Under starter’s orders…

The factory ‘farming’ of sentient beings, and especially of pigs, will be remembered among the most evil crimes ever committed by humanity. The sooner alternative proteins rip the rug out from under this vile industry the better. itv.com/news/central/2…

Ibrahim Maalouf - Will Soon Be A Woman (Live Au Babylon Istanbul, 2013) - Listen on Online Radio Box onlineradiobox.com/track/16574186…

All UK cinemas showing #RyeLane : pls get staff on high alert to do the hard sell on the film, and to know why it’s so important. This film needs to find the audience it truly deserves and we need all hands on deck. Pls share. Thank you! BFI Team Picturehouse Vue etc ⭐️💕

I am really pleased to say that the excellent Prof Keon West is now an author Picador Books! The Science of Racism is going to be quite something. For now let's call it clever, shocking - and surprisingly entertaining too. I'm delighted. Jo Wander Management

Our Radio 4 series on abuse and cover-up in elite boarding schools won Broadcasting Press Guild Best Programme yesterday. To protect the 160k children in residential care today, we STILL need proper mandatory reporting. Like other countries have. Mandate Now @_caitlinasmith #InDarkCorners

Proving that animals thrive on our organic system…

Our 11 year old really does not embrace reading so this is a total result - thank you Stephen Mangan Anita Mangan (promise this was not a set up!) #goodbooks #readingchallenge #bedtime

Delighted to be going to the Bath Children's Literature Festival in a few weeks with our 11 year old to see Stephen Mangan and Anita Mangan talk/draw/improvise a show about #theUnlikelyRiseofHarrySponge #HappyDays #booksforkids (the only fiction our son has voluntarily read cover to cover)

It's really important to have this global context when we have MPs saying things like "The UK cannot be the refugee camp for the entire world".

Rosebank has been approved but I'm with #StopRosebank. Together we'll stop this climate wrecking project. Sign up to find out what's next and reverse this decision: actionnetwork.org/forms/stop-ros…

Love this photo!

Breakfast reading - the best thing when your kid says he doesn’t really like reading. Thank you Anita Mangan and Stephen Mangan - this is the #Fartthstchangedtheworld . I can’t tell you how happy this makes me! #reading #unstaged

Columnist calls Sir James Dyson: "The vacuum-cleaner tycoon who championed Vote Leave due to the economic opportunities it would bring to British industry before moving his global head office to Singapore". Billionaire sues for libel. He loses. A good day for press freedom

Over 62% of refugees and 50% of migrants reported that climate change has reduced the availability of food in their communities. The interconnectivity between climate change and health is undeniable. See how we’ve quantified the extent of these disparities.

Andy Weir's short story, The Egg, is one of the most mind-blowing things you will ever read. Do yourself a favor and find 10 minutes to enjoy it. (bookmark this for later)

"Thames Water scraps plan to become net zero by 2030." TW have also admitted they're not going to complete 105 sewage upgrades which they are legally obliged to delivery by 2025 at a cost of £1.134bn, your money. And the regulators do what exactly? telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…

"Cornwall is officially England's water pollution hotspot, new figures show." And you're not surprised because? cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-…

#RwandaBill meanwhile …

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