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Co-founder and curator of Festival of Writing and Ideas, Borris House. Director Lilliput Press, Dublin.

[Hanif Kureishi @Hanifkureishi]

I will be returning to London after six months of hospitalization in Rome at the @SantaLuciaIRCCS. I have been treated with professionalism and kindness by all the personnel of the Neurorehabilitation Unit 1. I am grateful to Italy’s national healthcare system for providing free cure and rehabilitation for me and for all other patients.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Today many arrested by ⁦@metpoliceuk⁩ for a peaceful protest

BUT a year after @NCA_UK⁩ raided Michelle Mone's homes relating to £212m PPE fraud, nothing has happened

The King swore today to "cause law, justice & mercy to be executed in his judgment."
Counting the days

[Graham Smith 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇱 🐧 @GrahamSmith_]

I’m now out of the police station. Still waiting for my colleagues.

Make no mistake. There is no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK.

I have been told many times the monarch is there to defend our freedoms. Now our freedoms are under attack in his name.

[JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @MrJohnNicolson]

It's about voter suppression and it's crude and blatant as @Aiannucci says.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Despite heavy competition, and despite her own ethnicity, Suella Braverman may be the most bigoted, cynical, and dangerous politician to emerge from the modern UK Conservative Party in many decades. This is vile and dishonest stuff:

[Britain People @Britain_People]

Tory MP Edward Leigh claimed #expenses of £2,332 for heating last year and £2,474 the previous year.

Retweet if you think he should pay his own utility bills.

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

Astonishing scenes as a Kabul university professor destroys his diplomas on live TV in Afghanistan —

“From today I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister & my mother can’t study, then I DON’T accept this education.”

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

We are bringing you the latest #BorrisBroadcast this Tuesday morning. This week, we look back at a conversation between @patrickfreyne1 and @jonronson.

Watch on Youtube: https://t.co/8ulR1dnJyI
Listen on Spotify: https://t.co/65zfWKawsZ

For now, enjoy this sneak peak...

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

This promises to be an insightful, funny and outspoken conversation with one of the most talented and fearless thinkers in contemporary Britain.

Get your tickets to watch live or later on demand on our website: https://t.co/ByHTn6w2lY

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

Taking as a starting point David’s new book Jews Don’t Count, a powerful polemic and personal testimony in investigating anti-Semitism today, they will address contemporary culture wars, football, comedy, life and music.

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

Tuesday May 25th at 6:30pm don't miss our third Spring Series event!

DAVID BADDIEL and ALAN YENTOB - HUMOUR AS A FORM OF RAGE: CULTURE WARS, COMEDY AND 'THREE LIONS' @Baddiel @alan_yentob

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

Tomorrow at 6:30pm - HUMOUR AS A FORM OF RAGE: CULTURE WARS, COMEDY AND 'THREE LIONS'
Get your ticket at https://t.co/ByHTn6w2lY - It promises to be an insightful, funny and outspoken conversation with one of the most talented and fearless thinkers in contemporary Britain.

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

Thank you to @IrishTimes for including our Spring Series event with @Baddiel and @alan_yentob in the unmissable online events of this week! https://t.co/kdnlioyM3L

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

We are delighted to announce the SPRING SERIES!

A brand new season of online talks for the culturally curious from the Festival of Writing and Ideas team.

Check out our stellar line-up and programme!

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Check out this article by @roisiningle on the @IrishTimes on our latest Winter Series event - REBELS WITH A CAUSE with Bob Geldof and @RoryStewartUK - which took place just last night.

Get tickets at https://t.co/tRl5Q73wCg to watch it on playback in case you've missed it!

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On March 30th at 6:30pm GMT join us LIVE for the last event of our Winter Series - CARL BERNSTEIN AND FINTAN O’TOOLE: REBUILDING A BROKEN AMERICA

[Lisa Dwan @Lisadwan]

https://t.co/6vM5uQC8dc

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Turning down the volume: the radical quietness of Joe Biden https://t.co/xK5RMEjQR4 via @IrishTimesWorld

[Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris @Writingandideas]

#tbt to June 2019: a full house for @carlbernstein , @MishaGlenny and @edvulliamy. It was a fascinating, gripping and wide-ranging conversation on the real life ‘Narcos’, Chapo Guzman’s money, Trump’s wall, migrants, law and crime along the US-Mexico border.