Academic in German + Cultural Studies, Royal Holloway Uni. of London, researching film, lit, history, sport. Books on Joseph Roth, Max Schmeling. Latest book: PEOPLE ON SUNDAY, out now with Bloomsbury/BFI Film Classics. Cyclist, cat person, European.
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Our recent episode of 'In Our Time' on Joseph Roth is now available globally wherever you normally get your podcasts - e.g. Apple podcasts, Spotify, as well as BBC Sounds. (And also kudos to the panel who did the episode in front of a live audience at the Hay Festival last week!)
Suki guarding the emerging canna lily #caturday
The far right have been wanting a martyr figure, and clearly see this as a potential ‘Horst Wessel’ moment (compare how Nazi newspaper Der Angriff weaponized his death in 1930). Shame on the Telegraph but I expected no better.
Breakfast time. The chicks here queuing like good little Brits, which unfortunately doesn't work so well with predators. Hard to watch the one at the back get left out. It's not always the same one however!
An interesting reflection on immigration and identity from Robin Lustig (I particularly like his speculative suggestion that asylum seekers might be invited to join the British armed forces, as happened to his father - can you imagine the reaction from Reform types).
Remember the scene in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN where the sailors are served maggot-infested meat, and it's basically a metphor for the corrupt and rotten state? Well... 👇👇👇
I love how we're the go-to global example of Doing Stupid Stuff
Current soundtrack for another afternoon marking dissertations and exams. So good.
As the far right fulminates about who ‘belongs’ in Britain, let’s remember Fritz Lustig, who arrived here in 1939, just months before war broke out. Initially jailed as an ‘enemy alien’, he played a v...
The Kristallnacht playbook in the age of social media and AI. The key elements remain the same: a ‘trigger event’ followed by disinformation and co-ordinated racial violence masquerading as ‘protests’. And just imagine if Reform were actually in power.
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Katie Martin
The rapid spread of footage shows how social media is pivotal in enabling far-right agitators to mobilise internationally
Iceland’s foreign minister fears ‘Brexit moment’ in EU accession referendum
The Telegraph's response to yesterday's antics: to platform Farage.
Morning.
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Greg Gutfeld on the federal detention center at Delaney Hall: “Maggots or not, the food is dietitian approved” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/gre...
Steve Shilstone
Highly recommend @royalholloway.bsky.social's live feed of their nesting peregrine falcons (as long as you don't mind watching chicks feasting). They are currently having a late lunch. www.youtube.com/live/NDv_Q9Q...
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir accuses opponents of fearmongering amid warnings over misinformation and AI
Iceland’s foreign minister has said she fears her country faces a “Brexit moment” in its looming EU referendum amid warnings over misinformation, foreign interference and AI.
With just over three months to go until Iceland votes on whether or not to continue accession talks with the EU, developments are being closely watched by Washington, Moscow and Brussels. Continue reading...
