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Henry Wallis, Study for ‘Chatterton’, 1856
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124474
November 30, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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"Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, 19,546 Ukrainian children have been abducted from their families by the Russian state. Only a few hundred have ever been returned."

Shocking detail in this documentary review by Labour peer and former first minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell
"At the heart of this beautiful film are two children – Sasha, aged seven, and Veronika, aged 14 – rescued from Russian institutions after being kidnapped"

🎥 Lord McConnell reviews 'After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home' directed by Sarah McCarthy
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A spotlight on one of the 'great tragedies' of the Ukraine War: Lord McConnell reviews: 'After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home'
Beautiful and captivating, this Oscar-contending documentary charts the healing process of Ukrainian children saved from forced deportation into Ru...
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November 25, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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"The lovers ruled England together. They were not very good at it."

📚 Lord Lexden reviews Lucy Hughes-Hallett's 'The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham' | Fourth Estate
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'A clever and captivating book': Lord Lexden reviews 'The Scapegoat'
Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s learned study of the 1st Duke of Buckingham is written with a novelist’s verve and skill
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November 25, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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Large parts of adult social care in England face collapse, thinktank says.

The budget blamed but there are other factors.

Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010.

Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.

End Privatisation
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Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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Was thinking about this dance number from #HippodromeLive... will need to book my tickets for Rambert Peaky Blinders youtu.be/87ITO2DTm20?...
Rambert Performs Peaky Blinders Dance Routine | BAFTA TV Awards 2024 - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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November 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Bridget Phillipson has just pledged to crackdown on the “excessive profiteering” by private companies running children's care homes.

Revisit Justine Smith's investigation into profit-maximising in children's care published by @thehousemag.bsky.social in January
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Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable
Demand is rising, costs are spiralling and profit-maximising private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling in. The children’s care business ...
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November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM