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If you haven't seen it, can't recommend Asif Kapadia's documentary on this enough. Common memory will act like this was resolved neatly and the "good guys won". Those killers didn't just take 1 life, but wrecked many others. So many remain traumatised by this.

What we lost when we lost Self magazine The almost 50-year-old publication was a lifeline for chronically ill readers.

After Condé Nast's decision to close SELF, I spoke to chronically ill women about what the women's health site meant to them.

"We have to acknowledge chronic illness as a politically, culturally, and socially marginalized category"

Latest for @motherjones.com.

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The Mandelson fiasco reveals the true nature of Starmerism This is a prime minister who does not understand the difficult trade-offs involved in governing

Keir Starmer famously said there was "no such thing" as Starmerism. He was half-right: there is no such ideology. There is however an approach to managing and running the country that is core to so many of the government's difficulties that we probably should call 'Starmerism'. In tomorrow's paper:

That's one of the worst individual performances I've seen from any team in the PL this season. And that's a pretty high bar.

“Sir! We believe in equality!”

Prince - Baltimore (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Prince

In honor of both Freddie Gray and almost 10 years since we lost Prince: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMLI...

Hassan Ayman Herzallah | A Kilo of Flour My father called from the market to say he needed my help. It was the end of February. Tensions between Israel and Iran...

‘I went to a cash broker to convert the digital currency into money that I could spend. The commission was nearly 40 per cent. I came away with less than $84 in cash.’

Hassan Ayman Herzallah buys flour in Gaza, from the blog.

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I Regret to Inform You All That The National League South is At It Again If you thought last season's absolute nonsense was a one-off, you're mistaken. The National League South is most definitely At It again.

The National League South is At It Again.

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Remembering The Greatest Merseyside Derby In History Forty-one years ago, Everton and Liverpool were the best sides in Europe. The Heysel ban and a television blackout meant very few people saw the finest match in ever played between these city rivals

More derby content. An extract from Two Tribes about the greatest derby ever. The Heysel ban and a television blackout meant hardly anyone saw it in September 1985. Some of us were lucky to be there. And later talk to the players about it open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Are the San Antonio Spurs on the Cusp of a Championship? How the San Antonio Spurs became the most exciting team in the N.B.A.

wrote about the spurs! www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

I know, they've been wretched. But with not much left to play for, for them standing in Arsenal's way is a lot of motivation. I know pretty much every club is Arsenal men's bete noire thes days, but Newcastle are more than most.

I think you're probably right. But Newcastle can put Arsenal in the dirt if they get points off them next week.

How The Beatles Gave Everton The Blues The Fab Four feature on a tifo for the Merseyside derby at the Hill Dickinson stadium but Beatlemania helped kickstart the legend of Liverpool's Kop

A new Everton tifo features The Beatles. But Beatlemania is central to the legend of the Kop open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

From the @jewishcurrents.bsky.social news desk today, an important piece from Maya Rosen on how support for settlements in southern Lebanon is mainstream in Israel now. jewishcurrents.org/support-for-...

The health thing’s the big variable. All depends on how she goes for Gotham this season. But if playing as she can, she seems the obvious partner for Girma.

Been v impressed with Wesley’s start to the season. But Davidson gives you more aerial power? Also has a passing range the others don’t?

Davidson, if healthy?

I thought that was the only reason?

Thought Rodman's final ball wasn't great in the 1st half but that was an excellent assist from her.

Daddy’s Little Girl: Stephanie McMahon & Toeing the Company Line Line Stephanie McMahon is being inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame, so I'm posting the chapter about her from my book, A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler.

In honor/horror of Stephanie McMahon's WWE Hall of Fame induction tonight, I published my chapter on her from my book at my Substack. Check it out and buy a copy if you haven't already! scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/daddys-lit...

Feels important to uplift Rep Pressley's leadership. She puts in a lot of work on issues that others often don't see as a priority. I've appreciated her anti-criminalization work over the years. She's a worker.

Hillsborough Law Now

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Tweet from Tim Stillman, which reads, “I need this hell to end.”

When she left Clare Wheatley’s room after being told Arsenal weren’t giving her a new contract.

A Body That Outlived Its Heart The grief that at first flowed with my tears now has calcified in my chest with no release.

"Perhaps in writing I discover that a dead heart is not complete death, but a stage the survivors pass through to keep going." jewishcurrents.org/a-body-that-...

I have three court hearings to attend in three months. Two subjects of our reporting are suing us.

Journalism is threatened by abusive legal threats aimed at silencing reporting. The Government needs to #StopSLAPPs.

Please share and write to your MP.

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