I'm at Studio Voltaire tonight, reading from Consumed, on a panel with some fantastic authors and artists, including curator-author Alice Hattrick. It's part of a commemoration of the (amazing) writer, Dennis Potter. Come along if you're in Clapham at 7pm studiovoltaire.org/whats-on/mak...

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

This crime and its repercussions is the subject of James Graham's drama, Punch, but is expressed by the real people involved here. Such a powerful and moving read about forgiveness, restorative justice and second chances: www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...

Israel has violated ceasefire 47 times and killed 38 Palestinians, says Gaza media office

‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force

The Metropolitan Police have been accused of over-policing black Londoners after figures revealed they were nearly three times more likely to be strip searched than white people.

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Honestly, I don't know where to begin with this one. Let's just say I couldn't look away: www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

What does the Union Jack mean to you? @neilarmstrong.bsky.social put that question to me, among others, and wrote this thoughtful piece about its history and symbolism. Well worth a read: www.bbc.com/culture/arti... via @BBC_Culture

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

So looking forward to chairing this @climate-fiction.bsky.social‬ A great prize recognising the increasing wealth of climate fiction being published

I'm chairing the Climate Fiction Prize next year with these fab judges! Such a purposeful prize. I can't wait to begin reading submissions

And another glowing review of last night's Gaza concert from my former paper, The Indy: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Wonderful Times review too of Together or Palestine.... 5 stars wholly deserved in my view! www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

Great review of Together for Palestine, and it was fantastic to be there last night: www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs an agreement to push ahead with the controversial E1 settlement expansion. “We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us,” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Gaza West Bank Lebanon Yemen Syria Iran Iraq Tunisia Qatar All attacked and bombed by Israel in the past year. Insane. Rogue state.

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The march today with @aysharafaele.bsky.social Geneva Abdul, Hannah & thousands of others. It's still 'no' to genocide. Come on Keir Starmer, you can do so much better than this #FreePalestine #Genocide #NotInOurName

Israel destroys tower block sheltering displaced families www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

If you happen to be in Bath on 2 Sept, please come along to this Q&A about my book, Wolf Moon! @toppingsbath.bsky.social h @sceptrebooks.bsky.social www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/...

The second part of the doc I am presenting is due to start on @BBCRadio4 at 4pm today, featuring Bernardine Evaristo, Jack Edwards, AO Scott, Anita Singh, James Marriott, Barry Pierce & more. It's a good one! Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you are in Edinburgh this summer, the Andy Goldsworthy show about nature, and our relationship to it, is just wondrous - beautiful, epic and full of humour. Thanks @tds153.bsky.social for recommending

I spoke to critic Wiebke Huester about being assaulted by an male artist - and reflected on some of the perils of being a female critic. Thanks Katherine Butler for commissioning this piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For anyone who missed Front Row earlier this week, you can listen back here as Robbie Collin & I speak to Tom Sutcliffe about Brigadoon, the Oslo Stories trilogy and - my favourite - Giulia Caminito's arresting coming of age novel: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Here is the @BBCRadio4 doc on the value of arts criticism that I present, free to listen to on Sounds! Part 2 next week Tues 4pm. So many great voices including Meera Syal, Michael Billington, Bernardine Evaristo & more www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

3. Lara Pawson - 15:45 Thursday 14th August 4. Overnight event w/ Arifa Akbar - 20:15 Monday 18th August 5. Edinburgh Night Walk - 20:30 Tuesday 19th August Massive thanks to Tam Zimet & all the team at @edbookfest.bsky.social A great programme - beautifully curated, vast & varied. Roll on August!

Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, with the broadcaster calling it a "targeted assassination" and "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom"

Just horrific and enraging www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...

Tens of thousands protest in Israel over plan to escalate war on Gaza – latest updates

This is significant from one of the most famous footballers in the world, a Muslim. Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said.

'Its Gonzo journalism of a cerebral kind'. I'll take that! Thanks London Evening Standard and India Block for this review of Wolf Moon 🌙 www.standard.co.uk/culture/book...

Going back to London today from @edfringe.bsky.social after having seen a lot of great stuff (with one more to see this afternoon) but Hot Mess is the show I'll go home humming to. Just sooo good: www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...

A story of two boys playing in Palestine. Very funny, utterly heartbreaking. The ongoing horror of Israeli occupation in this region. Absolutely vital theatre! Go and see @edfringe.bsky.social if you can get a ticket! www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...:

Emergency demo of Mi-Neged + Na'amod Monday 28 July 5.30pm Opposite the Foreign and Commonwealth Office SANCTIONS NOW STOP THE STARVATION OF GAZA END UK SUPPORT FOR GENOCIDE

Thank you @thetimes.com for this wonderful and perceptive review of Wolf Moon! 🌙🌒 www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Only slightly embarrassed by this photo 🤣 but thanks Observer newspaper for featuring this book extract about my night at Berghain in this coming Sunday's paper. Possibly the most exhilarating moment in my new book, Wolf Moon @SceptreBooks observer.co.uk/culture/musi...

Our political leaders cannot say they didn't know - @michaelfakhri.bsky.social first warned that Israel was orchestrating the deliberate starvation of Palestinians in January 2024 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘This is not action’: MPs respond to David Lammy’s condemnation of Israel

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

My new book is on radio this morning! 🌙 On BBCRadio4 at 11.45am. It's being abridged all week. Tune in for all things night-time, folks! #BookOfTheWeek

We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza:

Francesca Albanese will be remembered as one of the bravest women of the era, standing against genocide despite the daunting forces arrayed against her. Sanctioning her, rather than the war criminals who are starving and murdering Palestinians is another moment of shame for the US trib.al/Oe77sph

VERY excited that Wolf Moon will be 'Book Of The Week' next week from 21-25 July, on BBC Radio 4. Thanks Observer newspaper for picking it out as a highlight here and thanks also to actor Manjinder Verk for lending her lovely voice to its reading!

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This novel by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social 💥 Began it on a train journey & 3 hours later I can't put it down. Every sentence is lean, smart, beautiful. Set in modern-day Northern Ireland, it's about so much but read it for the sheer addictive pleasure of its storytelling. Dazzled 🌟 #thebenefactors

'Avoid Gaza'??? What an absolutely disgrace, @BBCNews and what great journalism from @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/politic...

The world might be a gloomy place but today was the best of days: mehndi for @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social 's daughter, Leila. Full of fun, food, henna & fabulous women. V moving speech & expressions of love through ritual.... Lovely to see Angela Coles, Anita Anand, Anila Baig, and more! 🌟🎉