Colin Randall
@salutsunderland.bsky.social
Journalist, dual 🇬🇧/🇫🇷, folk music, anti-Brexit, pro-SAFC. Salutfolk.com francesalut.substack.com
In and around Gaza, as elsewhere, a war crime is a war crime whoever commits it. On the eve of Oct 7, I remember the victims of both Hamas and the IDF …
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October 7, January 29. Two evils, two darkly essential films
Unimaginable terror in Gaza and at the Nova music festival
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October 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
In and around Gaza, as elsewhere, a war crime is a war crime whoever commits it. On the eve of Oct 7, I remember the victims of both Hamas and the IDF …
francesalut.substack.com/p/october-7-...
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One personal topic - how I’m already missing France after a few days back in London - and one that should engage all decent people, the disgusting treatment of Christa Pike ….
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Missing France already
Plus: Christa Pike and the depravity of US justice
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October 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One personal topic - how I’m already missing France after a few days back in London - and one that should engage all decent people, the disgusting treatment of Christa Pike ….
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Beautiful tributes by Dave Arthur and Kathryn Tickell to Bob Davenport, a treasure of folk music, who has died at 94
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Bob Davenport RIP: ‘what a singer, what a force of nature’ - Salut! Folk
Colin Randall writes: news of the death of the great Geordie singer Bob Davenport reached me during a punishing 1,400km trek from the shores of the
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October 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Beautiful tributes by Dave Arthur and Kathryn Tickell to Bob Davenport, a treasure of folk music, who has died at 94
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Cheese and chalk. As I prepare to leave France for winter in London. Here are few things I’ll miss, those I won’t and what I’m looking forward to - or not - once back across the Channel
#france #london #reform #marinelepen
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#france #london #reform #marinelepen
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France vs UK: hits and misses
… as le Grand Retour looms
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September 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Cheese and chalk. As I prepare to leave France for winter in London. Here are few things I’ll miss, those I won’t and what I’m looking forward to - or not - once back across the Channel
#france #london #reform #marinelepen
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#france #london #reform #marinelepen
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Our daughter Christelle wrote movingly in The Guardain about her baby Elsie, afflicted by an extremely rare genetic syndrome. Her courage & devotion are exemplary. And Elsie is a fighter, ‘constantly defying the gloomiest predictions’
Christelle is the one you remember @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Christelle is the one you remember @mrjamesob.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Our daughter Christelle wrote movingly in The Guardain about her baby Elsie, afflicted by an extremely rare genetic syndrome. Her courage & devotion are exemplary. And Elsie is a fighter, ‘constantly defying the gloomiest predictions’
Christelle is the one you remember @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Christelle is the one you remember @mrjamesob.bsky.social
@drrobgalloway.bsky.social Rob: you’ll have seen Christelle’s magnificent Guardian piece. Writing about it at Substack, I have said Rare People will get the proceeds of any new paying subscriptions. Fingers crossed
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Christelle and baby Elsie: a heartbreaking but also heartwarming story
With plenty of paternal pride and admiration
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September 18, 2026 at 8:53 AM
@drrobgalloway.bsky.social Rob: you’ll have seen Christelle’s magnificent Guardian piece. Writing about it at Substack, I have said Rare People will get the proceeds of any new paying subscriptions. Fingers crossed
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A wonderful piece of writing by my daughter Christelle, mother to the lovely Elsie, the victim of the rarest and most debilitating of genetic syndromes
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Christelle and baby Elsie: a heartbreaking but also heartwarming story
With plenty of paternal pride and admiration
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September 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
A wonderful piece of writing by my daughter Christelle, mother to the lovely Elsie, the victim of the rarest and most debilitating of genetic syndromes
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September 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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A taste of Russia, frozen beneath the French Riviera sun
… where UK bank cards won’t do nicely
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September 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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A taste of Russia, frozen beneath the French Riviera sun
… where UK bank cards won’t do nicely
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September 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
How Putin’s bloody, Hitler-style campaign to grab Ukraine has knock-on effects on the Côte d’Azur
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A taste of Russia, frozen beneath the French Riviera sun
… where UK bank cards won’t do nicely
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September 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
How Putin’s bloody, Hitler-style campaign to grab Ukraine has knock-on effects on the Côte d’Azur
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Fifteen years ago, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I met the mother of the so-called 20th Hijacker - Zacarius Moussaoui, the only terrorist tried for involvement. He was condemned to spend the rest of his life in a top-security Colorado jail.
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Meeting the mother of the only convicted 9/11 plotter
The Frenchman known as the 20th hijacker
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September 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Fifteen years ago, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I met the mother of the so-called 20th Hijacker - Zacarius Moussaoui, the only terrorist tried for involvement. He was condemned to spend the rest of his life in a top-security Colorado jail.
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Spot on, @mrjamesob.bsky.social The far right, not just in the UK, has form for this kind of gratuitous thuggery.
Needed saying.
"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y
Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y
September 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Spot on, @mrjamesob.bsky.social The far right, not just in the UK, has form for this kind of gratuitous thuggery.
Far right to far right . A cosy mmment at Reform’s conference assuming Jordan Bardella made it to the rostrum
J’ai écrit ma version du discours de Jordan Bardella demain à la conférence de Reform, l’extrême droite au R-U
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The kind of foreigner Reform can stomach
Because he’s far right, too
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September 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Far right to far right . A cosy mmment at Reform’s conference assuming Jordan Bardella made it to the rostrum
J’ai écrit ma version du discours de Jordan Bardella demain à la conférence de Reform, l’extrême droite au R-U
francesalut.substack.com/p/the-kind-o...
francesalut.substack.com/p/the-kind-o...
The kind of foreigner Reform can stomach
Because he’s far right, too
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September 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
J’ai écrit ma version du discours de Jordan Bardella demain à la conférence de Reform, l’extrême droite au R-U
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Reposted by Colin Randall
From the illusion of a spider’s web to the operating table … the story of my left eye and the French health system at its best. Merci infiniment l’hôpital Saint Musse a Toulon
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My left eye, AI and a French exception
And now a sight better …
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August 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
From the illusion of a spider’s web to the operating table … the story of my left eye and the French health system at its best. Merci infiniment l’hôpital Saint Musse a Toulon
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From the illusion of a spider’s web to the operating table … the story of my left eye and the French health system at its best. Merci infiniment l’hôpital Saint Musse a Toulon
francesalut.substack.com/p/my-left-ey...
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My left eye, AI and a French exception
And now a sight better …
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August 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
From the illusion of a spider’s web to the operating table … the story of my left eye and the French health system at its best. Merci infiniment l’hôpital Saint Musse a Toulon
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No obvious interest to anyone but this is how my month has been - eye floaters, laser treatments and finally an op that seems to have worked
Thank you France
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Thank you France
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My left eye, AI and a French exception
And now a sight better …
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August 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
No obvious interest to anyone but this is how my month has been - eye floaters, laser treatments and finally an op that seems to have worked
Thank you France
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Thank you France
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I am so proud my daughter Christelle was involved in UK publicity for this extraordinary, necessary film. RIP Hind Rajab and her family, seven innocents butchered by the IDF
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August 24, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I am so proud my daughter Christelle was involved in UK publicity for this extraordinary, necessary film. RIP Hind Rajab and her family, seven innocents butchered by the IDF
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Not a bad list: Fairport & Sandy, Msry Black, Albion Band, Jethro Tull, Nell Young, Steve Earle & Dervish, the Strawbs and more thanks @nextwavef.bsky.social
The back catalogue tracks the Salut #Folk team have been listening to this year. Enjoy! (We’ll publish the new stuff we’ve been listening to in a few days).
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’Something old’—our back catalogue so far this year - Salut! Folk
It’s time for our summer edition of ‘Something Old, Something New, in which we ask the Salut! editorial team what they have been listening to so far this
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August 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Not a bad list: Fairport & Sandy, Msry Black, Albion Band, Jethro Tull, Nell Young, Steve Earle & Dervish, the Strawbs and more thanks @nextwavef.bsky.social
Not a bad list: Fairport & Sandy, Msry Black, Albion Band, Jethro Tull, Nell Young, Steve Earle & Dervish, the Strawbs and more thanks @nextwavef.bsky.social
The back catalogue tracks the Salut #Folk team have been listening to this year. Enjoy! (We’ll publish the new stuff we’ve been listening to in a few days).
salutfolk.com/2026/08/23/s...
salutfolk.com/2026/08/23/s...
’Something old’—our back catalogue so far this year - Salut! Folk
It’s time for our summer edition of ‘Something Old, Something New, in which we ask the Salut! editorial team what they have been listening to so far this
salutfolk.com
August 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Not a bad list: Fairport & Sandy, Msry Black, Albion Band, Jethro Tull, Nell Young, Steve Earle & Dervish, the Strawbs and more thanks @nextwavef.bsky.social
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Hind Rajab died a cruel death, aged 5. Her family had to wait 31 months for Israel to admit its IDF soldiers killed her and investigate possible criminality. Who can blame The Voice of Hind Rajab’s director Kaouther Ben Hania for suspecting a smokescreen?
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Israel finally admits it killed Hind Rajab, aged five
À family massacre: her aunt, uncle and four cousins died too
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August 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hind Rajab died a cruel death, aged 5. Her family had to wait 31 months for Israel to admit its IDF soldiers killed her and investigate possible criminality. Who can blame The Voice of Hind Rajab’s director Kaouther Ben Hania for suspecting a smokescreen?
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
Hind Rajab died a cruel death, aged 5. Her family had to wait 31 months for Israel to admit its IDF soldiers killed her and investigate possible criminality. Who can blame The Voice of Hind Rajab’s director Kaouther Ben Hania for suspecting a smokescreen?
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
Israel finally admits it killed Hind Rajab, aged five
À family massacre: her aunt, uncle and four cousins died too
francesalut.substack.com
August 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hind Rajab died a cruel death, aged 5. Her family had to wait 31 months for Israel to admit its IDF soldiers killed her and investigate possible criminality. Who can blame The Voice of Hind Rajab’s director Kaouther Ben Hania for suspecting a smokescreen?
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
A film to leave you aghast at man’s inhumanity to his fellow man (or five-year-old girl. And 31 months on, a grudging gesture - possibly empty - by the IDF
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August 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
A film to leave you aghast at man’s inhumanity to his fellow man (or five-year-old girl. And 31 months on, a grudging gesture - possibly empty - by the IDF
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...
francesalut.substack.com/p/israel-fin...