Persephone
@garbocats.bsky.social
Writer.
Past lives include Journalist, Editor, Teacher, University Lecturer.
‘For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts … half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.’
(G Eliot)
Past lives include Journalist, Editor, Teacher, University Lecturer.
‘For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts … half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.’
(G Eliot)
I look for news on this everyday!
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I look for news on this everyday!
Agree. We're all doomed. My only hope is that a spell of Faragist govt pulls that movement apart as they have zero solutions for the multiple problems our country faces. However, we will have sunk even deeper into the mire... There are no easy fixes though, here and abroad. The model is broken.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Agree. We're all doomed. My only hope is that a spell of Faragist govt pulls that movement apart as they have zero solutions for the multiple problems our country faces. However, we will have sunk even deeper into the mire... There are no easy fixes though, here and abroad. The model is broken.
Middle managers. The reason Starmer is so hated is because he falls into the 'Dolores Umbridge' category of super-villain. The villains we know in our everyday lives who we often feel powerless against.
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Middle managers. The reason Starmer is so hated is because he falls into the 'Dolores Umbridge' category of super-villain. The villains we know in our everyday lives who we often feel powerless against.
Exactly right. The govt is showboating here for literally zero gain. It's embarrassing.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Exactly right. The govt is showboating here for literally zero gain. It's embarrassing.
It's wanting to be seen to be doing something. That's it, really.
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's wanting to be seen to be doing something. That's it, really.
How about Boudicca and the Romans in chariots? Then skip straight to the Tudors, Shakespeare & something involving falconry. Probably jousting, too. Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes and moody late Victoriana is a good call, rounded off by WW2 Blitz. However, they might want a 'local' story or two.
September 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
How about Boudicca and the Romans in chariots? Then skip straight to the Tudors, Shakespeare & something involving falconry. Probably jousting, too. Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes and moody late Victoriana is a good call, rounded off by WW2 Blitz. However, they might want a 'local' story or two.
God, she's just terrible....
March 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
God, she's just terrible....
She is a true fighter. Put her and Kelly together on a ticket. (And sadly have to worry whether there will be an election at all - at least one that's fair).
March 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
She is a true fighter. Put her and Kelly together on a ticket. (And sadly have to worry whether there will be an election at all - at least one that's fair).
Please persevere with the show! I love the books. But the show just gets better and better… I really want to see how this team tell this story.
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Please persevere with the show! I love the books. But the show just gets better and better… I really want to see how this team tell this story.
It’s pretty wonderful! It’s good to see a show getting better and better…
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s pretty wonderful! It’s good to see a show getting better and better…
I was nudged back into reading the series last season. I'm truly impressed now how well these books have been adapted. There's always tweaks and deviations - to be expected when adapting to a different medium. But the choices have worked well.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I was nudged back into reading the series last season. I'm truly impressed now how well these books have been adapted. There's always tweaks and deviations - to be expected when adapting to a different medium. But the choices have worked well.
She is spot on! I feel these actors have really come to encapsulate the characters now.
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
She is spot on! I feel these actors have really come to encapsulate the characters now.
Reposted by Persephone
Overall, a really solid 8-episode season! In terms of performances, Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, and Marcus Rutherford are definitely stand-outs. I really hope they get a S4, because the show is clearly getting better each season! (3/3)
the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
Alt: Rosamund Pike ominously saying one of her character Moiraine Sedai's most iconic lines, "The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills"
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March 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Overall, a really solid 8-episode season! In terms of performances, Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, and Marcus Rutherford are definitely stand-outs. I really hope they get a S4, because the show is clearly getting better each season! (3/3)
It's very, very good!
March 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's very, very good!
Honestly, it gets better and better... it's a fabulous show!
March 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Honestly, it gets better and better... it's a fabulous show!
Hopefully the board will turn on Musk (they should!) - but I fear it's a bunch of sycophants..
March 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hopefully the board will turn on Musk (they should!) - but I fear it's a bunch of sycophants..
Informative analysis, thanks. Agree that Starmer's too 'timid' to reset Brexit to facilitate easier Euro-cooperation & the media (despite decrying UK dependence on the US) wld turn on him if he did - deluded 'cakeism' lives on.
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Informative analysis, thanks. Agree that Starmer's too 'timid' to reset Brexit to facilitate easier Euro-cooperation & the media (despite decrying UK dependence on the US) wld turn on him if he did - deluded 'cakeism' lives on.