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I read The Golden Notebook aged 22 and was like - I don’t get it, but I feel like one day I will get it.

Aged 30, it was completely different.

'We work to gather coal': Ukraine's mines are the war's second frontline Last week, I visited the Dnipropetrovsk oblast in Ukraine's Donbas region, to meet miners working through shelling, blackouts, and loss of colleagues.

Ukraine’s other frontline.

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Thanks Arthur!

Kharkiv 💔
Today, 9‑year‑old Gordiy was killed together with his mother Olena when a Russian missile struck a residential building.

The tragedy was reported on the page of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation:

“Gordiy was a sincere, kind, and open boy who loved hockey, his team, and training.

Vote for us or the shooting starts?

Ukraine halts Russian offensive toward Zaporizhzhia, killing, injuring 300 Russian troops, HUR claims The units of Ukraine's military intelligence and the Armed Forces have stopped Russia's advance toward the city of Zaporizhzhia as part of a three-month defensive operation in the country's south, HUR...

⚡️Ukraine halts Russian offensive toward Zaporizhzhia, killing, injuring 300 Russian troops, HUR claims.

"We work to gather coal"
First of three articles about life in the Donbas region, starting with the experiences of miners who are on the second frontline of Russia's war with Ukraine.

open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...

The death toll in Kharkiv after russian strike has risen to 10, including two children: a 13‑year‑old girl and a 9‑year‑old boy. Another 16 people have been injured‼️

Russia killed these people in the middle of the night in their own homes for being Ukrainian.

"We work to gather coal"
First of three articles about life in the Donbas region, starting with the experiences of miners who are on the second frontline of Russia's war with Ukraine.

open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...

Russia also killed a second child in Kharkiv. A little boy with his mother.

We now know more people are dead, including a second child.

While Russians paraded under their flag to the sporting world’s cheers, their missiles murdered a 13 year old girl in Kharkiv. Shame on the IOC!

Explosions rock Kyiv, 4 killed in Kharkiv as Russia strikes residential building Russia attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles and drones overnight on March 7, the Air Force reported.

⚡️Update: Explosions rock Kyiv, kill 5 in Kharkiv as Russia strikes residential building.

Russian ballistic missiles and drones attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, where five people were killed and 10 were injured overnight on March 7, authorities reported.

Russia murdered a child and five adults overnight

🔴 Russia struck Kharkiv with missiles, collapsing part of a five-story residential building. Six people were killed, including a 13-year-old girl, and ten others were injured.

Rescue teams are still searching the rubble for possible survivors.

“You think I hate myself but it’s you I hate” - serious rage from John Grant!

War crimes update.

Note that the electoral side is that important given how awful this proposal is but... I am sure the sight of sobbing children being handcuffed and dragged onto planes will boost the Government's standing with the progressive voters we're losing.

Fuck. This.

Zelensky arrived in Donbas and visited Druzhkivka, Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.

I will not be taking dissenting opinions.

But the greatest break up album of all time remains Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant, every one else is playing for seconds.

I respect your opinion but I love it!!! And I’m definitely not a girly 😂

On the job, reporting at an IDP transit centre in Donbas region. The worst suffering I’ve ever witnessed, I wrote in my notebook: “I saw the woman’s face for maybe 10 seconds, I’ll remember her for the rest of my life.”

Article coming soon, not clear where yet.

Obvs this is a fake quote but one thing I thought about at the far right conference in Brussels - where an Orwell drinking game would have made me pissed after the first panel - is HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, ANYONE?

How it started / how it's going

Congrats Matthew!

V good read 👇

Can’t wait to read this - and what a cover!!!

Reds:A Global History of Communism by Paul Mason Shop now:

Reds: A Global History of Communism - out in August 2026 geni.us/Redscovrev

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