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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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11 November 1963
How to spot a Mod: back-combed hair, shortish, often combed in centre. No tie. Tab collar. Cordin-style jackets in velvet. Hipster trousers with shortish legs called “ankle swingers”. Girls wear plain jumpers or twin-sets with the skirt below the knee.
How to spot a Mod: back-combed hair, shortish, often combed in centre. No tie. Tab collar. Cordin-style jackets in velvet. Hipster trousers with shortish legs called “ankle swingers”. Girls wear plain jumpers or twin-sets with the skirt below the knee.
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
11 November 1963
How to spot a Mod: back-combed hair, shortish, often combed in centre. No tie. Tab collar. Cordin-style jackets in velvet. Hipster trousers with shortish legs called “ankle swingers”. Girls wear plain jumpers or twin-sets with the skirt below the knee.
How to spot a Mod: back-combed hair, shortish, often combed in centre. No tie. Tab collar. Cordin-style jackets in velvet. Hipster trousers with shortish legs called “ankle swingers”. Girls wear plain jumpers or twin-sets with the skirt below the knee.
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Hearing *a lot* if "well if both sides are complaining the BBC must be getting it right" shite today.
What if one of those sides are bastards and wrong and acting wholly in bad faith. What about that? Hmmmmmm...
What if one of those sides are bastards and wrong and acting wholly in bad faith. What about that? Hmmmmmm...
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hearing *a lot* if "well if both sides are complaining the BBC must be getting it right" shite today.
What if one of those sides are bastards and wrong and acting wholly in bad faith. What about that? Hmmmmmm...
What if one of those sides are bastards and wrong and acting wholly in bad faith. What about that? Hmmmmmm...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
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A Postman in Bulgaria Fighting Off Robbers
ca. 1890s
ca. 1890s
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A Postman in Bulgaria Fighting Off Robbers
ca. 1890s
ca. 1890s
The BBC and the Gov need to tell Trump to run to absolute fuck.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The BBC and the Gov need to tell Trump to run to absolute fuck.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.
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"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
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via Daniel Peliculas
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November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton riding on the Warner Brothers lot in full makeup and costume during the production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton riding on the Warner Brothers lot in full makeup and costume during the production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
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New article, definitely something for the social history fans - the monkey parade (or 'monkey run'). Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
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Before Tinder, there was the Monkey Parade…
How our grandparents and their parents found romance.
davehaslam.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New article, definitely something for the social history fans - the monkey parade (or 'monkey run'). Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
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On television, 10 November 1982.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On television, 10 November 1982.
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Purple Mountains
2025
Artist: Keith Thomson
2025
Artist: Keith Thomson
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Purple Mountains
2025
Artist: Keith Thomson
2025
Artist: Keith Thomson
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Holiday cruises to Orkney & Shetland from Leith and Aberdeen, 1930s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Holiday cruises to Orkney & Shetland from Leith and Aberdeen, 1930s.
“Where’s your fucking poppy!?!?”
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Where’s your fucking poppy!?!?”
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Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
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My good friend Jason is doing a tour of his storytelling gig based on the awesome Slaine.
He’s wanting to extend the tour to Scotland, especially the highlands.
Suggestions for suitable and fitting venues? 50 to 100 capacity?
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He’s wanting to extend the tour to Scotland, especially the highlands.
Suggestions for suitable and fitting venues? 50 to 100 capacity?
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Don't Miss Sláine: The Horned God by Jason Buck - on Tour in 2026! | 2000 AD
“I am very excited about this!” Pat Mills, Sláine co-creator. Join professional storyteller Jason Buck for ‘Sláine: The Horned God’: a tale of ancient Celtic heroes and villains, monsters and magic, d...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My good friend Jason is doing a tour of his storytelling gig based on the awesome Slaine.
He’s wanting to extend the tour to Scotland, especially the highlands.
Suggestions for suitable and fitting venues? 50 to 100 capacity?
2000ad.com/news/dont-mi...
He’s wanting to extend the tour to Scotland, especially the highlands.
Suggestions for suitable and fitting venues? 50 to 100 capacity?
2000ad.com/news/dont-mi...
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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
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Colour etching by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami (1911-2004) #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Colour etching by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami (1911-2004) #WomensArt