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Britain has so many stories. The reason we fund the arts together is so we can tell them | James GrahamDear England, Ink, Sherwood … I owe my career to publicly funded art. Never downplay it: it’s how we speak to each other, says author and playwright James Grahamwww.theguardian.com
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Whoa! While Europeans suffer in sweltering summer heatwaves thanks to their unimaginative and useless leadership. Here’s how China deals with the summer heat: mist cooling systems cool city streets, sending temperatures plummeting by 5-8 degrees. Once again China leads the way technologically.
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More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/
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Not all Unite members work for airports, oil companies or car manufacturers, and may be more interested in a survivable future for their kids than protecting the corporate interests of major polluters. If that’s you, someone has started a petition for you to sign here: www.change.org/p/stop-unite...
Sign the PetitionStop Unite Union lobbying for fossil fuel extraction in the North Seawww.change.orgThis www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... is the best thing I’ve read for ages. Very funny. Many very highlightable observations, beautifully written. Lots about art (the state of), meaning, friendship. Highly recommended
Black Bag by Luke Kennard review – a campus comedy for our end timesDrawing on a real-life 1960s experiment, this story of an out-of-work actor paid to cover himself in a black leather bag fizzes with wit and inventionwww.theguardian.com
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Cabin Pressure is honestly one of the best British sitcoms of the 21st Century so far - if you haven't heard any of it yet, treat yerself
Jen (they/them) says Free LinkOne of Anthony Head's lesser-known roles was a guest role on the BBC Radio comedy Cabin Pressure, where he played smooth-talking airline pilot Hercules Shipwright. I highly recommend checking out this show. Here's a clip from the episode "Rotterdam". youtu.be/pvNtxmcqyFc
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We only went and won it!! 🎉🎉🎉 A newsletter has just won the biggest prize in British journalism Absolutely delighted. Huge thanks to Khadija and to all Democracy for Sale’s supporters 😊
Private Eye MagazineAnd the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2026 are... Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife of Democracy for Sale.
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Today I ‘interviewed’ Facebook whistleblower on stage at Hay…& she couldn’t say a word. Facebook took legal action to prevent her speaking. What pathetic, pointless vindictiveness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festivalSarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firmwww.theguardian.comJust saw Romeo and Juliet at Wiltshire Creative and it’s great and you should go www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/events/romeo...
Romeo and Juliet | Wiltshire CreativeCan young passion break the cycle of division and hate?
Shakespeare’s classic tale of rebellion explodes onto the streets of Salisbury. Drama, music andwww.wiltshirecreative.co.uk
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Political donations make a mockery of democracy, and the government's solutions are hopeless. Here's a really simple means of fixing it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George MonbiotAs revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com
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🇺🇸 v 🇪🇺 food Listen to what this American says about what a US trade deal really means for our food and health. While talking about “reset” with Europe… Starmer’s government is opening the door to US 🇺🇸 standards. That’s how they’re trying to make Brexit work.
Liz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺☠️ Chlorinated chicken ⚠️ !!! FOI reveals Starmer’s govt is actively discussing accepting chlorinated chicken and lower US food standards as part of trade talks with Trump. This is the real cost of Mandelson strategy: elite networking to chase US deals while selling out 🇬🇧 farming, food security, NHS
