Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare's writing on racist anti-immigration riots in London during his time. It is excellent. They have been banging the same drum for 400 years.

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Having co-organised the Think Twice campaign to encourage authors to boycott the Emirates Lit Fest in 2016 (the campaign site is still online at eafolthinktwice.org.uk) it's heartening to see Dapo Adeola posting on Threads about why he turned down an invite. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.threads.com/@dapsdraws/p...

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AFC Wimbledon is planning to sell 90% of its "economic rights" to Dr Omar Mir, Baron of Thorntoun, who runs the European arm of G42, the UAE's AI spytech firm, with Marty Edelman, a long-time Man City board member. He bought the barony and we can't find his PhD. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/28/t...

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I get why footballers care about the Ballon d’Or. What I don’t get is why anyone else over the age of 12 cares who wins it. Grown adults passionately arguing over which millionaire deserves a golden ball. A genuinely baffling annual ritual.

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The comments under any time women demand a right to equal treatment in sports are full of men saying "there's sports, and then there's women's sports" or "well if they want to do it they should organise it themselves" and it's exactly the same gaslighting as what happens around trans women in sports

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