Matthew Weaver

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Clovis Salmon, regarded as first black UK documentary film-maker, dies at 98

1 week ago | msn.com | Matthew Weaver

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Clovis Salmon, regarded as first black UK documentary film-maker, dies aged 98

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver

Clovis Salmon, regarded as the first black documentary film-maker in the UK, has died at the age of 98. His family said he died at south London’s Kings hospital on Wednesday morning. Salmon was best known for filming the Brixton riots in 1981. Often using a concealed camera to avoid getting it confiscated by officers, he captured scenes of overturned cars, smouldering buildings and growing anger at police tactics.
Green party trying to purge gender-critical voices, claims expelled former spokesperson

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver

The Green party is veering away from its founding culture towards a more leftwing authoritarianism, its former health spokesperson has claimed. Dr Pallavi Devulapalli said trans rights had become an obvious totem in the new climate, and accused the party of trying to purge anyone with gender-critical views. Devulapalli, a GP and member of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk council, was expelled from the party for a rules breach that she has said was due to her beliefs on gender.
‘Dad strikes’ in London and Edinburgh demand better paternity leave

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver

Hundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world’s first dad strike. They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity leave system in Europe.
Highgate cemetery families confront bosses in row over new building

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Matthew Weaver

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Highgate cemetery families confront bosses in row over new building

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver

Dozens of grave owners confronted Highgate cemetery’s bosses and their architects this week in a growing row over a maintenance and toilet block in a part of the graveyard where almost 200 people were recently buried. The cemetery called Tuesday’s private meeting in an attempt to placate objectors by setting out adjustments to a new building that is part of an £18m redevelopment of the graveyard.
Banksy posts image of new lighthouse artwork believed to be in Marseille

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Matthew Weaver

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Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike

4 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Matthew Weaver

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike in protest against the imprisonment of her son, who has been in jail in Egypt since September 2019. Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike in protest against the imprisonment of her son, who has been in jail in Egypt since September 2019. Photograph: James Manning/PAThe mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has has been admitted to hospital after spending more than 240 days on hunger strike.
Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver

The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has has been admitted to hospital after spending more than 240 days on hunger strike. Laila Soueif’s family said she had been admitted to St Thomas’ hospital in London on Thursday night with dangerously low blood sugar levels, but continues to refuse medical intervention that would provide her with calories.
Banksy posts image of new lighthouse artwork believed to be in Marseille

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Matthew Weaver

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