Dymvue
@dymvue.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Wrote 3 books (see pinned post). Now carer for OH with dementia. Likes music, books, cats, choirs & silent films.
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Dymvue
@dymvue.bsky.social
· Oct 17
From Doodlebugs to Devon: Amazon.co.uk: Shaw, Sarah O: 9798223341840: Books
Buy From Doodlebugs to Devon by Shaw, Sarah O (ISBN: 9798223341840) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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From Doodlebugs to Devon: one woman's letters & curious wartime tales
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8Y4RMHV/
The secret diary of a 1970s secretary: romance in a BBC lift
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Diary...
Short skirts and shorthand: what being a secretary was really like.
www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Skirts...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8Y4RMHV/
The secret diary of a 1970s secretary: romance in a BBC lift
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Diary...
Short skirts and shorthand: what being a secretary was really like.
www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Skirts...
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This is good for energy independence, but trust Carbon Captured Coutinho and the Tories to resist this on behalf of their paymasters. No doubt reform will too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK to join major wind farm project with eight European countries
For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 AM
This is good for energy independence, but trust Carbon Captured Coutinho and the Tories to resist this on behalf of their paymasters. No doubt reform will too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sad to learn of the death of former BBC foreign correspondent Sir Mark Tully. For so many years he was known as the ‘Voice of India.’ As a tribute I play one of the pieces Sir Mark selected on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs: Danny Boy.
My tribute to Sir Mark Tully: a broadcasting legend.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Sad to learn of the death of former BBC foreign correspondent Sir Mark Tully. For so many years he was known as the ‘Voice of India.’ As a tribute I play one of the pieces Sir Mark selected on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs: Danny Boy.
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Today’s Russian newspapers on the old world order unraveling: “Will Greenland become Nato’s cemetery? The transatlantic partnership has begun to crack & crumble.” Another paper: “The architecture of the world order is collapsing before our very eyes.” #ReadingRussia
"Will Greenland become Nato's cemetery?" asks Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Today’s Russian newspapers on the old world order unraveling: “Will Greenland become Nato’s cemetery? The transatlantic partnership has begun to crack & crumble.” Another paper: “The architecture of the world order is collapsing before our very eyes.” #ReadingRussia
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Is this real?
I cannot verify it
I cannot verify it
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Is this real?
I cannot verify it
I cannot verify it
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The EU and #India are the runners-up in their respective half of the globe. But if they team up, they‘ll show the world that they have options, too. 🇪🇺🇮🇳
My latest for The @economist.com.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
My latest for The @economist.com.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
Europe is about to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India
One way to show America and China that also-rans have options, too
economist.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The EU and #India are the runners-up in their respective half of the globe. But if they team up, they‘ll show the world that they have options, too. 🇪🇺🇮🇳
My latest for The @economist.com.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
My latest for The @economist.com.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
Conrad Veidt, who plays Cesare in Caligari, is worth seeing alone. Like a character from the 1960s, not the 1920s. Fleeing Germany in the 1930s he later gave a large portion of his life savings to the British government to help finance the war effort.
Just back from Cabinet of Dr Caligari with viola accompaniment by Hugo Max hugomax.co.uk
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
Hugo Max
Filmmaker | Painter | Musician
hugomax.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Conrad Veidt, who plays Cesare in Caligari, is worth seeing alone. Like a character from the 1960s, not the 1920s. Fleeing Germany in the 1930s he later gave a large portion of his life savings to the British government to help finance the war effort.
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Just back from Cabinet of Dr Caligari with viola accompaniment by Hugo Max hugomax.co.uk
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
Hugo Max
Filmmaker | Painter | Musician
hugomax.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Just back from Cabinet of Dr Caligari with viola accompaniment by Hugo Max hugomax.co.uk
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
Absolutely stunning presentation. Go see if you get the chance. And delighted, old crone that I am, that so many young people in the audience really appreciated this old silent film.
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I’m not really in the business of crying “name and shame”, but public shaming would be ENTIRELY appropriate in this specific set of circumstances.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
I know there are bigger fish to fry in the world at the mo but boy, are these two rescued walkers complete and utter arseholes.
I know there are bigger fish to fry in the world at the mo but boy, are these two rescued walkers complete and utter arseholes.
Rescued Scafell Pike hikers urged to pay hotel bill and return head torches
Wasdale mountain rescue team says ‘we struggle to understand when the rescued take advantage of hospitality’
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I’m not really in the business of crying “name and shame”, but public shaming would be ENTIRELY appropriate in this specific set of circumstances.
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Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man’s a Man for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that;
The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor,
Is king o’ men for a’ that.
--- Robert Burns
#BurnsNight
A Man’s a Man for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that;
The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor,
Is king o’ men for a’ that.
--- Robert Burns
#BurnsNight
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man’s a Man for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that;
The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor,
Is king o’ men for a’ that.
--- Robert Burns
#BurnsNight
A Man’s a Man for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that;
The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor,
Is king o’ men for a’ that.
--- Robert Burns
#BurnsNight
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Research shows that both watching footage of animals we find ‘cute’ (actual word used in academic paper) & watching someone else creating art induces relaxation & may ⬆️ levels of oxytocin, responsible for social bonding & empathy…so here’s a double dose of wren action for you
🧵1/2…👇🏼🪶
🧵1/2…👇🏼🪶
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Research shows that both watching footage of animals we find ‘cute’ (actual word used in academic paper) & watching someone else creating art induces relaxation & may ⬆️ levels of oxytocin, responsible for social bonding & empathy…so here’s a double dose of wren action for you
🧵1/2…👇🏼🪶
🧵1/2…👇🏼🪶
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Just reading a review of a book about fast food. Apparently it all went wrong when McDonald's got rid of anything that required cutlery.
1. Clearly someone hasn't heard of the sandwich.
2. Wait till you find out how people ate before we all used knives and forks.
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1. Clearly someone hasn't heard of the sandwich.
2. Wait till you find out how people ate before we all used knives and forks.
🤣
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Just reading a review of a book about fast food. Apparently it all went wrong when McDonald's got rid of anything that required cutlery.
1. Clearly someone hasn't heard of the sandwich.
2. Wait till you find out how people ate before we all used knives and forks.
🤣
1. Clearly someone hasn't heard of the sandwich.
2. Wait till you find out how people ate before we all used knives and forks.
🤣
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These new recruits to ICE revelling in senseless, anonymised violence: is there much sense of the jobs they were doing before?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
These new recruits to ICE revelling in senseless, anonymised violence: is there much sense of the jobs they were doing before?
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It was never about immigration. Pam Bondi wants Minnesota’s voter roles. Trying to rig the elections. All is to scare us, and now all the US murders are collateral. SHAME
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 AM
It was never about immigration. Pam Bondi wants Minnesota’s voter roles. Trying to rig the elections. All is to scare us, and now all the US murders are collateral. SHAME
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The task for political leadership now is not just to tell the truth, but to make people care about what is true and what is not.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The task for political leadership now is not just to tell the truth, but to make people care about what is true and what is not.
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"I think Xi Jinping, when he looks at the world around him, sees a place beset by threat, especially from the West."
James Kynge on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ https://bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
James Kynge on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ https://bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
"I think Xi Jinping, when he looks at the world around him, sees a place beset by threat, especially from the West."
James Kynge on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ https://bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
James Kynge on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ https://bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Am reading this … already noting that Marshall Plan not entirely benign as it also meant a big culture change towards US at least in Uk. Hence jeans, Cola, The Lone Ranger, the (white) Hit Parade and Chewing gum.
Am reading this … already noting that Marshall Plan not entirely benign as it also meant a big culture change towards US at least in Uk. Hence jeans, Cola, The Lone Ranger, the (white) Hit Parade and Chewing gum.
As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge
With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Am reading this … already noting that Marshall Plan not entirely benign as it also meant a big culture change towards US at least in Uk. Hence jeans, Cola, The Lone Ranger, the (white) Hit Parade and Chewing gum.
Am reading this … already noting that Marshall Plan not entirely benign as it also meant a big culture change towards US at least in Uk. Hence jeans, Cola, The Lone Ranger, the (white) Hit Parade and Chewing gum.
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J: F Tennyson Jesse; A Pin to See the Peepshow
Excellent neglected feminist novel from the 1930s--'Therese Raquin'-meets-the-Thompson/Bywaters case. Perceptive, subtle and surprising in the small details, if not the grim arc of the plot.
Excellent neglected feminist novel from the 1930s--'Therese Raquin'-meets-the-Thompson/Bywaters case. Perceptive, subtle and surprising in the small details, if not the grim arc of the plot.
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 AM
J: F Tennyson Jesse; A Pin to See the Peepshow
Excellent neglected feminist novel from the 1930s--'Therese Raquin'-meets-the-Thompson/Bywaters case. Perceptive, subtle and surprising in the small details, if not the grim arc of the plot.
Excellent neglected feminist novel from the 1930s--'Therese Raquin'-meets-the-Thompson/Bywaters case. Perceptive, subtle and surprising in the small details, if not the grim arc of the plot.
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Rembrandt as a Shepherd with Staff and Flute: portrait painted in 1636 by one of Rembrandt’s accomplished pupils, Govaert Flinck, Dutch artist, born #OTD 1615.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Rembrandt as a Shepherd with Staff and Flute: portrait painted in 1636 by one of Rembrandt’s accomplished pupils, Govaert Flinck, Dutch artist, born #OTD 1615.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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“What is the meaning of life? That was all - a simple question...”
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, English writer, born #OTD 1882; Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, with dust jacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell, published 1927.
British Library, London
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, English writer, born #OTD 1882; Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, with dust jacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell, published 1927.
British Library, London
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 AM
“What is the meaning of life? That was all - a simple question...”
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, English writer, born #OTD 1882; Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, with dust jacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell, published 1927.
British Library, London
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, English writer, born #OTD 1882; Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, with dust jacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell, published 1927.
British Library, London
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Mum was cross when I came round this evening.
'Why did no one tell me I have dementia?'
Me after a pause, 'We did', and luckily she saw the funny side.
'Why did no one tell me I have dementia?'
Me after a pause, 'We did', and luckily she saw the funny side.
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mum was cross when I came round this evening.
'Why did no one tell me I have dementia?'
Me after a pause, 'We did', and luckily she saw the funny side.
'Why did no one tell me I have dementia?'
Me after a pause, 'We did', and luckily she saw the funny side.
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My Dad, a journalist, told me he met the Marx Brothers in the 1930s but I doubt he will be mentioned in this programme! I had better not repeat what he thought of them, it was probably a clash of cultures!
My Dad, a journalist, told me he met the Marx Brothers in the 1930s but I doubt he will be mentioned in this programme! I had better not repeat what he thought of them, it was probably a clash of cultures!
The Marx Brothers in Britain - BBC Sounds
Glenn Mitchell profiles the visits to Britain of legendary comedy team The Marx Brothers.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My Dad, a journalist, told me he met the Marx Brothers in the 1930s but I doubt he will be mentioned in this programme! I had better not repeat what he thought of them, it was probably a clash of cultures!
My Dad, a journalist, told me he met the Marx Brothers in the 1930s but I doubt he will be mentioned in this programme! I had better not repeat what he thought of them, it was probably a clash of cultures!
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Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
