In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump “thought he might remake the country in his own image,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “Instead, he’s likely to leave it like one of his casinos: broke, broken and in desperate need of new management.”
Thread, on the 260,000 human remains identified as being held in UK museums and universities …
This is heartbreaking.
Pic: Vyro Media
Heartbreaking scenes of an iconic building in Glasgow engulfed in flames. A horrible hit for local businesses, the people of Glasgow, and for our city's history.
Lord Paul Boateng described UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard to the spiritual sensibilities of its people…[it] beggars belief.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Ghana has accused Israel of committing a war crime by bombing Ghanaian UN troops, injuring three of them.
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1497...
Meanwhile in the USA 🇺🇸…
This is truly abominable - a disgusting, morally bankrupt, macho powerplay, celebrating war, death and destruction.
😡🤬😡
#historywillremember
If this isn’t a wake up call …
#PalantirOut. #SaveOurNHS
Meanwhile in the USA 🇺🇸 …
‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain
PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Having suffered the pain of a tooth infection I can unequivocally say that this man died in absolute agony. The type of nerve pain that will have you screaming and wondering quite rightly if you’ve gone insane
This man was tortured through neglect, and everyone involved is an irredeemable monster
Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social
Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds.
So, it is about colour. I have lost count over how many times, I heard them say it wasn’t, even though we knew that it was..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Being freelance should never mean being alone.
The FMTW LGBTQIA+ resources hub is a curated list of advice, support, lobbying information and more for LGBTQIA+ artists and those wanting to support them.
Explore the hub:
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/lgbtqia
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #LGBTQIA+
Saudi says it backed talks with Iran, not military action - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/saudi-says-it-backed-talks-iran-not-military-action
I prefer non-lethal distractions from the tRUMPSTEIN Files like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada the 51st state & buying Greenland. Sure it was hugely offensive to longtime friends & allies, but at least no one died.
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago
The recommender: Shabaka, musician, sitting with a flute in front of a brick wall to illustrate a piece about his current cultural favourites
The Recommender: genre-defying saxophonist, jazz star and multi-instrumentalist Shabaka shares his current cultural favourites
Interview by @katehutchinson.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recommender-interview-shabaka-hutchings-musician-jazz-fd-signifier-noor-hindi
Congratulations to all the Londoners recognised at this year’s BRIT awards.
Your talent and hard work reflects the diversity and global influence of London’s music scene.
A proud moment for London music.
‘England remains an anomaly across the world,as the only country apart from Chile where water,a natural resource, is owned by private companies for profit’
‘the water industry has built debts that today stand at £73bn,having paid out dividends of £88.4bn’
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Dirty Business’ on Channel 4 shows how water companies have been consistently putting profit before public health.
it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
Sick of sewage? 💩
Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Full solidarity with Jenny Sealey, @graeaetheatre.bsky.social and all disabled companies and artists facing these outrageous and unjust cuts to their Access to Work support.
Please share!
Please stand in support of our disabled colleagues!
Please don’t be silent!
#AccessToWork #DisabilityCuts
Yuja Wang accuses Radio 3’s Norman Lebrecht of misogynistic bullying
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
You are more likely to be misidentified by facial recognition technology if you are:
- young
- a woman
- Asian
- Black
- and 250 times more likely to be misidentified if you are a Black woman‼️
Good grief!
Where on earth are the safeguards?
This is outrageous! 😡🤬🤬
We must all help call this out.
Please support Jenny Sealey and Graeae Theatre Company!
Please support all our disabled colleagues!
Access to Work cuts - Statement from Jenny Sealey - Graeae graeae.org/resource/acc...
One day they might even think about employing people to do this job better
10 Female Chief Executives of UK Orchestras:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/fem...
London is home to one of the biggest Lunar New Year celebrations outside Asia.
Thousands of Londoners and visitors came together this past weekend to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse.
Gabrielle Cavassa is set to make her Blue Note debut with the May 1 release of “Diavola” featuring Jeff Parker, Larry Grenadier, Brian Blade, Paul Cornish & Joshua Redman. Pre-order on Blue Note Store exclusive signed color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, DL or pre-save: gabriellecavassa.lnk.to/Diavola
