Henry Porter

Wayland's Smithy in its autumnal coat.

Protest is under greater attack in Britain than America Successive governments have attacked our civil liberties, leaving us vulnerable to an authoritarian crackdown

This is me on Labour’s gift of oppressive demonstration laws to Farage.

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This is extremely nice of you, Nick. Thanks!

Firefly by Henry Porter review – flight from Isis A gripping procedural takes us into a world of suffering refugees in the Middle East

#FridayReads - loved @henrycporter.bsky.social's most recent title, so slowly picking through the back-list... the geopolitics may have changed in the last few years, but the human stories remain. Thrilling and full of empathy. Excellent work 📚

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Letter from Jordan: on the aid frontline of the Gaza war With the Israeli blockade, in place for more than 80 days, piles of food, medicines and water are not reaching starving Palestinians

With the Israeli blockade in place for more than 80 days, piles of food, medicines and water are not reaching starving Palestinians, writes @henrycporter.bsky.social.
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A Small boast: U.S. Amazon’s Best Book of the Year So Far, which considering this is the first thriller I know of that’s set in Milton Keynes isn’t half bad. Very happy .

My Enigma Girl is out in paperback and ready to fill your mind. It’s my favourite of my ten books and it seems that it’s everyone else’s too. www.amazon.co.uk/Enigma-Girl-...

UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements

It is incredible how many mainstream parties - in multiple countries - think they can win elections by loudly agreeing with extremists. “Farage is right; vote for me!”

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BREAKING: A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who demanded she “prove her gender.”

No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.

And it’s coming to your city next.

What Farage's fashion choices tell us about his politics Farage's country cosplay is meant to communicate support for rural voters, but it reveals more about Reform's leader than he may have intended

“No amount of tweed or the flat cap he wore will disguise the agenda of an urban political chancer.” @henrycporter.bsky.social on Nigel Farage’s attire: www.prospectmagazine...

What Farage's fashion choices tell us about his politics Farage's country cosplay is meant to communicate support for rural voters, but it reveals more about Reform's leader than he may have intended

Nigel Farage may dress up like a farmer to address rural constituents, but his attire is “a parody, and betrays the truth that Farage has spent most of his life in London and its suburbs,” writes @henrycporter.bsky.social.
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Bronze ibis head. Egypt, late dynastic to Ptolemaic, ca. 664-32 BC.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art collection

Brian Greene explains the double-slit experiment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

🥳🎂🥂 Happy Birthday @henrycporter.bsky.social from @chazzasteinway.bsky.social and all your 📚🦋 fans in Campden. Looking forward to catching up with you and ENIGMA GIRL in May
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Friday Night 9 May #crime night with Kate Summerscale THE PEEPSHOW @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
long list #nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social
+ espionage #thriller: @henrycporter.bsky.social
The Enigma Girl @quercusbooks.bsky.social

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THE ENIGMA GIRL one of @thetimes.com 10 Best Thrillers of 2024 📚🦋 @booksky.bsky.social AND @henrycporter.bsky.social will be with us in May in the beautiful North Cotswolds to chat about it with Sue Cook
Book Tickets online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Review: Enigma Girl by Henry Porter.

My @ala-booklist.bsky.social review of @henrycporter.bsky.social's Enigma Girl:

Many thanks for this. Much appreciated.

These titles and more + their authors at our Spring Festival 9 - 12 April in #miltonkeynes. Download a programme: mklitfest.org/downloads Tickets on sale now!

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Celebrate #Bookday 📚: buy tickets for May evening of Fiction #authors with @henrycporter.bsky.social espionage thriller and @bellamackie.bsky.social mystery murder
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Read ahead with books from @borzoibookshop.bsky.social

Friday Night #crime night with Kate Summerscale THE PEEPSHOW @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social long list #nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social + espionage #thriller:
@henrycporter.bsky.social The Enigma Girl @quercusbooks.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

This new reporting is a very big deal.

The previously reported number for the amount of money Elon Musk has gotten from the government—us—was slightly over $18 billion.

We now know the figure is $38 billion.

When you consider how much of Musk's wealth is actually liquid—very little—that is a ton.

This is the way.

"This is a reset BP, with an unwavering focus on growing long-term shareholder value.”

BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year and slash green ambitions

👇
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The anti-Trump resistance begins to wake in earnest After an initial period of stunned confusion, protesters are packing meetings, states are suing, and Democrats are preparing for a budget showdown.

Little by little, after an initial period of stunned confusion, the broader resistance to President Donald Trump is beginning to wake up.

BBC slammed for pulling film that 'humanised Palestinian children' Britain's public broadcaster said it is 'conducting further due diligence'

BBC slammed for pulling film that 'humanised Palestinian children' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-slammed-pulling-film-humanised-palestinian-children

The Convention - An evening for Gaza In aid of Shelter Box Join us for an evening of music and readings in aid of the nearly two million Palestinians who have lost their homes in the war in Gaza. The humanitarian need is unprecedented. With a ceasefire now in...

The contempt for empathy, the dismissal of compassion. this may be the new world order, but we think there's an alternative. Come to help us raise money for people returning to Gaza on February 25. Huge line up. Wine, music, film and poetry. Tickets here - tinyurl.com/mr3wxkdh

Participants include @akischilz.bsky.social @henrycporter.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

#AI #cancelculture #translation #censorship #creativewriting #technology #artificialintelligence #MaryWollstonecraft

A complete ShelterBox kit costs £410 and we hope to help 100 families, so it rounds up to about £44k. We'll be lucky to make it, but early donations are good. I reckon £4k+ 23 years ago was pretty good. Cheers.

The Convention - An evening for Gaza In aid of Shelter Box Join us for an evening of music and readings in aid of the nearly two million Palestinians who have lost their homes in the war in Gaza. The humanitarian need is unprecedented. With a ceasefire now in...

We're raising cash for 100 Palestinian families for @shelterbox.bsky.social. It's a minuscule amount but better than ignoring Gaza.
Join us. Fund us Repost. I need your help to get to £44k target. Thanks!
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