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Writer for The Times & language pundit. Author of Mending the Mind: The Art & Science of Overcoming Clinical Depression (, 2021). Rep’d by .

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    18 Oct 2018

    Anthea Bell OBE, Order of Merit of 🇩🇪, died this morning aged 82. She was a literary giant: among great C20th/C21st translators, whose work included Kafka, Sebald, Zweig, Freud, Willy Brandt, Simenon, Goscinny et al. & I will miss our mother a lot. Cc

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  2. 4 hours ago

    This is a vital piece. It was thanks to these formidable journalists that women who thought they would forever be ignored were at last heard.

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  3. 10 hours ago

    A remarkable life: Aaron Beck put “talking therapy” on a scientific footing. His work has done immense good, espec for sufferers from depressive disorder. The techniques he developed enabled me, among many others, to recover from severe mental illness.

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  4. Nov 1

    This is, for avoidance of doubt, Mr Wickham’s own invention. No expert French-to-English translator would render the letter this way.

    NEW Boris Johnson complains to Macron about Castex letter “The PM reiterated his deep concern over the rhetoric emanating from the French Government in recent days, including the suggestion by the French Prime Minister that the UK should be punished for leaving the EU.”
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  5. Oct 31

    No; really. The PM’s accusation, drawn wholesale from right-wing media outlets, is not a matter of legitimate interpretation: it’s fabricated. Good translation is never a literal word-to-word mapping, but that doesn’t mean its semantics are purely a matter of opinion.

    OK. Yes I know the PM’s interpretation of Castex’s resonant phrase is contentious, and that what the French pm wrote was that it is “crucial to show clearly to the European public”that “there is more damage from leaving European Union than from remaining inside”. But…
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  6. Oct 31

    The letter did not say that. The right-wing media outlets that have spread this falsehood should have sought the services of a translator (though admittedly Boris Johnson is scarcely known for scrupulousness regarding quoted speech).

    . is visibly angry at the letter sent by French pm to about the fishing row which said the UK should be punished for leaving the EU. This will run
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    Oct 30

    There are times when having influence within the EU might be quite useful, I suppose. How might we go about having such influence?

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    Oct 30

    Nicely done. > "This is the first Scottish food we've had that makes me think they have summer"

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    Before we head to Scotland next week, we thought we'd get together and try some of the local cuisine...
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    Oct 30

    New, 60th anniversary edition in all good newsagents and supermarkets now!

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    Oct 29

    A lovely piece on Adrian Bell’s ‘Rural Trilogy’

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  11. Oct 29

    And grateful to be pointed to this illuminating piece on the campaign against Huxley.

    I just read your Huxley piece in , -- great stuff. You might like my blogpost doing a deep dive on Huxley's numerous anti-racist activities:
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  12. Oct 29

    Me on our Comment page today on the case of Thomas Henry Huxley, “Darwin’s Bulldog”.

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    Oct 28

    I just read your Huxley piece in , -- great stuff. You might like my blogpost doing a deep dive on Huxley's numerous anti-racist activities:

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    Oct 29

    A year since an actual statutory body found Labour committed harassment and discrimination against Jews and still, judging from the replies to this and trending, it's not enough for some.

    A year ago, the EHRC published its investigation into the Labour Party. Today we have a radically overhauled independent complaints process and have rolled out Antisemitism training. We’ve moved decisively to make our party a safe place for everyone, including Jewish members.
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    Oct 29

    The Times view on Kathleen Stock: Defence of Reason

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    Oct 28

    Anglo-French relations are in the worst shape in decades, and this gratuitous insult will hardly help. Diplomacy is best done in private. The rest is public relations.

    I have instructed Europe Minister Wendy Morton to summon the French Ambassador to the UK for talks tomorrow to explain the disappointing and disproportionate threats made against the UK and Channel Islands.
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    Oct 28

    The books we've recently recommended are guaranteed financial support for their into English if the translation rights are bought by an English-language . So, share this list and let publishers know about this incredible collection:

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  18. Oct 29

    Just the right answer to an absurd complaint. Meg wrote to me, as a constituent, at length on the party’s antisemitism crisis under Corbyn and I was in no doubt of her determination to stand with the Jewish community.

    I asked my MP , why she thinks Jewish Labour members are getting investigated for antisemitism more than non Jews? She said she can't comment on individual cases (something I had NOT asked her to do). Then she said that the Party needs to tackle antisemitism.
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    Oct 27

    The trouble with Rishi Sunak's upbeat message is that inflation and tax rises will hold back income growth. Average earners will probably be worse off in a year's time than they are today. Me in

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    Oct 27

    Emmanuel Macron opened a museum dedicated to Alfred aptly housed Chez Emile .

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    Oct 27

    Blanket official secrecy is back, as Boris Johnson’s government excludes new official agencies from Freedom of Information law, criminalises whistleblowing & looks to charge the public to stop them “abusing” (aka using) right to know legislation. Full story in new Eye, out today.

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