14 July 2022

My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden has won the Orwell Political Writing Book Prize. And that is because it is superb. Harrowing, yes. Essential, absolutely. In a miserable sordid political climate where second rate ideologues can pursue policies as grim as the UK’s Rwanda migrant relocation plan this is a book that reminds us of the importance of committed journalism.

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/political-writing/my-fourth-time-we-drowned/

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Finished the Editor’s Briefing for the August issue of the BJGP that goes to print this week. The issue is themed on cancer and I had cause to go