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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.

‘We’ve got more in common than what divides us’: a Muslim-Jewish kitchen in Nottingham counters hate and hunger As antisemitism and Islamophobia rise, a community centre brings people together over shared meals, offering an antidote to food poverty, social isolation and division * Donate to the Guardian Charity Appeal 2025 here * Communities are our defence against hatred. Now, more than ever, we must invest in hope It’s 2.30pm on a Wednesday afternoon and the Himmah Hub, a community centre in Nottingham, is abuzz with activity. Crates of leftover supermarket food are being carried inside, trestle tables assembled, and volunteers are arriving to prepare meals that will be served in a few hours’ time to anyone who needs one – a queue has already begun to form outside. This is the Salaam Shalom kitchen, known as SaSh, a joint Muslim-Jewish project set up in 2015, and based on one of the core tenets of both faith groups: bringing people together through food. It also draws on a north Indian tradition of community meals, with food prepared collectively and duties shared across the village, Sajid Mohammed, director of the Muslim-led social justice initiative Himmah, explains. Continue reading...

‘We’ve got more in common than what divides us’: a Muslim-Jewish kitchen in Nottingham counters hate and hunger

It's cover reveal day for my new book The Paris Spy @joffebooks.bsky.social which is out on Sept 15 and now available for pre-order

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Petition: Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza We ask you to: •Immediately suspend all arms licences and exports to Israel. •Do everything in your power to seek an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Just 30 out of around 350 licenses to ...

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'The far right isn't unstoppable & they're certainly not smart'

Gary Younge @standuptoracism.bsky.social @richmix.bsky.social with Diane Abbott

Culture leaders 'unwilling' to police which toilets people use - BBC News More than 1,000 people have signed an open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trans former judge to challenge Supreme Court's gender ruling Victoria McCloud, who stepped down last year, said the judgement had violated her human rights.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Equity made a statement too. Not sure what you mean

Some theatres and agencies have started posting statements of solidarity actually

Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel express solidarity with trans community Writers from across the creative industries have signed an open letter in support of the trans community and call for industry action

www.standard.co.uk/culture/russ...

An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers The UK Supreme Court ruling of 17th April 2025 was the result of a coordinated and privately funded attack on the human rights and dignity of trans and non-binary people in the UK. We call upon our in...

Today is Yom HaShoah the day of Holocaust remembrance. In addition to Jewish, disabled, Sinti & Roma people killed, the Nazi regime also targeted queer and trans people for extermination. If you're a writer & you want to show support for the trans community, pls sign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I worked on an open letter with some fab playwrights in support of the trans community in the wake of the UK Supreme Court ruling last week. We have a whopping 1426 signatures and counting. If you're a UK-based writer & you'd like to add your name, click here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#transrightsarehumanrights

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.

I’ll add more as I find them.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Court temporarily blocks Trump bid to cancel legal status of 500,000 migrants The program, set to expire on 24 April, aids migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Court temporarily blocks Trump bid to cancel legal status of 500,000 migrants

YES

I know, it's awful. I'm actually American. The robust theatre scene is why I moved to the UK in the first place, ironically.

I can imagine

Institutional Transformation: Growth and Change in Post-Pandemic Theatre | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Co-authored by Central's Dr James Rowson, the report offers insights into how theatre organisations operate and how they might become more inclusive in their practices. Furthermore, it recommends alte...

If anyone is interested in reading about this further, I cowrote a report with my colleague James Rowson @ Central School of Speech and Drama

www.cssd.ac.uk/research/imp...

Big drop in plays staged by theatres over past decade The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres is down by almost a third.

It's so depressing

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What's going on here, Sidcup?

Oh, that stifling orthodoxy that said you couldn't rape, sexually harass, be a racist, and generally have a good old boy time. While the right has been telling everyone who's not that good old boy that their rights, not just their voices, didn't matter. Same old "she made me do it" whining.

It occurred to me that #writing is the polar opposite of corporate irresponsibility and idiocy with its injunction to 'move fast and break things'...

#MoveSlowAndCreateThings

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The news continues to absolutely horrifying me but I did get a nice email from @scriptsandco.bsky.social telling me my TV pilot has been longlisted for an award. So that's exciting.

Yes and sometimes I lose my keys and that's EXACTLY LIKE IF EISENHOWER HAD MISLAID HIS D-DAY PLANS WHERE HITLER COULD READ THEM OR MAYBE JUST SOMEONE FROM FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEIGUNG.

This is a major major scandal & must be treated as such!

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Call your senators / congresspeople 📳

#Felon on his cabinet members using Signal to text war plans to a reporter: "Idk anything about it"💡

The full list of participants in 'Houthi PC small group' including #Vance/Hegseth

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