Putin and Trump are both fascists, @TimothyDSnyder writes. Their use of the word to refer to their enemies is one of fascism’s essential characteristics: a fascist does not serve the language; the language serves him. https://t.co/f80n1KIY0H
BBC TO PRODUCE THE OTHER BENNET SISTER INTO A TEN PART REGENCY ERA SET SERIES INSPIRED BY JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE CHARACTER https://t.co/72TDDaJRXT
Had been hoping & praying that Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister would get picked up for a series as soon as I finished reading it! Such a fantastic book, very empathetic towards Mary (and even Mr Collins!).
So grateful to @GoldRosie, @DamZolt, Yael Ben Moshe,& @mpeterdavidson for joining Joachim Lang& I in Berlin. Listening to them talk about „The World Wars of Disinformation & Demagoguery“ and ‘Führer&Verführer’ has been for me one of the intellectual highlights of the year so far.
@jamiembrixton@guywalters And often used at the start of a doc, as a montage prepping the viewer -- here are all the voices getting ready for the doc journey you are about to share with them! Bio-docs do this a lot.
Meanwhile I’m blown away with @mpeterdavidson@WeHaveWaysPod episode https://t.co/6c72WKUAgJ my Aunties husbands father Adolf Friedrich Hans Dücker (Antiques) 1896���1977, they burnt his papers when he died, we don’t know his role or how to find out online. She said SS
I have just finished reading this fabulous book. It is superbly written, full of raw emotion & fantastic detail. The last chapter is phenomenal - and a very difficult read in light of current events. @mpeterdavidson#books#holocaust#reading
Five men, aged between 69 and 90, have been arrested and charged in connection with non-recent abuse at Edinburgh Academy. Reports will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
A sixth man, aged 74, will also be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
READ MORE: https://t.co/ydLmWyKqUX
It’s up. I’m just front of house - seriously- the guys in the pic - Kim and Neil and Neil and George and Jedgor are F ing amazing human beings. As you’ll see - I am in awe. Watch when Neil Douglas sees Iain Wares in South Africa.
https://t.co/w3gDC0pNGw
In the @BBCPanorama at nine tonight on our school abusers there is an extraordinary sequence in a South African courtroom where @bikingpastor sits a few feet from the man who abused him when he was 9. He cried but he was calm and controlled - What would you have done? Me? Dunno.