Simon McCorry

A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

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What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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Angela Rayner’s exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris The prime minister increasingly looks like a man next to a burning house, offering to buy a new bookcase and rug, says Guardian columnist John Harris

“Then watch Starmer in action, and ask yourself: does he understand what’s at stake here?”

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I thought I was growing up in a racially tolerant Britain. I now realise I was wrong | Rohan Sathyamoorthy I’ve experienced more racism in the past year than the rest of my life put together – the only answer is for young people to stand up to the far right, says writer Rohan Sathyamoorthy

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Ben Jennings on Wes Streeting and free speech – cartoon The health secretary has weighed in on the row surrounding the arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan

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Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians held

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Palestine Action lawyers accuse Yvette Cooper of ‘cynical media campaign’ Exclusive: Home secretary ‘breaching duty to court’ by making claims about reason for group’s ban that she has not disclosed in legal case

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US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months

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‘People sleeping while walking’: inside Manston asylum centre in Kent Six staff members speak of new arrivals’ exhaustion and ill-health and colleagues’ indifference to their plight

“They are not swearing, they are not aggressive. These people are so exhausted and so traumatised yet somehow they keep themselves so calm. I think they’re the most controlled people I’ve ever met.”

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My life in Gaza: ‘Do you know the series Squid Game?’ From a desperate attempt to get aid to an expulsion order and the death of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif – Karim recounts nine days in Gaza

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Island Song 03 (Gullhomen), by Simon McCorry track by Simon McCorry

A break from touring as Head of Sound for Ghost Stories. I've been on an island in the west coast of Sweden for the last 10 days. Fitting in a little creative time with an old harmonium & some field recording. A few new tracks up for subscribers on BC page

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‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

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Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack

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Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlooked, says author Daniel Trilling

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Police warn of mass arrests if Palestine Action protest goes ahead Hundreds could join weekend rally in support of proscribed group as 300 UK Jewish figures urge PM to lift ban

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Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’ Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content

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The Quiet Revolution: Why 'Your Party' Are Storming In At 500,000 And Counting - Labour Heartlands The quiet revolution begins not with electoral victory but with 500,000 people saying "enough" to a system that treats them as expendable. Whether it

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Wodwo & Simon McCorry - Every Creeping Thing (Whitelabrecs / Close) + Notable Singles "it's a slowly fermented project, giving the complex folkloric, modern classical & questing ambient electronic flavours time to deepen & round"

I missed these few words from @theslowmusicmovement.org from a year ago last July about my collaboration with my friend Wodwo - Every Creeping Thing - still one of my favourites collaborations - released April ‘24 on Whitelabrecs

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When you strip away humanity

UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly

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UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house Marianne Sorrell, a retired teacher from Somerset, says she is ‘very traumatised’ after arrest at Cardiff rally

“She said officers removed 19 items from her house, including iPads, a Palestine flag, books on Palestine, material related to Extinction Rebellion and the climate crisis, as well as drumsticks for – and a belt that holds – her samba drum.“

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Morning task. Swapping out a faulty DQ6 amp of 9. Reprogramming in System Engineer, repatching, relabelling in Dante & testing. Being Head of Sound is more than operating & mixing. It’s identifying issues before they screw up a show. Oh and the stage was dark so done by torch light

The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

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Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

“ Instead of calling disabled jobseekers lazy, let’s discuss the real causes of disability unemployment: biased employers and a lack of practical support and funding in the workplace.“

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Thank you

Photo of the boy wonder at Felixstowe beach, advertising the hour long Uptown Transmission on Felixstowe Radio. 8pm BST Saturday via felixstoweradio.org.uk with an hour of music from Pyramids Of Phobos, onetwotwofour, Jilk, Warren Rasmussen, Monitors, Simon McCorry, Julian Cope, Petrohex and Echo Broke Alone.

Photo of the boy wonder at Felixstowe beach, advertising the two hour long Uptown Transmission on Radio Mothership. 8pm BST Saturday via mothership.voyage with two hours of music from Pyramids Of Phobos, onetwotwofour, Jilk, Warren Rasmussen, Monitors, Simon McCorry, Julian Cope, Petrohex, Echo Broke Alone, Arran Poole, Skeleton Mage, Stop Look Listen, Politician MC, Water Damage, Sheherazaad, Joseph Blane and Lee Ashcroft.

Today! An hour by the sea or two hours in space.... @wormholeworld.bsky.social @jilk.bsky.social @analoguetrash.com @simonmccorry.bsky.social @difficultart.bsky.social @petrosvouris.bsky.social @burntseedrecords.bsky.social @arranpoole.bsky.social and lots lots more, come on over!

Suspend UK from oil oversight body over protests crackdown, say campaign groups Groups question UK membership of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative after actions of successive governments

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Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

The onward blindfolded walk into dystopia

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wellspring, by anthéne & simon mccorry 8 track album

This has been out for a couple of months now

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