Journalist by trade & inclination. PhD. FRSA. Lecturer @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Novel The Pomegranate Peace, Hachette Sign up: This Week, Those Books https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com https://medium.com/this-week-those-bookshttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mrmts43kok2v Tomorrow’s funeral for the late #US Senator Lindsey Graham will bring major world figures to Washington. It’ll also tee up White House meetings for Israeli PM Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, both looking to shore up support after losing one of their highest-profile backers in D.C.27 Jul 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmts43kok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mrmt62rza22aFascinating piece by @tmgneff.bsky.social , formerly of @nytimes & a Marine, who fought in #Afghanistan: He returned to the country to speak to the former enemy in search of answers and closure. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-marine.html?campaign_id=34627 Jul 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmt62rza22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mrmscqvhyk2jSome 330,000 #Haitians in #America will lose Temporary Protected Status today—a designation that lets migrants from countries that the government deems unsafe stay. Now, 250 Haitians will be deported each week.27 Jul 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmscqvhyk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mrjztffhmk2cPer @equatormag.bsky.social : #Indian poet @ranjithoskote.bsky.social : "For our generation, the key moment of crisis and trauma was 6 December 1992, when the Babri Masjid #mosque was torn down. We wondered if everything we’d believed in was about to vanish"26 Jul 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjztffhmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mrf3i74b3k2zJonathan Coe's satirical novel on #Thatcherism is a reminder of some of what happened in the late 1980s and 1990s – an internal market was created in everything, so that healthcare became a commodity. #neoliberalism #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/andy-burnham-rewiring-britain-after-neoliberalism-40-years-24 Jul 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf3i74b3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mraj7a24e22pOf such compromises is #climate policy made: #EU plans to extend CO₂ pricing scheme to all flights out of the bloc, including private jets but they must land within 5,000km of a point in central Europe. This conveniently excludes the #US (and avoids reigniting trade tensions with #Trump’s America)22 Jul 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraj7a24e22phttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr6hfbrohs2zRewiring Britain by @rashmeerl https://medium.com/p/rewiring-britain-e9f821ce71fb?source=social.bluesky21 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6hfbrohs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr6gnym4u22aThe Grand Egyptian Museum is both architecture & argument. It naturalizes a version of the country in which conflict, inequality & rupture are treated as noise rather than memory. It presents this as the only story with the right to fill space. @untoldmag.org https://untoldmag.org/egyptian-museum-state-power/21 Jul 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6gnym4u22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr62pwz5222uI just published Rewiring Britain https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/rewiring-britain-5273164c025e?source=social.bluesky21 Jul 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr62pwz5222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5ryn6tws2vBig news from @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social , its planned expansion of international coverage. Way to go... https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/cbc-radio-canada-expands-international-news-bureaus21 Jul 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5ryn6tws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5redydr225Prime Minister Andy Burnham will need a lot of luck to rewire #Britain. The neolibs are dead serious about an agenda that includes ending the 'equality premise' and smashing the #environmental movement. https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/andy-burnham-rewiring-britain-after-neoliberalism-40-years-21 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5redydr225https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5p7iixis2sMy piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social : As we come up to the fifth anniversary of Taliban rule in #Afghanistan, how long can its brutally repressive regime against #women last? https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rashmee-roshan-lall-the-talibans-no-1-priority-crushing-half-the-population/21 Jul 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5p7iixis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5kjjvvrs2iRewiring Britain: Can Burnham do it? #thisweekthosebooks has a rollicking satirical novel on the Thatcher years + 2 great reads on the #neoliberal agenda. Get some context. A 6-minute read via @medium. https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/rewiring-britain-5273164c025e21 Jul 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5kjjvvrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5kbjovmk23Rewiring Britain: Can Burnham do it? #thisweekthosebooks has a rollicking satirical novel on the Thatcher years + 2 great reads on the #neoliberal agenda. Get some context. A 6-minute read via @medium.com. https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/rewiring-britain-5273164c025e?source=social.bluesky21 Jul 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5kbjovmk23https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5jnnwsus2iFrom Jonathan Coe’s fabulous satirical novel on the Thatcher years, which kicked off neoliberalism in #Britain. Can #Burnham change things? #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/andy-burnham-rewiring-britain-after-neoliberalism-40-years-21 Jul 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5jnnwsus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5jemmfds2iAndy Burnham wants to rewire #Britain but can he break the circuit on #neoliberalism? #thisweekthosebooks has 3 great reads – Jonathan Coe’s fabulous satirical novel & 2 primers on what the neolibs really really want. Context in 5 minutes. Free to read https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/andy-burnham-rewiring-britain-after-neoliberalism-40-years-21 Jul 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5jemmfds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mr5jdt6y2c2iAndy Burnham wants to rewire #Britain but can he break the circuit on #neoliberalism? #thisweekthosebooks has 3 great reads – Jonathan Coe’s fabulous satirical novel & 2 primers on what the neolibs really really want. Get context in 5 min. Free to read https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/andy-burnham-rewiring-britain-after-neoliberalism-40-years-21 Jul 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5jdt6y2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqyriihlu22yPer @airmail.news : #Italy’s Very Own Mar-a-Lago. A look inside Villa Certosa, which played host to all manner of politics & misbehavior during Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s controversial bunga-bunga years, before being sold to the Qataris https://airmail.news/issues/2026-7-18/italys-very-own-mar-a-lago19 Jul 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyriihlu22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqvviaq6oc2ePer Uki Goñi in @thenerve.news : #Milei has turned #Argentina, the country of world-renowned champions of social justice such as Ché Guevara, Eva Perón & Pope Francis, into an anarcho-capitalist beacon for billionaires such as Thiel & Elon Musk... https://www.thenerve.news/p/uki-goni-argentina-javier-milei-peter-thiel-ai-non-human-corporations18 Jul 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvviaq6oc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqtgr2bvcs2qWhy do crowds cheer #football and gawk at videogamers? This is from ‘The Greatest’ by @matthewsyed.bsky.social who went from competitive #sport to #journalism. #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/sports-overload-three-cheers17 Jul 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtgr2bvcs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqqwng3kvs2uIn her charming novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, @gabriellezevin.bsky.social explains why the act of playing is the ultimate gesture of trust. Apt during @esportsworldcup.bsky.social #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/sports-overload-three-cheers16 Jul 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqwng3kvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqqvdwz6422u#Sports overload. #Football. #esports. Get context from 2 great books with #thisweekthosebooks via @medium.com https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/sports-overload-three-cheers-16d2f8f1573316 Jul 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqvdwz6422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqp64zo75c2j#Sports overload. Three cheers. #Football. #esports. Get context from 2 great books with #thisweekthosebooks via @medium.com https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/sports-overload-three-cheers-16d2f8f15733?source=social.bluesky15 Jul 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp64zo75c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqp2j75ass2gIn the glut of games over this summer of #sports events, a tender novel about video #gaming and essays on why sport has themes basic to the human condition. #thisweekthosebooks offers crucial context in just 5 minutes. Free to read. https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/sports-overload-three-cheers15 Jul 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp2j75ass2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqp2ircews2gSports overload. Three cheers https://open.substack.com/pub/thisweekthosebooks/p/sports-overload-three-cheers?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web15 Jul 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp2ircews2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqomlswqxc2hIf the brinkmanship between America and Iran continues, a “return to full-scale war is inevitable”, argues an editorial in Dawn, a #Pakistani newspaper.15 Jul 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqomlswqxc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqc32ud4nk2t@nytimes.com on #meme #couture: "If a dress doesn’t go viral, does it even matter? This week in Paris, designers like Duran Lantink of Jean Paul Gaultier are making clothes not so much for the customer as for social media, with dresses resembling drainage pipes vomiting yards of tulle"10 Jul 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc32ud4nk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqbzigtawc2oTrump is tossing off statements about the ceasefire with #Iran being over but #US & Iranian negotiators are still expected to resume talks on July 11 in Islamabad. Impossible to restate how chuffed #Pakistan feels! My piece via Persuasion explains https://www.persuasion.community/p/pakistan-has-never-looked-so-important10 Jul 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbzigtawc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mqbyyy6djs2f#Peru's president elect Keiko Fujimori on efforts to reassert #US influence in Latin America & push #China out of the region. “Peruvian cuisine is fusion and the restaurant where we’ll make our investments is APEC, where the US is alongside the countries of Asia” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/09/world/fujimori-legacy-trump-china-peru/10 Jul 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbyyy6djs2f