Stories of Syria: Hopes and Fears
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Feel it's time to be more open. Making Light came about because of John's kidnap in Syria. John is a journalist. John is my brother. Making Light is my legacy to him, continuing his work to tell stories of people of Syria. Quiet Voices need to be heard too.
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You asked us this last year.
Are you having @HJoyceGender
@jk_rowling on this year?
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So well deserved ! Incredible charity doing remarkable work. Congratulations 👏👏👏
.@oursansar win the International Aid and Development #CharityAwards for their work to put an end to child labour in Nepalese brick factories. 🎉
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Seared into me for more reasons than either of you . absolutely not ‘this day’ and distasteful beyond measure to use murders for your careers
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The lovely little church of All Saints in Steep, #Hampshire Laurence Whistler designed two lancet windows on the south wall of the church to commemorate the poet Edward Thomas, who lived in the village.
#writers #travel
@EdwardThomasFS @steepchurchcomm
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The review of Prevent, #Britain's counter-extremism policy, showed alarming amounts of public money going to #Islamist extremists. Worse, £10,000 went to the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), an #Iran-aligned group, through the pandemic relief funds. kyleorton.substack.com/p/sha…
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Every word of this. And the look on Ken Clarke’s face tells me he agrees but is still Tory enough not to say so.
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Listen to this. I just cannot understand the lack of imagination and concern it takes not to understand why it’s appalling to lock male offenders up with the vulnerable group of women in prison. In the name of “progress” too. Yeah, right.
Worth listening to former governor @HotchkissRhona speaking in December 2021 about life in the women’s section of HMP Greenock/Gateside.
It’s not just the sexual violence: it’s also the huge psychological impact of male fury:
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It was six years ago, and my mate, Pink, had just been told he was going to die. He accepted the news with a grace I can only marvel at, but he said he’d a list of things he’d still like to do.
We sat in a pub one night and read it over. Eight things? Four months? Ok. Deal.
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As a part time reader of @SmallholdersUK can I just say how AMAZING I think you are - so much genuine information and knowledge imparted in such a short time. Thank you 🙏
Very sad decision. My (grown) kids and Ive walked & wild camped across Dartmoor several times - doing it gives you an incredible , liberating sense of being part of nature & you notice so much more of its beauty & subtleties when you’re in it for a prolonged time.
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Whatever you think of him, this story from Richard Hammond is quite something – at Lingfield, South East
What reasons were given for her being remanded in custody ? Expectation is unconditional bail until hearing and have to be v good reasons to remand
