Anna H
@athenepallas.bsky.social
'Give her a helmet and a sword, she'd look like a brave little Hobbit'
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Bruce Cohen • Still Life with Raspberries • This painting basically depicts my idea of Heaven - books, tea, some fruit and flowers, and /calm/.
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Bruce Cohen • Still Life with Raspberries • This painting basically depicts my idea of Heaven - books, tea, some fruit and flowers, and /calm/.
Bruce Cohen • Still Life with Tulips and Tablecloth •
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bruce Cohen • Still Life with Tulips and Tablecloth •
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It's AAAAAAAAAAAADVENT!
We can do this. Three weeks away from the shortest day of the year, then it gets better, Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the ARMOUR OF LIGHT, et cetera BOSH! 💥
We can do this. Three weeks away from the shortest day of the year, then it gets better, Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the ARMOUR OF LIGHT, et cetera BOSH! 💥
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It's AAAAAAAAAAAADVENT!
We can do this. Three weeks away from the shortest day of the year, then it gets better, Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the ARMOUR OF LIGHT, et cetera BOSH! 💥
We can do this. Three weeks away from the shortest day of the year, then it gets better, Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the ARMOUR OF LIGHT, et cetera BOSH! 💥
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I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
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"ORDER, ORDER, questions to the Prime Minister"
"number 4 Mr Speaker"
"Mr Speaker, before listing my engagements I must first consult with the Central Executive Committee to establish democratic consent to provide the House with an answer"
"number 4 Mr Speaker"
"Mr Speaker, before listing my engagements I must first consult with the Central Executive Committee to establish democratic consent to provide the House with an answer"
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"ORDER, ORDER, questions to the Prime Minister"
"number 4 Mr Speaker"
"Mr Speaker, before listing my engagements I must first consult with the Central Executive Committee to establish democratic consent to provide the House with an answer"
"number 4 Mr Speaker"
"Mr Speaker, before listing my engagements I must first consult with the Central Executive Committee to establish democratic consent to provide the House with an answer"
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It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
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52:48, baby. The doomed ratio is back again.
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
52:48, baby. The doomed ratio is back again.
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YASSSSSSS! GET IN! MAXIMUM CHAOS!
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
YASSSSSSS! GET IN! MAXIMUM CHAOS!
Until your testicles have descended, maybe having opinions on parenting isn't for you, child.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Until your testicles have descended, maybe having opinions on parenting isn't for you, child.
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I've done it, I've found the most middle class children's toy in existence
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I've done it, I've found the most middle class children's toy in existence
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This play. This passage. Simply the best ever – or at lesst most succinct – defence and justification for the very idea of Civilisation ever written.
This is why we’re here. Because of what this means. And because someone can put it into words like this.
open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
This is why we’re here. Because of what this means. And because someone can put it into words like this.
open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This play. This passage. Simply the best ever – or at lesst most succinct – defence and justification for the very idea of Civilisation ever written.
This is why we’re here. Because of what this means. And because someone can put it into words like this.
open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
This is why we’re here. Because of what this means. And because someone can put it into words like this.
open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
PSA: looks like Unzoomed is going to be £3.00 a month (which I think is fair?). It's oddly addictive....
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
PSA: looks like Unzoomed is going to be £3.00 a month (which I think is fair?). It's oddly addictive....
Jim Buckels • The San Remo •
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Jim Buckels • The San Remo •
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson • View from the artist’s apartment at Bastugatan, Söder, Stockholm • night Venticelli •
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson • View from the artist’s apartment at Bastugatan, Söder, Stockholm • night Venticelli •
Engraved Nautilus Cup • Cornelis Bellekin •
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Engraved Nautilus Cup • Cornelis Bellekin •
Caspar David Friedrich • Cross and Cathedral in the Mountains •
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Caspar David Friedrich • Cross and Cathedral in the Mountains •
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
Book recommendation: 'Henry V' by Dan Jones. The opening sets to the tone - pacey, startling and really engagingly written. Am a quarter of the way through and am gripped.
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Book recommendation: 'Henry V' by Dan Jones. The opening sets to the tone - pacey, startling and really engagingly written. Am a quarter of the way through and am gripped.
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Tom Stoppard by Snowden
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Tom Stoppard by Snowden
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RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
[FREE TO READ] Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
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From Stoppard’s Arcadia:
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From Stoppard’s Arcadia: