Julian Borger

Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in London The UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national press category at this year’s Media Freedom awards. The judges said Tantesh “showed immense talent and bravery in some of the hardest conditions ever faced by a journalist, she continued to report while having to forage for food and facing the constant risk of bombing and the threat of targeted killing”. Continue reading...

Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards

Dick Cheney’s role in ‘war on terror’ may have paved way for Trumpism Former US vice-president a key figure in expanding White House’s power and ‘corrupting the intelligence-policy relationship’ to sell Iraq war

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1980:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%

2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%

This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.

Gaza ceasefire plan: how much credit does Trump deserve?

Earlier than usual, Politics Weekly America on the Gaza ceasefire plan — and how much credit should go to Donald Trump. I break it down with @julianborger.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1p6H...

One of the greats

Spent five minutes staring at this trying to work out what it had reminded me of.

Realised it was this horrifying passage from George Orwell’s 1984.

That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.

Government by the trolls, of the trolls, for the trolls, inflicted on the people.

I’ve checked this against the original press release, and yes, the UK government is actually suggesting something this bloody stupid. (Because it’s stored in a data centre and data centres are Bad).

This is *immensely* stupid advice. They don’t use energy while they’re sitting on a hard drive not being accessed. They very much use energy while you’re going through them all and deleting them.

It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.

Kennedy is killing science.

That will end up killing people.

WTF. So if Russia invaded and killed civilians to get a piece of Ukrainian territory, that’s earning it?

‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza Fatma Hassouna used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about...

‘I must document everything’: the film about the #Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in #Gaza
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How do we lead moral lives in an age of bullies? | Robert Reich In my lifetime, I have witnessed a shift from support of decency to tolerance of cruelty. Where do we go from here?

We are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have ever been in my lifetime.

The question is: how do we lead moral lives in this era? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/bullies-moral-lives-robert-reich

I was quoted in today’s @theguardian.com on Macron’s latest announcementby @julianborger.bsky.social
Let’s see if the UK follows France’s lead and recognises Palestine… but it’s clear both governments need to go much further than recognition

The history of the countryside is that it is working land: it has always been the factory of the rural economy. Its historical purpose is not to look nice, that’s just a nice byproduct. Build the damn wind farms. (Happily, they don’t even ruin the visuals, imo. I like to see land at work.)

‘The soldiers want you to see what they’re going through’: the heartbreaking follow-up to 20 Days in Mariupol While Mstyslav Chernov was on the Oscars circuit with his first Ukraine war film, soldiers in his latest – made using bodycams – were dying. He explains why he needed to join them in the trenches

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025.... Must-read by Charlotte Higgins

Thanks for reposting Mary

Thank you Una

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting @julianborger.bsky.social, world affairs editor at The Guardian & author of I Seek A Kind Person

I'm so grateful for this kind endorsement, thanks Julian! 🙏

The Piano Player of Budapest is out now @littlebrown.bsky.social www.hachette.co.uk/titles/roxan...

‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

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Thanks Chip

Thanks for taking the time to read it.

Thanks very much Jenny

Between harassment and expulsion, Georgia is bent on silencing British journalist Will Neal Independent British journalist Will Neal was arbitrarily denied entry into Georgia, where he has lived since 2022, upon returning from a trip to the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU). Report...

On Tuesday night I was barred from entering Georgia, my home for the last three years. Official reasons were given as “other,” but from the circumstances of my departure in April it’s clear the refusal is directly tied to my work covering the country as a journalist. 1/

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Just read this gripping, moving book. See you in #Chiswick in September. Will raise you grandmothers named Erna Borger, Studentenfutter & Viennese Nazis @julianborger.bsky.social @torindouglas.bsky.social @mliebreich.bsky.social

A Personal Ad Saved His Father From the Nazis. That Was Just the Start.

I bought Julian Borger’s book, I Seek a Kind Person, after reading this review.
Now I’ve read the book. It’s deep-dig research, ace reporting, memoir, & Holocaust history; complex & often crushing; beautiful writing & powerful insights.
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Thanks Karen. I look forward to it

Thanks very much John

A spirited response from Michael Rosen
to Keir Starmer's bigoted comment about
an Island of Strangers