Activism / November 13, 2023 Palestinians Just Want to Be Treated Like Human Beings We don’t need to be interrogated on TV about the deaths of our families. We don’t need to be talked about in clinical terms. We just need a chance to tell our stories. Ahmed Alnaouq and Pam Bailey Ad Policy Ahmed…
1 hour ago About sharing The funeral procession arrived outside Old Trafford to huge crowds earlier By Lauren Hirst & Rachael Lazaro BBC News Family, fans and footballers have bid a final farewell to Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton. About 1,000 mourners paid their respects to one of the game’s all-time greats…
5 hours ago About sharing Couple film house shaking as tremors hit Icelandic town By Robert Plummer BBC News Seismic activity has eased in south-west Iceland, but a volcanic eruption is still expected, scientists say. Although more than 500 earthquakes have hit the Reykjanes Peninsula since midnight, they have been weaker than over the past…
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16 minutes ago About sharing Aine Davis in Syria By Daniel Sandford BBC News home affairs correspondent A British man who spent two years with Islamic State in Syria and knew the British militant dubbed Jihadi John, has been jailed for carrying a weapon for terrorist purposes. Aine Davis was also sentenced at the Old…
16 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Ex-PM Cameron walks into No 10 By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News “Cameron is the biggest upgrade in modern political history.” So texts a former cabinet minister, delighted to see the return of the now Lord Cameron as foreign secretary. Yes, you read that sentence right: Lord Cameron,…
One person remains unaccounted for and another is being treated in hospital.
Police were alerted and joined in the capture of the flightless bird in Loose, Kent.
Poems / November 13, 2023 The Body in Fragments Yuki Tanaka Ad Policy In 1904, thirteen geisha girls visited the St. Louis World’s Fair, to be exhibited. She drinks peppermint tea for the first time. It cools her as if winter hurried just for her. Outside, humid air ballooning a shirt on a clothesline….
Books & the Arts / November 13, 2023 Going Viral Influence and the rise of digital celebrity. Influence and the Rise of Digital Celebrity A history of social media from the perspective of the poster, Taylor Lorenz’s Extremely Online examines the roots and rise of our sponsorship-saturated ecosystem. Tarpley Hitt Ad Policy Illustration by Tim…