Jonathan Campion

Meet me in Glasgow if it happens?

New @levparikian.bsky.social merch just dropped.

Putin's rhetoric and actions signal a dangerous neo-imperial playbook targeting Kazakhstan, echoing strategies seen in Ukraine timesca.com/where-a-russ... #Kazakhstan #Geopolitics #RussianImperialism #GeopoliticalAnalysis

Are you not wowed? Bazball, India and a one-armed man deliver drama and beauty | Barney Ronay England’s Baz-era has been maddening to many but this was another moment it gave us utterly thrilling cricket

The one-armed man did it
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This is incredible

Not sure what's being advertised here at the #ENGvIND Test 🏏

Not sure what's being advertised here at the #ENGvIND Test 🏏

A calm evening on the waters of Disko Bay, Greenland

Prize — Galley Beggar Press

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:

www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Closing date 8 November!

Hi Iain, I'd like to put myself forward for this (sport, not football!) – what's the best way to get in touch?

You wouldn't make this sort of stuff up...

Oh wow, enjoy!

DAME CHLOE KELLY

🎶 Three-ee years of hurt / Never stopped me dreaming

You've taken 7 wickets in 130 overs, and you see Ben Stokes walking to the wicket...
#ENGvIND 🏏

"We could put police cameras in homes, instead of devastating privacy" 🤣

I understand there's a safety aspect, and you can't just have a fielder keeping wicket. But India (and England) have two bona fide keepers in their team. The umpires should have clocked this...
PS: Hope you're well John!

I'm a Dhruv Jurel fan, but why is he allowed to be a substitute here, when KL Rahul was keeping in the IPL in April?
#ENGvIND 🏏

Episode 11: Who’s left to defend Central Asian migrants in Russia? TURAN TALK with Shahida Tulaganova on “Spirit Untamed,” her documentary about Bahrom Hamroev

In the latest episode of Turan Tales, Shahida Tulaganova talks about her upcoming film "Spirit Untamed" on Bahrom Hamroev - a human rights defender who spent years supporting Central Asian migrants in Russia. He was jailed in 2022 for alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir links
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New series of MasterChef is pretty short

Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...

🇺🇦🏏 | My book 'GETTING OUT: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War' is the story of some tough and eccentric sportspeople – and how they saved many of those around them from Russia's invasion in 2022.

Details | Where to buy 💙📚
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www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out

Ricky Ponting: "[India] need Pant to come off here".
#ENGvIND 🏏

Fatherless Tajik Children: The Social Consequences of Labor Migration - The Times Of Central Asia Labor migration has become a daily reality in Tajikistan and a vital means of survival for many families. It is estimated that between 800,000 and 1 million

Labor migration props up Tajikistan’s economy but leaves a generation of children growing up without parents timesca.com/fatherless-t... #Tajikistan #LaborMigration #Childhood #MigrantWorkers #FamilySeparation #MigrationStories

Barmy Army vs. @ukrainecricket.bsky.social would be awesome (but we call first dibs on @johnnield2.bsky.social)

After last night’s Russian bombardment in Kyiv, a metro station — probably the most bombed one in the city — filled with smoke as people were sheltering in it.

Russia used over 400 attack drones and 24 missiles in last night’s air raid across Ukraine.

Russian strikes hit Kyiv metro where hundreds were sheltering At least one person killed in attacks on central Kyiv that also damaged shops, houses and a kindergarten

More Russian bombs on my old neighbourhood.

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Opinion: Off the Grid in Uzbekistan - A Journey to Sarchashma’s Living Heritage - The Times Of Central Asia The Uzbek government’s tourism campaign is aiming to attract visitors to the ancient cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. These places, embodying Central

Wrote a piece about Eastern Kashkadaryo's Sarchashma for @timesca.com, a beautiful village that deserves to be seen 🩷
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234th day of protest in Tbilisi. Demonstration was held for boycotting upcoming local election in October.

The reverse is true, I'm aware that I don't have an academic bone in my body! And my A Level grades were pants.

Turkmenistan Tightens Internet Blocks to Promote State-Controlled VPNs - The Times Of Central Asia Internet restrictions in Turkmenistan have intensified sharply in recent weeks, according to sources who spoke with turkmen.news. Authorities have reportedly

Turkmenistan tightens internet restrictions, fueling corruption as officials profit from selling VPNs and whitelist access timesca.com/turkmenistan... #Turkmenistan #InternetFreedom #VPN #Corruption #Censorship