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With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
Such an exquisite song from Mars Hotel
music.youtube.com/watch?v=es5A...
Some rare Dead, and one of my favorites.
First time they EVER played this song live 20 years after recording it.
Literally gives me the chills to hear the family cheering 📣.
Some rare Dead, and one of my favorites.
First time they EVER played this song live 20 years after recording it.
Literally gives me the chills to hear the family cheering 📣.
Grateful Dead - March 19, 1995 - First Unbroken Chain - The Spectrum
YouTube video by gratefuldavis
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December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Such an exquisite song from Mars Hotel
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Sad news. I once had a fun and rewarding chat with Tom Stoppard about 'the [law of] attraction that Newton left out'. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sad news. I once had a fun and rewarding chat with Tom Stoppard about 'the [law of] attraction that Newton left out'. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
This is causing a right-wing meltdown in the other place:
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is causing a right-wing meltdown in the other place:
We've just lost Donna Jean Godchaux: 'Like I told you
I'll sing to them this story, And know why'
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I'll sing to them this story, And know why'
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Google Search
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We've just lost Donna Jean Godchaux: 'Like I told you
I'll sing to them this story, And know why'
www.google.com/search?q=sun...
I'll sing to them this story, And know why'
www.google.com/search?q=sun...
This is a great little piece of rock history, just as the legend was beginning.
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a great little piece of rock history, just as the legend was beginning.
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This is AMAZING!! It’s just the Fabs, none of the other acts. It features songs not in the original TV special, plus Ringo’s live version of “Act Naturally,” not the studio version sped up snd dubbed in. 😎🎶🕉️❤️☮️✌️
Hurry up before it disappears youtu.be/KzF1hTWpUWE?....
Hurry up before it disappears youtu.be/KzF1hTWpUWE?....
The Beatles - Shea Stadium 60th Anniversary Edition 1080p HD
YouTube video by Cristhofer_YT95CQ Stems
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August 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is AMAZING!! It’s just the Fabs, none of the other acts. It features songs not in the original TV special, plus Ringo’s live version of “Act Naturally,” not the studio version sped up snd dubbed in. 😎🎶🕉️❤️☮️✌️
Hurry up before it disappears youtu.be/KzF1hTWpUWE?....
Hurry up before it disappears youtu.be/KzF1hTWpUWE?....
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Oh my word! The power of those wings, lifting bird and fish from submersion!
July 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Oh my word! The power of those wings, lifting bird and fish from submersion!
The great John Crace:
July 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The great John Crace:
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Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth! Here's a sneak peek from my lil' part in Wheelchair Sports Camp's DENVER ART MUSEUM TAKEOVER on July 25th!! "A Real Spectacle: Fit in with the Freaks" is gonna be a Disability Pride Celebration like no other!
🤟🏽❤️🖼️♿🎻🥁🎛️😼🤘🏼
Get info: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/...
🤟🏽❤️🖼️♿🎻🥁🎛️😼🤘🏼
Get info: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/...
July 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth! Here's a sneak peek from my lil' part in Wheelchair Sports Camp's DENVER ART MUSEUM TAKEOVER on July 25th!! "A Real Spectacle: Fit in with the Freaks" is gonna be a Disability Pride Celebration like no other!
🤟🏽❤️🖼️♿🎻🥁🎛️😼🤘🏼
Get info: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/...
🤟🏽❤️🖼️♿🎻🥁🎛️😼🤘🏼
Get info: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/...
Vladimir and Estragon are trying to make up their mind whether to go #dutchseaeagles
June 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Vladimir and Estragon are trying to make up their mind whether to go #dutchseaeagles
Weird, sobering and well worth reading. Somehow it's not all that surprising. What a world we're heading into.
This is a hell of a thing to read.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
open.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Weird, sobering and well worth reading. Somehow it's not all that surprising. What a world we're heading into.
If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the entire face of the world would have changed. Blaise Pascall, Pensées XLVI.
June 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the entire face of the world would have changed. Blaise Pascall, Pensées XLVI.
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I’ve watched this a few times now. It’s work of art. Perfect public messaging.
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I’ve watched this a few times now. It’s work of art. Perfect public messaging.
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Signed and now circulating. Please read, sign, and circulate.
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Signed and now circulating. Please read, sign, and circulate.
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Living human brain tissue used to mimic Alzheimer’s in breakthrough study
Living human brain tissue used to mimic Alzheimer’s in breakthrough study
Exclusive: British team exposed live cells to toxic proteins to gather rare insight into how dementia develops
Scientists have used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, in a breakthrough that will accelerate the hunt for a cure.
In a world first, a British team successfully exposed healthy brain tissue from living NHS patients to a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s – taken from patients who died from the disease – to show how it damages connections between brain cells in real time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Living human brain tissue used to mimic Alzheimer’s in breakthrough study
OK, so how d'you think they staged this? From The Life and Death of Jack Straw (1593):
April 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
OK, so how d'you think they staged this? From The Life and Death of Jack Straw (1593):
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Brush up your Shakespeare! Read along with our monthly webinar or just drop in to hear the conversation: english.web.ox.ac.uk/english-facu...
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English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith
english.web.ox.ac.uk
December 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Brush up your Shakespeare! Read along with our monthly webinar or just drop in to hear the conversation: english.web.ox.ac.uk/english-facu...
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Perfection.
Which reminds me, has anyone done a starter pack of funny posters? It does get a bit earnest round here sometimes.
Which reminds me, has anyone done a starter pack of funny posters? It does get a bit earnest round here sometimes.
October 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Perfection.
Which reminds me, has anyone done a starter pack of funny posters? It does get a bit earnest round here sometimes.
Which reminds me, has anyone done a starter pack of funny posters? It does get a bit earnest round here sometimes.