August, 2018
Features, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, August 27, 2018 22:55 - 0 Comments
Interview">Elsa Lefort: “The fate of my husband, Salah Hamouri, does not matter to our leaders” Interview
A year ago this week, Salah Hamouri, a well-known French-Palestinian human rights activist was arrested in a pre-dawn raid by Israeli soldiers at his home in occupied East Jerusalem. He has been in indefinite detention ever since. Sawsan Bastawy speaks to his wife, Elsa Lefort, about her anger at the French government's indifference and her steadfast optimism for the future.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:59 - 0 Comments
Theatre">Review | Translations (National Theatre) Theatre
The recent National Theatre production of Brian Friel's 'Translations' is a remarkable take on the central — and perennially relevant — questions of place, belonging and dislocation, argues Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya in her review.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:31 - 0 Comments
Comment">How much more suffering must Yemenis take before the UK ends its arms sales? Comment
If the bombing of a school bus full of Yemeni children isn’t enough to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, then what more would it take? Asks Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, August 7, 2018 0:00 - 0 Comments
Books">Nincompoopolis: The Follies of Boris Johnson Books
Doug Murphy’s Nincompoopopolis is a suitably and rewardingly vicious, neat précis of the political and architectural legacies of Johnson in his time in power in London, argues Alex Baker.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, August 6, 2018 14:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis">For the Many: How Labour’s 2017 General Election Manifesto changed everything Analysis
If the 2017 election was unusual in that large numbers of voters changed their views during the course of six weeks, Labour’s manifesto was one of the key reasons for their doing so, argues Mike Phipps.
