We in the cultural sector must stand up to Trump’s attacks – if not now, when? | Gus Casely-Hayford
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We in the cultural sector must stand up to Trump’s attacks – if not now, when? | Gus Casely-Hayford
My former colleagues at the Smithsonian face unprecedented attack. I urge them to defend their principles, says Gus Casely-Hayford, the director of London’s V&A East
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/04/smithsonian-institution-donald-trump-cultural-sector?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1749048954
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I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I'm relying on you to act | Issa Amro
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I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I'm relying on you to act | Issa Amro
Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and Israel has just approved 22 more. Without concrete action, we will be erased, says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/03/israeli-settlements-west-bank-international-law-illegal?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1748925748
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Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye
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Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye
It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/24/black-lives-matter-rebellion-2020-reasons-for-hope-edward-colston?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1748064492
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Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye
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Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye
In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole story, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/britain-europe-lgbtq-rights-uk-rainbow-map-gay-man?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1747477761
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/10/louis-theroux-documentary-on-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1746855513
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Black models, foreign films, queer culture – how the Face shaped me as a young man | Marc Thompson
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Black models, foreign films, queer culture – how the Face shaped me as a young man | Marc Thompson
In the 1980s and 90s this pioneering magazine was a hub for subcultures, but in today’s digital landscape trends are followed rather than set, says queer archivist Marc Thompson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/28/black-models-foreign-films-queer-culture-how-the-face-shaped-me-as-a-young-man?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740803244
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Black models, foreign films, queer culture – how the Face shaped me as a young man | Marc Thompson
In the 1980s and 90s this pioneering magazine was a hub for subcultures, but in today’s digital landscape trends are followed rather than set, says queer archivist Marc Thompson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/28/black-models-foreign-films-queer-culture-how-the-face-shaped-me-as-a-young-man
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I wrote The Guide newsletter this week about the surprise success of National Theatre Live
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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The Guide #179: How National Theatre Live brought the magic of the stage to the cinema
The project bringing live-capture versions of the theatre’s shows to international audiences has been a resounding success. We talk to those who translate the immediacy of the stage to the big screen
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/21/how-national-theatre-live-brought-the-magic-of-the-stage-to-the-cinema
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A lovely intimate paperback launch for Revolutionary Acts at Daunt Books Hampstead tonight 💚
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
This month’s best paperbacks: Percival Everett, Judith Butler and more
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This month’s best paperbacks: Percival Everett, Judith Butler and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some exciting new paperbacks, from politicians’ visions for the UK to a Booker shortlisted novel
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2025/feb/19/this-months-best-paperbacks-percival-everett-judith-butler-and-more?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1739956977
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Faber Books
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In Revolutionary Acts, Jason Okundaye tells the story of an elder generation of Black gay men in Britain, a portrait marked by resilience and self-determination, inspired by the love and beauty Black men have found in each other. It's out in paperback now.
linktr.ee/revolutionaryacts
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The Guardian
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The new Bridget Jones film shows the messy, funny, mistake-filled reality of widowhood | Stacey Heale
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The new Bridget Jones film shows the messy, funny, mistake-filled reality of widowhood | Stacey Heale
I lost my own husband at a young age. It’s rare (and v.g.) to see a heroine trying to live joyfully despite her grief, says author Stacey Heale
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/15/bridget-jones-film-widow-heroine-grief?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1739600871
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I’ll be chatting about my book REVOLUTIONARY ACTS at Daunt Books Hampstead on Wednesday. Come along!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
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Jason Okundaye in conversation with Diarmuid Hester
Buy tickets for the event with Jason Okundaye in conversation with Diarmuid Hester at Daunt Books Hampstead from Daunt Books today.
https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/jason-okundaye-in-conversation-with-diarmuid-hester/
about 1 year ago
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
What should the Grenfell memorial look like? History has some answers | Neal Shasore
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What should the Grenfell memorial look like? History has some answers | Neal Shasore
Whatever stands in the tower’s footprint should be inspired by the community – and remind us that such a tragedy must never happen again, says heritage advocate Neal Shasore
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/13/grenfell-tower-memorial-community-tragedy?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1739461139
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My book REVOLUTIONARY ACTS is released today in paperback with this beautiful new cover by Ajamu X. This is a social history of Black Britain’s gay communities, told through the generation who lived through Thatcher, AIDS and squats. Get yours 💚
linktr.ee/revolutionaryacts
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