Let's go. Hold it down. Ooh, this is going to be a wild one. I'm dead! Oh my god! Oh no! How's it going, everybody? Dr.  But this time, the legendary assassin of Universe 6, Hit, has been sent to take us out. But it's not going to go too well for him, not when Siriax, Rhyme, and me are here. Take him on. It's not a new raid boss. It's an old raid boss. It's new to me? I've met that somewhere in Universe 6.  The Alman powering up, let him know why round one is going to look so easy. Look, in these raids, it starts really easy. At the end, it's really hard. It progresses, all right? So it's going to look real easy. Like, what's the point of this at first? But then, you'll see what the point of this is. You probably already saw it in the intro anyway.  That's Ollie wears. He blocked the mix. He blocked my mix. OK, we're fine. Level one is usually not this difficult, but still going to be an easy perfect four. I'm over here. I'm over here. I'm over here. I'm over here. Stop! Why? We're fine. I still got the KO. We've got to ask the age-old question, too. Can we not? I'm playing the video, man. No, no, no, no. Let him ask it. Let him ask the age-old question. We asked it on the other videos, and it didn't go well for me. I'll just say that much.  Comment it down below. Don't cheat. Don't skip ahead. And then reply to your comment whether you were right or wrong once you find out. While you're down there, what's the light goal for this video? Do we have a light goal, Ron? Well, 32,450. I think we've switched the number each time, but yeah, sure. Let me go ahead and start with the 5M. He ain't going to know what hit him. If you haven't seen, watch what happens in my- See, what? Why did I have to get hit for that? Bro, it's fine, bro. Why is this guy so defiant? I got your back. Look at us working together. I got to show him who the best hit NA is. Don't take that seriously and send that to good hits. If we're not using this item against the raids, we got to depend on each other a little more. That's why teamwork is important. Yeah, teamwork. Boom, boom, boom, boom. I don't drop these. Hey, hit it with the loop. Hit it with the loop. That doesn't work? Let me have a word with that. Man, I'm in a flex. Man, come here. Let me show you who the best hit NA is. Let me have a word with you. Shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush. Yeet, man, go to sleep. All right. 5M. 5M, 5M, 5M. All right, nice. He didn't send him back at all. It just annoyed him. I don't know why I'm so worried about this. For some reason, I think he's going to do a lot of damage. I said this. This man is a persistent assassin, bro.  I sent him into the mountain. We want to take a detour on this asteroid up here, and then he comes and follows us. Now look at him. Now look at him. Where'd I get you hit? Where'd I get you hit? Bodied by Frieza. That's where. Oh, that 2-H is so bad. 2-H is rough. But you got him in the corner. Loops? Possible loops? I need to transform. There you go. There you go. Hey, treat yourself to a training mate. Oh, and if it sucks, hey, bring me in there. OK, no, you got this. He's confused. He's never seen players like us. You know what? Yeah, finished the job. Yeah. I didn't finish the job.  Don't you ever in your life step up to the plate when I'm here. Guys, my heart is still pounding. It is a perfect counter to Frieza. All right, hey, you know what? I know you were a little nervous last time. Let me go ahead, get first, and I'll just take care of it. I'll take care of it. Go ahead. You're the protagonist, brother. What could go wrong? And we're on the islands. Look at this beautiful scenery. Hey, hey, don't worry about the scenery. Worry about this too.  Why do you spark? I don't know. I think he hurt us. There you go, there you go. You know what, let me. Guys, for all we know, hit. Loops, it might be the loops. Hey, I personally didn't drop those. No, no, no, no, no. Oh my goodness. Oh, bring me in there. I mean, let him know.  Not that I was scared or anything. Man, let me have a word with you. Let me show you the real it is. You ain't even going to touch me. You ain't even going to touch me. He's touching me. He's touching me. Tag me in, tag me in. I'll finish it. All right, go ahead. Finish the job. If you be exact same piece. I'm going to tackle him. You got this. I don't know if he has this. Why is round four hitting so? Wait, is this? What round is this? It's only round four. Oh, no. Dude, you're not dead. Tag me in. I told you this was going to be canon. And I've never once lied. Treat yourself. There you go. Don't drop it again. It would be really embarrassing if you dropped it again. OK, you didn't even go for it. Couldn't you have killed them? No! No! You could have killed them. How's it going? Intro here. It's not. That's probably not the intro clip. I'm going to run up to him. Go ahead. There you go. Shish. Shish. What? This is a sexy shish. Let him focus. Let him focus. Shish. Let him focus. Let him focus. Let him focus. Shish. He's just kept talking. Why are you flexing? Why are you flexing? No! Part of me? Part of me? What if it's just five-inch and kill? No! I got it. It's my time. Now I'm dead. All right. All right. Make sure you cut this out.  We're going to win for sure. That was just a kind of hype, but I'd make people think that we're like, bad to game. We're afraid of the bosses. We buck the beat. It's ass! Editor, cut this next part out. Fellas, if you guys want to restart, we could just pretend like this video never happened. If we just restart, if we restart now. Do you see the line in the middle of its head? Do you see it?  He's going to have permanent lines there. You made that same joke in part one. Yeah, but I didn't finish it. This is just finishing. It's part three now. All right, watch this 5M. Watch this 5M. Bitch. What?  Bitch. You said that, though. What was that? Get crossed up. That's what it was. Get back into the corner. You need to heal up, Rive. Yeah, you guys just heal. Just relax. I'm going to handle this. You need to test the round out.  Whoa! No, we didn't have enough time to kick up our feet. You're fine. I'm scared. I'm terrified. I'm scared. He made the exact decision to start. Oh, God. Let's die. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You know my feet. I didn't have time. All right. You all got a good rest, right? I only have five bars, Rive. I need this to be careful. I got this. Hold on. Let's go. That dribble is not a basketball. That doesn't work. That doesn't work. Let's go. Oh! Oh! You made him angry? Why would you make him angry?  There you go. There you go. There you go. That's that confidence you love to see. Let him know. Show him why you're the strongest in the universe, Frieza. Show him why. Hey, Hit. It's been a long time, eh? Remember when me and you used to go back? Come here. There you go. There you go. He will get to the next round. That was a good combo. Oh, no. There you go. No fun. I told you I was coming for him. He's still going to survive this. They talked to him through the beam. I told you this was can and hit. Your days are numbered. Put him up. Kick this man's 12. That one was dead. That one's been for my friends. Can I just see you to the side for a second? Yeah, yeah. Why is it so bad? Why is it so bad? We did so well. We did so great. This one is going pretty bad. This one is not going great. Kick your feet up. Get a coconut. Why a coconut? Just put your shades on. What do I imagine? Dog, listen. Imagine Dotto had a movie theater. Everyone's eating popcorn. He just pulled the whole coconut out. All right. Treat yourself to the nearest coconut. Because I am not dying. I'm dead. It's okay. We'll just walk in. A coconut at like 7 a.m. crunching on it. I am terrified. Don't worry. Hey, bro. You got rid of his spark. There you go. Go for them loops. Let him know. It was a reset. Reset. I'm terrified still. No, no, no. You got to level three.  Not only real with you. If you die, we're not going to pass this round. So you got to do this. Bro, speak for yourself. You're not getting past this next round.  Only if I get in there. I don't want to get in there. But if I do. Now you're going to be an intro purposely. Back up. Back up. It's okay.  He doesn't know how to. I'm right back. Pretty fast. Bro, let him show. Let me show. I'm faster. What'd you say? If you get in here, you're going to win. Bro, I'm built different. Don't even worry about it.  Man, I'm behind you, Joe Dumbass. I'm plus. No. I was plus. Why are you pressing buttons? Why? Why? Just win, dude. Just win. Hey, Dotto. Dotto, I know this is a little unorthodox, but cue that dramatic music just for Dino. Go ahead. Let him know. This music is swelling. You can feel the emotion behind his music. Look at the tension. Look at the tension. Look at the. There you go. Oh, go for it. Redeem yourself. You got these, Dino. You got these. Win the game. Yeah, let's go. Let's go. You realize what you won, right? You get to start the seventh round. Yeah.  I'm tired of this video. I'm tired. Just try to get as much health off of him as we can. If we're going to win this, we need to all be healthy.     He doesn't want to handle the discs. What? He doesn't want to handle the disc again. Oh, my goodness. Just every time you get him on knockdown. I was already one touch. I guess it didn't matter. But let me go ahead and talk to him. Hey, here. I'm behind you. Oh, he's fast. He is fast. He is a pretty fast guy. I will admit. Be careful. Don't die right now. He knows his way.  I'm too good behind you again. Oh, let him know. That was one of my latest tricks. Come on, Donald. This is your video. You're the protagonist. You're the protagonist. Let me just say it now. Don't say that. Don't say that. I'm fighting for my friends. All right. You do what now? Can't speak. I'm dead. Listen, I'm the only assassin in this world. They ain't big enough for the two of us.  He's pretty good at his job, man.  He's a good employee. Put him up on employee a month. Look at him up there, man. He's good at the game. Hey, second thought. We didn't actually lose that. I don't remember. Why? I like how he flexes on you. Just let you know.  I can't get him. I can't get a sliding like this. I got. Let's go. Hold him down. He's an assassin. Wow. That's crazy. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. Yeah. Yeah. It lost so much. See your sister's man. No. No.  Don't lie to him. At least tell him the truth. When he's dead. I just didn't want him to be scared. What does he want out? You're right. He probably went out happy. He went out with hope. But as for me. I went out in less than a millisecond. Yeah, this is about to be canon. Yeah This isn't doing anything to a self bar. I just noticed I'm healing him practically You do have a seosist mix them with that. He won't like it would have been smarter to just save the meeting Nah, nah, we got general Yeah Is that game I don't think that's game. It's not not yet next combo next Yes, yes, yes, yes, there you go now.   He's here. He's outside. I got you. I got you. Go ahead See you're ready.  This is it.


How's it going everyone Caleb here with Layton sports cards next night. We're gonna be working on fanatics memorabilia silver box break number seven Thanks again everyone for jumping in on the break here. There was here are the participants of the break They go fanatics memorabilia. Yep Yeah, I think it's new this year So one more time. This is random hit style There's gonna be three hits inside of the silver box right here We're gonna go ahead and open this for you guys right now Sam is gonna type out the hits and we are gonna show you them All as we go and match you up with one of the hits. Let's get it going Leave the camera nice and big for now so we can get it opened Good luck guys. Thank you very much They're better being like That's bold of you to ask for But there are three That's so disgusting oh my god There's something really good in there All right, so nasty all right There's something really good in there See we got in here So many inscriptions Martin Broder with the Multiple inscriptions here. You got Hall of Fame 2018 Three time SC champ the SIG itself is on the top left There's the SIG 1994 Caulden and then four time Besna as well. Wow. He also hand numbered at 22 and 30 to his jersey number. Oh, that is insane So many inscriptions and of course the auto the question is is it Martin or is it Martin? I think it's People come already Really really nice starts That's so sick. I'm trying to show all these inscriptions again, but there's so many This might this this item might get a yabba-dabba do out of okay. Love for sure. That was that was a good start Oh All right next up we got a baseball I would assume pretty random. It's got to be a baseball right? I like it. It's got to be It's got to be it is Martin. I knew it's gonna be cold Probably guys on here That's definitely Rod Carew Right, that's rock really out. I don't know that is let me see if we got a stamp Someone's probably gonna guess it before I can even figure it out. Let's be real really there's nothing There's no way who did Rod crew play with Nothing else come on Dodgers peeps anybody out there It's Rod crew and someone Number seven Joe Maurer That could be Yeah, it's gotta be it's got seven. It's yeah Joe Maurer definitely Okay, so it's the sticker that has I got you so you can verify that by this sticker in the fanatic yes That makes sense usually they also I mean every single other item I pull out got two stickers Also included a actual sticker of the players. So first one that hasn't had one. I like how it has two One for each stick nice Rod crew and Joe Maurer. Nice. They're a nice cool twins ball All right guys This is the one that we were all freaking out about so I'm gonna go to the big cam again here for this You guys see Georgia earlier Oh, yeah Oh All right, we've got a jumbo picture dual autograph Kareem Abdul Jabbar and dr. J Awesome hit good luck Let's go There they are man. Dr. Jane Kareem dual silver ink autograph on the jumbo canvas there You know Kareem's dogs name No That is a great great Photo auto there dual signature of Kareem and dr. J Yeah, once again, this is an all-star game picture just like the last one we got Couple of all-star game pictures great stuff Last one Yeah, sounds good. All right guys, let me go ahead and get the random going Very nice. Thanks again so much all very nice. All right Make sure this looks good. Yes it does Alrighty everyone. So one more time we have the three participants right here the names in the hits Good luck. All let's roll the dice Three times here on each random three one two three Alexandra says down down to Alexandra says three on the hits one two three Got the Kareem dual down to the Martin bro doer Martin No problem. Yep. No problem. All right guys results for you one more time here See Brad have a good night We have what do you say? Yeah. Yeah, he is. Yep Alexandra says with the Kareem and dr. J Signed photo dual signature there very nice man and Alexandra says Martin bro doer autograph Jersey very nice as well And then Simon H. Grab the rod crew Joe Maurer signed autographed ball. Thanks again everyone appreciate it We'll be on to the next one shortly


Thank you. Thank you very much indeed a very very warm welcome this evening to the British Library. I'm Roli Keating the Chief Executive here and it is wonderful to see you all gathered for this year's annual Pen Pinter Prize Award which once again we are honored to host in partnership with our friends at English Pen.  This is the 14th Prize and it's named in honour of course of playwright author Harold Pinter who would today have been celebrating his 92nd birthday. He is as we all know one of the great figures of post-war theatre and literature and we are very proud to hold his archive here, one of the most precious of the modern archives we hold here at the library. More than 150 boxes of manuscripts, scrapbooks, emails including an extraordinary intimate run of letters from Samuel Beckett, a draft of Harold's unpublished autobiographical memoir of his youth, The Queen of All the Fairies and most pertinent for tonight very extensive material relating to Harold's commitment to human rights including his journalism, his poetry, his direct action. Now tonight we are absolutely delighted, we couldn't be more pleased that this year's Pen Pinter Prize is going to be awarded to Mallory Blackman. She will share the award as ever with an international writer of courage to be announced later this evening which will be a moment for all of us to acknowledge those writers all around the world who do not have the freedom to speak, to publish, to easily express opinions other than at great personal risk. Mallory is quite deservedly one of the most popular and vital authors that we're lucky to have here in the United Kingdom and I'm very very pleased to be able to let you know tonight that the library the British Library will be presenting an exhibition devoted to her work about one year from now and indeed not only that but Mallory I think you'll be back on this stage quite soon next month in fact talking about your new memoir just saying in conversation with Jackie Kay and some early copies of that memoir signed by the author I hear are available in the bookshop tonight. Now without further ado it's my pleasure to hand over to the chair of English Pen to begin tonight's ceremony Ruth Borthwick. Thank you. Thank you everyone it's great to see you all here this is a different place from our usual home and it seems an extremely grand and fitting place to celebrate this particular prize. I'm Ruth Borthwick the chair of English Pen and on behalf of English Pen and Lady Antonio Fraser I'm delighted to welcome you all to the 14th Pen Pinter Prize ceremony. The prize was established in memory of Harold Pinter and it's awarded annually to a writer of outstanding literary merit resident in the UK the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth who in the words of Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize for Literature speech casts an unflinching unswerving gaze upon the world and shows a fierce intellectual determination to define the real truth of our lives and our societies. It's especially wonderful to hold the ceremony here our thanks as always to the British Library for hosting the awards and to our funders who make the evening possible the Blavatnik Foundation and Ruth Maxded. Thank you to Martin Rausen who traditionally joins draws a cartoon on a cricketing theme in homage to Harold Pinter who is a great fan of cricket and this cartoon is presented to the winner. Thank you to four communications for helping publicize the prize and to the English Pen staff who have worked tirelessly on this event and all our work throughout the year and thanks of course to my co-judges for this year's prize Margaret Busby and Daniel Hahn. As Rowling has said the British Library is the home of Harold Pinter's wonderful archive. He was the vice president of English Pen and he committed himself to advance the defense of freedom of expression for all writers and readers and that legacy of that commitment is extremely special. On Thursday the 29th of September we received the horrific news that City Danga Remba the winner of last year's prize was convicted for staging a peaceful protest in Zimbabwe. We condemn this verdict and demand all charges against her be dropped. On being awarded the 2014 Pen Pinter Prize Salman Rushdie said people are entitled to judge a book as kindly or harshly as they choose but when they respond to it with violence or threat of violence the subject changes and the question becomes how do we face down such threats? This question is horribly ever present for writers in our world today. English Pen was founded over 100 years ago and its work to defend writers freedom has never been more urgent. Writers are the canary in the coal mine, the measure of how democratic our societies really are. It's only by joining together as writers, publishers, translators, booksellers and readers that we can face down the threats effectively. We owe this work to the support of our members, a community of writers and readers who helped us protect freedom of expression whenever it's under attack. We invite you all to join us and become members of English Pen to help continue this work that is such of such vital importance. This award carries with it the responsibility of choosing in collaboration with English Pen's Writers at Risk program an international writer of courage with whom to share the prize. You'll see there is an empty chair on stage this evening. This has been used by pen centres around the world to symbolise the absence of those writers and activists whose courageous defence of freedom of expression has led to their imprisonment and persecution. Tonight the chair represents the 2022 international writer of courage who for these same devastating reasons cannot be here in person but whose resilience, humanity and dedication we want to honour. This year's international writer of courage has advocated tirelessly and with great courage for the protection of human rights in their country for which they have been persecuted and imprisoned. Their name will be announced during the event by Mallory and their work paid testament to. So it's a great privilege to be with you here this evening where we present Mallory Blackman with the Pen Pinter Prize. The fact that Mallory is the first children's and young adult author to win this award is particularly pertinent at this time when texts that cast an unflinching unswerving gaze upon the world are being removed from American schools and library shells. Our colleagues at Pen America have just published a report of book bans in schools which finds that over 1600 titles have been banned in the USA in the past year and these school boards are completely undemocratic and it's extremely hard for people to intervene and challenge these decisions. Mallory's many industry shaping achievements have been beautifully captured by illustrator, author and character designer Dapo Adiola. Dapo was this year awarded illustrator of the year at the British Book Awards after rocketing into the picture book world with his greatly acclaimed debut Look Up written by Nathan Byron. He has also collaborated with Mallory on their picture book We're Going to Find the Monster and we're delighted to present his stunning, specially commissioned artwork tonight. It's now my pleasure to hand over to fellow children's writer Verna Wilkins who will deliver the Enconium or praise song for Mallory Blackman. Verna is the founder of the award-winning publisher Tamarin Books which she ran for 23 years. She's also the writer of 30 picture books and eight biographies aimed at young people and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2021. Please welcome Verna to the stage. Good evening all and thank you English Pen for inviting me today. Thank you. It is an honour, a privilege and a real pleasure indeed to be invited to speak at this momentous occasion to congratulate Mallory Blackman for winning this prestigious award, the Pen Pinter Prize 2022. Mallory's stories have reached many thousands of children and young adults here in the UK and in many parts of the world. She has written more than 60 children's books which have been translated into 15 languages, over 15 languages. She has also written short story collections, TV scripts, stage plays and radio scripts. Her excellent and varied body of work has won numerous awards throughout her ongoing illustrious career. The Times newspaper once described Mallory as a national treasure. Amazing. Very good. And looking at the amazing body of work she's produced and her list of accomplishments, I am more than happy to endorse that statement. Mallory, you're much loved, much needed and much appreciated. I have personal experience of her ability to bond with children and not only through the written word. I was very keen for my grandson when he was only eight to meet Mallory as he loved her books so much. We arranged to meet at the Rainforest Cafe in central London. We arrived early and I was aware that he was almost shivering with anticipation. Grandma, grandma, what can I say to an award-winning author? Well, here she is, I said, as Mallory appeared at the door she came towards us with her huge smile and said, Max, it is so good to meet you. His jaw dropped and he melted into the hug. He's now 24 years old and I spoke to him a few days and told him that I was speaking here and he remembered and he was relating things that happened on that day all those years ago. He's read most of her books, he read all the early picture books and followed the Noughts and Crosses list as well. Thank you. Now back to the plot. By the time she was eight Mallory had read nearly all the fiction books in the school library. She could recite the first two pages of the silver chair by C.S. Lewis nearly off by heart. She discovered the Chalet series, the Narnia books and then moved on to Jane Eyre, Rebecca, and many more from her frequent visits to the local library. English was her best subject and she scored top marks in all her English tests. Well, school life progressed fairly uneventfully. Until in 1979, when Mallory was 17, it was time to look to the future. She told her career's teacher that she hoped to be an English teacher and would like to go to university. The career's teacher stopped her in her tracks and advised her instead to do business studies as she was not sure that Mallory would even pass her English A level, a dreadful disappointment, but that prodigious talent was not to be diminished. Despite that bad advice, Mallory eventually found her true calling. She worked for a while as a computer programmer and then severely combated some ill health and eventually that outstanding talent found a way to flourish. As a child, Mallory's early picture books were Cinderella, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, all white characters. As an adult, she was well aware of that sin of omission. Children of color were not recognized as a valid part of the market for children's literature, where characters and stories could and should reflect their own lived experience. As a writer, she was determined to redress the balance and give black children a high positive profile in her books. She sent her manuscripts to many publishers but received countless rejections. Undeterred, she carried on. Eventually, as classrooms around the country became more multicultural, her books began, her book list started to grow and educators called for her books, which reflected the content of their classrooms. With the publication of her first picture books and as demand grew and the book started featuring on reading lists in schools and in schools, in public libraries and in some book shops, I was lucky enough to meet Mallory at the time when her books were becoming quite popular and told her about my work with Tamarind, a small publishing company I'd set up with the sole intention of publishing books with children of color as the main protagonists. I couldn't afford to pay authors very much and Mallory kindly offered two of her manuscripts to me for a very, very small fee. With her name on those books, it lifted the profile of the Tamarind list and I would forever be grateful for her support. Not long after being so generous, Mallory then allowed me to write her biography for the nine plus non-fiction Tamarind list. She gave her precious time to be interviewed and photographs and her biography is still in print in many schools after more than 20 years in print. Some of Mallory's stories highlighted issues in society very well and her expertise was clear with the story Pig Heart Boy, a brilliantly sensitive book dealing with organ transplant using genetically modified animal organs for use in humans. Huh, if anyone could deal with a children's book on that subject Mallory Blackman could and she did. It was an amazing piece of work. Now during my school visits I encountered many children who were Mallory's fans and I was asked on many occasions if I knew her I boasted writing books for children is a difficult process. I know what it takes to get a 24 or 32 page book working well. Mallory was producing excellent stories and at the same time she was composing music, writing TV and radio scripts and playing computer games in her spare time. Spare time? I believe she worked some magic to get more than 24 hours in her day. In 2002 Mallory was awarded an OBE for her service to children's literature and from 2013 to 2015 Mallory held the prestigious title of Children's Laureate where she was acknowledged as one of the most imaginative and convincing writers of her time. As her work progressed there were comments and criticism in some areas that Mallory as a successful author did not deal with issues of race and color. Mallory had always said that she wanted to write about children of color getting on with their lives, having adventures, solving their dilemmas as characters in all the books she read as a child. Eventually however Mallory decided to take the issue head on. Noughts and crosses dramatically explored the themes of race, love and violence in an astutely depicted dystopian world. Such was its success that it inspired a further five books. There were all exquisitely created and drew comparisons with George Orwell's 1984 with the Guardian placing Noughts and Crosses on its its list of the hundred best books of the 21st century. TV adaptation of that book was an enormous success. Many people commented on the fact that the book and the program set them seriously thinking of issues around systemic racism, police brutality and racial and class prejudice. In conclusion I would like to repeat that all saying the pen is mightier than the sword. Mallory has helped children's literature publishing. She made it a less flawed and more representative industry. This is just one part of her commitment to showing a fierce intellectual determination to define the real truth of our lives and our societies which as you have already heard is what the pen enterprise was made to recognize. Thank you Mallory for giving us this amazing body of work which will support us in the world's broad field of battle in this bivouac of life and moreover we are entertained enlightened and we can move forward with an enhanced sense of self and personal value. Now it's a great pleasure to hand over to one of the Pen Pinter Prizes most passionate patrons Antonia Fraser esteemed author, biographer and historian the willow of the late Harold Pinter to present Mallory Blackman with this year's Pen Pinter Prize and a specially commissioned cartoon by cartoonist and writer Martin Russel. Thank you for listening. Sorry in Mallory's wonderful book memoir which I've just had the honor of reading she says writers are life's vampires now Mallory you are a very charming vampire I don't everyone agrees one of the most charming vampires that we've met and I'm only sorry that Harold couldn't meet you and present you with the prize himself because he would have absolutely loved to meet you because oddly or not oddly you've got a lot in common you both had to be writers but you both met tremendous obstacles you know Harold's first play was his story of the stage get lost you know and I've been reading about your troubles and I've just thought what an incredibly suitable recipient you are for the Pen Pinter Prize can I invite you? Of course thank you That's so kind, thank you. One vampire we'll give another vampire. This one, that is amazing thank you so much. Thank you. Do I have an envelope? And then here's a little something. Oh thank you, thank you. Don't give, use it for yourself. I will do thank you that is that is so amazing thank you so much. Hello, hi everyone and thank you for coming out tonight. I am thrilled and more than a little stunned to be standing before you today having been awarded the Pen Pinter Prize 2022. I am only too aware that I am slipping into some very very large shoes indeed. The list of the past Pen Pinter Prize winners is a list of the notable and phenomenal. From the first winner Tony Harrison in 2009 to last year's winner Sitsi Dangaremga. My sincere thanks to author and supporter of the prize Lady Antonia Fraser, Daniel Gorman, director of English Pen, the Pen Pinter Prize judges Margaret Busby, Daniel Hain and chair of English Pen Ruth Boothwick and all those at English Pen who are responsible for me standing here today. And I am very aware of the legacy left by Harold Pinter who cared passionately about freedom of speech and human rights. That's why I'm honored to share this prize with this year's international writer of courage to be announced later. There are many fearless authors who write for young adults and children tackling complex issues in an entertaining, informative, understandable and unflinching way. That's why I know that although I may be the first author of children and YA books to receive this prestigious award I certainly won't be the last. I hope this speaks to a recognition of not just the ever-growing depth and breadth of stories available to all our children but also the undeniable quality of the stories available. Now I must confess I feel a bit of a fraud standing here. I feel you're all expecting me to talk about how you square the circle of freedom of expression versus freedom to say whatever you want no matter how inflammatory, hateful or hurtful. I admit I have yet to find a way to make those parallel lines meet. I never set out to be a mouth almighty even though my family will tell you I am either in my writing or when I speak. My heaven is to sit down at a computer and create stories. But no author writes in a vacuum. The real world impinges and impacts as it does, as it should, as it must. It would not be healthy for any writer to find themselves detached from the real world. I am a citizen of Britain but I am also a citizen of this planet. What happens on the other side of the world has an impact on me and all of us. Freedom of expression and freedom of speech are rights and privileges that must be fought for. But should we be free to say whatever we want? Is that what freedom of speech means? If you have a point of view and I disagree with it then I should be perfectly at liberty to say so. I would argue that intent matters and the context within which that intent sits matters too. But freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. If my speech is filled with hate, vitriol and bigotive invective then shouldn't I be held accountable for it? If my speech is designed to marginalize or divide or incite hatred to the extent that others are harmed shouldn't I be held responsible for my words? But here's the crucial thing. We authors will frequently, if not always, create characters who espouse views or who do things that readers don't necessarily like or agree with. That's a facet of our job. It doesn't give anyone anywhere the right to threaten us because one or more of our characters speak or live or love in a way that meets with disapproval. Quite simply, if you don't like the idea of one of my books, other books I've written are available. Other books by other authors are available. Move on. All I've ever sought to do with my stories is tell the truth. The truth behind being marginalized or misunderstood, being a sinner or being sinned against. Not all my books are about overtly political issues but I feel that it's incredibly important to be honest in the ones that do tackle those topics. Honesty means presenting characters with their complex thoughts, feelings and emotions truthfully and situations and societies in believable, relatable and accessible ways. When I present societies or situations that are uncomfortable or unsettling, it's so that they may be better understood, yes by my readers but sometimes particularly by me. I entitled this talk just saying which is also the title of my autobiography published next week and yes that is a shameless plug because for far too many of us finding our voice and speaking our truth has not always been encouraged. Indeed, far too often our voices are actively suppressed. A love of reading made me want to create my own stories in the first place. As a child and a teenager I must have read thousands of books but I never read a single book that featured a black child like me, not one. Reading was my lifeline, my escape route, my greatest pleasure and ironically being invisible of the world of literature made me fight that much harder to have my own voice within it. The late and very great Toni Morrison All Hail wrote, if there is a story you want to read but it hasn't been written yet then you must write it. That was the major reason I became an author in the first place. Toni Morrison's mantra and the feedback I get from children and young adults have kept me writing for over three decades. Now there's no two ways about it. We are living in a time marked by impatience, suspicion, anger and fear where when some people unfortunately feel that the written or spoken word should not be used to express views different to their own and in which if such words are used they are then met with intimidation, threats and sometimes even violence. Sadly these are not the days of nuance. I know we were all shocked to hear what happened to Salman Rushdie on August the 12th of this year. The man who allegedly stabbed him is reported to have read two pages of the satanic verses, two pages. If that is true it sadly speaks to the times in which we currently find ourselves. An excerpt, a tweet, an opinion, a headline, they are all that are required by some in the rush to judgment. What happened to Salman Rushdie earlier this year is a reminder of the risks faced by authors with a commitment to free speech. In August 2014 when I was UK Children's Laureate I was interviewed by Sky News and asked about diversity in children's publishing. No surprise there. I'm always asked about diversity in children's publishing. My comments were along the lines of progress has been made but there's more to do. We need to have more stories written by authors from LGBTQ communities, by authors of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Heritage, more authors of colour, more ill and disabled writers and more writers from working class backgrounds. And the stories those authors produce don't necessarily have to have as their sole focus what it's like to be a minority in society that would be so limiting. I said something like I think what we need especially in publishing are more commissioning editors who are people of colour. Readers also want to escape into fiction beyond themselves but I think there's a very significant message that goes out when you cannot see yourself at all in the books you are reading. This was reported with the headline Children's Books Have Too Many White Faces.  Threats of rape and harm against me and my family and death threats. All of which happened in this country. Now I never said the statement reported in the Sky headline. Sky admitted as much, apologised and changed it. But to the haters it didn't matter. The abuse continued. The threats continued. Do stories unite us? Maybe, maybe not. But they do connect us. A character I create may express an idea with which you fundamentally disagree. Hell, a character I create may and frequently does express an idea which I fundamentally disagree with. And isn't that wonderful? As a reader I love that alternative or even opposite views to my own as expressed by the characters in the books I read allow me to analyse other points of view to consider and maybe even embrace new ideas and concepts, new ways of thinking. That's part of the beauty of stories in all their forms. How mean and narrow life would be if all the arts did was reflect our own life, views and fixed ideas back at us. How narrow. How shallow. How sad. It can be a tremendous act of courage to tell the truth through art and every creative person who does so is doing humanity an unparalleled service. But we live in times where there are those who wish to deny certain sections of society their voice. School boards across America are trying to have books written predominantly by LGBTQ authors and authors of colour withdrawn or banned. John Green author of The Fault in Our Stars and other insightful wonderful YA books tweeted in September 2022 looking for Alaska has been in print for 17 years and it has been challenged countless times but I've never seen anything like the concerted effort in 2022 to remove it and so many other books from libraries and schools around the country referring to the USA. Closer to home Robin Stevens author of the excellent detective society series spoke of her book death in the spotlight being banned by a UK school after a teacher discovered Robin had retweeted posts from mermaids an organisation supporting gender diverse and transgender young people. Robin stated the thing that I found upsetting was not that they disagreed with me but that they were using the disagreement to ban my books at their school. Seeing a queer character children can relate to in a popular children's book series has given them a lot of joy and confidence and it's deeply saddening that both straight and queer kids at this teacher's school won't have a chance to read the book. In my own case a few years ago a school librarian told me with pleasure and a great deal of pride that she didn't keep my book Boys Don't Cry the story of two brothers one of whom is gay on the school library shelves it had to be asked for specifically. When I asked why I was told it was so that the school librarian could assess whether or not the requester should get the book. Now I have a great deal of respect for public and school librarians I really do but this is not right she didn't hide my book away so that she could ensure it was age appropriate for the potential reader no she took delight in telling me that it was a subject matter that she deemed troublesome and she had made it her business to assess who should and should not have access to that subject matter. I told her it was a pity she was policing the book in that way as the mere fact that the book had to be asked for might put some readers off my concerns were dismissed. I once had a white teenage girl in a signing queue tell me how much she loved my books she confessed that she bought my books whenever she could afford them but had to hide them from her mum. When I asked why she admitted that her mum didn't want her reading race books I said what does your mum mean by a race book to which the girl replied books with black people in them she thinks they're all anti-white I asked has she actually read any of my books the girl shook her head enough said but I'm grateful that my books had given that girl enough ammunition to think for herself and not just take on the views of her mother here we are in the 21st century and there are those who try to tell children teens and young adults of colour children and young adults who may be neurodivergent disabled or part of the LGBTQ plus community that they don't have the right to exist in public if it makes certain grown-ups uncomfortable all of our children have a right to see themselves and their lives reflected in the literature it reflected in literature and to be the creators of stories themselves all of them freedom of speech of expression is one of the basic tenets on which any true democracy stands or falls I was born in Britain it's my home and I love it that's why I feel able to criticise it and call out certain political behaviours with a view to making it better that's why we vote why we protest march and demonstrate to make our voices heard that's why for example I speak out regarding the need to feed all children who need it during the summer holidays when most of those in government initially voted against such action but when I express such an opinion on social media I frequently get told that this is not my country and if I don't like it I should go back to where I come came from I've I've been called a race beta and a racist basher for using my voice racist bash I mean I ask you you racist bashing is a negative thing now I hope I am a racist basher every day of the week and twice on Sunday so me and my voice aren't going away we're not going anywhere citizenship should not end at land boundaries we are all citizens of the same planet didn't covid teach us that what starts on the other side of the world may affect us sooner or later if some are not free can any of us say we truly are and what do I mean by free I mean having the chance to fulfil one's own potential I've been accused of being woke well god I hope so how extraordinary that a positive word used by the african-american community since the 1940s to mean alert to social injustice should have been so co-opted by the white right wing and have its meaning changed to something pejorative the opposite of woke is asleep I hope I'm not asleep to injustice bigotry and unkindness I hope I never will be in tribute I would like to give the last word before announcing the international writer of courage to last year's pen-pinter prize winner sissy dango emga who was recently given a suspended sentence in zimbabwe after being found guilty of inciting violence by staging a peaceful protest calling for political reform she was holding a placard which said we want better reform our institutions she wrote every moment is a moment for potential resolution it just needs somebody to say in that moment okay we're going to do things differently and mean it thank you okay settle down the pen-printer prize is shared with an international writer of college courage someone who has been persecuted for speaking out about their beliefs and denied the basic rights I've just described I'm grateful that I've been given the opportunity to highlight the life and work of a writer who has had to face harassment torture and incarceration when I first heard of the plight endured by this individual an engineer blogger and activist I was immediately struck by his commitment regarding affecting change in his homeland of Bahrain including by highlighting the methods used to suppress freedom of expression he has been incarcerated for over a decade and has been on hunger strike and without solid food for over 400 days which shines a spotlight on an immensely brave and resolute man who defines the word courage I hope that this award raises awareness around the world of his persecution and affirms to him that he has not been forgotten his voice has not been silenced it is my honor to announce that the pen-pinter prize international writer of courage 2002 is dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase and I am delighted to invite Sayed al-wadiya al-wadiya sorry director of advocacy at the UK based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy to the stage to say a few words on dr. al singhase's behalf first in Arabic then in English thank you thank you so much thank you esteemed guests good evening it is a great honor to be here this evening my name is Sayed Ahmad al-wadiya I am an activist from Bahrain and I am someone for many years has been inspired by dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase a man who became a role model for me and countless others I would like to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation to English pen and to Mallory Blackman for choosing dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase as the international writer of courage with whom she shared her award I cannot think of a better person than dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase I would like to thank everyone who has written to him in particular those who wrote solidarity messages through the pen rights campaign some of which I'm pleased to share with you this evening I would like to start my speech in Arabic I would like to extend my thanks to English pen and Mallory Blackman for choosing dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase to share her award for international writer of courage and indeed I cannot think of a better person than dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase sometimes we live in a life in which we consider our rights a matter of peace imagine the writing of a long message on your computer and you do not miss an hour and maybe even two hours but after that they turn on your computer and now you cannot get it on the website search everywhere and you can't get it on me and you can't get the results of your effort so I'm sorry this feeling really is a shock and I'm sure that many of us have experienced this but this is not the story of dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase where it is a matter of four years in the book of academic research about the marine floods due to its limited capacity in the prison, which is close to half a decade, he writes a search for it with a notebook and a letter from inside his closet in the prison when he finds his search for it, he doubts his final search for it, from the 12-year-old president wrote it with a letter and the one who was finally ready to give it to his family in the past, he was in the same building as he was in the prison, he was handed over to his family after that, he was a criminal in the right of dr. Abdul Jalil al singhase where he was sent to the prison to search for it and refused to return it to his family you can imagine the feeling and this is the injustice that he was faced with the defense of the sea has given several calls to the opposition for the return of content to the criminal conducts, the punishment of the legal crimes and that is why he of the search for a document has been coronavirus, that is, he didn't like anything that will never be the light, this is what he has defended until he is taken to the in order to get rid of food that only depends on the essential ingredients that contain minerals and vitamins. It took 459 days to get rid of food. And it is still difficult to get rid of its right. This is what I call a shaja'ah. It is a shaja'ah that is sent to the people to search for it. If you asked about the example of shaja'ah and stability, and especially when you deal with the most complex systems in the world, I will answer you that Dr. Abjir al-Sangiz, his intention, his prayer, and his refusal to accept the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward, and the fact that the reward is not the reward. In the same sense, he rejects that the outcome would be four times worse than Raqih. Some may have seen this situation as an offensive and an impasse. But I wanted to tell you more about the situation of this man who decided to take this step. and what led to the expansion of the teaching period. He became the director of the University of Manchester, and became the director of the mechanical engineering department at the Bahrain University. He became the director of the science and science department, and he was a very unjust and sorry person for more than 12 years. He was the director of the Bahrain University for the democracy that was in power in the Arabian Revolution in 2011. He was 60 years old and he was exposed to the brutal torture in 2010 and 2011. He is not suffering from any disease, and he is suffering from a serious medical injury, and he is currently in the hospital in Bahrain, and he is the director and the academic and the defender of human rights. He was asked by the international community to be honest with him, and he is not involved either. Therefore, when he takes a position in order to value democracy, and the rule of law and human rights, he does not come from a poor place, but from a creative man, who does not agree with the corruption of Bahrain, and the corruption of its people, and the destruction of human rights, and the failure of punishment. No one understands the harshness of the word of the truth in front of a tyrant sultan, and in a poor country, more than the director of the science and science department. When Obama was the president, he was given a speech in front of the Islamic world in 2009. The science and science department wrote to him a speech published by The New York Times. Be aware of the use of words of change, of dreams, of democracy. These things do not come easily to us. Those who are trying to change here, pay a great deal of money. I thought of January last month, and I stayed in the infirmary, and I tried to control the regime. After the pressure of a country and a place, I was released, honestly. But my case was still closed. I was presented with my identity and my information on the Facebook page, and people in Bahrain could not be released directly. In August 2011, Dr. St. Gaze published a speech here in London, and in the British Council of Lords, and it started as if he was talking about his fate, the one he is suffering from now. He said, When it appears that the regime is the one that really complies with the violations, it is clear and clear that the law is the one that really complies with them. When international organizations are cooperating with non-governmental organizations, it is the law that ends it. When you ask people to write a constitution, the constitution of a democratic constitution is considered a terrorism, and the law is the one that compels your disputes, your disputes, and your imprisonment. Dear guests, I thank you all for writing to Dr. St. Gaze for thanking him for these harsh explanations which he presented in the name of freedom and the inspiration he presents to us all. Dr. St. Gaze presents the real power of the word. And on this note, there is nothing I would prefer to end with my words from the words of the author, Khalil Jibran, who described the book in it. Not the one who writes with love, but the one who writes with the heart. Thank you very much. I would like to hand over to Josie to deliver my speech in English. Thank you so much. Good evening. My name is Josie Tum, and I'm a colleague of Sayed and a senior research and policy associate at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy. I'm going to be reading out in English the Sayed's speech that he's just powerfully delivered to you in Arabic, and I'm deeply honoured to be here today to deliver these words on Sayed's behalf and about Dr. Abdul Jalil Asingh. Sometimes we live in a life where we take our rights for granted. Imagine writing a long and carefully crafted letter on your computer. You spend at least an hour, maybe even two, but then your computer crashes and now you can't find the document.  The product of your efforts can't be retrieved. It's just lost. This is extremely frustrating, and I'm sure a lot of people here today have experienced this before, but this is not the story of Dr. Asingh. He spent four years writing academic research about Bahraini dialects with his limited resources in prison. That's almost half a decade diligently writing out his original piece of research by hand from within his prison cell. When it was completed, twelve handwritten notebooks made up the final manuscript, which he was then at last handed over to his family. Last year, a prisoner who shared a building with Dr. Asingh was released. Dr. Asingh entrusted this person with his finished manuscripts for them to be handed over to his family. What happened next was criminal. Prison authorities confiscated the research and refused to return it to Dr. Asingh's family. Now, few of us here today could imagine his feelings in the wake of this injustice. Bahraini authorities made several claims about the supposed need to review the content of the work, to go through legal processes, etc. In other words, they implemented an exercise of robust censorship to ensure that anything that they might not like in his research never saw the light of day. This was the act that led him to start a hunger strike, where he relies only on liquid supplements that include basic minerals and vitamins. Today marks the 459th day of his strike, and he is still seeking justice. This is what I call courage. He is refusing to ingest solid foods until his research has returned to his family. Ask me for an example of courage and determination when dealing with one of the most brutal and repressive regimes on Earth, and I will show you Dr. Asingh's.  He's refusing to allow the product of four years of his sweat and toil to be taken away from him. So some may see this stance alone as inspiring and as courageous, but I wanted to tell you more about the circumstances and also about the man who decided to take this step. Now, Dr. Asingh is one of the most respected scholars in Bahrain. He was born with enormous determination, which is what led him to thrive throughout his education. He obtained a PhD from Manchester University, became the head of mechanical engineering at Bahrain University, and he's now one of the most respected academics in the country. Dr. Asingh, as we heard earlier, has been wrongfully behind bars for over a decade, simply for his leading role in Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising during the 2011 Arab Spring. A six-year-old who was subjected to horrific torture and who continues to suffer from chronic medical conditions, as well as from medical negligence, he is currently serving a life sentence in prison in Bahrain. He's a scholar, a blogger and an academic whose immediate and unconditional release has been demanded time and time again by the international community. So when he takes a stand for democratic values, the rule of law and human rights, it does not come from a place of desperation, but from a principled man who refuses to tolerate Bahrain's corruption, theft of the wealth of its people and human rights violations within punitive. Nobody understands the great cost of speaking truth to power in a repressive country better than Dr. Asingh. When President Obama was giving a speech in Cairo to the Muslim communities around the world in 2009, Dr. Asingh wrote in The New York Times, and I quote, Be careful when you use the words change, dream and democracy. Those things don't come so easily to us. Those who seek change here in Bahrain do not pay dearly. I was arrested at dawn last January, held in solitary confinement and accused of trying to overthrow the kingdom's regime. After international and local pressure, I was released and pardoned, but my case is still technically suspended. My two blogs and Facebook posts are blocked and people in Bahrain do not have direct access to them. End quote. In August 2010, giving a speech here in London at the House of Lords, Dr. Asingh seems to almost predict his own fate, which he is now suffering at the hands of the regime. He said, and again I quote, When activists show flagrant and more obvious activism reporting violations, then it's the law which really cripples them. When NGOs co-operate with an international organization, it is the law which penalizes them. When you call for a democratic constitution to be written by the people, then it is terrorism and it's the law which ensures that you are prosecuted and imprisoned for life. End quote. Esteemed guests, I urge you all to write to Dr. Asingh and to thank him for the sacrifices that he has made in the name of freedom and the inspiration that he has given to us all. Dr. Asingh shows us the true power of writing and on that note, there is nothing better to end on than a quote from the writer of all time, Jebron Khalil Jebron, He who writes with ink can never be like he who writes with the blood of his heart. Thank you. Thank you so much, Syed and Josie, for those extraordinarily powerful words. My name is Philippe Sands. I have the incredible happiness and privilege to be president of English Penn and I want to thank everyone who's been involved in all this incredibly wonderful evening. Mallory, your words are very strong and very uplifting, I have to say personally, but I think for everyone who is in the room and who is watching, thanks to Verna for her wonderful encomium, to Dapo and of course Syed and Josie for saying what you said of this extraordinary individual. I'll say a bit more about that in a moment. I also say because Mallory is too restrained to say that I think you've written a wonderful memoir and it's coming out very shortly and it's not yet available to the public but it is available tonight and if anybody would like to obtain a copy, I think signed copies will be available during the course of this evening. It's called Just Saying, My Life in Words and I've heard it's completely fabulous. Can I also thank the funders and the partners of the Penn Enterprise? Thank you in particular, a dear friend, Lady Antonia Fraser, it's incredibly wonderful to have you here with us again tonight and also all the partners and supporters of English Penn. There are two, the core funders of this fantastic organisation, I think in particular the Arts Council, England and the TS Eliot Foundation and of course each and every member of English Penn and all the Silver Penn members. The Penn-Penter Prize is now in its 14th year and it really is one of the most important aspects of this organisation because the prize exemplifies the work of English Penn across the entire sphere of its activities, the beating heart of the organisation, the intersection between literature and human rights. English Penn was founded by writers to help writers and tonight's prize is an incredible example of how one wonderful writer, Mallory Blackman, can support fellow storytellers across the world, truly inspiring. But as we know, here in the United Kingdom and around the world, intolerance, xenophobia, populism, division, racism, threats to freedom of expression are on the rise and that means that the work of English Penn in a sad way is more important than it has ever been. English Penn stands for a world in which the equity of expression and the equity of opportunity for all readers and writers anywhere, whoever they may be can be enjoyed universally. English Penn has a writers at risk programme founded in 1960. It's one of the longest running campaigns for freedom of expression anywhere in this country or beyond. English Penn campaigns are on behalf of writers who are unjustly persecuted, harassed, imprisoned and in some occasions murdered simply for having expressed their views in written form or by other means. English Penn exists to raise awareness and to provide concrete support for individuals and groups of individuals. I have to say that as president of English Penn I felt a really huge privilege, sense of privilege to be able to play a minor part in the story of this remarkable organisation with its absolutely outstanding and inspiring staff. I and so many others over the years have sent books and written letters to those who are unlawfully imprisoned. I've even visited some people in their place of imprisonment, I'm thinking in particular of my dear friend Ahmet Altan in Istanbul. In fact, I can speak even more personally this year because my translator of my book East West Street was arrested, charged and convicted immediately after the start of the terrible war waged by Russia against Ukraine. She is a poet. Her crime was to go to Pushkin Square with a rolled up scroll on which she had written a poem by a poet called Nikolai Mikrasov. She was arrested, she was charged, she was convicted, she spent her time in detention and then she was fined, a warning of what came next. Her charge is literally unbelievable. I can quote it by heart. Quote, for undermining the special operation by reading a poem by the poet Niklasov inspired by the writings of Leo Tolstoy's sabastical sketches written at the end of the Crimean War. End of quote. That was her crime. But on the other side of the story too, the translator of another book, The Rat Line, is right now a Ukrainian writer and translator has volunteered to fight in Donbas and that is where he is right now. This is going on not just in that part of the world but in the thousands of places all over the world and the actions of pen and English pen in this country are absolutely significant. In fact, I have in the early hours of this morning returned from the city of Lviv in Ukraine having spent three days with a large number of Ukrainian writers who feel unbelievably under threat but incredibly supported by the pen organisations around the world and their own pen organisation. The oppression of these writers and a children's writer in the city of Izium has disappeared in March. The targets are anyone who writes, anyone who writes who expresses views that are in opposition to the new occupying authorities in these kinds of towns. There are so many people who face these challenges across the world but you can make a real difference. Each of you can take a moment to write just a single letter or a note of hope to one of the featured writers as part of pen writes and they of course include this year's truly remarkable international writer of courage, Dr Abdul Jalil Al-Singase of whom we have just heard and who you see sitting in that chair and we hope very much that very soon he will be able to join us. Don't just write to him. Write also to Buckrain's ambassador in London. Do it tomorrow. Send a letter, bombard these people with letters to let them know that this man is being watched. Each one of us, by doing that, can make a difference. Thanks to your engagement with these letter writing campaigns, pen writes, that we know they have consequences and they produce effects. And the writers know they are not alone. They are loved and watched from afar. This is vital and urgent work. Please, please, please support it. Can I just let you know also that English pen will be very pleased to invite you back here to the British Library in case you haven't had enough of it on Thursday to show solidarity with a former pen-penter prize winner, Salman Rushdie. English pen is devoting a prize during the course... devoting an evening during the course of which the author's friends and colleagues will celebrate his strength and his dedication as a writer, activist and a champion of free expression and in particular to stand up publicly for the solidarity of the right to freely express, to write, to express your views. It's organised by English pen in partnership with Pen International, Index on Censorship, Article 19, Humanists UK, Penguin UK, the British Library and many people who are very close to Salman Rushdie. The evening will feature individual readings, by writers including Monica Ali, Julian Barnes, Nigella Lawson and many others. If you'd like to come and you will be very welcome, you can book a free ticket to attend in person or you can watch online via the British Library player. Please use the link on the screen of the pen website. And finally, as though I haven't asked enough, I ask you for those who are not, please, please, please consider becoming a member of English pen tonight. The forms will be around the room. The membership is the backbone of this organisation. The bigger the community, the bigger the support for writers across the world. If you're already a member, a big thank you from all of us. If you're not, please do head to the table at the entrance where you can find membership forms and join up. And now, without further ado, I think we announced that the evening comes to a close. It is time to break, to go and have a drink and to raise a glass. The fabulous Pen Pinter Prize winner of 2022. The wonderful, inspiring, uplifting, fabulous, Mallory Blackman. Thank you so much.


Entity 463B, or ALMA, is one single entity that lives in this big concrete wasteland. It's around six feet tall with black hair and has chitin skin. Their hands look like a person's hands with five fingers, but their feet end in single points instead of toes and feet. These feet allow the ITHTI to run quickly through the concrete wastes to get to you. ALMA wears a poncho that covers most of its body and a scarf that covers its neck.  Looks pretty cool, to be honest. The entity is not aggressive and its sole goal seems to be to help wanderers escape. Now ALMA normally does not speak to people, instead it communicates with non-verbal things like hand signals and motions and stuff, but ALMA will not help people who have been here for more than a week because at that point, it's too late.


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Hello and welcome to the session. The given question says evaluate without using the trigonometric tables and we have cos square 90 degrees minus theta minus tan square theta divided by 4 times of cos square 48 degrees plus cos square 42 degrees minus 2 times of tan square 30 degrees into second square 52 degrees into sin square 38 degrees divided by cos square 70 degrees minus tan square 20 degrees. Let's start with the solution and we have to evaluate the value of the following and for evaluating it we shall be using the following values right. These are the six given identities and we shall be using them to evaluate let's proceed on. Now this can be written as cos 90 degrees minus theta whole square and cos 90 degree minus theta is sec theta. So we have sec square theta minus tan square theta whole divided by 4 times of now here we have cos square 48 degrees and this can be written as cos 48 degrees whole square and cos 48 degrees can be written as cos of 90 degrees minus 42 degrees square plus cos square 42 degrees then we have minus 2 times of tan 30 degrees 1 by root 3 and 1 by root 3 whole square gets 1 by 3 into sec square 52 degrees can be written as sec square 90 degrees minus 38 degrees into sin square 38 degrees whole divided by now this can be written as cos square 90 degrees minus 20 degrees minus tan square 20 degrees further it can be written as now we know that sec square theta is equal to 1 plus tan square theta so sec square theta minus tan square theta gives 1 divided by 4 times of this results to cos 90 degrees minus 42 degrees whole square and cos 90 degrees minus theta is sin theta so here we have sin 42 degrees whole square that is sin square 42 degrees plus cos square 42 degrees minus 2 divided by 3 into this is sec 90 degrees minus 38 degrees whole square and sec 90 minus theta is cos theta so this can be written as cos square 38 degrees into sin square 38 degrees divided by cos 90 degrees minus 20 degrees sec 20 degrees and we have whole square minus tan square 20 degrees this is further equal to 1 divided by 4 into 1 since sin square theta plus cos square theta is equal to 1 and we have minus 2 divided by 3 into 1 and this is because cos square 38 degrees is equal to 1 divided by sin square 38 degrees and on cancelling it with sin square 38 degrees we get 1 divided by again we have sec square theta is equal to 1 plus tan square theta therefore sec square theta minus tan square theta is equal to 1 for all the values of theta therefore here sec square 20 degrees minus tan square 20 degrees is again equal to 1 now this is further equal to 1 divided by 4 minus 2 divided by 3 and now taking a same of 4 and 3 is 12 4 trees are 12 minus 3 4s are 12 and 4 into 2 is 8 so this is equal to minus 5 divided by 12 thus on evaluating the given we have to answer as minus 5 divided by 12 so this completes the session bye and take care


Hi everyone, Joe for Jaspy's CaseBreaks.com coming at you with 2022 Panini National Treasures Baseball. Four box, pick your team 46. I don't know if we have another one of these. I'll double check, I don't think we do. But big thanks to everyone for getting into this one. There it is right there. Fresh case, so fresh and so clean. Here are the people who bought their spots straight up. Not too many people there, but we appreciate it. So Ed, you ended up with double last spot mojo with the Red Tox and Dodger, 70% of the time. Last spot mojo, it's 100% of the time. There's everyone else. Now most of the teams ended up in that big random number block randomizer. Here are the results of that. So I think you're gonna hear a lot of numbers being called out, so it's a serial number break for that big group of teams right there. All right, so actually let's put that over here. Might have a big stack of them. All right, now let's pop this case open. Good luck everybody. Love this NT, big fan of it. Good looking set. Potential for some real monsters. And just a lot of unique hit potential. A lot of unique hit possibilities, nice clean design. So let's see if we can get out of here. Looks like a plate right there. You can see the little shadow in the corner right there. It's a rounded corner, it's a sign of a plate. So it's a train whistle already. We're gonna lead off with Chris Patek, 62 out of 99. And that's gonna be for Minnesota. So if you're not familiar with the number block, you're gonna be very familiar with it by the end of this video. We'll go by that digit right there. So 62. Twins, Patek is gonna be for Chris in the number two, last Bob Mojo. We've got Ty France, 79 out of 99. So that'll go to Mariners nine, Seattle nine. David M. We've got Hall of Fame materials, Mike Piazza. 18 out of 25 for the Metz. Metz eight is Jay, Jay Gones. Metz eight. We got Dicut materials, 20 out of 49, Joe Ryan. Number zero, David M. Joe Ryan having a pretty solid season this year. And we got Edward Alzolet, seven out of 25 for the Cubs. Cubs seven, that's gonna be for Stephen K. Maybe I should bring this over here. Looks like a lot of the easier to do. We got Matt Brash, 58 out of 99. Rookie Silhouettes, Jersey and Autograph. Seattle eight, Jay. Romie Gonzalez, nice patch and Autograph. 95 out of 99. White Sox five will be for Brian T. Nice piece of lumber and Autograph. Fernando Tatis Jr. One of one. Nice. And that's Padres are a number block team. So San Diego one, Eric Klicks. Eric. All aboard the Big Hit Express. Woo-hoo. Cleaner top loader here. The book, 45 out of 49, Mickey Mantle.  Wow. The Yankees are a number block team and that goes to Yankees five. And that's for Brian. That's awesome. Listen, the enclosed Game War material. That's pretty awesome. That's a unique distinction because a lot of times you'll see the Mick and his relics are from like Mickey Mantle's Yankees fantasy camp or something like that. No, this one just says Game War news material. That's awesome. Nice. There you go, Brian. The last one down here is a one of one. Elo Harris, Montero. Rockies are a number block team that's gonna go to Eric and the number one. Eric. All aboard the Big Hit Express. Woo-hoo. All right, great start. And that's just box one. All right, Tony Santillon for the red 77 out of 99. Red seven, Stephen Kay. We got, oh, we got two. We got Justin Turner, 39 out of 49. Red Sox were picked up straight up. Ed P. Oh, I'm sorry. That's still Dodger's edition. That's still Ed P. There you go, Ed. If you're chasing Justin Turner's, you got it. Field gear, A-Rod. That is Yankees edition of A-Rod. That is two out of 25. Yankees two will be for Chris. I see the two right here. There it is. And we've got Yoshi Tomo Tsutsugo. Six out of 10. That still might be a bit of his raise patch there, but this is Pittsburgh edition. This is gonna go to the other Ed, Ed Ehrens. Ed A. There you go, Ed. Got the pirate straight up. We got TJ Zook, 58 out of 64 for the Cardinals. Jose picked up the Cardinals straight up for the Orioles, Cedric Mullins. 89 out of, bunting like that always makes me nervous. Like he's gonna break a finger or something like that. That's not how I was taught to bun. Kevin with the Orioles. That's the Cedric Mullins. Then we've got Eli Morgan for Nestor.  Cleveland, this is for you. Bernie Williams, nice. 14 out of 27. Yankees four, number four, Brian. The book is Rookie Signature Jumbo material, Patrick Mazzica, 10 out of 10. Ooh, nice Mets patch there. Nice. That's gonna be for Mets zero. And that will be for David M. The last card here is Bob Gibson. 1945, Cardinals, Jose. All right, we are halfway through this full case break. Thanks everyone for getting in once again. Thanks for spending a bit of your Monday night with me. I appreciate that as well. Wow, triple material signatures on the bottom. It's a triple relic and one auto, I think. I don't think it's three autos. You got Field Gear, 83 out of 99. Connor Siebold, that's for the Red Sox. That's gonna go to Ed P. Got Ed A, Ed P, AP, advanced placement. We got Kyle Lewis, two out of 25 for Seattle. Seattle two is Chris. We got a plate, piece of the lumber, piece of pie, pie trainer? Or do you think it's PA? We've gone through this before, I feel like. But old school pirate going to Ed A. This baseball reference has maybe, does not have a pronunciation guide here. It's gotta be PA, right? What about Wikipedia? It might just be pie. His name is Harold Joseph Trainor and quotes pie. Wow, so here's some knowledge here. According to Wikipedia, Trainor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, to parents who had emigrated from Canada. He received his nickname as a child in Somerville, and has choose because he frequented a grocery store and often asked for pie. The store owner called him Pie Face, which was later shortened to pie by his friends. Seventh ballot hall of famer got in in 1948 with 76.9% of the vote. Ed Aarons, some pie for you. All aboard the big pie express. Woo-hoo. What's everyone's favorite pie? There's Urim and Mercedes, 12 out of 25. That is for the White Sox. White Sox too, Chris Butler. I like pumpkin pie, apple pie, key lime pie. 17 out of 25, Robert Stevenson, legacy signatures. That's for the Rockies. That's gonna go to Rocky Seven. That's gonna be for Stephen K. I think that's it. I think that's all of that. I don't like all that. Pecan, not a pecan pie kind of guy. There's Juan Yepes, 47 out of 99. That's for Jose and the Cardinals. Got a nice patch here. Jaren Duran, Duran, 14 out of 48. Her name is Rio and she dances on the sun. Ed P with that one. The Red Sox, last five mojo. Looks like a river sifting towards the dusty land. We got Moose. Mike Moosina, three out of eight. Jersey and Autograph, Yankees edition. Going to Yankees three. Ed P with three. And the book. Spencer Torkelson, eight out of 25. There's the triple relic. There is his Autograph. Former number one overall pick. Starting to heat up a little bit. I've got him on my fancy team. Started the season slow, was a little nervous, but took a chance on him. I think he's starting to flash a bit of that former number one overall pick potential. All right, final box coming up. No one has favorite pies. I could make a decent, well, pumpkin pies are kind of easy to make, right? The pumpkin is already made for you. At least that's how I make it. I don't make pumpkin pie from scratch. You can get a good apple pie, a good apple crumble. I cheat though. I don't make my own crust. No, I could slice up some apples and toss it into a pie tin. Bacon make things happen. Pretty easy. There's Mike Soroka, 20 out of 25. Goes to the ATL. Goes to Atlanta zero. And that's gonna be for David M. And we got Matt Manny. 11 out of 99 for the Tigers. Goes to Eric Klicks, number one. We got Hall of Fame materials. Carlton Fisk, 27 out of 49. Ed P with the Red Sox. Hashtag LGM. Let's go Mets 30 out of 99. That's Tyler McGill for Mets zero. That's for David. Four out of 25. Grayson Rodriguez for the Orioles. Nice. Midnight signatures. It's a sharp looking set. I dig it. That's gonna go to Kevin. Picked up the O's straight up. One of their top pitching prospects, right? He's been called. I don't know how he's been doing this season. George Springer, Toronto three out of 25. That's gonna go to Toronto three. Ed P. Toronto three. Nice patch. Jake McCarthy, that's a piece of the snake. 25 out of 25. Nestor got the diamond back straight up. He's a cold hearted snake. Look into his eyes.  Diamondbacks, snakes. Nestor. Now you got Vinny Pasquitano, Pasquitino. 73 out of 99. That's for the Royals. That's gonna be for Kansas City three. Ed P. With three. Oh, and the book legendary signature nickname. Another nickname here. 19, is it gonna be Pi again? 19 out of 25? No.   A lot of people say that he is the MLB logo. So that is twins nine. David with twins nine. And the last one here is, is the Boz. Shane Boz, 56 out of 99. Wizard of Boz, I see ya. Tampa Bay, another number block team. And that goes to six. I don't think we called six out too often. It's for Brian. Nice. And there you go, getting no randomized, just nothing. Yeah, nice clean break, nice fun one right here. Thanks for getting NT baseball in the books ladies and gentlemen. Keep your eye out for more in the store. I'm Joe, I'll see you next time for the next baseball break. Bye bye.


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Hi everyone! Have you heard about this really interesting thing happening? It turns out that conservative Christians and Muslims in the West are summing up against what they see as excessive influence of the LGBT agenda. Pretty unexpected, right? But here's the cool part. This year there was this huge turnout of parents from different schools in Canada and America who share these concerns across board. They all came together to protest against the sexualization of school curriculum and the introduction of new gender ideas to young kids. It was like a massive united front against what they believe is an alarming trend and the one. What even more exciting is that these parents are putting aside the differences and standing together. I mean, we're talking about people with different religious background, beliefs and values and yet there are coming together for a common cause. It's like all these official barriers that kept them apart are just crashing down before our very eyes. And you know what? This unity they found is actually encouraging them to cooperate in other areas of their lives too. It's like they've discovered that they have more in common than they thought. This shed ground, the father is inspiring them to work together for the betterment of their communities and society as a whole. Asalaamu alaikum, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another episode of The Open Minded Thinker Show. To assist us reach others, do like and share this video with your family and friends. Subscribe and I will make a duo for you. I'm particularly happy that young parents and even single Muslims and non-Muslims are uniting to trend the opposition against imposing some unethical ideologies and our kids in scope. I'm here because I want to stand up for I don't have children but I'm here to stand up for you know people who do have kids for my little cousins for our community members and I'm here to show and to hopefully listen carefully to what she has to say. I'm here because I want to stand up for I don't have children but I'm here to stand up for you know people who do have kids for my little cousins for our community members and I'm here to show and to hopefully not only have them listen to me but for them to hear us all out and show that indoctrination to our children is is not okay and it's not acceptable in any way, shape or form. They should prioritize arithmetic, math, sciences, everything should be priority and anything else should be secondary. I was taking, like they had to do a sex ed assembly, right? I needed parental consent to do that. Why don't parents have the right to know what they're teaching their children in school? Like in my previous video about a similar topic, it was pretty clear from the argument I advanced that what this lady is saying makes no sense. Considering that in other things, we will be asked to seek the consent of parents for especially the welfare of minors. How come these same discipline and caution have been thrown out of the doors and windows? What really happened? Is there no need for parental consent and guidance? Again, when it comes to eligibility ideologies, these must be some evil conspiracy to rob children of their innocence. Why can't parents sign their kids out? First part, second part. If they're doing all of this, this is not needed in school. What's needed is yes, you have to respect everybody. We're all equal, whatever, whatever, right? That's what's needed. Inductionation and shoving something down somebody's throat is different than respecting people. If they want to have this kind of whatever class, after school, after school with parental consent, I think a child needs to know how to do basic math before they learn any of this. This is an optional thing. This is not needed. The only thing that's needed is arithmetic and respect. You know, if you look 20 years ago with the standardized testing scores were excelling. You know, you look on the school's website, you look on Redfin and Zillow to look at houses. Glendale was eight out of 10, nine out of 10, 10 out of 10 schools. Now it's like four out of 10 because the scores significantly decreased because they're pushing all this political agenda. They're pushing everything. And I understand that. There are more and more people like this sharing similar concerns about the ugly trend where parents are bestowed with less authority when determining what their kids, their children can be exposed to in schools. Yet these people are studying up to the agendas and are sending a clear message that the shared goal of ensuring the kids grew up in a safe and wholesome environment is more important than any religious or cultural differences. Yes, you can hear that, right? We're here. We are queer. We are coming for your children. And as if that is not enough for this week, we saw this also made. Tell me what you make of all this because honestly, I am short of words. This is indescribable. How would kids, you know, watch some of this? Where are the renaissance? How are they going to grow up to become morally-kitted kids? Or are they gonna be liberals of what's really happening to the society? We don't know. But I hope videos like this would tend things around. So do like and share it and subscribe if this is the first time you're joining the channel. See you next time. Assalamualaikum.