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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 10d

Beirut on a clear day

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 23d

Lakkis farms

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 23d

Beirut, where east meets west

Vintage Lebanon travel posters from pan American Airlines

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 23d

Baalbek

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 28d

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 28d

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The Ukrainians staying home - despite Russian attacks - BBC Sounds

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville has been meeting people in Donetsk.

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 28d

#BBCNews - As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go
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By @sommervilletv.bsky.social
#UkraineWar

As Russian forces advance, Ukrainians in Donbas must choose to stay or go

In Bilozerske, eastern Ukraine, people must make the agonising decision to flee or risk staying.

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 10

When you’re trying to write

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 9

She rules the roost

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tabitha belongs to no man

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our Frank

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Mission: Truth postage stamp of the Heroic Professions series is a symbol of gratitude to those who make the truth heard, who risk their lives to defend us from the enemy with the power of truth. This stamp issue is a tribute to the memory of media professionals killed by Russia.

Ukrainian postage stamps illustrated with a camera journalist and correspondent under fire

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Sep 3

"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uk

Dani Garavelli · Dance in the Rain: Sturgeon comes out swinging

It’s hard to articulate what Nicola Sturgeon’s feminism meant to someone like me who moved back to Scotland in the...

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Sep 2

Strangely reassuring

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 31

Donetsk hound

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 30

They’re being well looked after by a nine year old and his family.

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 30

And a box of kittens

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 30

Relentless Ukrainian assault

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 30

Let’s pretend it’s an everyday occurrence
Wordle 1,533 2/6

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 25

Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wg

Ukraine frontline report: fighting rages in Donetsk region as Putin demands full control | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 25

Read: Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control www.bbc.com/news/article...

Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control

Quentin Sommerville follows volunteers carrying out evacuations in eastern Ukraine as drone attacks rage.

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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · Aug 22

Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...

Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 11

📌 We are looking for a new Director of Journalist Programmes

The successful candidate will lead on the delivery, strategic development, and long-term financial sustainability of all Journalist Programmes at the Institute.

Apply by Mon 1 Sept, noon (UK time)
More info: buff.ly/FTCNDd1

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · Aug 10

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a very good piece.

When you are, to quote Starmer, the result of a squalid experiment doing untold damage to the UK then what do you self-define as?

Living your life in opposition to a culture is unsustainable so how do you find/make/sustain your own?

The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025

Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means

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Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · Jul 29

First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan

apnews.com/article/leba...

First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan

The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government.

apnews.com

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