Will Coldwell

Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’ Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

Still the only story I can think about at the moment

www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.alja...

Savour the irony here. For a year the Trump administration have browbeaten Zelensky as a loser with no cards. Now they turn to him for anti-drone defences. Perhaps they will now recognise that Ukraine is a valuable, battle-hardened ally.

Very "Black Doves"

Meanwhile Western media frothing with excitement over these "clinical" strikes and a targeted "decapitation" . It's sickening

Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says

This is the only story you need to read right now if you want to understand the values of the US and Israel

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...

Met on Fabergé egg hunt after items worth £2m poached from Soho pub Enzo Conticello admits theft as judge says ‘I expect we’re going to find out’ what he did with egg and luxury watch

This is precisely why I never bring a faberge egg to the pub

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reform’s local councils are bringing climate denial into the… Top polling party’s moves to ‘undeclare’ the climate emergency and scrap net zero targets could be a sign of things to come

I keep hearing that the rise of the populist right is one of the biggest threats to the climate. Watching Trump’s second term it’s hard to disagree

So @tbij.bsky.social looked at what councils controlled by Reform UK are doing on climate

What we found was pretty shocking

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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Louvre Faces €10M Loss After Decades-Long Ticket Fraud Busted French authorities have busted a longstanding ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre.

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The Recently Released Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.

Great interview on the Epstein Files with Julie K Brown, an inspiring journalist

www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers

The legacy of populist parties is rich in stories of embezzlement and graft, because their leaders have a strong drive for self-enrichment and little interest in actual governance. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

Lovely interview

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘His favourite book was by Jordan Peterson, which was a massive ick’: how books perform on dating apps Mentions of reading in Tinder bios are up 29% in the last year. But is searching for a fellow fan of one’s favourite author really a shortcut to compatibility?

"if it’s a Fitzcarraldo, I’m more likely to match regardless of whether I’ve read it or not.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze and then tells TV interview of affair Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon and apologised for having an affair

Willing to bet that by next year this will be the plot of a Netflix romcom called "Off piste"

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Da da da da daaaa da da da da da daaa who's Mandelson?

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Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients

EXCLUSIVE:

Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.

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As real journalists from The Washington Post, the AP and elsewhere are getting laid off, pink-slime news sites are stepping in to fill the void.

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Bad, bad editorial decisions. I don't want to be watching a documentary about heavily disputed facts, while wondering about the extent to which the images on my TV screen are actually real...

Even worse, inserting the digitally anonymised individual into photographs with Letby...wtaf!?

Impossible to process the words of a grieving mother, or heartbroken friend when you're staring at what is, essentially, AI slop

Watched the Netflix Lucy Letby doc and kinda speechless at what appeas to be the use of AI to "digitally anonymise" interviewees

"osteopath course"

‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation?

Great reporting by @tomfaber91.bsky.social on this tragic case, badly fumbled by the Met

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

The rise of Fafo parenting: is this the end of gentle child rearing? Mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons – or just make them feel isolated and ashamed?

Hey parents check it out a new style just dropped

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

“I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me, and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Amazon vouchers to fill school places Plus: How engineers installed phone signal on the London Underground, how many freemasons can you fit in a police force, and the house with a swimming pool in the middle of the living room.

There's too many primary school places in London for not enough kids. So schools are competing to stay alive, copying private school marketing tactics with Instagram ad campaigns — and in one case offering a £50 Amazon voucher referral scheme for parents. www.londoncentric.media/i/184437718/...

(not an article, but I was expecting something deep...)