8 h. ago Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians

A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of GazaDon’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here“Our freedom will be incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people.” When Nelson Mandela spoke those words in 1997, it resonated deeply across much of the Black diaspora, which has long felt a strong kinship with the struggles of the Palestinian people. In this week’s Long Wave, as yet more journalists are killed in Gaza, and some western countries make belated moves to recognise a Palestinian state, I examine the history of that Black solidarity, and how it has endured.Before that, some housekeeping: we’d love to know what you think of The Long Wave – what you’re enjoying, what you’re not and how we can improve. So if you can spare a few minutes, please fill out this short survey. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago I’m 15 and in love, but I have to walk on eggshells with my boyfriend | Annalisa Barbieri

You can’t fix him, or anyone else. You have to look after yourself first, and you may want to start by asking if this is a healthy relationshipEvery week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerI’m 15, and in a six-month relationship with my boyfriend who has a very toxic home life. This has given him significant mental health issues.He gets upset by little things, and struggles to move on, catastrophising small disagreements, thinking I hate him and saying he’ll self-harm. He has a really strong sense of self: he hates people being better than him at anything he cares about, and is obsessed with looks. The real issue for me is that I often feel I’m walking on eggshells: I can’t tell him about achievements or he’ll get upset; I soften any viewpoint I’m worried he won’t like; I can’t tell him he upset me without him getting extremely defensive. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Calls for direct Edinburgh ‘adventure’ bus route amid strong survey demand

A survey of over 1,000 people has revealed strong demand for a direct public transport link between Edinburgh City Centre to an ‘adventure sports hub’ in Ratho.

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9 d. ago Pan for the people: Stellar’s saucepan makes a strong case for ditching the colander

Finally, a saucepan that drains pasta without draining the will to live

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9 d. ago Storm Floris weather maps track which parts of Wales will be hit hardest

North Wales is set to be affected by strong winds, with the forecast agency advising people living in Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Isle of Anglesey to secure their properties, and prepare for power cuts

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3 w. ago Earthquake hits Naples 'like a bomb', with people fleeing into the streets as city is rocked by its most powerful tremors in 40 years

The quake measured the same magnitude as an earthquake recorded in the region on March 13, the strongest to hit the region in 40 years.

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3 w. ago Earthquake hits Naples, with 'terrifying roar then strong tremor' sending people fleeing into the streets

A powerful earthquake has rocked the city of Naples and the surrounding region.

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last month ‘People here are as strong as concrete’: the stunning architecture of war

A new architectural guidebook was written as a love letter to the Ukrainian city – then Russia started bombing it. How will this home to Tetris-like offices and daring curved cinemas be rebuilt?When the Derzhprom building erupted on to the Kharkiv skyline in the 1920s, it must have seemed like an impossibly futuristic vision. Standing like a gleaming white concrete castle, it curves around the circular plaza of Freedom Square in the city’s centre.Built as the state industry headquarters of what was then the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, it looks like a three-dimensional game of Tetris, a mighty nest of chunky oblong forms stacked, rotated and interlocked to form a colossal administrative pile. Striding across three city blocks, and towering almost 60m high, it was the tallest office building in Europe for several years, its humungous floor plates connected high up in the air by thrilling sci-fi skybridges. It was far ahead of its time, prefiguring the brawny br...

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