Matthew d'Ancona

Editor at large THE NEW WORLD; Contributing Editor, @prospect_uk; Podcast @the2Matts with Matt Kelly Thurs/Sun. Visiting research fellow @QMUL

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

RIP John Edward William d’Ancona CB (May 28, 1935-June 24, 2019). Beloved husband, father, grandfather, public servant, footballer, and patriot. He played for Newcastle and rose to the heights of Whitehall. But love of family came first. There was nobody like you, Dad. Thank you.

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

@MichaelDugher Congratulations!

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

@oddballcattoys Very sorry for your loss

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

He’s been on Joe Rogan 12 times, has 1.3m followers on X and counts Musk, Andreessen and Ackman as fans. Yet in the UK, @GadSaad has barely broken through.

@MatthewdAncona says we should get to grips now:
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[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

Why it's a big mistake for progressives to dismiss @GadSaad and his consequential book on "suicidal empathy"
Me for @prospect_uk
https://t.co/ywYUUKb0Mq

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

It's not coming home after all

@the2Matts ponder the lessons England's defeat last night - and look ahead to Andy Burnham's coronation as Labour leader tomorrow

From @TheNewWorldmag

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[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

Wondering if those who have spent months lambasting a film they haven’t seen will now, confronted by 5 star reviews for The Odyssey, reconsider their boycott, or whether they will dismiss the positive reviews as evidence of a woke conspiracy to overthrow Western civilisation?

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

@bindelj Surely fortnight?

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

The horribly murdered politician wrote the playbook of the right wing populism that Andy Burnham must now confront

✏️ @MatthewdAncona

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[Jonathan Pageau @PageauJonathan]

First thoughts on The Odyssey.

There is a scene at the very beginning of the film in which, in the absence of his father, Telemachus is being trained by the blind Eumaeus, Odysseus’s loyal servant. Eumaeus warns that the reason Telemachus is constantly being bested by his sparring partner is that his defense is too quick. He must move more slowly, open his chest, invite the attack, and use his opponent’s momentum against him.

In the spirit of Odysseus, deep trickery is at work in this film.

Don’t let the apparent compromises fool you. The Odyssey is an absolute triumph. It is made with a profound love for the source material, filled with deep pathos: the return of the father, the elevation of the son, and the restoration of proper order despite all the sins perpetrated by the guardians of that order.

It is a film about the end of one world and the beginning of another; about remembrance, return, and the perpetuation of an order after a long wandering through chaos.

It’s The Odyssey.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

This was an appalling act of violence against someone who has contributed so much to our national life.

These are very concerning developments and the police must be given the resources and space they need so justice can be done as quickly as possible.

My thoughts go out to Ann’s friends and family and all who loved her.

https://t.co/tlD9fIE09v

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

The horribly murdered politician wrote the playbook of the right wing populism that Andy Burnham must now confront

✏️ @MatthewdAncona

https://t.co/kNtdgSXtbp

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

Ann Widdecombe was a seriously consequential political figure - it is the populist playbook she wrote 25 years ago that Nigel Farage is using now

Me for @TheNewWorldmag
https://t.co/0yJc0foywj

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

Repellent

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Seeing the despicably cruel, heartless and abusive way that many people in UK and US have responded to the deaths of conservative politicians, Ann Widdecombe and Lindsey Graham, reminds me that the least kind people on earth are ironically those on the #BeKind woke left.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Translation: oops, didn’t realise people outside our ideological bubble are THIS pissed off about the loss of sex-based rights. We remain implacably opposed to any organisation fighting to retain them, but shove in the words ‘rights of women’ to keep the bigots happy.

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

Q&A: Has the Andy Burnham effect already kicked in? Will Trump be impeached again? Why does Elon Musk already hate Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'?

Plus: summer reading recommendations!

@The2Matts from @TheNewWorldmag

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[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Amnesty has turned into a joke of an organisation, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be held to account for publishing likely-defamatory statements about organisations that add far more to the public good than it does today.

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Our greatest film writer’s new book says that Hollywood has made us all complicit in populism’s rise and intellectualism’s fall

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[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Still reeling from the terrible and shocking news about Ann Widdecombe. Absolutely horrible. Also will never cease to amaze me that adults need to be told that if you've not got anything nice to say about someone who's just died, better not to say anything at all.

[Matthew d'Ancona @MatthewdAncona]

David Thomson's majestic new history of the movies, A SUDDEN FLICKER OF LIGHT, leads this week's culture picks in @TheNewWorldmag
@AllenLaneBooks
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