Eddie Monkman

Loved having the chance to catch up with Ruby Roberts about her latest single "I'd Do Anything" for @thelineofbestfit.com

Ivy Knight’s “Swimming In Blood” reimagines classic American songwriting for the new age Inspired by sweeping landscapes, Oakland-raised, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ivy Knight reshapes great American folk and country for her own contemporary sound.

Loved having the chance to talk to Ivy Knight about her latest single and upcoming EP for The Line of Best Fit: www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/ivy-k...

My Substack on the ambient freezers in the Ecclesall Road Co-op in Sheffield: substack.com/@eddiemonkma...

Hockitay's “over/over” demonstrates retreat as an act of resistance The latest single from Guatemalan-born, Montreal-based artist Hockitay marks the first glimpse of a new EP arriving in 2026, shaped by a growing disillusionment with the state of the world.

Loved speaking to Montreal-based artist Hockiday about his upcoming EP and new single 'over-over' for The Line of Best Fit: www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/hocki...

Realpolitik’s return, crystallised at Davos by Mark Carney, leaves failed, fractured, and fulcrum states like Libya more vulnerable and volatile than ever: www.europinion.uk/post/libya-i...

New Substack - There were Lockdowns?
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The Conservative Party Still Dominates British Politics : The Indiependent Eddie Monkman explains how the Conservative Party remains a domineering political force despite their mighty setbacks of the last two years.

Latest piece for the The Indiependent: www.indiependent.co.uk/conservative...

New Substack. Our ears have our attention: open.substack.com/pub/onemoreo...

New Substack. The Flâneur, the dérive and the simulacrum. open.substack.com/pub/onemoreo...

Sluice's “Beadie” is a homespun reflection on community, belonging, and time stood still Durham, North Carolina, four-piece Sluice release a plaintive single ahead of Companion, their forthcoming third album and Mtn Laurel Recording Co. debut.

Great talking to Sluice about their new single - www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/sluic...

New Substack -
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The EU-Libya MoU Is A Duplicitous Cover For Crimes Against Humanity On December 1st 2025 Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, commonly known as ‘El Hishri’, was surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is to face trial for war crimes and crimes against human...

Libyan ‘El Hishri’ is now on trial for crimes against humanity committed under the auspices of a since renewed Italy-Libya deal, an irony betraying Europe’s Janus-faced asylum policy, says Eddie Monkman.

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#Libya #ICC #HumanRights #Asylum #Italy #ElHishri

De-quantifying the feeling Notes. 01

An introduction to the Substack: substack.com/@eddiemonkma...

Eddie Monkman | Substack Writing on walks through London. 'Dérive': an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, in which participants stop focusing on their everyday relations to their social environment.

I’ve recently started posting on Substack again: substack.com/@eddiemonkma...

The first Libya Gazette of 2026.

Death of Libya’s army chief
Sudanese refugees receive new humanitarian aid
Algeria renews call for a Libyan-led solution
Outrage grows after insults at anti-government protesters

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The final Gazette of 2025:

UN-led efforts struggle to regain credibility.
Turkey’s continued military role
Economic strain deepens as Libyans face persistent price rises.

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This week's Libya Gazette is still available to download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

Libya’s government has escalated its pursuit of illegal crypto- currency miners, targeting an industry that has flourished in a legal vacuum: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

The leader of the opposition Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi has received a 12-year jail sentence from a Tunisian court: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

This week in the Libya Gazette: • UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli • Migration networks and militia power • Egypt’s support for eastern Libya • BP returning to Tripoli • Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover

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El-Sisi told Haftar in the Egyptian capital that he is committed to providing “all forms of support and assistance” to the LNA and Libya’s national institutions: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

Libyan authorities reported that Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, a militia leader long associated with large-scale migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean, was killed during a security raid: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

In the latest Libya Gazette:
• Diplomacy and governance in western Libya
• Migration and security dynamics
• Regional power plays involving Egypt and Sudan
• Developments across the Sahel and North Africa

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#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi

This week in the Libya Gazette:
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover

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Libya’s challenges are not isolated events.
They’re part of a system: legal, political, regional and economic.

This week’s coverage shows how tightly those systems are connected: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

Latest op-ed for @indie_pendent: www.indiependent.co.uk/the-bbc-held...

El Hishri will face the ICC.
Nine more men accused of torture, rape and murder remain free.
My op-ed in this week’s Libya Gazette:
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#Mitiga #ElHishri #Libya #Refugees

🇱🇾 Libya Gazette — Edition 015
• El Hishri’s ICC transfer: justice begins
• Detention system still expanding
• East Libya pushes back on EU border demands
• Mass deportations and rising abuses
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"Libya’s National Centre of Meteorology has revealed that the country is enduring one of the most extreme drought periods in its modern history"

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"Fasanotti’s assessment paints a sobering picture: Libya’s divisions are structural, enduring, and unlikely to be resolved through conventional political processes alone."

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