Anna Wright
@annatwright.bsky.social
Linguist & project manager translating from German for UK & international audiences.
- German & Slavic languages (ACIL, PG Dip Trans Open, MA Edin)
- Central & Eastern Europe (MA UCL SSEES)
- European & US affairs (via @watchingamerica)
- Culture & music
- German & Slavic languages (ACIL, PG Dip Trans Open, MA Edin)
- Central & Eastern Europe (MA UCL SSEES)
- European & US affairs (via @watchingamerica)
- Culture & music
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A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
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The statement in full:
"We are writing on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the German Language Association to express our shock at the proposed closure of Modern Languages degrees at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester....
"We are writing on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the German Language Association to express our shock at the proposed closure of Modern Languages degrees at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester....
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The statement in full:
"We are writing on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the German Language Association to express our shock at the proposed closure of Modern Languages degrees at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester....
"We are writing on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the German Language Association to express our shock at the proposed closure of Modern Languages degrees at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester....
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Save Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
savenottinghamlanguages
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Save Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
"So much of our European engineering is based in Germany," he [UoN student Max Hegarty] said.
"While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"So much of our European engineering is based in Germany," he [UoN student Max Hegarty] said.
"While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PIEROGI'S!
This week's episode on BBC Food Programme I make them with Zuza Zak as my guide.
We got all our ingredients from our local Polski Sklep, aka Polish Shop.
We explore the Polski Sklep, it's a story of migration, community & superb food.
Friday 11am BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds
TUNE IN
This week's episode on BBC Food Programme I make them with Zuza Zak as my guide.
We got all our ingredients from our local Polski Sklep, aka Polish Shop.
We explore the Polski Sklep, it's a story of migration, community & superb food.
Friday 11am BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds
TUNE IN
August 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
PIEROGI'S!
This week's episode on BBC Food Programme I make them with Zuza Zak as my guide.
We got all our ingredients from our local Polski Sklep, aka Polish Shop.
We explore the Polski Sklep, it's a story of migration, community & superb food.
Friday 11am BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds
TUNE IN
This week's episode on BBC Food Programme I make them with Zuza Zak as my guide.
We got all our ingredients from our local Polski Sklep, aka Polish Shop.
We explore the Polski Sklep, it's a story of migration, community & superb food.
Friday 11am BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds
TUNE IN
Sharp analysis from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
Putin's illegal war on Ukraine is being fought on a number of fronts, including the economic one of primary interest to the White House's own "prickly potentate".
Putin's illegal war on Ukraine is being fought on a number of fronts, including the economic one of primary interest to the White House's own "prickly potentate".
Column. On Trump warming to Nato, cooling on Putin (for now). It isn't the bombing that bothers him, it's the ingratitude. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump isn't a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin's propaganda | Rafael Behr
There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the Kremlin may come to regret testing his patience, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Sharp analysis from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
Putin's illegal war on Ukraine is being fought on a number of fronts, including the economic one of primary interest to the White House's own "prickly potentate".
Putin's illegal war on Ukraine is being fought on a number of fronts, including the economic one of primary interest to the White House's own "prickly potentate".
I love that the German ambassador to the UK just told Matt Frei on #LBC that introducing a youth mobility scheme between both countries is a 'no-brainer'
April 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I love that the German ambassador to the UK just told Matt Frei on #LBC that introducing a youth mobility scheme between both countries is a 'no-brainer'
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Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights thread. As ever, all gift links are free 300x and that's your lot, editor's choice is final. First up is this essay from Joseph Nye, who coined the term Soft Power, on how Trump doesn't understand it and why that's a problem on.ft.com/4hlZTcB
Trump and the end of American soft power
[FREE TO READ] Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy
on.ft.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights thread. As ever, all gift links are free 300x and that's your lot, editor's choice is final. First up is this essay from Joseph Nye, who coined the term Soft Power, on how Trump doesn't understand it and why that's a problem on.ft.com/4hlZTcB
"[...] ending aid to Ukraine would be a step too far for the UK, even for this highly abnormal regime in Washington."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Observer view on the Trump-Zelenskyy clash: a moment of dark reckoning | Observer editorial
With or without the US, Europe must learn to defend itself, and Ukraine, against Russian aggression
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"[...] ending aid to Ukraine would be a step too far for the UK, even for this highly abnormal regime in Washington."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'“That was a train wreck by design,” said Sam Greene, a professor of Russian politics at King’s College London. “The quiet conversation since Munich has been about setting Ukraine up for a fall..."'
How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance
How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance
Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after Munich
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'“That was a train wreck by design,” said Sam Greene, a professor of Russian politics at King’s College London. “The quiet conversation since Munich has been about setting Ukraine up for a fall..."'
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Kinzinger-Sykes: Today's Oval Office Disgrace
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kinzinger-Sykes: Today's Oval Office Disgrace
Adam Kinzinger and I react to an ugly meltdown.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Kinzinger-Sykes: Today's Oval Office Disgrace
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Traurig. Sehr traurig. Der Niedergang der „Washington Post“ unter Trump-Großspender Jeff Bezos.
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Traurig. Sehr traurig. Der Niedergang der „Washington Post“ unter Trump-Großspender Jeff Bezos.
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Going for Gold was a wonderful quiz show and was doing more for peace and cooperation in Europe than all the MEPs put together....maybe.
RIP Henry Kelly
RIP Henry Kelly
TV presenter Henry Kelly dies aged 78
TV presenter Henry Kelly dies aged 78
Irish journalist hosted gameshows including Going for Gold and Game for a Laugh in the 1980s and 90s
Henry Kelly, who presented TV shows such as Going for Gold and Game for a Laugh, has died aged 78.
His family said he “died peacefully” on Tuesday…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Going for Gold was a wonderful quiz show and was doing more for peace and cooperation in Europe than all the MEPs put together....maybe.
RIP Henry Kelly
RIP Henry Kelly
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‘I am war. We Ukrainians all became a war. Nothing else about us matters now’. Victoria Amelina wrote these words in February 2022. They appear in a book published in February 2025—posthumously—because Victoria was killed in one of Russia’s numerous war crimes. 1/3
February 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
‘I am war. We Ukrainians all became a war. Nothing else about us matters now’. Victoria Amelina wrote these words in February 2022. They appear in a book published in February 2025—posthumously—because Victoria was killed in one of Russia’s numerous war crimes. 1/3
"Why reward [Putin] now with a peace deal made at Ukraine’s expense? Why undermine NATO? Why send the strongest possible signal to the rest of the world that the United States, far from condemning acts of unprovoked international aggression, will, henceforth, side with the perpetrators of violence?"
The similarities and dissimilarities between the policy of appeasement as practised in the 1930s and that of the 2020s are a warning from history.
Nothing is worse than an inconclusive peace | Tim Bouverie
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/not...
Nothing is worse than an inconclusive peace | Tim Bouverie
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/not...
Nothing is worse than an inconclusive peace
The similarities and dissimilarities between the policy of appeasement as practised in the 1930s and that of the 2020s are a warning from history.
engelsbergideas.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Why reward [Putin] now with a peace deal made at Ukraine’s expense? Why undermine NATO? Why send the strongest possible signal to the rest of the world that the United States, far from condemning acts of unprovoked international aggression, will, henceforth, side with the perpetrators of violence?"
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„Sprache ist ein Machtmittel:
Trumps Beharren auf dem Begriff „Golf von Amerika““
#gulfofmexico #Trump #Neusprech #schwarwel
Trumps Beharren auf dem Begriff „Golf von Amerika““
#gulfofmexico #Trump #Neusprech #schwarwel
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
„Sprache ist ein Machtmittel:
Trumps Beharren auf dem Begriff „Golf von Amerika““
#gulfofmexico #Trump #Neusprech #schwarwel
Trumps Beharren auf dem Begriff „Golf von Amerika““
#gulfofmexico #Trump #Neusprech #schwarwel
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A petition in support of Modern Languages at Cardiff, which the university wishes to axe. I know this department very well and their staff and students deserve better.
Sign the Petition
Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
chng.it
January 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A petition in support of Modern Languages at Cardiff, which the university wishes to axe. I know this department very well and their staff and students deserve better.
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Do you know a student in Year 12/S5?
This year, we've teamed up with 13 leading universities to run our annual Summer Schools, which help thousands of young people decide whether higher education is right for them.
Check out the eligibility criteria 👇
This year, we've teamed up with 13 leading universities to run our annual Summer Schools, which help thousands of young people decide whether higher education is right for them.
Check out the eligibility criteria 👇
Sutton Trust Summer Schools
Giving you the chance to experience what university life is really like
buff.ly
January 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Do you know a student in Year 12/S5?
This year, we've teamed up with 13 leading universities to run our annual Summer Schools, which help thousands of young people decide whether higher education is right for them.
Check out the eligibility criteria 👇
This year, we've teamed up with 13 leading universities to run our annual Summer Schools, which help thousands of young people decide whether higher education is right for them.
Check out the eligibility criteria 👇
'#WomenOfACertainAge Are Having The Last Laugh' via Grazia magazine
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graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-...
‘Women Of A Certain Age Are Having The Last Laugh’ – The Internet Reacts To News That Grace Dent Will Replace Gregg Wallace On Masterchef
Grace Dent has received widespread support and congratulations after it was announced that she will be replacing beleaguered host Gregg Wallace on Masterchef. Read more on Grazia.
graziadaily.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
'#WomenOfACertainAge Are Having The Last Laugh' via Grazia magazine
graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-...
graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-...
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It's that time of year! Sign up to receive a poem a day by email throughout advent, with poems by some fantastic contemporary poets. Sign-ups are by donation, with all money going to Medicins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (@MSF_uk).
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November 15, 2024 at 10:26 AM
It's that time of year! Sign up to receive a poem a day by email throughout advent, with poems by some fantastic contemporary poets. Sign-ups are by donation, with all money going to Medicins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (@MSF_uk).
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