Editor and publisher of Granta. PhD post-Soviet anthropology. Books: academic monograph OUP/Everything is Wonderful/ Mayhem F.R.S.L.
Joined January 2010
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A bleak and powerful piece on Epstein by Amelia Gentleman - read it and see the extreme sexism of that (small?) world. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
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Doesn’t Starmer’s repeated reference to ‘working people’ exclude all those who for whatever reason are not working? Do they not matter anymore? Perhaps they never did.
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My article about historic anti-Zionism and its contemporary expression in the human rights sector, published today.
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Winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation announced - goo.gl/alerts/58bACF #GoogleAlerts my late friend Johanna Ekström’s work affirmed by the Warwick prize win
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BBC Media Action is fundraising for investigative journalism, yet the app BBC Sounds is now blocked for listeners abroad. Why fund the BBC, with such limited reach? Britain’s influence is waning by the day - a spectacular own-goal.
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1 Sep 2025
SRT Executive Director Job Description - The Sigrid Rausing Trust sigrid-rausing-trust.org/srt…
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I’m interviewing @SigridRausing at @edbookfest about this powerful book - the final notebooks of Swedish author Johanna Ekström; edited, translated and responded to by Ekström’s dear friend, Rausing. 2.15pm today - come along!
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SRT is charitable trust - we can’t complete these requirements without a consultant, absorbing resources that would otherwise go on grants. Insane bureaucracy, to what end? Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) - GOV.UK gov.uk/guidance/energy-savin…
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Putin said captured Ukrainian soldiers would be treated like ‘terrorists’, and reports of summary executions, systematic torture, rape and mutilation of prisoners of war give us an idea of what that means. His statement is a blatant justification for war crimes.
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9 Jan 2025
The new US special relationship with their allies….
Really? We’re doing this?
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26 Dec 2024
And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing review – a dying writer’s journal 📚 ⤵️ ift.tt/4ZDgqrR
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9 Dec 2024
After all the critique of colonialism, why do UK and US leaders still talk as if they owned the world, and were capable of managing it?
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Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction | Writers' Trust of Canada goes to Martha Baillie for her exquisite memoir of navigating mental illness in the family, There is no Blue (Granta). writerstrust.com/awards/hila…
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And the Walls Became the World All Around — reflections on a life via @FT
In memory of Johanna, my closest friend. She would have loved this. on.ft.com/48QTSCa
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Congratulations to Granta author Han Kang, whose spare and steadfast lyricism has made her that rare thing: a Nobel prize winner addressing profound themes of human existence who is also a best-selling author.
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Needless to say, this is a scam. But thanks.
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Subject: Ladies and Gentlemen,
𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'm Mrs. Sigrid Rausing, a Swedish investor and philanthropist. Your email address was randomly selected by Google Inc. as an active user on the network.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗜'𝗺 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸
This year I have decided to donate 20% of my wealth to charities and individuals related to the Coronavirus Pandemic that has brought the whole world to a standstill. I'm giving you €650,000.00 and I encourage you to help someone you love in any way you can.
𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 % 𝘁𝗼 40%, 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 - 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
For more information about me see my Wikipedia here: https: // en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigrid… Contact me at this email address: mrssigridrausing023@gmail.com for more information.
Kind regards
Mrs. Sigrid Rausing
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No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.
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