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This is very Euro-centric surely @theguardian.com ?
African doctors and anatomists must have been drawing black bodies in Victorian times.
African doctors and anatomists must have been drawing black bodies in Victorian times.
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is very Euro-centric surely @theguardian.com ?
African doctors and anatomists must have been drawing black bodies in Victorian times.
African doctors and anatomists must have been drawing black bodies in Victorian times.
Maybe they want to repel you John
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Maybe they want to repel you John
‘Telford was an outstanding figure in his day, idealistic, hard-working and effective’
Although I am massively enjoying Claire Tomalin’s life of Dickens, the lack of colons and semicolons is stressing me out
Although I am massively enjoying Claire Tomalin’s life of Dickens, the lack of colons and semicolons is stressing me out
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
‘Telford was an outstanding figure in his day, idealistic, hard-working and effective’
Although I am massively enjoying Claire Tomalin’s life of Dickens, the lack of colons and semicolons is stressing me out
Although I am massively enjoying Claire Tomalin’s life of Dickens, the lack of colons and semicolons is stressing me out
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Gary Barlow: thanks for your input guys but I think we'll stick with 'magic'
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Gary Barlow: thanks for your input guys but I think we'll stick with 'magic'
One time at the @hayfestival.bsky.social a couple of our group decided they didn’t want to go to the Margaret Atwood talk after all
So they were calling out that there were free tickets when Margaret herself walked past , flanked by huge bodyguards, and laughing
So they were calling out that there were free tickets when Margaret herself walked past , flanked by huge bodyguards, and laughing
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One time at the @hayfestival.bsky.social a couple of our group decided they didn’t want to go to the Margaret Atwood talk after all
So they were calling out that there were free tickets when Margaret herself walked past , flanked by huge bodyguards, and laughing
So they were calling out that there were free tickets when Margaret herself walked past , flanked by huge bodyguards, and laughing
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Beginning to feel Christmassy
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Beginning to feel Christmassy
Suggested gift for my office Secret Santa:
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Suggested gift for my office Secret Santa:
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
‘Jewel carriageway’
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
‘Jewel carriageway’
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’m going to have to incorporate this news into my advice when a client says ‘When will I be released then?’
‘Well, if you’re lucky, tomorrow …’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Well, if you’re lucky, tomorrow …’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Twelve further prisoners mistakenly released, says David Lammy
It comes on top of the 91 who were accidentally freed between April and October.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I’m going to have to incorporate this news into my advice when a client says ‘When will I be released then?’
‘Well, if you’re lucky, tomorrow …’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Well, if you’re lucky, tomorrow …’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
Justice secretary suggests he will stick to Leveson’s recommended three-year sentence threshold, after ‘cabinet feedback’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
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UK aims to secure deal to rejoin Erasmus programme by January
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
UK aims to secure deal to rejoin Erasmus programme by January
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Doing lots of fake Motherland smiles today
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Doing lots of fake Motherland smiles today
Acquaintances who barely talk to me but clearly have me filed as ‘source of work experience’ are coming out of the woodwork rn
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Acquaintances who barely talk to me but clearly have me filed as ‘source of work experience’ are coming out of the woodwork rn
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Over 100 mm of rain could fall across exposed hills in Wales and western England by the end of Monday - around half of what would typically be expected to fall throughout the whole of December 🌧️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Over 100 mm of rain could fall across exposed hills in Wales and western England by the end of Monday - around half of what would typically be expected to fall throughout the whole of December 🌧️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
@jonnelledge.bsky.social a friend at church said he'd been really enjoying your borders book this morning. I’m going to read it when he’s finished (I know book sharing is mixed news for an author)
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social a friend at church said he'd been really enjoying your borders book this morning. I’m going to read it when he’s finished (I know book sharing is mixed news for an author)
Interested to speak to/ message anyone involved in criminal law or policing who has seen armed response teams being sent to incidents on UK streets where there are no weapons of any sort involved
This seems a highly concerning trend to me and likely to lead to disaster at some point
This seems a highly concerning trend to me and likely to lead to disaster at some point
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interested to speak to/ message anyone involved in criminal law or policing who has seen armed response teams being sent to incidents on UK streets where there are no weapons of any sort involved
This seems a highly concerning trend to me and likely to lead to disaster at some point
This seems a highly concerning trend to me and likely to lead to disaster at some point
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Criminal lawyer: It’s a lacuna I’m waiting for the Court of Appeal to resolve
Criminal lawyer: It’s a lacuna I’m waiting for the Court of Appeal to resolve
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Bear: Big pause
Bear: Big pause
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Criminal lawyer: It’s a lacuna I’m waiting for the Court of Appeal to resolve
Criminal lawyer: It’s a lacuna I’m waiting for the Court of Appeal to resolve
Pope only gets a four-star review. Thought he was infallible
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Pope only gets a four-star review. Thought he was infallible
As I saw the suspect and the police officer bonding over their love of ragdoll cats, I knew the chance of this investigation ending in a charge was zero.
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As I saw the suspect and the police officer bonding over their love of ragdoll cats, I knew the chance of this investigation ending in a charge was zero.
The trials which crack are always the ones you got up at 5am for
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The trials which crack are always the ones you got up at 5am for
A colleague DMing about a case is like a poke in the ribs
An email is a proper ‘knock on the door and wait’
I think I deserve that by now
An email is a proper ‘knock on the door and wait’
I think I deserve that by now
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A colleague DMing about a case is like a poke in the ribs
An email is a proper ‘knock on the door and wait’
I think I deserve that by now
An email is a proper ‘knock on the door and wait’
I think I deserve that by now
In 1988, less than forty years ago, Judges were still saying things like ‘one should not pick out the plums and leave the duff behind’
They tend not to mention duff behinds in court anymore
They tend not to mention duff behinds in court anymore
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In 1988, less than forty years ago, Judges were still saying things like ‘one should not pick out the plums and leave the duff behind’
They tend not to mention duff behinds in court anymore
They tend not to mention duff behinds in court anymore
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Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)