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What a thrill to see Night of a Thousand Hells among the books brought to life by Rama Duwaji’s animation, with words by Dua Lipa, for the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival.
“A violent act forces me to… confront the secrets of my own family.”
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All of us at Marvel Studios are deeply saddened by the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. Sir Patrick brought Professor Charles Xavier to life with extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining the character for generations of fans, from "X-Men" to "Logan" to "Avengers: Doomsday." He was a singular talent, a generous collaborator, and a true gentleman. Our hearts go out to his wife Sunny, his children, his friends, and the countless fans around the world whose lives he touched with his art.
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Tengah hari tadi, saya sempat curi masa menekuni karya terbaharu oleh James Marriott, ‘The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society’, yang mengangkat persoalan besar dan mendesak tentang kemerosotan budaya membaca dan menelaah, kedangkalan pemikiran dan masa depan peradaban dalam era dan arus digital masa kini.
Saya turut menghimbau bagaimana pemergian pujangga besar Perancis Victor Hugo pada 1885 yang menyaksikan sekitar dua juta manusia membanjiri kota Paris untuk memberikan penghormatan terakhir. Begitu juga Fyodor Dostoevsky pada 1881, apabila puluhan ribu rakyat mengiringi jenazahnya di Saint Petersburg, dan ia secara tidak langsung membuktikan masyarakat ketika itu menyanjung tinggi kesusasteraan, budaya, tradisi ilmu dan pemikiran. Kedua-dua mereka bukan dari kalangan raja mahupun panglima perang yang menang perang, tetapi tokoh dan sarjana yang pemikirannya telah meresap jauh ke dalam jiwa dan sanubari masyarakat.
Marriott juga mengingatkan bahawa ancaman kepada peradaban bukan semata soal hilangnya akses kepada ilmu, malah berlaku lambakan, tetapi juga lunturnya kecintaan dan kesabaran untuk membaca, merenung, dan berfikir secara kritis dan mendalam.
Kita mungkin semakin kaya dengan maklumat, namun miskin dan papa dalam kebijaksanaan. Justeru, persoalannya bukan sekadar apakah manusia masih membaca, tetapi apakah manusia masih mahu berfikir.
#YakinMADANI
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Announcing our 2026 public program in Palestine with events coming up in Ramallah and Gaza City, starting tomorrow: Monday October 26th.
palfest.org/full-schedule
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OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
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jujur mewek lihat kakaknya dari greenpeace ini, bahkan pas dia turun dan digiring buat masuk ke mobil p0lisi aja dia masih bersuara🥺
PANJANG UMUR PARA PEREMPUAN MELAWAN!
respect @GreenpeaceID
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Greenpeace Indonesia raises a banner at the Selamat Datang Monument as Prabowo’s administration marks its second anniversary.
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Who are the great living prose stylists? Let’s say we’ve already named Sally Rooney and Jesmyn Ward. Recent prize winners/nominees like Anne Carson, Marlon James, Daniel Kraus, David Szalay—okay, accounted for. I mean the fuckin stylists. Weird-ass sentence technicians. Who?
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I don't care if you like Sally Rooney's books or not. This is about the UK effectively banning an author's work because she is vocal in her support for the Palestinian people. I don't care whether you personally like her. Nor should you. It's about censorship. It's unhinged.
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Sally Rooney's books can no longer be sold in Britain due to her support for Palestine Action.
She refused to withdraw her support for the direct action group which targeted the Israeli arms industry, costing her the royalties from all of her UK sales.
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