I just bought pints for £8 and absurdly that feels like a real win.
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I just bought pints for £8 and absurdly that feels like a real win.
Hamnet excellent. Beautifully shot, wonderful score and very moving. Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley brilliant.
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Hamnet excellent. Beautifully shot, wonderful score and very moving. Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley brilliant.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Out of my comfort zone.
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Out of my comfort zone.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
‘His paintings were loved, and he was so prolific that his art is ubiquitous in the world’s museums; taken for granted, like so much Dutch art, seen but overlooked.’
‘His paintings were loved, and he was so prolific that his art is ubiquitous in the world’s museums; taken for granted, like so much Dutch art, seen but overlooked.’
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"For it is not true that linguistics self-evidently has an object, the term 'language' being notoriously ambiguous and slippery."
"For it is not true that linguistics self-evidently has an object, the term 'language' being notoriously ambiguous and slippery."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"If a man steals and is handed over to the king's official, he shall be a slave in the king's manor until he is redeemed from this or until he is given freedom."
"If a man steals and is handed over to the king's official, he shall be a slave in the king's manor until he is redeemed from this or until he is given freedom."
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
‘His paintings were loved, and he was so prolific that his art is ubiquitous in the world’s museums; taken for granted, like so much Dutch art, seen but overlooked.’
‘His paintings were loved, and he was so prolific that his art is ubiquitous in the world’s museums; taken for granted, like so much Dutch art, seen but overlooked.’
Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Narnia - really what's the difference?
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Narnia - really what's the difference?
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This is pathetic of the Times, framing it as all our fault for incontinent social media use while the orange madman gets a free pass
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
This is pathetic of the Times, framing it as all our fault for incontinent social media use while the orange madman gets a free pass
The Tory gene pool isn't much more than a shallow, toxic puddle at this point. And Reform is fishing in the shallow end of that.
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The Tory gene pool isn't much more than a shallow, toxic puddle at this point. And Reform is fishing in the shallow end of that.
Very much enjoying today's battle between mediocre, nasty Tories. And Farage now left to decide whether he wants to accept someone he called out as a 'fraud' just a few months ago.
January 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Very much enjoying today's battle between mediocre, nasty Tories. And Farage now left to decide whether he wants to accept someone he called out as a 'fraud' just a few months ago.
When your political opponents are doing your work for you. Top work by the LDs. ‘Fraud’, ‘traitor’ etc…
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
When your political opponents are doing your work for you. Top work by the LDs. ‘Fraud’, ‘traitor’ etc…
How Madrid taught me to love art and set me off on a quest to see every Velazquez canvass. bennotinspain.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
How Madrid taught me to love art and set me off on a quest to see every Velazquez canvass. bennotinspain.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
#OriginalRollCall Wednesday 14th January #ORC A first for me…
January 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM
#OriginalRollCall Wednesday 14th January #ORC A first for me…
Sometimes the books you don't read because you're told you should, really ARE the books you should read. Enjoying them, and eventually loving them, is all about timing. 💙 📚#booksky bennotinspain.substack.com/p/finding-di...
Finding Dickens
It's never too late for the books you should read (but didn't want to)
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January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Sometimes the books you don't read because you're told you should, really ARE the books you should read. Enjoying them, and eventually loving them, is all about timing. 💙 📚#booksky bennotinspain.substack.com/p/finding-di...
If Reform is now just a platform for discredited Tories, what exactly is it they're reforming?
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
If Reform is now just a platform for discredited Tories, what exactly is it they're reforming?
Marvelling at the fact that the new iron comes with a warning not to press garments - while people are wearing them… 😳
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Marvelling at the fact that the new iron comes with a warning not to press garments - while people are wearing them… 😳
Duran Duran. I was always on their side, but never more than this. ‘But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world, Somehow I have to find
And, as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive’.
And, as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive’.
The group dedicated the song "Ordinary People."
80s Pop Legends Pay Tribute to Mom Killed by ICE Mid-Concert
Duran Duran dedicated their song “Ordinary World” to Renee Nicole Good on Friday.
trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Duran Duran. I was always on their side, but never more than this. ‘But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world, Somehow I have to find
And, as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive’.
And, as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive’.
Remembering Europe's forgotten refugee crisis in the French Pays Catalan. In the footsteps of La Retirada...
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In the footsteps of La Retirada: Argèles, Collioure and Le Pays Catalan
Remembering Europe's forgotten refugee crisis
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January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Remembering Europe's forgotten refugee crisis in the French Pays Catalan. In the footsteps of La Retirada...
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All those out there demonising immigrants and lobbying for their removal would do well to spend a couple of hours at Moorfields Eye Hospital as I did yesterday afternoon where all but one of the fantastic technicians and staff who looked after me were from beyond these shores. 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
All those out there demonising immigrants and lobbying for their removal would do well to spend a couple of hours at Moorfields Eye Hospital as I did yesterday afternoon where all but one of the fantastic technicians and staff who looked after me were from beyond these shores. 1/2
It’s indefensible for any public official, government department or MP in the UK to still be using X. They should all be following Louise Haigh’s example. Time to excise that cancer from public life.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It’s indefensible for any public official, government department or MP in the UK to still be using X. They should all be following Louise Haigh’s example. Time to excise that cancer from public life.
Whenever I hear about military action in Greenland, I immediately think of the country's first line of defence.
a polar bear wearing a helmet with the words his dark materials written below it
ALT: a polar bear wearing a helmet with the words his dark materials written below it
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January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Whenever I hear about military action in Greenland, I immediately think of the country's first line of defence.
Good timing for Book 3 of 2026, although our cold snap doesn’t touch the big freeze of 1962/63 which provides the mood music for Andrew Miller’s evocative and engaging The Land in Winter. Not surprised it drew so much Booker love. 💙📚 #booksky
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Good timing for Book 3 of 2026, although our cold snap doesn’t touch the big freeze of 1962/63 which provides the mood music for Andrew Miller’s evocative and engaging The Land in Winter. Not surprised it drew so much Booker love. 💙📚 #booksky
Some of Claire Keegan's brilliant books in the Kindle deals today: www.amazon.co.uk/amz-books/bo...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Some of Claire Keegan's brilliant books in the Kindle deals today: www.amazon.co.uk/amz-books/bo...
Book #2 of 2026. The wonderful Elizabeth Strout’s debut novel, Amy and Isabelle. Perhaps not as fluent as later works but all the hallmarks of her greatness are here: dark humour, acute insight and honesty. 💙📚 #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Book #2 of 2026. The wonderful Elizabeth Strout’s debut novel, Amy and Isabelle. Perhaps not as fluent as later works but all the hallmarks of her greatness are here: dark humour, acute insight and honesty. 💙📚 #booksky
Busy parkrun in the cold. Happy to record my best time of the year.
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Busy parkrun in the cold. Happy to record my best time of the year.