Dance writer + author of eg Bloomsbury Ballerina, Unfinished Palazzo, Going With The Boys/Correspondents, Gwen & Augustus John &, now, history of the Nutcracker
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Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Lula’s victory will be greeted with horror in Silicon Valley. Outside the EU, Brazil has been the biggest holders to account of US tech firms. And Facebook’s actions before the election deserve proper scrutiny
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Trump just called Obama’s crowd size small. 🤣
This is the video he doesn’t want you to see. Get this everywhere!
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Over 500,000 people marched in France last weekend. The vast majority were unmasked and white. They were protesting against the cost of living and poor public services. Don't fall for the rightwing spin.
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated 250,000 trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone, the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre
theguardian.com/environment/…
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
The people of Albania are out on the streets fighting to save the last untouched wetland in the Mediterranean that Ivanka Trump and her Saudi backers are determined to turn into a huge luxury resort for Billionaires destroying the home of Flamingos, sea turtles, and critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal
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Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
So Kemi Badenoch wants to pay for new prison cells by cutting £1bn from culture, media and sport?
That means youth clubs, leisure centres, sports pitches, arts projects and music venues, places that give young people somewhere to go and learn teamwork and self discipline, all of that: gone.
That’s not tough on crime, that’s building a pipeline into the very prisons you're promising! And this from a party that added fewer than 500 prison places in a decade, and left communities like mine fighting to keep leisure centres open in the first place.
Disgraceful.
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
The front page of @ScotNational tomorrow is what every UK newspaper front page should look like.
But, as throughout the entirety of the genocide, it stands alone with a moral backbone, not afraid to tell the truth about the horrors the rest of the press whitewash.
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Just the same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to North Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out #Rosebank & Jackdaw now @fossilfreeLDN
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
📖 ¡4ª edición de EL PALAZZO INACABADO!
👉 Nos alegra mucho ver cómo este precioso libro de @judithmackrell ambientado en #Venecia llega cada vez a más lectores.
¡Seguimos!
siruela.com/catalogo.php?id_…
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Hello everyone, this is a message from inside prison, from a young Iranian woman who is about to be executed. Please help me to amplify her voice before they hang her. 💔
«Remember my name, maybe I will not be able to speak again.»
This is the voice of Najmeh Amini, a 23 year old accounting student, speaking from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. In her voice message she says: «Be my voice. I am an innocent girl, a young woman full of hopes and dreams.»
Najmeh is one of the detainees of the January uprising .
She spent months in detention without a verdict, denied access to a lawyer of her choice and pressured during interrogation. In August, her trial was held at the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad on charges of «assembly and collusion» and «insulting sacred values.»
She said in her voice message that her death sentence was issued on September 16, 2026.
In her own words: «People, I only want justice and the chance to defend myself.» And this is her dream: «Before the rope ends my life, let me see my Iran prosperous and free.»
Be her voice and all of political prisoners, especially those at risk of execution.
#NajmehAmini
#StopExecutionsInIran
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
The brilliant @bbclysedoucet and her brilliant book - at Number 1!
Three weeks at #1 in the top ten!!! I know how hard @bbclysedoucet worked on this book. It is brilliant, important and full of humanity. Run to your bookshop to get a copy if you haven't read it yet. #Afghanistan should not be forgotten. Thanks Lyse for telling the story.
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Apparently the new Reform mega donor Ben Delo is threatening to sue people who mention his previous conviction tied to money laundering.
So best not keep sharing it.
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
The Royal Ballet is saddened to hear of the death of choreographer Richard Alston, whose creativity and artistic leadership made such a significant contribution to British contemporary dance.
Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare comments, ‘Richard was a towering figure of the dance world, with a deep and intuitive understanding of classical ballet. We were most fortunate that he was always a great friend to The Royal Ballet, including the creation of Midsummer for the Company in 1983. He will be much missed.’
Hear more about Richard Alston in his own words in the Ashton Inspired: Choreographer series, filmed by @AshtonFdn and hosted on Royal Ballet and Opera Stream: rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-event…
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israeli opposition leaders have called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
➡️ u.afp.com/SjiK
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
Farage and Reform UK are in deep trouble. However, after 3 days, @Verbatim_Media's 37 minute video of their extraordinary year-long undercover investigation into Reform UK's illegal foreign donations has only got 161k views. It should have several million.
So please repost this and then share the video.
youtu.be/RugPik-G1Jw?is=-ikY… – at Brighton, England
Judith Mackrell💙 retweeted
One man puts his fingers in her mouth. Really really think hard at the moment about where you are putting your vote
A woman, physically assaulted by a baying mob of angry Reformorons while their cult leader @Nigel_Farage laughs on from the podium.
Please share, this is who Reform are.