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Eleanor Longman-Rood

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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“One of the reasons I write the books I do is to highlight how, in some ways, things have changed for women. But in others, they haven’t changed at all” I interviewed Louisa Treger on her brilliant new book, A Fatal Love 📚(@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) Online and newsstands now!
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Why Ruth Ellis still haunts us
Seven decades after Ellis faced the hangman, author Louisa Treger argues that the attitudes behind her execution have not disappeared
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our next edition is now on sale! Wish you were here? Featuring Eugene Costello, Matthew d'Ancona, @elongmanrood.bsky.social, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @sundersays.bsky.social and more
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A slightly self-indulgent take from me, on something I find myself being asked far too often…
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“People say politics is a nasty business. I’m afraid to say that’s true.” My interview with Joanna Cherry. We discuss her explosive new memoir, Keeping the Dream Alive, and she recalls the vendettas and the back-stabbing in Scottish politics - and why she’s left the SNP ⬇️
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The former Green Party leader says that government wants to ignore the climate crisis and if Nigel Farage gets into power, Britain’s climate policy will become even worse ✏️ Eleanor Longman-Rood
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Caroline Lucas: No10 ignored MI5 and MI6 warnings on climate change
The former Green Party leader says that government wants to ignore the climate crisis and if Nigel Farage gets into power, Britain’s climate policy will become even worse
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In a new book, the former SNP politician recalls the in-fighting, the vendettas and the back-stabbing in Scottish politics – and the time it literally made her sick ✏️ Eleanor Longman-Rood
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Joanna Cherry, the woman who escaped the political nightmare
In a new book, the former SNP politician recalls the in-fighting, the vendettas and the back-stabbing in Scottish politics – and the time it literally made her sick
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🗞️ Our latest issue is now on sale - Long to reign over us? Featuring Matthew d'Ancona, @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @nigelwarburton.bsky.social, Eleanor Longman-Rood and more Try 5 weeks for £5 💡 buff.ly/a8OPxwl
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“It felt like an odd day to go and watch political satire. The whole thing felt very meta. Still, the show must go on.” Last week, I saw the brilliant ROTUS at the Park Theatre, a smart and unexpectedly dark piece of political satire … and uncomfortably plausible…
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Here’s a show you’ll love, Donald - it’s all about you
ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States is a searingly smart and unexpectedly dark piece of political satire. It’s also uncomfortably plausible
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“On Russia and Ukraine, his [Farage’s] views are in contradiction to the majority of British people.” During @oneyoungworld.bsky.social’s conference, I spoke to Bill Browder on Nathan Gill’s ties to Russia and Trump’s plans for peace Full interview for thenewworldmag.bsky.social here:
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Nathan Gill, the tip of a much bigger iceberg?
When it comes to Russian interference, Bill Browder, the US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist, believes the media has barely scratched the surface
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
When it comes to Russian interference, Bill Browder, the US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist, believes the media has barely scratched the surface ✏️ Eleanor Longman-Rood
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Nathan Gill, the tip of a much bigger iceberg?
When it comes to Russian interference, Bill Browder, the US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist, believes the media has barely scratched the surface
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A very moving piece of writing by @jayelwes.bsky.social in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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Killings in Manchester: has Britain ignored anti-Semitism?
We don’t yet know the motive behind today’s killings outside a synagogue. But there are some horrific facts - and Britain must face them
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 30/09/2025
Behind the scenes preview of me being a consummate professional recording for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Hosted by David Olusoga, the former president tackled everything from AI to political violence. The only elephant in the room was Donald Trump ✏️ Eleanor Longman-Rood
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Could Obama restore my hope in politics?
Hosted by David Olusoga, the former president tackled everything from AI to political violence. The only elephant in the room was Donald Trump
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally ✏️ @jamesrball.com www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...
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Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk
One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 17/09/2025
Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...
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Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk
One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📚 My offering for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social’s list of the books everyone should read Also featuring @editormattkelly.bsky.social @sanglesey.bsky.social, Matthew d’Ancona, @sonia-sodha.bsky.social, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @jamesrball.com and more www.thenewworld.co.uk/if-you-only-...
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I’m looking to speak to women recently diagnosed with PCOS on the advice and information offered to them by their GPs #journorequest #PCOS
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
In an exclusive interview, Gary Lineker talks to Matt Kelly about the war in Gaza, life after the BBC and life as a podcasting media mogul ✏️ Matt Kelly
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚨Exclusive: Gary Lineker talks to @thenewworldmag.bsky.social editor-in-chief @editormattkelly.bsky.social about the war in Gaza, life after the BBC and life as a podcasting media mogul 📸: Simon Dutson photography
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Gary Lineker: “I’m not antisemitic. I’m anti the killing of children
In an exclusive interview, Gary Lineker talks to Matt Kelly about the war in Gaza, life after the BBC and life as a podcasting media mogul
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Hundreds of thousands of children face famine, betrayed by our leaders with their silence ✏️Matt Kelly 🔓Free to read www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-m...
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Inside, I dive into the modern resurgence of Jaqueline Harpman’s beautiful novel, I Who Have Never Known Men, 30 years after it was first published. And, you can read it here:
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The curious case of Gen Z’s Handmaid’s Tale
Thirty years after it was first published to indifference, Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men is a literary sensation
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Like the hapless Fantasia character, Donald Trump has learned that wielding the axe without experience, humility and understanding ends in chaos ✏️ @moisesnaim.bsky.social 🔓Free to read www.thenewworld.co.uk/moises-naim-...
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Almost nine years after we launched, The New European is now The New World
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Why The New European is becoming The New World
After 9 years and 437 issues of what was meant to be a 4-week pop-up paper, our publication is turning a new page
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“We need to fight Farage – and Faragism” For the fifth anniversary of Brexit, I spoke to Dominic Grieve and @carolinelucas.bsky.social (@europeanmovement.co.uk) in @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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Dominic Grieve and Caroline Lucas: “We need to fight Farage – and Faragism”
Five years after Britain left the EU, the co-presidents of European Movement UK believe the country needs to begin a serious discussion about rejoining – but Farage, and his Tory admirers, are getting...
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In @theneweuropean.bsky.social: There were at least six orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eighty years after the camp’s liberation, most of their music has been lost to history. Can conductor Leo Geyer change that?
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How a British conductor found the lost music of Auschwitz
There were at least six orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eighty years after the camp’s liberation, most of their music has been lost to history. Can conductor Leo Geyer change that?
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
John Crowley’s We Live in Time makes the unbearable watchable, wonderfully realistic and doesn’t shy away from the dark My latest in @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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How We Live in Time gets cancer right
John Crowley's beautiful film doesn't shy away from the gut-wrenching reality of cancer, instead it embraces it
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Steve Anglesey @sanglesey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A starter pack of staff and contributors to @theneweuropean.bsky.social go.bsky.app/FKKRWzk
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Eleanor Longman-Rood @elongmanrood.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Since 2020, waiting lists for gynaecology appointments have more than doubled, according to recent reports. Back in April, I wrote about over 2 years (now going on 3) of scans and cancelled appointments
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Bridging the UK's gender pain gap
In Britain, women with a health condition can sit in medical purgatory awaiting a diagnosis for up to three years. I’m one of them
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