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/3mlsma62wyk2hTable setting for #Trump 2026 banquet in #Beijing. But this is no Nixon-in-China moment, as the menus show. #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit14 May 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsma62wyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlrk36iftc2kGreat stuff @edjennings.bsky.social. Underlines the importance of local #journalism [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrk36iftc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlqcc342xs2w#Trump in #China is likely to be served a very different banquet from #Nixon's history-making 1972 visit. #thisweekthosebooks offers context...and the menus, via @medium.com. Free to read. https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-b61aba215798?source=social.bluesky13 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcc342xs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlpxfakhsc2d#Trump arrives in Beijing Wednesday evening so, a good time to get context from 2 books in just 5 minutes. A Nixon-in-China moment? 不 or bù in Chinese. #thisweekthosebooks via @medium.com https://medium.com/this-week-those-books/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-b61aba215798?source=social.bluesky13 May 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpxfakhsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnvoonku22xLots to digest there, in what the menu-planners were thinking! Especially the Stewed Beef Steak in Tomato Sauce. #trump #china #nixon #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit12 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvoonku22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnuxglrrc2zAs #Trump heads to Beijing even those planning the menu for the state banquet know it’s not a Nixon-in-China moment! Take a look at these 2 menus from Nixon's big meal in China in 1972 & Trump's in 2017 via #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit12 May 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnuxglrrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnspv23ss2zWith two southeast #London boroughs voting to cut traditional ties with #Labour, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism students assess the big shake-up to the system in #Lewisham and #Hackney & why it’s status quo in #TowerHamlets & #Croydon thegoldstandard1.substack.com12 May 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnspv23ss2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnsasee5c2zWith two southeast #London boroughs voting to cut traditional ties with #Labour, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism students assess the big shake-up to the system in #Lewisham & #Hackney & why it’s status quo in #TowerHamlets & #Croydon thegoldstandard1.substack.com https://thegoldstandard1.substack.com/12 May 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnsasee5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnihf36v22lAnd here's a brilliant trip-down-memory-lane by MA Pol Comms Dr Jacob Mukherjee on @liamshrivastava.bsky.social speaking about the radical history of New Cross! If you want to follow in his footsteps, apply to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@mapolcommsgs/video/7638926105776311574 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnihf36v22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlnh6znh2k2kAs #Trump goes to China, #thisweekthosebooks looks at the lack of historical echoes! Even the food served to #Trump and #Nixon in #China differs! And a Tom Clancy expert on the master’s longest novel, which does a "reverse Nixon". https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit12 May 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnh6znh2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlne4lzn3s2iAs #Trump goes to China, #thisweekthosebooks looks at the lack of historical echoes! Even the food served to #Trump and #Nixon in #China differs! And Tom Clancy expert Matt Farwell on the master’s longest novel, which does a "reverse Nixon". https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit12 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlne4lzn3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlne43h6ic2iAs #Trump goes to China, #thisweekthosebooks looks at the lack of historical echoes! Even the food served to #Trump and #Nixon in #China differs! And Tom Clancy expert Matt Farwell on the master’s longest novel, which does a "reverse Nixon". https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit12 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlne43h6ic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlndyzvqqk2iNot a Nixon-in-China moment https://open.substack.com/pub/thisweekthosebooks/p/not-a-nixon-in-china-moment-trump-visit?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web12 May 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlndyzvqqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlm2vj36h22c@juddlegum.bsky.social : For 11 months, #Trump Mobile has been collecting $100 deposits for a Trump phone. No phones have shipped to customers. https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/we-were-promised-a-gold-plated-trump https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/we-were-promised-a-gold-plated-trump?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web11 May 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm2vj36h22chttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mllybhydik2xWay to go @liamshrivastava.bsky.social Way to teach @mediacomgold.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllybhydik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlly7rvwh22xvia @opinion.bloomberg.com, a factoid: Venice gave the Roman Catholic Church the most popes in the 20th Century. There were three: Pius X (1903-1914), John Paul XIII (1958-1963), and the short-reigned John Paul I (1978). All were Patriarchs of Venice before they became pope11 May 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlly7rvwh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlisft6tic2zHave a listen to this choir singing with the whales. Rebecca Douglas and the Social Singing Choir have done an absolutely amazing job: "...something ancient stirs./ We sing. They sing. There’s something in that, a shared language..." Single out on World Ocean Day rebeccadouglas.co.uk/wash-over-me/ https://lnkd.in/evySSMY710 May 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlisft6tic2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlirw5m6fc2zHave a listen to this choir singing with the whales. Rebecca Douglas and the Social Singing Choir have done an absolutely amazing job: "...something ancient stirs./ We sing. They sing. There’s something in that, a shared language..." rebeccadouglas.co.uk/wash-over-me/10 May 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlirw5m6fc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlhc53v56s27Omar & his friend Ibrahim Almasri began returning to the destroyed libraries of their cities. Over months they collected some 6,000 books into a space in central #Gaza, a space they would name al-Anqa’a: the Phoenix. via @sarayasin.bsky.social 's The Key https://www.thekeymagazine.com/p/phoenix-library-gaza-omar-hamad-genocide-israel09 May 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhc53v56s27https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlh44aaglk2lLook forward to discussing @tahmima.bsky.social 's new book Uprising with her. Just finished reading it. It was the early hours of the morning (today) that I set it down, reassured by...ok no plot spoilers! Come join the conversation. Sat, May 30, 2026, SOAS, Khushwant Singh Literary Festival09 May 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlh44aaglk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlh3daxmlc2lLooking forward to discussing @tahmima.bsky.social 's new book Uprising at the Khushwant Singh Literary Fest later this month. Just finished reading it – surprising, sobering...uplifting in all sorts of ways.09 May 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlh3daxmlc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mldqd2ipnk2r@greenwichwire.bsky.social's live blog on #Greenwich election count https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/05/08/greenwich-local-council-election-live-results-blog-2026/08 May 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldqd2ipnk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlbv3mhgds2mHere's a project we're working on to turn a flyover in #Greenwich into a ‘wall of stories’ https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/05/07/angerstein-flyover-greenwich-mural-wall-of-stories/07 May 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbv3mhgds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3mlb4u6kuks2zThis week is a reminder every day should be World #Press Freedom Day because: – US revoked visas of staff on Costa Rica’s top watchdog paper for criticism of its president – FBI opened criminal investigation into journo who wrote Kash Patel’s drinking https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/journalism-populism-world-press-freedom-day-202607 May 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4u6kuks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3ml7tfqnbmc25@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social back in time: Behind Lewisham’s 120‑year‑old university that began as a naval school https://www.london-now.co.uk/news/26071168.lewishams-goldsmiths-university-history-changed/ https://www.london-now.co.uk/news/26071168.lewishams-goldsmiths-university-history-changed/?ref=li06 May 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7tfqnbmc25https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3ml7ow74d7222#Press freedom an increasingly urgent issue with new reports that the FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on The Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick, related to an article she wrote about Director Kash Patel. #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/journalism-populism-world-press-freedom-day-202606 May 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ow74d7222https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3ml7nl2vges2hExcellent piece @henriastier.bsky.social on #populism a la française. For Jordan Bardella it seems to also include a liasion with a bonafide princess (Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies) who can only ever claim to be a queen of hearts! https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/this-man-could-be-frances-next-president?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email06 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7nl2vges2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3ml4hy3ojjs27#Journalism has been brought to this, as @panievsky.bsky.social ’s book notes. #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/journalism-populism-world-press-freedom-day-202605 May 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4hy3ojjs27https://bsky.app/profile/rashmee.bsky.social/post/3ml2lkwyjrs2l@panievsky.bsky.social ’s book ‘The New Censorship’ traces the back story of how we got to this point in the global anti-#media playbook and who led the way. https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/journalism-populism-world-press-freedom-day-202604 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:u2xz26src2bdf5tw2rb4zv6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2lkwyjrs2l