@carolynrobb.bsky.social
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Betty's Bar on the Clydeside, in the 1970s.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Betty's Bar on the Clydeside, in the 1970s.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
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Handy primer on how the politics of Danish approach to asylum played out in the actual Denmark ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe
Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Handy primer on how the politics of Danish approach to asylum played out in the actual Denmark ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
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"Situated six miles off Northern Ireland’s northern shore is a success story — and Stormont has had a significant role."
✍️ @sjamcbride.bsky.social
✍️ @sjamcbride.bsky.social
The Rathlin experiment: How a tiny island could have a big role in how we live our lives
Situated six miles off Northern Ireland’s northern shore is a success story — and Stormont has had a significant role.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Situated six miles off Northern Ireland’s northern shore is a success story — and Stormont has had a significant role."
✍️ @sjamcbride.bsky.social
✍️ @sjamcbride.bsky.social
“Since long waiting lists have made it all too easy to convince some voters that immigrants are the reason they can’t see a gp, rather than the reason they even have a “gp ….”
Wes Streeting's gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street | Gaby Hinsliff
The health secretary has embarked on a high-stakes reorganisation. It could be a model for rebuilding public services – or a nail in his and Labour’s coffin, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“Since long waiting lists have made it all too easy to convince some voters that immigrants are the reason they can’t see a gp, rather than the reason they even have a “gp ….”
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Congratulations to Professor Mark Lawler who has been awarded the prestigious Business Post Healthcare Leader of the Year Award.
The award recognises Professor Lawler's work in cancer research, addressing cancer inequalities and advocating for patients' rights.
Amazing work, Professor Lawler!
The award recognises Professor Lawler's work in cancer research, addressing cancer inequalities and advocating for patients' rights.
Amazing work, Professor Lawler!
Queen’s researcher honoured as Healthcare Leader of the Year
Professor Mark Lawler from Queen’s University has been awarded the prestigious Business Post Healthcare Leader of the Year Award for his outstanding work in cancer research across the island of Irelan...
ow.ly
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Congratulations to Professor Mark Lawler who has been awarded the prestigious Business Post Healthcare Leader of the Year Award.
The award recognises Professor Lawler's work in cancer research, addressing cancer inequalities and advocating for patients' rights.
Amazing work, Professor Lawler!
The award recognises Professor Lawler's work in cancer research, addressing cancer inequalities and advocating for patients' rights.
Amazing work, Professor Lawler!
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We're very pleased to have TWO translations on the American Assoc of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages (AATSEEL) shortlist.
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Prizes
AATSEEL Awards for Teaching, Service, and Scholarship (deadline November 15, 2025) The AATSEEL Publications Committee is responsible for overseeing the appointment of editors for the AATSEEL Newslette...
www.aatseel.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We're very pleased to have TWO translations on the American Assoc of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages (AATSEEL) shortlist.
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Chevengur is a wonder.
We're very pleased to have TWO translations on the American Assoc of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages (AATSEEL) shortlist.
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Max Lawton for Red Pyramid, the short stories of Vladimir Sorokin.
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler for Chevengur by Andrey Platonov
Prizes
AATSEEL Awards for Teaching, Service, and Scholarship (deadline November 15, 2025) The AATSEEL Publications Committee is responsible for overseeing the appointment of editors for the AATSEEL Newslette...
www.aatseel.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Chevengur is a wonder.
A must read
New Substack post: about how inheriting a proof copy of a 1930s book led to some amazing (and some horrible) discoveries
davidbradford.substack.com/p/clearing-u...
davidbradford.substack.com/p/clearing-u...
Clearing up after great men: Granny Blackburn and the mess of post-imperial Britain
A bookcase, a mysterious proof copy, and a reckoning with colonial-era inheritances
davidbradford.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A must read
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Don't care what the question is, Wes Streeting is not the answer
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Don't care what the question is, Wes Streeting is not the answer
Marvellous to have Lynne Barber back.
The redemption of Anthony Hopkins | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Marvellous to have Lynne Barber back.
@frankmcnally Known in England as Tin Tabs, such churches are still around, though rare now, often converted to other uses. In Battlehill, the townland in Co Armagh, where I grew up, there was one, an Apostolic church, turned a mellow green, and still in use in the 50’s.
‘This is a godforsaken place’: A despairing letter from a garda stationed in Tipperary in 1940
Written in the outpost of Rearcross, the letter is a bleak portrait of human misery worthy of Samuel Beckett
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@frankmcnally Known in England as Tin Tabs, such churches are still around, though rare now, often converted to other uses. In Battlehill, the townland in Co Armagh, where I grew up, there was one, an Apostolic church, turned a mellow green, and still in use in the 50’s.
@UHSussex Just home from 2nd visit to EACU, EmergencyAmbulatory Care Unit, in Brighton. I had terrific care from everyone and want to sing praises loud and clear. Important to acknowledge in these days when so many A&E news items are horror stories. @AOlssonBrown @BreastDocUK
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@UHSussex Just home from 2nd visit to EACU, EmergencyAmbulatory Care Unit, in Brighton. I had terrific care from everyone and want to sing praises loud and clear. Important to acknowledge in these days when so many A&E news items are horror stories. @AOlssonBrown @BreastDocUK
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Looking to speak to a cyclist who has been affected by long Covid (for a Cycling Weekly piece). If that's you, please get in touch 🙏
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Looking to speak to a cyclist who has been affected by long Covid (for a Cycling Weekly piece). If that's you, please get in touch 🙏
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This is really poor by BBC researchers and producers. Goodwin hasn't been an active academic for a number of years, yet is described as one (thus legitimating his relentless Reform activism and constant bad faith misrepresentation of evidence). 1/?
Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is really poor by BBC researchers and producers. Goodwin hasn't been an active academic for a number of years, yet is described as one (thus legitimating his relentless Reform activism and constant bad faith misrepresentation of evidence). 1/?
This is absolutely marvellous www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is absolutely marvellous www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
A compelling read:
‘“If you asked me what was the most significant moment in my career,” Farage said later, “there’s absolutely no question about it – getting elected to the European Parliament.” Blair had given him his platform.’
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem
From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A compelling read:
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‘“If you asked me what was the most significant moment in my career,” Farage said later, “there’s absolutely no question about it – getting elected to the European Parliament.” Blair had given him his platform.’
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem
From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘“If you asked me what was the most significant moment in my career,” Farage said later, “there’s absolutely no question about it – getting elected to the European Parliament.” Blair had given him his platform.’
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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It's incoherent & because it's incoherent it's also politically inept, as it fails to appeal to voters attracted by the populist message and to those repelled by it. 2/2
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's incoherent & because it's incoherent it's also politically inept, as it fails to appeal to voters attracted by the populist message and to those repelled by it. 2/2
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We really need Starmer to say this, but what's the point when, in announcing the ID card policy (whatever its general merits), he frames it solely in terms of, precisely, the populists' "lies" & “industrialised infrastructure of grievance” about "uncontrolled" migration & asylum seekers? 1/2
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We really need Starmer to say this, but what's the point when, in announcing the ID card policy (whatever its general merits), he frames it solely in terms of, precisely, the populists' "lies" & “industrialised infrastructure of grievance” about "uncontrolled" migration & asylum seekers? 1/2