In my U.S. Civil Rights Movements class, we spend a lot of time thinking about historical memory. When movements get reduced to a few iconic leaders, the collective labor that made change possible disappears from view. It also obscures an important lesson: collective action is effective & difficult.
Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.
Christ. Why is yet another establishment failure being served up for our 'entertainment'?
Oh those haunted my daughter's primary too. The horror when I took her on her first day and she greeted them all in delight. They look like a potential Doctor Who invasion foe to me.
Oooh, this sounds perfect for my mum's birthday present. She wanted more to read and loves the RNLI - thanks for the recommendation!
February's reading reviews: emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https://...
A graph displaying book reading info: February 2026, 9 books, 2,545 pages, ave rating 3.67/5. Highest rated reads: The Priory by Dorothy Whipple, The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West and A Family Matter by Claire Lynch.
February's reads: some good and some odd. Review link to follow.
Picture of a tub labelled "jar full of soldiers". Below is a still of Lydia Bennett looking thirsty.
stole this off reddit for the very niche group of you who will enjoy it as much as I did
On Wednesdays I often get cheery emails from PRs beginning "Happy Hump Day!" and I'm minded to reply that for me, the entire week is characterised by stress and anxiety of various kinds and Wednesday doesn't represent a peak leading back down to a period of relaxation, but they won't want to hear it
A trailer with no dialogue for an adaptation of a book featuring some of the best ever written... hmmm...
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Fabulous! Congratulations!
Oooh @lyndac.bsky.social is this you?
People ask me why my rugby heart lies with club over country...
Bring on the women's 6 Nations, eh? 🤦♀️
Well I couldn't think of a better place to start your retirement. Happy not working!!!
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Jesse Jackson playing basketball with Marvin Gaye
Jesse v Marvin
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door [SATIRE] theonion.com/bookseller-s...
A book with a black and white photo of a couple at a picnic table under a tree. The title is The Chateau and it's by William Maxwell.
Working my way slowly through this and hoping there's a point to it...
Having once worked in a bookshop and now in communications, believe me, this was always the case.
The thing about Casablanca being the greatest film of all time is people don't believe you and then they watch it
It’s also that very rare thing: a brilliant and influential movie that still feels fresh.
We're going to be a separate social group so you're welcome to join us if you ever make it here!
"I say! Are you Georgina?" The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and “Famous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7 her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's. "No," she said. "I'm not Georgina." "Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?" "I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't." "Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway, you look like a boy."
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
Yeah, we're likely going to meet separately. Their comms to us has been intransigent and uncaring so... forget it. Just a shame in terns of the history etc.
I don't see how this isn't the slow death knell of an organisation that gave a lot of support to women. Such a stupid, unkind decision.
On Tuesday my WI all decided to resign and close rather than stay. This is ridiculous. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Genuinely pleased for this Kazahkstan chap. Sat there with his panda ignoring all the hype about the Yank chap. Marvellous.
I'd suggest Orlando next. It's funnier than people imagine Woolf to be. The Waves is a journey.
Skating to the sound of his own voice? Are you kidding? I'd have asked William Shatner to do it.
#skatingwhizzystuff
