Paul Conroy
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Ex UK gunner. Photojournalist. Frontline Club/RSF trustee. Author: Under The Wire. Currently in Ukraine filming a documentary in Kherson.
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Here's a link to my new substack musings. It's all free and chronicles life having moved to the city of Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine.
#UkraineWar
#counteroffensive
#Kramatorsk
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Taking back a country whose name they still can’t spell...god help us all...
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So proud to have my youngest son, Otto, now working in Ukraine to help build and restore war damaged houses.
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Remembering my beloved friend and colleague, Marie Colvin, murdered along with Remi Ochlik, by the Syrian regime 11 years ago today while we reported from Homs, Syria. Miss you mate 🥃
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Remembering my fiend and colleague, Marie Colvin, murdered by the Assad regime 10 years ago today while we were reporting from the besieged city of Homs, Syria. Thoughts too to Remi Ochlik, killed in the same attack, and all of the brave Syrians who gave all to save us x
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A few portraits of the 68 Jaeger Brigade troops who are heavily involved in the counteroffensive. Somewhere in Eastern Ukraine.
#Ukraine
#counteroffensive
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It's hard to believe it’s been 12 years we lost my dear friend and colleague Marie Colvin, murdered by the Syrian regime alongside Remi Ochlik while we worked in a makeshift media centre in Homs in 2012. Me, Edith Bouvier and Wa’el our dear translator were all seriously 1/3
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Had the pleasure of working with Angelina Jolie today. We visited a hospital to meet kids wounded in the Kramatorsk railway attack.
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Remembering my dear colleagues Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, murdered by the Syrian regime in 2012
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Last year, my beautiful mother died alone and confused. We sought clarity and leadership (
@mrjamesob
) but received only obfuscation and lies. Now you have the temerity to claim your quaffing of fine wines in the garden, was a work meeting. Show some damned respect
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I run hostile environment courses for Ukrainian journalists all over Ukraine. One of the first rules I give them is not to run around the frontline looking indistinguishable from a soldier carrying a gun. Quote from a sniper I know - ‘If it’s in green, it dies.’
If you run around the battlefield dressed as a combatant and, according to various reports, taking an active part in armed hostilities - you are not a journalist, and you forfeit any protection you might expect as a civilian under international law.
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Just finished doing 3 hours of back to back interviews with my evil twin, Jamie Dornan, for A Private War. I really hope the journalists interviewing us, found us a funny as we found each other, nearly shat my pants laughing so hard…
#APrivateWar
#reflextv
#underthewire
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Sad to announce the passing of my dear dad, Les Conroy, yesterday. Musician, artist and all round hero to his kids, he went peacefully surrounded by his family. RIP pa, love you so much xxx
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Elderly residents out searching for water in the town of Siversk. The devastation is total, and the few remaining residents rely on water driven in by volunteers in an old ambulance.
#ukraine
#Donbas
#Siversk
#UkraineWar
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Scouser's incredible tale to become Hollywood film with Fifty Shades heart-throb
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It’s seven years ago today that the Syrian regime murdered my dear friends, Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, In Baba Amr, Syria. None of us then ever imagined the devastating attacks carried out by the regime would...
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The first 14 Ukrainian journalists on our
@frontlineclub
hostile environment/trauma first aid course in Ukraine. Our program to support freelance journalists reporting from the frontline is now fully running, with another 18 this week. Please support us.
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Remembering my friends Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik. Murdered by the Syrian Regime in Homs, 2012. Love to you both xxx
Horrifying to see what’s still happening in Idlib today...
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I’ve often pondered what the saying, ‘The banality of evil’ really means. I’ve recently found out, reading the tweets in response to serious human rights abuses in Syria, just exactly what is meant in that term. God damned anonymous, fact denying, half wits who inhabit twitter...
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#Kherson
update. Heavy shelling continues in the city centre. Both
@ZarinaZabrisky
and I feeling like crap with an ‘unknown’ respiratory infection. Made the mistake of walking to the shop for the fresh air….
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greatly missed friends, those who survived, the wonderful people of Homs and to all our rescuers who died helping us escape.
Cheers all,
Paul xxx
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The first train out from Kramatorsk, scene of yesterdays attack on civilians, arrived in Lviv today.
#sftf
#ukraine
@frontlineclub
@ffregister
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The creeping rehabilitation of the Assad regime back into the international fold is something I’ve been warning against for many years. Syria’s election to the WHO executive board is exactly that. This action must be reversed immediately if they are to retain any credibility...
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A thank you to
@mrjamesob
for the borrow of his ‘Fisher Price’ put down. Ta
"People in Ukraine are being murdered every day by Putin and these people have taken BLOOD MONEY from the Kremlin to spread his propaganda"
War Journalist Paul Conroy
@reflextv
on the Tenet presenters who were paid hundreds of thousands of Kremlin cash to spread disinformation
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Thank you so much to the
#JournoCharity
and
#PressAwards
for tonight’s honour, deeply touched and moved by tonight’s response to the award. Cheers, Px
Paul Conroy has won the Journalists’ Charity award for his fantastic commitment to journalism following the death of Marie Colvin
#PressAwards
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Ten years after the attack on the media centre that killed our friends, Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, me and the amazing
@danslesrues
- Edith Bouvier gave evidence together at
#ThePeoplesTribunal
in The Hague today.
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@Otto_English
I was a consultant on feature film A Private War. Jamie Dornan was playing me in the film, and one day the director needed a stand in for Jamie playing me. I was volunteered for the part so ended up being my own body double. Was actually quite crap at playing myself!
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For over twenty years covering war I’ve always been amazed by the strength and dignity shown by refugees in the most horrifying situations. I then turn on the TV and see Priti Patel bobbing about in a boat in Dover doing her menacing face... sigh..
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An old lady struggles through the aftermath caused by a Russian attack in the city of Konstantinovka, near Bakhmut.
#ZabrinaZabrisky
#Ukraine
#Bakhmut
#johnsweeney
#caolanrob
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Locals queue for fresh water delivered by volunteers in an old ambulance. Local water sources are so contaminated it is likely fatal if drunk.
#ukraine
#ukrainewar
#caolanrobertson
#johnsweeneyroar
#Siversk
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Soldiers carry the casket of a fallen comrade. Maidan Square, Kyiv, Ukraine.
#ukrainewar
#UkraineInvasion
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injured, and poor William Daniels became our carer!
Last night, I sat in bed listening to the same Russian-made shells and rockets exploding a few hundred metres from my apartment in the city of Kherson, and the memories came flooding back…
Raising a glass tonight to our…
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Mud, mud, beautiful mud… Out with the Ukrainian artillery defending Bakhmut, Donbas, with
@CaolanRob
@ZarinaZabrisky
@johnsweeneyroar
#ukraine
#Bakhmut
#Donbas
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We’ve lost another of our own…RIP Arman
Arman Soldin, a 32-year old French journalist working for Agence France-Presse news agency has been killed in Ukraine in a Russian rocket strike near Bakhmut.
#war
#Putinswar
#Ukraine
#Press
#RIP
#frontlineclub
#weseeyou
#remember
#sftf
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I spent three months in Misrata working with Marie as The Sunday Times team. I have zero recollection of you, or Marie sharing her contacts with you. When precisely did this happen?
It saddens me to see journalists insult other journalists in war. I’ve seen it a few times and it’s not acceptable. This guy writes for CNN and the Guardian. We disagree. But we need to have respect for the risks we take. And the work we do.
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1300 miles later and at the Ukraine border. Think I need a sleep… more to follow
#straightfromthefrontline
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BBC Four - Storyville, Under the Wire
Another screening tonight on BBC4
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In Toronto to attend this evenings premiere of
#APrivateWar
Matt Heineman’s Biopic of Marie Colvin. Will be doing a Q&A with Matt and the wonderful Rosamund Pike.
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After waiting patiently in line, an elderly lady is relieved to receive - a few days supply of drinking water…. Sivers’k, eastern Ukraine.
#ukraine
#ukrainewar
#caolanrobertson
#johnsweeneyroar
#zarinaZabrisky
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An elderly lady leaves her basement to survey the ruins of her town. Sivers’k, Donbas. Ukraine
#ukraine
#ukrainewar
#caolrobertson
#zarinaZabrisky
#johnSweeny
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My photo essay for
@EuromaidanPress
@reflextv
In villages around Bakhmut, civilians refuse to leave homes: photo report
While the world focuses on the struggle btw 🇷🇺 invaders & 🇺🇦 defenders for Bakhmut, another silent but equally deadly struggle is at play in villages around the city
📷 Paul Conroy
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Guilty as charged
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Proud to support Giles Duley’s Legacy Of War Foundation. Paul and Nina are modelling the ‘Fuck Your War’ Lviv spring collection
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John McCain became a close personal friend and supported me with wonderful advice during my recovery after being wounded in Syria. Here he is nailing Putins ambitions in one succinct interview.
@JuliaDavisNews
I’ve had a lifetime of disagreements with John McCain (who died in 2018), but this interview from nearly a decade ago aged incredibly well. It was his Nostradamus moment. He nailed Putin.🎯
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Had a wonderful time with the great
@CliveMyrieBBC
recording
#musiconthefrontline
Thanks for having me mate, an absolute pleasure.
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#BringingAssadToJustice
Please come watch this amazing film on Tuesday at the
@frontlineclub
on Tuesday evening. I’ll be doing a Q&A with filmmakers
@RonanLTynan
and
@annedaly19
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Just spent the last two weeks there. Hoping to god there are minimal casualties…
Ria cafe in Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine was the last restaurant open in the city.
It was filled with aid workers and journalists who had spent their days on the front line reporting and helping civilians
Today Russia fired two missiles and destroyed it completely. There are
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#UnderTheWire
has been nominated for best international documentary at this years Grierson awards
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Once the ambulance delivering water leaves, the locals return to their basements and the town is again devoid of human life. The only sound is the eternal rumble of the heavy artillery bombardment.
#Ukraine
#ukrainewar
#zarinazabrinsky
#Siversk
#caolanrobertson
#johnsweeneyroar
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So pleased that the BBC are screening Under The Wire on Monday 11 Feb.
#MarieColvin
#underthewire
#paulconroy
#ArrowintMedia
#storyville
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@frontlineclub
launched its new campaign ‘Straight from the Frontline’
#sftf
by projecting Ukrainian flag on Russian embassy in London. Support here: Picture by
@nkropotkine
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Honoured to receive the May Chidiac award for most engaged journalist, 2019. Thank you all at the foundation and to
#ChrisRampling
UK ambassador to Lebanon for presenting the award. Best to all at the
@ukinlebanon
team, cheers guys!!
#MayChidiacFoundation
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Alternatively you could ask someone who was actually present on the ground and 2m away from Marie when she and Remi were killed - me. I think in law we are called eyewitness’s. Any other accounts are secondhand or simple hearsay.
@im_PULSE
@scribblercat
@SusanSarandon
@ejbeals
@AliaMalek
@DGisSERIOUS
@mollycrabapple
@juliamacfarlane
@SulomeAnderson
@jessdonati
@LizSly
@Joyce_Karam
@IanPannell
As for why and how the Sunday Times' Marie Colvin was killed, you might want to ask her former colleague & senior foreign correspondent
@HalaJaber
who helped get Marie's body out of Syria. Funny how MSM never asks Hala, the one person who knows it all.
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I went to the amazing For Sama
@forsamafilm
last night at the BFI. What can I say, without doubt this is the most powerful film I have ever seen, on Syria, or any subject! Do the world a favour and recommend this film to everyone you know, you will not regret it.
#C4News
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Breaking news: Under The Wire wins the Factual TV Project of the Year at the Content Innovation Awards.
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Please share as much as possible thanks. The village of Sadove’s residents are living on the extreme frontline…
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A young girl says goodbye to to her family during the evacuation of Pokrovsk. From my
@BylineTimes
photoessay
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For all hardcore
@BBCRadio4
fans you’ll realise what a big deal this is :) Second show in my One To One stint tomorrow at 9.30 am BST on IPlayer.
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🔴 19.04
#Kherson
Intense artillery bombardment of city tonight, the worst since our return. KAB aerial bombs landing somewhere. Me and
@ZarinaZabrisky
sheltering in corridor on our new deluxe anti aircraft inflatable mattress.
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Still makes me smile :) The night
@frontlineclub
lit up the Russian embassy in London last March.
#Ukraine
#UkraineWar
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No words can truly express just how much we miss you mum, and it seems foolish to try at this point in time. Maybe in the future I can write something more fitting, but for now, all I can do is cherish all of the…
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Our piece in the Byline Times documenting the ongoing devastation being wreaked on the residents of Kherson.
@ZarinaZabrisky
🔴Kherson on the Verge of Ruin as Russia's Scorched Earth Offensive Rages On
The Ukrainian city of Kherson is under siege with daily bombardments, but there are only two foreign correspondents there to cover the carnage
@ZarinaZabrisky
&
@reflextv
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#sftf
Russian embassy siege. Joined by
@waadalkateab
#RosamundPike
@nataschaandsons
@carolecadwalla
Solidarity with the people of Ukraine
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#reflextv
#APrivateWar
Just about to go on ITV This Morning show with
#JamieDornan
to talk about A Private War
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Odeon screening plus live Q&A with Rosamund, Jamie, Matt and myself
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With all amenities cut, locals refusing to abandon their villages ahead of a possible Russian breakthrough in Bakhmut ferry the little water available on anything they have to hand.
#caolanrob
#zarinazabrisky
#johnsweeney
#Bakhmut
#ukrainwar
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A devastating critique of Max Blumenthals new book, which many of his followers assured us would take down the MSM. It turns out be little more than a badly researched, dogmatic comedy of errors. Worth a read!! (The article, but not it seems, the book).
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In Lviv organising our first
@frontlineclub
combat first aid course for Ukrainian and freelance journalists covering the hostilities in
#Ukraine
@ffregister
#straightfromthefrontline
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BBC One - Panorama, Syria's Schools under Attack
If you still had any doubt about the reality of the horrors perpetrated on the Syrian people, then this is a must watch. For 10 years the world has watched children deliberately targeted. Enough is enough
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My piece in The Hollywood Reporter
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@johnsweeneyroar
@Nationliverpoo
Beg to differ, me and
@johnsweeneyroar
a few miles outside of, erm, Bakhmut…
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It’s always those with the least to loose who pay the price of Putins war. Civilians begin the cleanup after this mornings attack on our building. W/
@ZarinaZabrisky
in
#Kherson
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Have we reached the point in the US election cycle where a Ukrainian life can now be measured against the cost of a barrel of crude oil?
Tell me I’m wrong…
#Kherson
w/
@ZarinaZabrisky
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Please help share far and wide. These are everyday people like you and me trying to survive under constant, heavy shelling.
#Kherson
#saveKherson
#KhersonUkraine
#HelpKherson
#Kherson
#SaveKherson
#KhersonUkraine
#HelpKherson
People speak up. Schools in Kherson are closed. Many are destroyed. Online school only. No playgrounds. Walking outside is dangerous due to hourly shelling.
On December 19, 4 kids were injured. 2 were at home watching cartoons.
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#APrivateWar
in cinemas in the US now, coming to the UK early next year.
“An impressive film. Gripping and insightful.” —
@LATimes
|
#JamieDornan
is war photographer
#PaulConroy
(
@reflextv
) in
#APrivateWar
, now playing in select theaters. Get tickets now:
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@nicadispatch
Bored of Syria, bored of Venezuela, now the Nicaraguans have to tolerate this imbecile. My Condolences to you all...
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Just heading on to BBC breakfast to talk on the current situation in Syria. On approx 8am.
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🔴 Kherson.
Went to sleep to the sound of heavy gunfire.
Woken up by heavy artillery.
Daily life for Ukrainians in this city.
Have a think about that US Republicans next time you vote on aid to a Ukraine.
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In light of todays destruction of the Khakhovka dam, the
#UN
has a very small window of opportunity to officially cancel this ridiculous celebration and issue an unambiguous condemnation of this war crime by
#Russia
#WarCrimes
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Here’s a link to Matt Heineman’s amazing new biopic of my mate Marie Colvin. Thank you Matt and the all of the amazing cast and crew of ‘A Private War’, drinks are on me!
Cheers,
Paul
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Only last week the wonderful Artur, killed in the Ria restaurant attack, ordered and had my tire fixed after an unfortunate incident. As kind and as gentle a man I ever met. Please donate to his family via, Zarina. RIP Artur ❤️
Just found out Artur, the manager of Ria in
#Kramatorsk
, who helped us a lot with everything, was killed by the Russians yesterday. I am collecting help for the families and injured. PM me if you want to donate.
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Great evening at
@foreignoffice
with journalists
@ZainaErhaim
, Khouloud Helmi,
@SaraAfshar
, talking about the roles and difficulties of female journalists working in Syria.
#UnderTheWire
#APrivateWar
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The railway network plays a critical role in Ukraine’s war.
Here are some shots from last week when myself and journalist, Nina Watson, caught the arrival of a train carrying refugees from Dnipro.
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On the set of
#APrivateWar
with
#RosamundPike
which hits UK cinemas on the 15 February this year. The film stars Rosamund and
#JamieDornan
in director
#MattHeinemann
epic on the life of…
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Under The Wire nominated for a BIFA for best documentary!
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“Remember, there’s a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.”
Frank Zappa
Something the pope may care to reflect on….
⚡️Pope Francis says Ukraine should have 'courage' to negotiate peace with Russia.
"Don't be ashamed to negotiate before things get worse," Pope Francis said when asked whether Ukraine's potential negotiations with Russia would legitimize the aggressor.
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Devastated at the news of Kim Sengupta’s passing. A kind and gentle soul. I remember a Mig dropping a bomb in Libya, it created a massive sand cloud. As I was shooting, I saw a lone figure emerging from the dust gently tapping sand of his shirt and trousers. Guess who :) RIP mate
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For every senior Tory claiming he was only in the room for ten minutes. I watched on FaceTime as my mother lay dying and gasping for breath with Covid. She was turning blue due to lack of oxygen as no doctors or nurses in care home. Have some f*****g shame. No ten mins for us…
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