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Some awards get it right.

'In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis.'

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Writing about Rothko this morning and this explains it all:
“I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene … that I have imprisoned the most utter violence in every inch of their surface.”

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Tbilisi paralysed by protests against a Kremlin-inspired law that will undermine West-backed NGOs etc. >> What does the pro-Russia Georgian Dream gov do now? Double down or relent? Georgia is at a critical juncture, part of the widening West v autocracy conflict.

Cracked (it’s been a long week) and opened the Ukrainian chocolates I bought in Odesa

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.

The elderly man cleaning up, the young man ushering the dog to safety - brave Georgians, as ever, I salute you. #NoToRussianLaw

And good morning 🧡
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Name up in lights - the bookish equivalent, massive thanks Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh ✨✨✨✨

Tickets to my talk in Edinburgh here:

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COLD KITCHEN comes out a week today! 🌿

The indefatigable Zahra Joya runs her Afghan newsroom Rukhshana Media from exile - and their determination to plough on in the face of constant threats is beyond admirable. But nightmares stalk her as her family in Pakistan face deportation theguardian.com/global-develop…

Moscow Cinema, Yerevan

Cold Kitchen has made to a German beer garden in Bavaria 👌🏻
Thanks Charlotte Cook

There are many outstanding things to eat in Georgia but more ought to be said about the tiny potatoes that are on menus come May. Served with green tkemali, sour plum sauce, and dill… I dream of these. Wish I was there.

I walked past a closed bookshop the other night and could see Cold Kitchen on display through the window. And it struck me: there was Darwin, in there, on the cover and in the shop. Now, he is in other people's hands, finding new fans, and will live on forever in the pages.

Georgian police just came down hard on anti-'foreign agent' bill protesters.

Watercannon, tear gas, and physical violence against protesters on outside parliament.

TBILISI, April 30 (Reuters) - Georgian security forces used water cannon and tear gas against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a 'foreign agents' bill viewed as authoritarian.

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Hyde Park last week, the tulips are in full bloom.