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Stop and Look: Portrait of Francis Williams

6 days ago | reaction.life | Andrew Wilton

Francis Williams was an eighteenth-century Jamaican whose parents were freed slaves. He was educated in England, and took English nationality. He was a poet, a thinker, and also exceptionally learned in matters scientific. He attended at least one meeting of the Royal Society, and was on intimate terms with some of the great minds of the age.
Meloni's big test: can she sweet-talk Trump on trade?

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen
Supreme Court backs biological definition of woman

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

A years-long and highly polarising legal battle came to a head today, after judges at the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in the Equality Act should be based on biological sex, excluding transgender women. The ruling reverses 20 years of understanding in Britain of how the law recognises trans men and women with gender recognition certificates.
Sudan conference: diplomats gather in London to mark sombre anniversary

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

The UK announced a further £120 million in aid for Sudan today, as the world marked a sombre two year anniversary of the country’s devastating civil war that has prompted a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions.
Why China could win the trade war

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

China’s Xi Jinping has urged his neighbours to join him in resisting Donald Trump’s “unilateralism and protectionism” as he kicked off his tour of Southeast Asia today, in a bid to get countries on side as the US and China remain locked in a trade war. Xi is in Vietnam, before heading to Malaysia and Cambodia later this week, with the stated aiming of deepening “all-round cooperation”. REACTION is a reader-supported publication.
Stop and Look: Man Reading a Newspaper by Russell Drysdale

1 week ago | reaction.life | Andrew Wilton

Drysdale’s view of Australia is bleak: his streets are empty, his people glum. His scenes are often without charm, but his view of the place here is of course not a literal transcription. It's a fantasy of the modern world, in which life is almost lost in meaningless devastation; the single figure incongruously pursuing a commonplace activity in a landscape from which all signs of normality have been expunged.
It may be too late to save British Steel

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

The UK parliament is being recalled for an emergency debate tomorrow as ministers fight to save Britain’s only surviving steel-making plant from imminent closure. According to Downing Street, ministers are set to debate an emergency law that would give them immediate powers to control British Steel's plant in Scunthorpe to ensure it has enough raw materials to keep going.
Harry is more at home in a war zone than in Britain

1 week ago | reaction.life | Jenny Hjul

Prince Harry’s surprise visit to meet the war wounded in Ukraine on Thursday was in stark contrast to his earlier appearance in public this week, in court for the latest showdown over his security arrangements. Before his departure from Britain for a new life in the US five years ago, Harry was most in his element among veterans, and helping the injured is still seen as his best work.
What to make of the Chinese troops in Ukraine

1 week ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Kyiv’s intelligence indicates that there are at least 155 Chinese citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine, said President Volodymyr Zelensky today, two days on from his first official allegation that Beijing is supplying Russia with manpower. On Tuesday, Zelensky announced that Ukrainian troops had fought six Chinese soldiers on the battlefield in the eastern Donetsk region, and taken two of them as prisoners.
Trump U-turns on tariffs for everyone bar China

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Global markets have rallied this evening, after Donald Trump dramatically U-turned on his tariff policy, albeit with one big exception. Trump has doubled down on his trade war with China, hiking levies on the world’s second largest economy to a staggering 125%, but for the dozens of countries previously set to be hit with high import charges who haven’t retaliated, “I have authorised a 90 day PAUSE,” he confirmed. REACTION is a reader-supported publication.