Gerard Clarke
@gerardjpclarke.bsky.social
Old lefty Irish bloke in London. Weirdly fascinated by British Leyland jalopies. Billy No Mates' less popular brother.
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"Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.”
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.”
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
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I have to feel what I do. I have to like people to be with them. I just cannot learn the art of being a hypocrite. I wish I could. #MariaCallas
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I have to feel what I do. I have to like people to be with them. I just cannot learn the art of being a hypocrite. I wish I could. #MariaCallas
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Unlike its domestic rivals, Chrysler opted not to design its own small car for North America at the start of the '70s. Instead it imported the Hillman Avenger from its UK subsidiary, rebranding it as the Plymouth Cricket. A fairly short-lived model, it mainly sold as a 4-door sedan. #weirdcarbs
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Unlike its domestic rivals, Chrysler opted not to design its own small car for North America at the start of the '70s. Instead it imported the Hillman Avenger from its UK subsidiary, rebranding it as the Plymouth Cricket. A fairly short-lived model, it mainly sold as a 4-door sedan. #weirdcarbs
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Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
Of the three collaborations jazz singer Cab Calloway made with cute cartoon legend Betty Boop, this 1933 Dave Fleischer-directed “Snow White” is probably the most successful.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time
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📢 The Public Constitution
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
The Public Constitution
This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📢 The Public Constitution
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
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I have to feel what I do. I have to like people to be with them. I just cannot learn the art of being a hypocrite. I wish I could. #MariaCallas
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I have to feel what I do. I have to like people to be with them. I just cannot learn the art of being a hypocrite. I wish I could. #MariaCallas
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Saw someone strutting through town today, ostentatiously swigging Perrier straight out of a litre bottle. Very aggressive act - white cider is appropriate on Briggate, NOT Perrier.
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Saw someone strutting through town today, ostentatiously swigging Perrier straight out of a litre bottle. Very aggressive act - white cider is appropriate on Briggate, NOT Perrier.
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This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
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The Combat, 1939, by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902–1979).
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Combat, 1939, by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902–1979).
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Love is so much better when you are not married. #MariaCallas
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Love is so much better when you are not married. #MariaCallas
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Inventions Rendered in 3D Animation: Helicopters, Robotic Knights, The First Ever Diving Suit & More
Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Inventions Rendered in 3D Animation: Helicopters, Robotic Knights, The First Ever Diving Suit & More
To imagine ourselves into the time of Leonardo da Vinci, we must first imagine a world without such things as helicopters, parachutes, tanks, diving suits, robots. Yet those all existed for Leonardo h...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Inventions Rendered in 3D Animation: Helicopters, Robotic Knights, The First Ever Diving Suit & More
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Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy
Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy
One often hears about renovation projects that tear up linoleum, shag carpet, or some equally unappealing flooring to discover a pristine (and now much more attractive) layer of hardwood or tile benea...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy
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A horrific massacre in Sudan on.ft.com/47IKjFs | opinion
A horrific massacre in Sudan
The US and UK should put pressure on the UAE over its alleged role in enabling the conflict
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November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A horrific massacre in Sudan on.ft.com/47IKjFs | opinion
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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How Japanese Kintsugi Masters Restore Pottery by Beautifying the Cracks
How Japanese Kintsugi Masters Restore Pottery by Beautifying the Cracks
A few years ago, we featured here on Open Culture the Japanese art of kintsugi, whose practitioners repair broken pottery with gold in a manner that emphasizes rather than hides the cracks.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
How Japanese Kintsugi Masters Restore Pottery by Beautifying the Cracks
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So the Renters' Rights Bill completed Parliament today. It has taken some time and I think we've forgotten what an important and really substantial piece of legislation it is. A huge and valuable change is coming (even if we don't know exactly when yet).
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So the Renters' Rights Bill completed Parliament today. It has taken some time and I think we've forgotten what an important and really substantial piece of legislation it is. A huge and valuable change is coming (even if we don't know exactly when yet).
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Find the #Gaeilge i do chroí! | Learn to embrace our native tongue unashamedly with Molly Nic Céile
Join us to start or rediscover your journey with the #Irishlanguage. 🇮🇪
📅 Tues, 4 Nov at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/find-gaeilge-i-do-chroi
Join us to start or rediscover your journey with the #Irishlanguage. 🇮🇪
📅 Tues, 4 Nov at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/find-gaeilge-i-do-chroi
Find the Gaeilge i do chroí!
Learn to embrace our native tongue unashamedly with Molly Nic Céile
www.nli.ie
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Find the #Gaeilge i do chroí! | Learn to embrace our native tongue unashamedly with Molly Nic Céile
Join us to start or rediscover your journey with the #Irishlanguage. 🇮🇪
📅 Tues, 4 Nov at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/find-gaeilge-i-do-chroi
Join us to start or rediscover your journey with the #Irishlanguage. 🇮🇪
📅 Tues, 4 Nov at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/find-gaeilge-i-do-chroi
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21st October, 1978:
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 4. #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 4. #DoctorWho
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
21st October, 1978:
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 4. #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 4. #DoctorWho
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This is better from the Courier. Helping to tackle misinformation and defuse tensions. One of the most common lies peddled by those trying to divide our communities over asylum is this rubbish about criminality. The police in Perthshire confirm - there is absolutely no evidence.
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is better from the Courier. Helping to tackle misinformation and defuse tensions. One of the most common lies peddled by those trying to divide our communities over asylum is this rubbish about criminality. The police in Perthshire confirm - there is absolutely no evidence.
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The Court President spoke today in Warsaw at a conference marking the Convention's 75th anniversary.
Elaborating on why the Convention was conceived, he stressed its continued relevance, noting that the threats its drafters sought to guard against are re-emerging in new forms.
Elaborating on why the Convention was conceived, he stressed its continued relevance, noting that the threats its drafters sought to guard against are re-emerging in new forms.
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Court President spoke today in Warsaw at a conference marking the Convention's 75th anniversary.
Elaborating on why the Convention was conceived, he stressed its continued relevance, noting that the threats its drafters sought to guard against are re-emerging in new forms.
Elaborating on why the Convention was conceived, he stressed its continued relevance, noting that the threats its drafters sought to guard against are re-emerging in new forms.
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Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism.
And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism.
And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
The World that ended in 1979...
Eric Lyons was born on this day in 1912. He was the architect of Kensington and Chelsea's stunning World's End Estate:
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The World’s End Estate, Chelsea: ‘Village style living in the heart of London’
The World’s End Estate was built at the end of the great boom in high-rise housing in the sixties. And it got a bad press. Today it stands as one of the most impressive of the high-rise, high dens…
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October 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The World that ended in 1979...
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New: The 1911 House and Cottage Exhibition, Gidea Park: 'a late example of the local landowner as entrepreneur; the social ideals of the garden city and Arts & Crafts movement [and] shrewd land investment to establish a discrete high-quality suburb'.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New: The 1911 House and Cottage Exhibition, Gidea Park: 'a late example of the local landowner as entrepreneur; the social ideals of the garden city and Arts & Crafts movement [and] shrewd land investment to establish a discrete high-quality suburb'.
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