The Olive Network
We started thinking about the words that have perhaps been most neglected in recent times, and the need to return to them, and with resolve…in all their forms and resonances
Now gathering
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Lead story · Humanitarian
Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed for greater regional protections.
Charities·13 August 2019
Mevan Babakar uses Twitter to find man whose gift brought her joy more than 20 years ago
ON Network · 2 min read
Charities·28 December 2018
Francesco Tuccio, maker of the Lampedusa Cross - St Paul's Cathedral
ON Network · 4 min read
Climate·16 November 2025
Earth, hessian, oil painting, poetry, voices of reason, ambient sound, scent and Arcadian landscape featuring an imposing structure, abstracted, broken and forgotten, based on the Berlin TV Tower, a symbol of unification.
ON Network · 3 min read
Arts & Culture·7 April 2021
Andria Zafirakou photographed at Alperton community school in Brent, north-west London, 2018. Photograph: Matt Writtle/Eyevine
ON Network · 13 min read
Humanitarian·18 February 2020
Green shoots ... Sima Mohammedi, 26, a refugee volunteer from Afghanistan, in a garden at the One Happy Family community centre near Moria. Photograph: Byron Smith/Getty Images
ON Network · 18 min read
Feed · 13/02/2026
I glimpsed the monks on their 2,300-mile pilgrimage across America – their message of loving-kindness had me in tears
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Feed · 09/01/2022
When we are vulnerable and estranged from each other we can be easily manipulated by demagogues, as can be seen in the US and Europe
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