“The way that these remains are stored and displayed shows a complete lack of respect. They’re denied dignity, even in death. This is a great shame for our nation.”
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“The way that these remains are stored and displayed shows a complete lack of respect. They’re denied dignity, even in death. This is a great shame for our nation.”
the UK got a few days of full, beautiful sunshine for the first time in MONTHS during the one precise week my parents went overseas. next week's forecast is currently: clouds and rain.
Sir Gawain Fucks the Green Knight Here’s a tale ripe for telling. Can’t say where I heard it first—in pretty French or Dutch. Perhaps as a young lady walking ‘longside the Rijn. I’ll spin it for you in an English tongue, fine as frost on lace, sweet as malmsey wine. So it goes that young Gawain, strength kissed into his limbs, fresh as the bright dawn, comes trembling down to the Green Chapel. You’ve heard this tale, I know. His breath makes peach fuzz in the air, fear into him like worm to apple. Christmas Morn is too soon, time is short. You have your own life to save, he says, picking through thorn and bough to an ivy-clad cave. The creature is the Jack O’ the Glen / forest prince / the wood’s own laughter. Beard of lichen and eyes like dark elder. I need not repeat their exchange—my boy’s flinching heart—a songbird in a rattled cage. It is after the blows are dealt, he asks, what god is worshipped in these green trees? Boy, the Knight replies, boy, were you not just down on your knees? The Knight is the tang of sap / bark rough and petal soft / everywhere leaves scatter / easily crushed / Gawain clings / hardly knows what he clings to / he is the forest and the flower / a turmoil of roots / where god and tree meet and melt / the birch the oak the fern the deer / mushroom maggot crow / here Gawain is branch and bud / blow returned for blow
This is a sheer indulgence on my part, but it turns out I never actually shared the poem here, so:
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Last four films watched! I loved Iphigenia (1977). #LetterboxdFriday 📽️
This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.
'Yet in a society as unequal as the UK, how well or sick you are depends on how rich you are. The NHS provides free healthcare, but it can’t pay your bills, free your flat of mould or keep your kids fed.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... we could choose health not wealth
hoping for her safety 💚
they're so beautiful! such a joy every spring
but it was supposed to be free from geopolitics! that was the whole deal!!
great news! may she continue to stay safe
Bear alert out for a bear in Bjørndalen and I can't help feeling like we should maybe have anticipated that.
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
Garden Knight - TUNIC
Two human-sized figures in colorful traditional Hinamatsuri doll wear--but they both have dinosaur heads and hands.
Hinamatsuri, brought to you by the Fukui Dinosaur Museum.
Labour tries to outdo itself every day.
Knowing only a little about the recent history in Myanmar and Afghanistan, I can guess why these people are pursuing asylum status and it's not exploiting our generosity, but preferring not to be killed by their governments, a normal human desire.
Please share - and donate if you can!
I'm helping to raise money for Isaac - a Black trans kid seeking vital healthcare in England.
Isaac is lucky enough to have a very supportive family, but they have all been screwed time and time again by the NHS and UK authorities.
Any contribution will help!
the long 2003, they're calling it
Maybe it’s because I’m a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: ‘your leaders aren’t right for you,’ ‘we’re only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own good’
Bookplate of daffodils by Anne Pratt
🌼 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🌼Happy St. David's Day!🌼
Daffodils have been a national symbol of Wales since the 19th century.
This bookplate of daffodils is from ‘Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain’ by the botanical illustrator Anne Pratt (1806-1893).
Staring out of the window at green and sunshine and thinking about the sheer luck of living in a place that is not the target of military violence.
Nope. We don't have to do this. The courageous act would be to refuse. Jingoist slop like this is an enormous factor in why the US has been terrorizing the world for decades. There are no heroes bombing Iran.
My sympathies entirely with the Iranian people being targeted today and with anyone else caught in the crossfire. I will keep the rest of my thoughts, and myself, offline.
Seeing our PM say "Iran can end this now" even on a day where I had to wait to find out that a very close-to-me person didn't die in an Iranian counter-strike, I might combust with rage. The USA and Israel can end this now!
there is already a ton of cute fanart on tumblr
Breaking:
*Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON
*Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord
*Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation
*Questions over legality of paperwork
www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
this is such a belittling view of children, who move past the "ooh bright colours" stage of media consumption quite early
For years, politicians have insisted that scapegoating people seeking sanctuary & throwing migrant communities under the bus is the only way to win election.
Yesterday proved what we already knew to be true: people are far kinder and wiser.
Our communities stand together. Politicians: take note.
a sombre morning for british columnists as they move their "The electorate has spoken, we must listen" articles to the recycling bin and upload their "the greens victory shows just how far the west has fallen" articles instead