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Thayananthan Baskaran
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Advocate, Arbitrator & Author
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An owl I painted. I liked the spooky look of it. I am just learning to paint, so very basic.
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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very precious find
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I think this is going to be a Suez Canal moment for the US.
April 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Selamat Hari Raya from all of us at Baskaran! Eid Mubarak! 🌙
March 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Little Mountain, Little Mountain,
Little Mountain found she’s bigger than the Mountain,
Little Mountain, Little Mountain,
Little Mountain found she’s bigger than the Mountain.
⛰️🐠👀
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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'To enter the tomb is to enter the one world / we know, the cool walls of the passage / summoning us forth with the chance hope // of an earthly meeting.'

'Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice' by Tarn MacArthur
'Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice' by Tarn MacArthur
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March 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
All the flowers came out to greet us on our return, like a feathery embrace.
December 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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‘Henry VIII’s relationship with his sister was never easy, and not made easier by her ready recourse to long letters that rarely achieved the level of sycophancy Henry expected.’

Diarmaid MacCulloch on Margaret Tudor: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Magnificent Progress: Tudor Marriage Markets
Henry VIII’s relationship with his sister was never easy, and not made easier by her ready recourse to long letters...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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With 'Men In Love' the new Trainspotting sequel out July next year, I guess the order is now...

1) Skagboys
2) Trainspotting
3) Men In Love
4) Porno
4a) Blade Artist
5) Dead Men's Trousers

@irvinewelsh.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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December 5, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Monsoon ☔️
November 29, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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From "Let This Radicalize You" by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba @prisonculture.bsky.social, a challenging and hopeful book that I am thankful to read.
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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Brilliant @londonreview.bsky.social piece by Fara Dahoiwala - a remarkable piece of black intellectual history and riveting art-historian detective work www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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November 24, 2024 at 6:06 PM
@irvinewelsh.bsky.social reading Clemens Meyer’s Bricks & Mortar. Reminds me of your books. So, whole lot of new books to read!
November 25, 2024 at 2:22 AM
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower …
~ William Blake
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM