The telethon has raised over £80000 nowadays alone for refugee charities. Call 0 between 10am and 6pm to donate Click here to donate to our appeal online 6.14pm GMTWhat a day. Guardian readers have smashed all expectations for nowadays and given generously. Our final total is now at £887137. Of that our readers have donated £83319 nowadays. I lived for two years with a Syrian family in Damascus in the 90s while learning Arabic. I was welcomed so warmly into the family,the community and by all those I encountered in my 4 years (total) living and working there. For all the Syrians I met, time was a fluid thing. You were invited for lunch, and would stay the day,often even until the next day. Food and conversation would flow. The warmest, nicest people I have ever met - having lived and worked in tens of countries... 6.06pm GMTWe’re all so thrilled at how generous all of our readers have been, and thank you so much. One of my colleagues is,as we speak, attempting to solicit a donation from a Tinder match (will update later). Here’s that photo of Owen Jones and mince pies again:Continue reading...
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