George Morley
@georgeisediting.bsky.social
George as in The Famous Five. Books, nice dinners, flowers, cats and rage against the state of things. Erstwhile publishing person.
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Joe Roberts stayed for five months with the Trivedi family in Bangalore, while travelling all over southern India. In Pondicherry he found Rita, a melancholic divorcee banished to an ashram. He ...
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The loveliest evening celebrating my dear departed friend Joe Roberts & Eland's reissue of his first book, which I edited waaay back in 1994. #Three-QuartersofaFootprint www.travelbooks.co.uk/shop-online-...
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Another really good piece & a useful counterweight to the (IMO) overdone idea that 'TACO' or, linked, that Trump is just a skilled negotiator who makes maximalist demands as a tactic, then settles for something less so that the other party thinks they have got off lightly.
Don’t be fooled by Trump's promises on de-escalation in Minneapolis - or anything else. With Trump, what might look like a full retreat is almost always a mere tactical withdrawal, designed to buy time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is beyond naive for Democrats – and Europe – to think Trump’s retreats are real. He never backs down for long | Jonathan Freedland
Whether it’s Minneapolis or Greenland, the US president will do just enough to get through a damaging news cycle, then carry on as before, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Another really good piece & a useful counterweight to the (IMO) overdone idea that 'TACO' or, linked, that Trump is just a skilled negotiator who makes maximalist demands as a tactic, then settles for something less so that the other party thinks they have got off lightly.
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Once again, the only way the actions of Trump and his supporters makes sense is if you accept that they have no intention of willingly giving up power, regardless of what happens in any democratic process.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Once again, the only way the actions of Trump and his supporters makes sense is if you accept that they have no intention of willingly giving up power, regardless of what happens in any democratic process.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Quite
The faux formality of ‘accepts’ is unforgivable sanewashing of what is actually an embarrassing and abject pantomime from both Machado and Trump
News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Quite
I have been disappointed by Keir Starmer since a few weeks after the 2024 election. But his abject failure to show any backbone in the face of Trump's illegal actions in Venezuela is beyond disappointment. It is contemptible.
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I have been disappointed by Keir Starmer since a few weeks after the 2024 election. But his abject failure to show any backbone in the face of Trump's illegal actions in Venezuela is beyond disappointment. It is contemptible.
Perhaps giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Mrs Machado wasn't a terribly good idea ...
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Perhaps giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Mrs Machado wasn't a terribly good idea ...
Tilly loves David Attenborough programmes. #wildlondon
January 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Tilly loves David Attenborough programmes. #wildlondon
Collective Christmas book haul
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Collective Christmas book haul
Loved Funny Girl, no 1
movie when I was 10, but can't quite decide if it means 2026 will be fab or miserable.
movie when I was 10, but can't quite decide if it means 2026 will be fab or miserable.
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Loved Funny Girl, no 1
movie when I was 10, but can't quite decide if it means 2026 will be fab or miserable.
movie when I was 10, but can't quite decide if it means 2026 will be fab or miserable.
Christ alive
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Christ alive
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Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
The tree arrived on Friday, but it's taken until today to finish putting up all the decorations. All quite twinkly chez nous now though.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The tree arrived on Friday, but it's taken until today to finish putting up all the decorations. All quite twinkly chez nous now though.
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As someone who is still here five years later and had this type of chemotherapy for BC, and has looked (through my fingers) at the stats, in a very real sense ET IN ARCADIA EGO - an absolutely wonderful letter about how the human mind makes creative connections
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
As someone who is still here five years later and had this type of chemotherapy for BC, and has looked (through my fingers) at the stats, in a very real sense ET IN ARCADIA EGO - an absolutely wonderful letter about how the human mind makes creative connections
Beached on the sofa, full of dumplings and art: dim sum & the Sainsbury Wing with @southlondongirl.bsky.social. Lovely mystic nativity and a truly hideous St Sebastian.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Beached on the sofa, full of dumplings and art: dim sum & the Sainsbury Wing with @southlondongirl.bsky.social. Lovely mystic nativity and a truly hideous St Sebastian.
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Honestly, the press framing of tax is just so gross. These headlines could be: thousands of kids lifted out of poverty; £2m houses taxed more fairly; taxes raised to support hospitals and schools and other good things
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honestly, the press framing of tax is just so gross. These headlines could be: thousands of kids lifted out of poverty; £2m houses taxed more fairly; taxes raised to support hospitals and schools and other good things
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Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
A truly terrific book. And totes unbiased from me as the brilliant @andreahenryy.bsky.social is the editor.
ICYMI: Picador projected facts from Keon West’s The Science of Racism onto four London landmarks such as the Royal Courts of Justice and Harrods 👇 #BookSky
Picador projects facts from Keon West’s The Science of Racism onto London landmarks
ebx.sh
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A truly terrific book. And totes unbiased from me as the brilliant @andreahenryy.bsky.social is the editor.
What the fuck is he on about?
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What the fuck is he on about?
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I wish JD Vance would become a Christian himself in that love thy neighbor/suffer the children/ throw out the moneylenders way Jesus preached.
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I wish JD Vance would become a Christian himself in that love thy neighbor/suffer the children/ throw out the moneylenders way Jesus preached.
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"If Mamdani is elected... New York will look more like London. You go to London right now and it is largely Muslim. Women are completely covered up."
In other news, here is ACTUAL London 2025: Women MPs in Westminster, Cancer UK's charity Run for Life, London Pride, and Lionesses' victory parade.
In other news, here is ACTUAL London 2025: Women MPs in Westminster, Cancer UK's charity Run for Life, London Pride, and Lionesses' victory parade.
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"If Mamdani is elected... New York will look more like London. You go to London right now and it is largely Muslim. Women are completely covered up."
In other news, here is ACTUAL London 2025: Women MPs in Westminster, Cancer UK's charity Run for Life, London Pride, and Lionesses' victory parade.
In other news, here is ACTUAL London 2025: Women MPs in Westminster, Cancer UK's charity Run for Life, London Pride, and Lionesses' victory parade.
Well, thank f*ck for that #thetraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Well, thank f*ck for that #thetraitors
Never thought I’d be impressed by Wes Streeting but this is very well said indeed.
Well said, Wes! 👏 👏 👏
Not a peep from the Putin Puppet Farage today over his MP’s divisive and racist rhetoric. Not fit to govern.
Not a peep from the Putin Puppet Farage today over his MP’s divisive and racist rhetoric. Not fit to govern.
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Never thought I’d be impressed by Wes Streeting but this is very well said indeed.
JFC
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
JFC