Alex Renton

Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.

Official government appeal for Jamaica's recovery supportjamaica.gov.jm

Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.

Jamaican government official appeal site for the Hurricane Melissa recovery - 400,000 in need, as of this morning.
supportjamaica.gov.jm

Seafield? Gentrified?

Thanks, Jonathan. Such a great example of systemic failure - and, 80 years on, as you say, inquiries into abuse of children in care find exactly the same.

Must read interview with writers of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite. The true horror is not who controls the nuclear weapons (dodgy presidents, unstable states, AI) but the nuclear weapons themselves. Obviously. #AHouseOfDynamite @cnduk.bsky.social

Hope everyone in the States watches it…

Freelances are suffering: last series I made for R4, aired in Jan, I got less than minimum wage.

Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...

Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.

Works well on Spain, they say

America: No Kings

Britain: No Dukes of York

Why not?

I spotted it before any of you.

‘The best cop show’: Blue Lights just gets better with every single episode This rivetingly tense Bafta-winning drama crackles with raw energy. Its third series is its finest yet – and is rapidly becoming one of the greatest TV series in existence

No question, best drama series since Succession www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

No press in Reading Crown Court today and so no coverage... I wonder why?

Eton College has had a lot of these recently: still failing to vet the teachers? Almost 2 years after he was charged with 14 offences against his pupils, Jacob Leland found guilty today on three counts of sexual assault. Brave survivors - a tough thing, breaking the silence. @mandatenow.bsky.social

More than $50bn needed to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s war on enclave Researchers conclude that $53.2bn is needed for extensive reconstruction and recovery efforts over the next 10 years.

Obviously the nations that colluded in the destruction will be paying, right? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Ah, that call again...

Memorial service Geoff Palmer St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh

St Giles Cathedral just now, the celebration service for a great (and lovely) man, Sir Geoff Palmer.

guardian headline on story

Funny… no. 1 story in the Guardian’s top ten most read.

The current Duke of Argyll is a Torquil, to his friends. ‘Your Grace’ to everyone else.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Thank you @alanlester.bsky.social for keeping eye on the mad, racist right-wing media so we don't have to.

what’s the punchline?

But, punks? early Goths, surely? (Tho their thrash version of Ziggy Stardust)

Supporting the liberation of Palestine, while loathing antisemitism. As ever.

V expensive cafe bill

London, ordinary cafe, modest breakfast for two - £57.12.
Two blinking cups of rosy cost nine quid, cor blimey, ows-yer-farver etc...

Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939

Today - 19/09/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

'Trump is the enemy.' Max Hastings shines on BBC R4 Today this morning, saying what the real lessons of the Trump visit are: every cavilling, cowardly, appeasing politician take note.
From 2hrs 52.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Rivers of Repair This Black History Month UK 2025, A powerful live event exploring Britain’s 400-year involvement in the Caribbean, through Word & Music

1st October, St Pancras New Church, Euston, London at 7pm - free, but register below.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rivers...

I haven't tried it yet... Thinking maybe I should do it on TikTok with music so it becomes a 'challenge' and goes mega-viral. Statement of opposition to sell-by dates and ageism.
Am consulting younger people...