One of the people I’m most grateful to have worked with: the brave, resourceful, generous ⁦Rushdi Abualouf⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Pioneering documentary maker and ‘father of reality TV’ Paul Watson dies aged 81 dlvr.it/Sz51MZ

We have an interview with the magnificent Rushdi Abualouf on Newshour at 1450GMT BBC World Service -- about that decision to leave Gaza; about swearing his family will not return; but that he will: "The 2.3 million people in Gaza -- somebody has to tell their story."

Statement from South Yorkshire Police: Chris Brain, former leader of the Church of England’s Nine O’Clock Service in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s, has been charged with 34 sexual offences. NB: this matter is now in criminal proceedings so no further comment should be made

“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.” Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.

Years of delays to rape trials a ‘significant injustice’, says judge dlvr.it/T3gDQM

Big thanks East Midlands Railway (EMR) to your train manager Susan on the Sheffield to London line this evening, who helped me out no end when I left my bag behind.

Really looking forward to playing The Lexington on 14 September with Andrew Wasylyk. It's been a long time since I played there with FOUND but I remember it being a great venue. London pals – it'd be lovely to see you there. Tickets here: dice.fm/partner/dice/e…

The team behind Top Boy take to the stage to collect the BAFTA for Drama Series 🏆 #BAFTATVAwards with P&O Cruises

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The Tim Hetherington Award (presented in association with Dogwoof) Dogwoof 🏆WINNER 🏆 No Other Land directed by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal (Palestine, Norway, 2024)

And a final thought - professional journalists abide by the legal restrictions in play at times like this, but the general public don't know about them and bad faith actors don't care It's a perfect storm for misinformation and it happens time and again.Something needs to change

Hugs were too painful for ME patient before she died, mother tells Exeter inquest theguardian.com/society/articl…

Incredible news nytimes.com/live/2024/08/0… via @NYTimes

We are overjoyed that Vladimir Kara-Murza has been released as part of a prisoner swap. He is an extraordinarily brave and principled man, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for his columns from the gulag. He and his family have been through so much, simply because he told the

Never even liked tennis anyway.

NEW: Billionaire Elon Musk has created a PAC collecting voter data from those living in key states through an online "register to vote" form that does not directly register people to vote. All of this in an effort to help Donald Trump become president. cnb.cx/3A9hEMv

No, not 💯 Elon. In the U.K. they’re not going round ‘finding people who’ve said something they disagree with and putting them in a f—king cage.’ Some people are being charged for inciting racial hatred and for organising acts of violence. It’s very specific, and it’s the law in

Couldn’t you find it in your hearts to call her a woman BBC News (UK) ?