Look at the strength and spirit of @EvanGershkovich—who has now served almost 400 days in an infamous Russian prison on patently bogus charges.

I don’t know how he retains such dignity and good humour, locked up 1000s of miles from home.

I can’t wait to ask him over a beer.

Consciousness in humans is manifest in language, culture and civilisation - that is the measure and it is unique to us
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A great endeavour
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'Seagull Boy', nine, wins European screeching competition bbc.in/49JwxkV

From Belgiums's coast and De Panne, seagull screeching, a European gold medal contest and a champion school boy from Chesterfield
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The Italian Euro is still not the German or the Dutch Euro and it’s indeed remarkable how calmly Italians are taking it.
Perhaps, Mr “Whatever it takes” Draghi, who is now writing that radical change is urgently needed in Europe, will finally address the issue.

Guess who the hottest new track of 2024 is about. HINT: It just aired on state TV, it's got wild lighting, bold choreography, shiny trombones, cheerful sailors, people tossing stuff in the air, fist pumping, lyrics like “the love you give is like the sea' youtube.com/watch?v=dGbvct…

Greece's debt at €357 bln.

'There's a whole generation of gay and gender-nonconforming kids who have been sterilised and mutilated by the transgender movement. And yet I couldn't get anyone to care'

Has the Cass Review vindicated Graham Linehan? Watch the full documentary 👇

Quite a stereotype from sleepy Joe

“I’m going to miss those towers when they’re gone. So many of us will. To me, they look like home.”

The Observer on the impending closure of the UK's last coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, and the 'End of the first Industrial Revolution'.
C20's campaign continues...

4. One of the greatest (and oldest) special effects in History can be witnessed today in Rome.

Every 21 April (traditional date of birth of Rome) at noon the sun perfectly shines on entrance of Pantheon.

The Emperor would be bathed in the sun's rays as he entered the building.

I present this video link of a kid, age about 3, cooking his grandpa a breakfast of eggs and bread on an outdoor brazier over open flame, as a gentle reminder to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Not that this is a kid walking to store. Just that this IS a kid. Competent.

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“You know, you and me: we’re unemployable.” Sadly, true. A sober read, from Ben Cobley

'Countries that aren’t democracies [are] fine if you happen to have really smart people running them'
Will Labour - Blair as puppeteer - create that much talked about Singapore-on-Thames? (Technocrat, authoritarian and high-tech aka 'smart')

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It is ultimately embarrassing that super-rich Europe depends on a single vote of U.S. Congress whether Ukraine will be surviving or not.

Europe should be funding Ukrainian defences so much that we do not depend on our allies in America.

Myself and Martin Pancho are on Colourful right now playing UK music to celebrate St George's Day on Tuesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Come and join the musical party online until 1pm at colourful.com, via DAB Radio, Tune In App or tell Alexa 'enable Colourful Radio' 💃🕺🎶

The London police now apologise for their previous apology. What a useless shower.

Lepa Radić was a 17-year-old freedom fighter who was executed by the Germans in 1943.

At the age of 15, she witnessed the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.

Despite falling under the sinister grip of the nazis, the people of Yugoslavia fiercely resisted. Following her