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Sam Jones

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Madrid correspondent for the Guardian. Concebollista.

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago
Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Loud. Beautiful. Amazing. @mogwai.scot tonight in Madrid.
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
By @mohamed-sleiman-l.bsky.social
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Should @andyburnham appoint a diaspora minister? Since Brexit British citizens abroad but also globally find it difficult to deal with Home Office - as per the hundreds of stories I have done in past years .
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'The irony would be comical were it not so tragic: we, the Sahrawi people whose land was used to film parts of the Odyssey, have been living our own brutal odyssey for more than 50 years'. By Mohamed Sleiman Labat www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat
The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 10/06/2026
In about fifteen minutes there is due to be, if you believe London WhatsApp groups, some sort of riot in Stratford based on this viral image. but all I’m obsessed with is the AI generated line about “drinks and food will be provided” like someone’s mum will turn up with some clingfilmed sandwiches.
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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“This year will mark 45 years since an Iberia commercial flight from New York landed in Madrid with its pilot announcing to the surprised passengers that they had just travelled with one of the country’s most famous exiles…” My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain's partisan squabbles | María Ramírez
Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Chile takes the pisco … 'A honey business calling itself Miel Gibson – using a still from Braveheart on the label – won the right to keep using the name after the actor sued'. Via @jwbartlett92.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Pedro Pascal v Pedro Piscal: actor in legal battle with Chilean spirit brand
Pedro Piscal pisco is latest Chilean brand to resemble a Hollywood name – and others have fought off the lawsuits
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2026
Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
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Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Very much looking forward to this, by my excellent colleague @rorycarroll72.bsky.social
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
'While Picasso’s fury sprang from the Nazi bombing of the Basque market town from which his painting takes its name, Dumile Feni’s rage, rendered in charcoal and pencil, was the product of living under apartheid in South Africa.' www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece
Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 26/03/2026
Again, imagine *any* female CEO doing this...
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Cordelia Jenkins @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
As Nathan Newby receives the George medal today for extraordinary bravery, read the amazing story, published in the FT Magazine in December, of how he talked a would-be hospital bomber down. It’s an astonishing piece of writing from Ravi Somaiya and it’s Free to Read www.ft.com/content/cd59...
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‘It’s just a bomb’
The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage
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Museo del Prado @museodelprado.es · 24/03/2026
A solas con las Pinturas Negras de Goya: "Perro semihundido" (entre 1820 y 1823)
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Doctor, I have trouble sleeping." "Go and see the great singer Morrissey, you'll be asleep in no time." "But Doctor..."
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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔴 El escritor peruano Alfredo Bryce Echenique ha muerto a los 87 años. Echenique, autor de ‘Un mundo para Julius’ o ‘Reo de nocturnidad’, fue uno de los grandes referentes de la generación post-boom de la narrativa latinoamericana
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Muere el escritor peruano Bryce Echenique a los 87 años
Autor de ‘Un mundo para Julius’ o ‘Reo de nocturnidad’, es una de la figuras clave de las letras latinoamericanas
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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US salsa legend Willie Colón, vocalist, trombonist and composer, dies aged 75
Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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WILLIE COLÓN DEMASIADO CORAZÓN (Willie Colón - Ennio Gatti),
YouTube video by Willie Colón
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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Gripping read, culmination of many months' work by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Wonderful piece. Made me laugh out loud (twice). How Chris Boffey will be missed ...
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#Peru's congress just removed José Jerí, the country's 8th president since 2016. #chifagate www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Peru’s president ousted in ‘express impeachment’ after just four months
Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings
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Olga Rodríguez Francisco @olgarodriguezfr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“If you are reading this, is because I am dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live My last message is simple: don’t give up on truth” Carlos Hernández de Miguel was a Spanish journalist and writer. He died on 3 February 2026 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
'Looking back shows you that freedom, life and democracy are never guaranteed, and that we must fight every day to preserve them.' An English translation of the final, posthumous column by the Spanish journalist and writer Carlos Hernández, who died this week. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/02/2026
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
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Elena Cabrera @elenacabrera.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
El periodista Carlos Hernández, que ha fallecido este martes a los 56 años, dejó este texto escrito para que fuera publicado en elDiario.es tras su muerte: Carta desde el más allá www.eldiario.es/sociedad/car...
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Carta desde el más allá: la despedida de Carlos Hernández
El periodista Carlos Hernández, que ha fallecido este martes a los 56 años, dejó este texto escrito para que fuera publicado en elDiario.es tras su muerte
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Yolanda Díaz @yolandadiaz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Quiero mandar un abrazo enorme a compañeros, familias y amigos de Carlos Hernández. Su carrera ha sido un ejemplo de compromiso. Su trabajo para dar a conocer los campos de concentración creados por el franquismo tiene un valor incalculable para la memoria democrática de nuestro país.
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Very sad to hear that Carlos Hernández has died. Such a great journalist, writer and historian. He was also very generous with both his time and his huge knowledge. DEP.
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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How Madrid’s Prado Museum is trying to avoid becoming like ‘the Metro at rush-hour’
The famous gallery, home to masterpieces from Goya and Velázquez, is exploring how best to preserve, and improve, the visitor experience
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
“We were all too busy chuckling over the meme to see that the incomplete restoration was never the story – the restorer was” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Happy new year! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warns against granting legal rights to cutting-edge technology
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Ben Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The rise of ethno-nationalism? Number of people who believe “Britishness” is something you are born with almost doubles in two years www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @ecourea.bsky.social Exc
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Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Madrid. Late December afternoon.
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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
So sorry to hear of the death of The Cure's Perry Bamonte, a former guitar tech who stepped up to become a full member for 15 years, an invaluable Swiss Army knife multi-instrumentalist. Every fan loved seeing him back on board for the Lost World tour. R.I.P. 'Teddy'. Love to his family & friends. x
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
“Sixty years before a deluded nobleman from La Mancha was overdosing on tales of derring-do, visiting his madness on those around him – and single-handedly rewriting the rules of fiction – the deeds of another heroic knight had already made literary history” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/12/2025
‘Not knowing whether a set of papyrus fragments were valuable or even genuine, the farmer dropped off a sample at the British Museum for an evaluation. The expert who examined the papyri could identify them precisely because he had dug them up himself in Saqqara.’ www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
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Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, who died last month, had a business card in the early 1990s that described him as ‘Jonty “...
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Richard Baxell @richardbaxell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The Spanish Ambassador, José Pascual Marco Martìnez, toasting some very happy descendents of International Brigaders who were awarded Spanish citizenship today.
The Spanish Ambassador,  José Pascual Marco Martìnez, with family members of the International Brigades at the Spanish Embassy in London
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
'He collected modern art and furniture, and divided his time between two properties in Palm Springs – a converted modernist library and a ranch – where he lived with his dog Liza, his giant tortoise Hans, and a plastic horse called Max Von Sydow' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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Udo Kier obituary
Actor whose eccentric presence was in demand for both arthouse and Hollywood films
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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
“This time it feels a bit different… Zelenskyy’s solemn bearing on Friday afternoon shows how worried he is about what is being put in front of him,” writes @shaunwalker7.bsky.social, a reporter who knows really well what he’s talking about www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Trump may yet secure a Ukraine deal – but it threatens to be a disaster for Kyiv
Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his public
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"Ignorance is dangerous. It is not surprising that almost one in five young people believe his dictatorship was good for Spain. The only way to change that is to break the silence and teach young Spaniards what Francoism was really about." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Five years after starting it, my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" is published today by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social (5 Dec in the US). Available in bookshops and whereever you get your books online. hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... Announcing Zoom presentation soon Many thanks!
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right? Many thanks @demiguelch.bsky.social and Almudena Carracedo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
'The transition to democracy was remarkably smooth … But in seeking to balance justice and reconciliation, Spain leaned heavily towards the latter … And as the years passed, amnesty turned into amnesia'. By @mariaramirez.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez
This week marks 50 years of Spanish democracy, but the failure to talk more about the crimes of the dictatorship leaves us vulnerable, says the journalist María Ramírez
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“The authoritarian fascist playbook is well documented and it thrives on crisis and emergency … Figures like this want to squelch opposition resistance and usually will try to come up with a catch-all bogeyman category to do so." Via @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Mark Bray has become one of the highest-profile people caught up in Donald Trump’s efforts to target Antifa
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Looking forward to this, @paulodrinot.bsky.social
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods
Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This was a wonderful way to spend Saturday morning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘You can learn a lot by losing’: meet Don Manuel, the 104-year-old chess player
Manuel Álvarez Escudero, from Spain, describes how the board game has provided him with a lifetime of fun and friendship
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance. By @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Sometimes. But it’s mainly people asking me if I know @sidlowe.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Is being a Guardian reporter as exciting as the movies make out?
Keira Knightley cuts a more glamorous figure than most Guardian staff in her new film The Woman in Cabin 10, while Tennant is a dead ringer for star reporter Nick Davies. But how convincing are they?
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 10/10/2025
Lawmakers in Peru voted Friday to remove president Dina Boluarte, whose term has been marked by protests and accusations of failing to stem crime. Boluarte refused to appear before Congress for the overnight hearing u.afp.com/Sm24
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