henry
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don't like to see temptation caving in
oddly I was asked this question in a job interview yesterday (as a practice round) and the answer is simply Crime and Punishment. it's so good
Lightning book recommendation round! What was the last really good book you read? What was the vibe of it? Mine was Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment. Clergymen, spinsters, libraries, repressed sexuality, and a very sharp eye observing it all.
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
oddly I was asked this question in a job interview yesterday (as a practice round) and the answer is simply Crime and Punishment. it's so good
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last japanese soldier on an island still fighting ww2 but for 2010s culture
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 AM
last japanese soldier on an island still fighting ww2 but for 2010s culture
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I was at this performance and can I just say the conductor did an unbelievably good job lmao, it was supremely impressive www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Drama at the opera as Royal Opera chief steps in for sick tenor
Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I was at this performance and can I just say the conductor did an unbelievably good job lmao, it was supremely impressive www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
I was at this performance and can I just say the conductor did an unbelievably good job lmao, it was supremely impressive www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Drama at the opera as Royal Opera chief steps in for sick tenor
Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I was at this performance and can I just say the conductor did an unbelievably good job lmao, it was supremely impressive www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
five English teams in the champions league from league position is just too many , isn't it
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
five English teams in the champions league from league position is just too many , isn't it
not the most notable story on that Wikipedia page
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM
not the most notable story on that Wikipedia page
not sure I agree with this at all as a matter of history - environmentalism was a significantly new ideology, with lots of very different pulls compared to social democracy, and we should expect it to create small political parties which can contingently adapt and grow
Green and left-libertarian parties in Europe in the 1970s and 80s became successful because they offered a different intra-party democracy. Social democratic parties were not able to incorporate agendas and activists from social movements because of their party structures. Lesson for UK Labour?
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 AM
not sure I agree with this at all as a matter of history - environmentalism was a significantly new ideology, with lots of very different pulls compared to social democracy, and we should expect it to create small political parties which can contingently adapt and grow
comfortably the worst gig I've ever been to was Toploader at a May Ball, whose one hit (and the whole point of their set) was released before I was born. they played songs from their new albums. *toploader's new albums*
Some friends went to a May Ball a year or two ago that featured an Arctic Monkeys tribute band that didn't play a single song from their first two albums on the basis that current students were barely alive when they came out. Horrifying.
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
comfortably the worst gig I've ever been to was Toploader at a May Ball, whose one hit (and the whole point of their set) was released before I was born. they played songs from their new albums. *toploader's new albums*
probably a forty-six-like post on the table making a wry analogy between the beckham thing and starmer/burnham. i reckon
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
probably a forty-six-like post on the table making a wry analogy between the beckham thing and starmer/burnham. i reckon
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Katy Perry’s Friends Skeptical Of Alleged Powerful Boyfriend Who Lives In Canada https://theonion.com/katy-perrys-friends-skeptical-of-alleged-powerful-boyfriend-who-lives-in-canada/
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Katy Perry’s Friends Skeptical Of Alleged Powerful Boyfriend Who Lives In Canada https://theonion.com/katy-perrys-friends-skeptical-of-alleged-powerful-boyfriend-who-lives-in-canada/
the statues on Parliament Square are so weird. three foreign leaders (Lincoln, Mandela, Smuts), two campaigners (Gandhi, Fawcett) and then seven prime ministers who seem to have been selected at random
January 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM
the statues on Parliament Square are so weird. three foreign leaders (Lincoln, Mandela, Smuts), two campaigners (Gandhi, Fawcett) and then seven prime ministers who seem to have been selected at random
once again remembering how good Hail To The Thief is as an album. much better than In Rainbows!
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 AM
once again remembering how good Hail To The Thief is as an album. much better than In Rainbows!
Fleetwood Mac's The Chain is instantly into contention as the most criminal choice for a breathy minor-key cover Traitors has made yet
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Fleetwood Mac's The Chain is instantly into contention as the most criminal choice for a breathy minor-key cover Traitors has made yet
well yeah I would imagine that the debate was about the language used in the Bill. what else is the Lords meant to change, how the Bill smells?
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
well yeah I would imagine that the debate was about the language used in the Bill. what else is the Lords meant to change, how the Bill smells?
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Feel like the Day Today War episode offers a better explanatory model right now than much IR theory
January 20, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Feel like the Day Today War episode offers a better explanatory model right now than much IR theory
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Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
watching House for the first time, an excellent show where the most compelling question is nonetheless how the hell did any of these characters make it through a single day of medical school
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
watching House for the first time, an excellent show where the most compelling question is nonetheless how the hell did any of these characters make it through a single day of medical school
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Is it just me or are people being extra cringe on the Traitors this series, why are you getting FBI training
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Is it just me or are people being extra cringe on the Traitors this series, why are you getting FBI training
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I was in Norwich Cathedral yesterday morning prior to leading a medieval graffiti tour there. The organist was practicing & Budge the cathedral cat was sauntering about his adopted home. Quiet time within a special and beautiful place #wellbeing #beauty #mindfulness #architecture #serenity
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I was in Norwich Cathedral yesterday morning prior to leading a medieval graffiti tour there. The organist was practicing & Budge the cathedral cat was sauntering about his adopted home. Quiet time within a special and beautiful place #wellbeing #beauty #mindfulness #architecture #serenity
excited for the new Mitski album not least because the single is harmonically pretty cool. thought "The Land..." was actually quite mid so hoping for better
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
excited for the new Mitski album not least because the single is harmonically pretty cool. thought "The Land..." was actually quite mid so hoping for better
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every month features a headline saying "Boost/Blow to Rachel Reeves as GDP SURGES/COLLAPSES 0.1%" and then you read on and it's entirely dependent on whether Jaguar Land Rover have managed to turn on their computers
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
every month features a headline saying "Boost/Blow to Rachel Reeves as GDP SURGES/COLLAPSES 0.1%" and then you read on and it's entirely dependent on whether Jaguar Land Rover have managed to turn on their computers
