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Podcast that looks at the arts in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts. soundcloud.com/suite-212

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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Holy shit, we've hit £6k in less than 2 days. Thank you to everyone who has shared and donated so far. Your generosity and solidarity is genuinely overwhelming. No one should be imprisoned for opposing far right violence, and this guy has committed decades to antifascism. Absolutely the best of us.
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW EPISODE: Juliet talks to authors and cultural workers Ewa Majewska and Kuba Szreder about the arts and politics in Poland since 2015. They discuss the PiS (Law & Justice) government's takeover of state TV, galleries and museums and liberal and left resistance: www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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No Justice, No PiS: The arts and politics in Poland since 2015 | Suite (212)
This month, Juliet talks to authors, cultural workers and podcasters Ewa Majewska and Kuba Szreder about how Poland’s right-wing Law and Jus
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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Radical Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, noted for his forensic criticism of Pinochet and neoliberalism, has died, aged 85. Read Juliet's retrospective of his career, published in October 2023, here: novaramedia.com/2023/10/18/a...
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Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema
The exiled Chilean documentary-maker has been capturing successive waves of revolution and rebellion in his home country for over four decades, writes Juliet Jacques – and contributing to them through...
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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ICYMI - @jemgilbert.bsky.social on the Oasis reunion... "Oasis were part of a broad social and cultural project in the late 1990s of foreclosing the possibility of more radical and progressive developments - both in music and in politics."
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Look back in anger w/ Jeremy Gilbert | Politics Theory Other
Jeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the news that Oasis have announced that they will be reforming to perform a series of gigs next summer...
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In more 'govern the country you actually have' news: minister finger-wags at nation with spectacularly historically overachieving cultural industry that they should all be engineers instead, and that this would be personally as well as economically fulfilling.
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Given the sort of attention devoted to accusations of plagiarism one assumes that some people will be very exorcised about another Cambridge academic appearing to be involved in *actual crime*
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations to our former co-host Tom Overton on the launch of John Berger: From Life at the British Library!
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/09/2026
I would like, just once more, to congratulate our lofty intellectual betters in the British political commentary and pundit set for elevating this transparently cynical, self-serving pig to the country's highest political office on the basis of his flawless ethics and commitment to public service.
Keir Starmer to quit parliament, triggering byelection in north London seat – UK politics live

Former PM announces he will no longer represent Holborn and St Pancras on the day his successor, Andy Burnham, is to give first Commons address as prime minister
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Section 28 is back then.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Live! Tomorrow! Almost sold out! Me and the sensational Juliet Jacques talking about the media, as well as celebrating the release of my book in paperback. From 6.30pm at The Book Elephant in Elephant 🐘 and Castle 🏰. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright...
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Mic Wright at The Book Elephant
Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 29/08/2026
As the BFI releases it's second volume of films by broadcaster Daniel Farson, Juliet Jacques looks back to a mid-century UK at once start startlingly different and also, perhaps, disturbingly similar to our own Britain Through the Eyes of Daniel Farson buff.ly/KEDLgcG
Still fro9m a Daniel Farson film. Two young men with quiffs in suit jackets and ties.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’m having a paperback launch on September 1 — Tuesday — at The Book Elephant in Elephant & Castle. Doors are at 6.30pm and I’ll be talking to the excellent Juliet Jacques. There’s a few tickets left and there’s a bar. What’s not to like? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright...
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Mic Wright at The Book Elephant
Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: Juliet spoke to Tom Overton about his new biography John Berger: From Life (via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social). We discussed Berger's novels, poems, journalism, art, his influential BBC TV series Ways of Seeing and more. Listen and subscribe here: www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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Ways of Being: The Life of John Berger | Suite (212)
In this episode, Juliet talks to former Suite (212) co-host Tom Overton about his long-awaited biography John Berger: From Life, published b
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion...
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The government’s drive for ‘vocational’ education is accelerating the death of the humanities, at a time when the study of literature is more vital than ever.
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Saving English
The government’s drive for ‘vocational’ education is accelerating the death of the humanities, at a time when the study of literature is more vital than ever.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
the UK press attacked jason arday because it is deeply racist & so the idea of a black intellectual is abhorrent to them. they enjoy that they have killed him, they will be celebrating in private even as they offer tepid excuses in public. they're all nazi freaks and should be treated as such
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Homershame @homershame.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I listened to Lotte L.S. in conversation with @suite212.bsky.social host Juliet Jacques and fully recommend this episode: on poetry and politics and publishing as Red Herring Press in Great Yarmouth soundcloud.com/suite-212/re... The podcast series needs support www.patreon.com/cw/suite212
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Rows of Great Yarmouth: An interview with Red Herring Press
Juliet talks to poet and writer Lotte L.S. about Red Herring Press, which Lotte set up in 2020 to print, publish and distribute local writing in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. They discuss what Red Herrin
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Tom Williams @shirleymush.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As is often the case with PRS, this is a conversation you probably won’t hear anywhere else.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And if you’re in (or around) London on September 1, there’s a book launch at The Book Elephant in Elephant & Castle. I’m going to be talking to Juliet Jacques. Tickets are £6* and there’s a bar. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright... *I do not get the money.
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Mic Wright at The Book Elephant
Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
That’s the polite way of saying it. The press has yet again kicked a minor public figure to death and this time, they did it at the instigation of an obvious race science Nazi, in furtherance of the global fascist movement’s vicious crackdowns on civil rights for people they hate and want to harm.
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November Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
okay so just checking in on the UK media. learning lots. being trans isn’t real. ADHD isn’t real. being disabled isn’t real. but what is real is Harry Potter
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you haven't already, can you please take a minute to sign this demand for a public inquiry into the role of the media in Prof. Arday's death? Thanks so much. Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project share.google/yglZz4Gw42RJ...
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/08/2026
It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.
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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I think it's bad that the UK press can escalate what is essentially a workplace matter into national news ahead of the fucking country being on fire and then get away with hounding their victim until they die.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The government has dismissed local objections and approved a data centre in the middle of our community. We’re fighting back.
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Brick Lane Needs Social Housing, Not a Data Centre
The government has dismissed local objections and approved a data centre in the middle of our community. We’re fighting back.
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Suite (212) is back! We have three new episodes in series 5, and new Sessions with artists from the UK, Ireland, Ukraine and beyond. Why not subscribe for £3 a month, so we can continue to look at the arts in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts? www.patreon.com/cw/suite212?...
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Suite (212) — A podcast about the arts in their social and political contexts.
Get more from Suite (212) on Patreon. A podcast about the arts in their social and political contexts.. Support Suite (212) and get exclusive access to their work.
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Congratulations to our former co-host Tom Overton on the long-awaited appearance of John Berger: From Life. Tom will return to Suite (212) to discuss Berger, and his biography, in the next few weeks www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic
This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: Juliet spoke to London-based Irish writer Keith Ridgway about his novels Hawthorn & Child (2012), A Shock (2021) and Dooneen (2026). They discussed fragmentary plot, distinctions between the novel and short stories, writing hope and despair, and more www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 24 - Keith Ridgway | Suite (212)
In our latest Session, Juliet talks to London-based Irish writer Keith Ridgway about his three most recent novels, Hawthorn & Child (2012),
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
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We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We're spoiling you this week, with two new Sessions! First, Juliet talks to Jill Westwood about her 1980s art career amidst Sheffield's industrial music and London's queer/fetish clubs, her inclusion in Women in Revolt, and her art psychotherapy practice. www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 20 – Jill Westwood | Suite (212)
The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 20 – Jill Westwood by Suite (212) on Patreon. Join Suite (212)'s community for exclusive content and updates.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’m launching the paperback edition of Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters on September 1 at The Book Elephant in Elephant & Castle. I’m very lucky to have Juliet Jacques joining me for the Q+A. 🎟️ Ticket details coming very soon.
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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 01/08/2026
NEW PODCAST: Daniel Trilling in conversation at the Bookshop with William Davies about his new book IF WE TOLERATE THIS, which examines how far-right ideas have come to dominate the political agenda Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... @trillingual.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Aside from @mansfieldvonrank.bsky.social being unjustly airbrushed out here, a remarkable detail: that 6 Music was for Cameronism what Fox & Friends is for Trumpism
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minor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Raoul Vaneigem has died. He leaves us no instruction manual, thankfully – only an insistence that everyday life can still be stolen back from work, boredom and obedience: in argument, song, drink, dance, love, revolt and the invention of new poetry.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2
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Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NEW EPISODE: In our 23rd Session, Juliet speaks to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski about his two documentaries on the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl site, his film about Kyiv's 'UFO building', and his anti-colonialist docu-fiction Where Russia Ends (2024) www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 23 – Oleksiy Radynski | Suite (212)
In our latest session, Juliet talks to Kyiv-based filmmaker and writer Oleksiy Radynski about four of his works – his feature-length documen
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NEW EPISODE: In our 22nd Session, Juliet speaks to filmmaker, artist and composer Imran Perretta about his debut feature Ish (2025), in UK/Irish cinemas on 31 July, his earlier works, and working amidst the War on Terror, austerity and the genocide in Gaza www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 22 - Imran Perretta | Suite (212)
In our latest Session, Juliet talks to film director, visual artist and composer Imran Perretta about his new feature film Ish (2025), due t
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
There is also a summer update on the show, covering our plans for future panel discussions and artist interviews www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...
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A summer update on Suite (212) | Suite (212)
Dear subscribers, A note on why it's been a relatively quiet summer at Suite (212). I (Juliet) have been working on a new book that will be
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Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New Patreon episode: Juliet spoke to curator Kirsty Lowry and designer/maker Sanne Visser about The Ropery at @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social, covering the East End's historical rope-making industry, and keeping heritage alive through use. To subscribe and listen, visit www.patreon.com/c/suite212
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/07/2026
‘Comparing Diego Rivera’s murals with Viscount Hastings’s work tells you a lot about the failings of British Communism. This is the art of a lesser offspring, the failsons of the October Revolution.’ Owen Hatherley on British anti-fascist art in the 1930s. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Owen Hatherley · Raised on Spam: British Communist Art
Comparing Diego Rivera’s murals with Viscount Hastings’s work tells you a lot about the failings of British...
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Pro Revolution Soccer @prorevsoccer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“This is what it’s all about” Jeremy Corbyn joins Juliet and Tom to discuss FIFA’s World Cup money-fest, his love of the grassroots game, reclaiming Englishness, the cultural importance of football, plus 18th century French literature. www.patreon.com/ProRevolutio...
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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 28/06/2026
‘There are no political protagonists who look likely to improve things, and no input from the international community, whatever that is, to heal society.’ The director of the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina talks to Juliet Jacques about using art to bring people together.
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The Sarajevo museum standing up for unity
The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been in limbo for 30 years. With no state support, it raises funds as it can, but is determined to bring people together, writes Juliet Jacques
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a travesty and an explicit and intentional whitening of the art scene in London. But I really hope Harriman can tell the assholes to fuck off and die to his heart's content. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Misan Harriman to step down as chair of Southbank Centre
Harriman, accused by Telegraph of sharing conspiracy theory after Golders Green attack, says he had decided ‘way before this madness’ to stand down
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Cooper Gallery is threatened with closure as part of a wider range of cost cutting by Dundee University.
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Dundee’s Cooper Gallery threatened with closure
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Churchill was also the PM when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.
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