内容摘要："On the one side, you had the Zionist movement led by people whom are European and American by origin… The Arabs had nothing similar," he says. "[The Arabs] weren't familiar with the societies, the cultures, the political leaderships of the countries that decided the fate of Palestine. How could you speak to American public opinion if you had no idea what America is like?" says Khalidi.

"On the one side, you had the Zionist movement led by people whom are European and American by origin… The Arabs had nothing similar," he says. "[The Arabs] weren't familiar with the societies, the cultures, the political leaderships of the countries that decided the fate of Palestine. How could you speak to American public opinion if you had no idea what America is like?" says Khalidi.

Participants at the first event on Friday were given postcards to write to loved ones, and cards were also distributed around the town.The kiosks, outside Bridport's post office, have been locked since being decommissioned, but a sign in the window says they can be adopted for £1.

Ms Squirrell said: "I just got this idea in my head, because they are right outside the post office, and I thought, 'what if that was a little writing space?'"There's room for somebody to stand up in there so we'd make a little desk and there would be pens and pencils."We're going to focus on having postcards in there for people to just write a quick message, but it's for any kind of writing.

"So far, everyone I've spoken to has an idea of their own for it - it's really sparked people's imaginations."Further Writing Box sessions will be held on 30 May, 13 June and 20 June, from 10:00 to 16:00 BST.

Paramilitary fighters appear to have opened a new phase in Sudan's civil war after being driven from the capital, in a move which some experts have described as a "shock and awe campaign".

Just weeks after the army celebrated the recapture of Khartoum, its foe the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a series of unprecedented drone strikes on Port Sudan in the east of the country.Then he got married to his long-time girlfriend and now they spend their days making candles and other products.

Radalj says he is still angry about his experience and has a long way to go to recover properly.But he is making his way through the contact list of his former inmate friends – "I have spent the best part of six months contacting their families, lobbying their embassies so they might try to do a better job of helping them during their incarceration."

Some of them, he said, haven't spoken to people back home for nearly a decade. And helping them has also helped with the transition back to his old life."With freedom comes a great sense of gratitude," Radalj says. "You have a deeper appreciation for the very simplest things in life. But I also have a great sense of responsibility to the people I left behind in prison."