Hidden Agenda

The highly awarded British filmmaker Ken Loach has revealed he has been expelled from the Labour Party on the ground that he showed no willingness to “disown those already expelled”. Inevitably a deluge of criticism by the Party base flooded the media. “I am proud to stand with the good friends and comrades victimised by the purge. There is indeed a witch hunt”, Loach said. “Starmer and his clique will never lead a party of the people. We are many, they are few. Solidarity”.

Deltiology

The artist and film director join refugees, schoolchildren and Syrian artists contributing work to mark five years of the Syrian humanitarian crisis with a British Red Cross postcard auction. [Read more].

• Syria’s got mail: Grayson Perry and Ken Loach's postcards for refugees – in pictures, The Guardian, March 15, 2016

© Dima Nachawi, Syrian artist
Artwork courtesy of British Red Cross

© Tamman Azzam, Syrian artist
Artwork courtesy of British Red Cross