Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

Narcissus in Gaza

On how to make things even worse

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David Aaronovitch
Oct 28, 2023
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Narcissus by Caravaggio

The other day, arriving early to do some filming in the London Library, I sat in the small park in St Jame’s Square by the statue of William III. A tall, lugubrious looking white man in his fifties walked past talking on his phone. He had, he said, been on the Palestine demonstration at the weekend. I didn’t hear the rest. ‘Ah”, I…

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