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OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
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With the late, great Oliver Reed currently wowing 2026 audiences all over again with his incredible performance in the restored version of Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’, I wanted to share this amazing clip of him from 1985.
The rather low-res clip comes from ‘In at the Deep End’, a BBC series in which presenter Paul Heiney tries his hands at a profession he had zero experience in. For this episode, Heiney was preparing for an acting role opposite Michael Caine in ‘Water’ and went to Oliver Reed for some pointers on how to play a villain.
Please enjoy what happens next.
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The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future
The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come.
#YouSavedThePCC
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NEW: We are one! The @thenerve_news is celebrating its first birthday today!!!
With the news that we are financially sustainable!!!
THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Goodbye to Dame Esther Rantzen.
Thanks for this all time great TV moment…
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Will X allow ads for the trailer for my film “Musk,” about the self-proclaimed “free-speech absolutist?”
Mat Whitecross 🇺🇦💙💛 retweeted
Pls see it in a theater. Coming soon 10/9.
went to the west coast premiere of @alexgibneyfilm’s musk doc. highly recommend seeing it in a theater full of people. lots of laughs, groans, and yells.
I've #justsponsored Christelle Randall, who's fundraising for rare people - the research charity on @JustGiving. Donate now justgiving.com/page/christel…
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Hello everyone, this is a message from inside prison, from a young Iranian woman who is about to be executed. Please help me to amplify her voice before they hang her. 💔
«Remember my name, maybe I will not be able to speak again.»
This is the voice of Najmeh Amini, a 23 year old accounting student, speaking from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. In her voice message she says: «Be my voice. I am an innocent girl, a young woman full of hopes and dreams.»
Najmeh is one of the detainees of the January uprising .
She spent months in detention without a verdict, denied access to a lawyer of her choice and pressured during interrogation. In August, her trial was held at the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad on charges of «assembly and collusion» and «insulting sacred values.»
She said in her voice message that her death sentence was issued on September 16, 2026.
In her own words: «People, I only want justice and the chance to defend myself.» And this is her dream: «Before the rope ends my life, let me see my Iran prosperous and free.»
Be her voice and all of political prisoners, especially those at risk of execution.
#NajmehAmini
#StopExecutionsInIran
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Read this investigation by @thenerve_news to understand why this latest Palantir appointment is such a problem. This is state capture by an ideologically motivated company with values antithetical to democracy
NEW: Palantir’s revolving door.
A new investigation by @thenerve_news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption.
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I've #justsponsored my brother Tom Whitecross, who's fundraising for Alzheimer's Society on @JustGiving. If you can, please donate at justgiving.com/page/tom-w?ut…
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NEW: Every week, a Philadelphia nun drives to the immigration court in Harlingen, Texas, to sit beside unaccompanied children, some as young as four, who face a deportation judge with no lawyer and no parent.
This week, an undocumented migrant who is facing imminent deportation called Sister Rose Kuhn his “angel.”
This comes as Catholics across the nation, inspired by Pope Leo XIV, are standing up to the White House’s immigration policies.
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I went to the Reform Conference posing as a reporter for a fake hard right news channel, and found Farage supporters who thought he'd been "entrapped by facts"
