Steven Powles

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39 years later… the irony of this song still isn’t lost.

Long Live Sidney Lumet

There’s something about Al Pacino’s voice that makes everything he says so fucking memorable. First Team All-Shouter, next to my guy Philip Seymour Hoffman, who just so happens to share this scene with Pacino. The fact these two share this scene is a piece of Cinema history.

@omid9 I know it's just a pop song, but have you heard U2's tribute to her? I find it hopeful in a dark time. youtube.com/watch?v=Oo8U9s…

A Child’s Life Matters! Diana Taherabadi is a child،not someone who should face execution - Sign the Petition! c.org/C2hFfW2Swc via @ChangeAUS

@NearPerfPitch @TheMonologist Loving it, will DM you some pics

@sspowles @TheMonologist that's class Steve... how's life and fatherhood mate?

"𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵. 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. On the front table, there was a man waiting to be served. When he was served, I said to one of my soldiers: go and ask that gentleman to join us. The soldier went and conveyed my invitation to him. The man got up, took his plate and 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. While he ate his 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 and he did not lift his head from his food. When we finished, he said goodbye without looking at me, I shook his hand and he left. The soldier told me: Madiba that man 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹, seeing as his hands didn't stop shaking while he ate.- 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼! 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. Then I told him: That man was the warden of the prison where I stayed. After he tortured me, I screamed and cried asking for some water and he came humiliated me, laughed at me and instead of giving me water, he urinated in my head. He is not sick, he was afraid that I, now president of South Africa, would send him to prison and do to him what he did to me. But I'm not like that, this conduct is not part of my character, nor of my ethics. ′′𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. Walking out the door to my freedom, I knew that if I didn't leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind me, I would still be a prisoner."

#InternationalWomensDay2026 today. Remembering the young women of Iran taken from us by the Islamic regime not only in January but also those lost during the #WomanLifeFreedom movement 2022-23 #IranIsraelWar #IranMassacre

🚨 This remarkable speech from a mother mourning her son is the light of a revolution that no darkness can extinguish. Do watch and share. #IranMassacre #IranianRevolution2026

A letter/poem from an Iranian teacher to the children in her class killed in the protests 40 days ago. "Today, the doors of the cemeteries were closed so that your last class would not be reconvened... They thought that with a lock and chain, they could silence the bell of remembrance, that they could erase your absent presence from the records of this land. But can the name of the student who wrote the last lesson of freedom with blood be erased from the history board? I, your teacher, have neither chalk in my hand nor the ability to say 'present' today... Every time I call your name, the wind blows and the benches cry silently. They said don't go to the cemetery, they said mourning is forbidden, they said keep quiet... But who can stop a mother from remembering her unfinished lullabies, or a teacher from correcting her student's bloody notebook ? You now sit not in the dirt, but in the waking memory of classrooms, in the wet eyes of the blackboard, in the bells that will never ring again. It's the fortieth and I still do not miss your presence... A teacher whose class is always one row short". Better translations are available, I am sure.

Disgraceful behaviour @khamenei_ir, obviously running scared when you have to imprison artists and filmmakers

Exclusive: The Nobel Committee say they have credible reports that Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has been severely beaten in custody. The allegations are graphic and horrific. Nobel chair Jørgen Frydnes calls it “cruel and inhumane treatment, a blatant violation of international human rights law.”

Following the unprecedented 20-year prison sentence handed down to #JimmyLai in #HongKong under the controversial #NationalSecurityLaw, IBAHRI Co-Chair Mark Stephens CBE (@MarksLarks) said:

Many killed by the Iranian regime have left behind social-media presences that “open windows, however narrow, onto their lives, their aspirations, and why and for what they risked their lives,” @arash_tehran writes. theatlantic.com/international/…

@danahaqjoo @AlastairBruce_ @Peston @KemiBadenoch You’re quite right to rebuke me

@AlastairBruce_ @Peston @KemiBadenoch Off to join Reform

Did I see a #mouse run under door, just now, during @Peston interview with @KemiBadenoch?

Iranian Baha’i Parents: Our Daughter’s Life is in Danger! iranwire.com/en/news/148675… via @iranwire.com

"A young Iranian couple saw that security forces were shooting protesters outside their home. They rush out to help the injured. They were killed. They had a three-month-old baby at home. The baby dies of starvation. No one knew about the death of the parents."