Prof Sunny Singh
@profsunnysingh.bsky.social
Writer, reader, thinker. Founder & director of the Jhalak Prize
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Looking forward to speaking with readers about #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love). Some more dates to be added and tickets are for sale now for most of these. Would be wonderful to see as many of you as possible
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The university has made the recording of my talk available at the link below. In case of interest and you missed it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kML5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kML5...
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The university has made the recording of my talk available at the link below. In case of interest and you missed it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kML5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kML5...
Majd is a colleague and friend and this piece is quintessentially him. Wry, incisive, heartbreaking. Read it. refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com/p/the-gaza-i...
The Gaza I passed by
Morning walk
refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Majd is a colleague and friend and this piece is quintessentially him. Wry, incisive, heartbreaking. Read it. refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com/p/the-gaza-i...
Your periodic reminder that BBC has always been regime propaganda. And this is not a once off. You are of course welcome to believe otherwise. If you do, please get in touch. I have a few bridges to sell www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Your periodic reminder that BBC has always been regime propaganda. And this is not a once off. You are of course welcome to believe otherwise. If you do, please get in touch. I have a few bridges to sell www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I remember @profsunnysingh.bsky.social reminding us that protest should be joyful. This song about the PAIGC is such a good example of that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZi0...
Combatentes P.a.I.G.C
YouTube video by Voz de Cabo Verde - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I remember @profsunnysingh.bsky.social reminding us that protest should be joyful. This song about the PAIGC is such a good example of that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZi0...
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🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
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Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.
Finally got round to giving @benansell.bsky.social's latest. It's also one of his very best - especially if you want to understand the extent to which Reform voters (often talked of as 'the people' and, apparently therefore, representative of all UK voters) are real outliers, culturally-speaking.
Odd Ones Out
Mapping Britain's social values and the marginalisation of the 'anti-woke'
benansell.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.
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NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
A student complimented my outfit yesterday, describing it as “elevated thug.”
I was wearing battered combat boots, wool cargoes, a jumper and a long (faux) fur coat. The outfit was warm and comfortable, thrown on in 5 minutes flat and I don’t think it stylish at all.
But I’ll take it! 😂
I was wearing battered combat boots, wool cargoes, a jumper and a long (faux) fur coat. The outfit was warm and comfortable, thrown on in 5 minutes flat and I don’t think it stylish at all.
But I’ll take it! 😂
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A student complimented my outfit yesterday, describing it as “elevated thug.”
I was wearing battered combat boots, wool cargoes, a jumper and a long (faux) fur coat. The outfit was warm and comfortable, thrown on in 5 minutes flat and I don’t think it stylish at all.
But I’ll take it! 😂
I was wearing battered combat boots, wool cargoes, a jumper and a long (faux) fur coat. The outfit was warm and comfortable, thrown on in 5 minutes flat and I don’t think it stylish at all.
But I’ll take it! 😂
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My favourite literary prize, even if ursines are not eligible :(
If you are then go for it!
If you are then go for it!
📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My favourite literary prize, even if ursines are not eligible :(
If you are then go for it!
If you are then go for it!
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Amazing stuff, at any rate - have discovered a bunch of good books / authors through it. Great work!
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Amazing stuff, at any rate - have discovered a bunch of good books / authors through it. Great work!
📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
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LitFest Harare 2025 starts today!
#LiteraryFestivals #Zimbabwe
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#LiteraryFestivals #Zimbabwe
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LitFest Harare 2025 Announces Dates and Theme: “The Languages and Legacies of Art”
The LitFest Harare International Literature Festival will hold its 2025 edition from November 26 to 29 at the Alliance Française in Harare.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
LitFest Harare 2025 starts today!
#LiteraryFestivals #Zimbabwe
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#LiteraryFestivals #Zimbabwe
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Fabulously Orwellian choice
🔴Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fabulously Orwellian choice
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#Newblogpost!!!
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
Racialised Un(belonging) within and beyond the University: The threads of a concept
Still seeking the university that is ours
folukeafrica.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Newblogpost!!!
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
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Remember when Nigel Farage said that Reform would deport children and people were, rightly, up in arms? Where's that outrage now that Labour are saying they will do the same thing, to children born in this country? A bad policy doesn't become good just because "your side" made it. 11/
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Remember when Nigel Farage said that Reform would deport children and people were, rightly, up in arms? Where's that outrage now that Labour are saying they will do the same thing, to children born in this country? A bad policy doesn't become good just because "your side" made it. 11/
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On trans and non-binary individuals, Labour has gone further, including bringing back a form of Section 28, and that has absolutely nothing to do with the Supreme Court ruling so many supporters seem to think gets Labour off the hook for transphobic policies. 8/
metro.co.uk/2025/07/31/l...
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Labour’s school guidance is Section 28 all over again for LGBTQ+ people
It’s not just a red flag – it’s a blaring siren.
metro.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On trans and non-binary individuals, Labour has gone further, including bringing back a form of Section 28, and that has absolutely nothing to do with the Supreme Court ruling so many supporters seem to think gets Labour off the hook for transphobic policies. 8/
metro.co.uk/2025/07/31/l...
metro.co.uk/2025/07/31/l...
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Reform's called for mass deportations. At least they're honest. Labour's policies will cause mass deportations and they'll still claim they are "progressive".
Level of deflection by some Labour supporters is huge. These are still discriminatory polices, even if it's Labour pushing them. 2/
Level of deflection by some Labour supporters is huge. These are still discriminatory polices, even if it's Labour pushing them. 2/
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reform's called for mass deportations. At least they're honest. Labour's policies will cause mass deportations and they'll still claim they are "progressive".
Level of deflection by some Labour supporters is huge. These are still discriminatory polices, even if it's Labour pushing them. 2/
Level of deflection by some Labour supporters is huge. These are still discriminatory polices, even if it's Labour pushing them. 2/
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While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
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It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’
The phrase is permission not to think too closely
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
“The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow”
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’
The phrase is permission not to think too closely
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow”
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there’s a lot that is already being said about Sarah Hurwitz’s wildly illustrative display of cognitive dissonance in this clip, but i’m hung up specifically on how she describes Jews during the Holocaust as “emaciated” and Palestinians in Gaza today as “skinny”
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
there’s a lot that is already being said about Sarah Hurwitz’s wildly illustrative display of cognitive dissonance in this clip, but i’m hung up specifically on how she describes Jews during the Holocaust as “emaciated” and Palestinians in Gaza today as “skinny”
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These comments by @danielsohege.bsky.social are unfortunately pitch-perfect. The idea that the UK is the Chocolate Factory and that there aren't other countries out there in dire need of nurses, doctors, teachers, carers, and so forth is delusional - and it's going to be too late when people realise
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
These comments by @danielsohege.bsky.social are unfortunately pitch-perfect. The idea that the UK is the Chocolate Factory and that there aren't other countries out there in dire need of nurses, doctors, teachers, carers, and so forth is delusional - and it's going to be too late when people realise
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All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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LONDON FRIENDS! Tomorrow I will be at the WriteIdea Festival in Tower Hamlets, talking about Moonlight Express at 1pm with the brilliant @profsunnysingh.bsky.social - tickets are free! So come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monisha-ra...
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
LONDON FRIENDS! Tomorrow I will be at the WriteIdea Festival in Tower Hamlets, talking about Moonlight Express at 1pm with the brilliant @profsunnysingh.bsky.social - tickets are free! So come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monisha-ra...