Hilary Marchant
@hilarymarchant.bsky.social
First woman on Trinity Cambridge University Challenge team, still asking & occasionally answering awkward questions. GB/IRL/European.
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Not dealing with Brexitism. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog, including a look at the UK deals with the US & India, a final preview of the UK-EU Summit, and a discussion of Starmer's failure to challenge Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/not-...
May 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not dealing with Brexitism. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog, including a look at the UK deals with the US & India, a final preview of the UK-EU Summit, and a discussion of Starmer's failure to challenge Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/not-...
This is wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSK...
Victimae Paschali Laudes @ Notre-Dame de Paris
YouTube video by pierrefloripa
www.youtube.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSK...
Terrific post, particularly on Farage/Reform but on much else besides. Do subscribe to the blog to make sure you keep up with what are always fascinating contributions.
The Brexit reformation. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog looking at some of the key international questions facing the UK, plus a deep dive into the Reform fiasco and what it means for Farage and post-Brexit populism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
March 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Terrific post, particularly on Farage/Reform but on much else besides. Do subscribe to the blog to make sure you keep up with what are always fascinating contributions.
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A lot of the "backlash against globalisation" is occurring in countries like the US where it made some people poorer, the country as a whole wealthier, a wealthy elite obscenely rich, and which at every opportunity chose against policies that would redistribute those outcomes more fairly.
March 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A lot of the "backlash against globalisation" is occurring in countries like the US where it made some people poorer, the country as a whole wealthier, a wealthy elite obscenely rich, and which at every opportunity chose against policies that would redistribute those outcomes more fairly.
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More than a bit 'ick' to say so, I know, but I think this is one of the best, and maybe one of the most important (in terms of the issues involved), of the 460+ posts I've written on this blog over the last 9.5 years.
The new global divide makes Brexit an anomaly. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog on the choices facing the UK, what they show about the realities of sovereignty, how they're already changing domestic politics, and what they mean for Brexit:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
March 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
More than a bit 'ick' to say so, I know, but I think this is one of the best, and maybe one of the most important (in terms of the issues involved), of the 460+ posts I've written on this blog over the last 9.5 years.
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"Reconciliation is a journey. We never start from where we want to be - but must move forward with courage if we are to get closer to where we need to be". 👏
January 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Reconciliation is a journey. We never start from where we want to be - but must move forward with courage if we are to get closer to where we need to be". 👏
Fascinating!
Came across this marvellous 'history of carols' today, also contains a link to a timeline of carols with musical excerpts. Some of the origins and dates are quite surprising. www.cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/discover/a-h...
A History of Christmas Carols | Cathedral Music Trust
A history of the Christmas carol in the UK from the Middle Ages to the present day.
www.cathedralmusictrust.org.uk
December 28, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Fascinating!
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An unfortunately large part of what led to the riots is how hostility against people seeking asylum has become so normalised, including by governments. Not only has political rhetoric emboldened the actual far right, it has also led to a dismissal of the seriousness of the threat they pose. #r4today
December 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
An unfortunately large part of what led to the riots is how hostility against people seeking asylum has become so normalised, including by governments. Not only has political rhetoric emboldened the actual far right, it has also led to a dismissal of the seriousness of the threat they pose. #r4today
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Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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There's something oddly comforting about Paul's brilliant threads.
December 10, 2024 at 12:14 AM
There's something oddly comforting about Paul's brilliant threads.
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Essential reading by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the prospect of Musk bankrolling the Reform Party.
As Peter has been arguing for years, Britain's electoral laws are decades out of date.
That has left our democracy wide open to plutocratic capture.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
As Peter has been arguing for years, Britain's electoral laws are decades out of date.
That has left our democracy wide open to plutocratic capture.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
December 1, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Essential reading by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the prospect of Musk bankrolling the Reform Party.
As Peter has been arguing for years, Britain's electoral laws are decades out of date.
That has left our democracy wide open to plutocratic capture.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
As Peter has been arguing for years, Britain's electoral laws are decades out of date.
That has left our democracy wide open to plutocratic capture.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
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Thanks, BlueSky.
1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
November 26, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Thanks, BlueSky.
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A perfect distillation of politics today, unfortunately. Outstanding article / essay 👏🏼
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November 26, 2024 at 11:24 AM
A perfect distillation of politics today, unfortunately. Outstanding article / essay 👏🏼
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
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Chris Grey, always keeping on top of the shifting politics of Brexit; this week the "beyond" includes the what-ifs of Trump.
Post-Brexit Britain’s Trump problem goes much deeper than trade tariffs. Latest post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The discussion of how the UK might respond to Trump's tariffs is already confused, and anyway misses the bigger challenge they betoken: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/post...
November 24, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Chris Grey, always keeping on top of the shifting politics of Brexit; this week the "beyond" includes the what-ifs of Trump.
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Call for unpublished female writers …
‘Discoveries invites all unpublished and unagented women writers aged 18 and up, currently residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English, to submit their works of adult fiction to the Discoveries Prize.’
‘Discoveries invites all unpublished and unagented women writers aged 18 and up, currently residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English, to submit their works of adult fiction to the Discoveries Prize.’
The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
Discoveries 2025
Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Call for unpublished female writers …
‘Discoveries invites all unpublished and unagented women writers aged 18 and up, currently residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English, to submit their works of adult fiction to the Discoveries Prize.’
‘Discoveries invites all unpublished and unagented women writers aged 18 and up, currently residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English, to submit their works of adult fiction to the Discoveries Prize.’
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Today's the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin. The young Mary enters the Temple, climbing the 15 steps without her parents' help, a detail of the reredos by Edward Ardizzone, c1930 at Our Lady and Mount Carmel, Faversham, Kent.
Faversham OL & Mt Carmel: www.flickr.com/photos/norfo...
Faversham OL & Mt Carmel: www.flickr.com/photos/norfo...
November 21, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Today's the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin. The young Mary enters the Temple, climbing the 15 steps without her parents' help, a detail of the reredos by Edward Ardizzone, c1930 at Our Lady and Mount Carmel, Faversham, Kent.
Faversham OL & Mt Carmel: www.flickr.com/photos/norfo...
Faversham OL & Mt Carmel: www.flickr.com/photos/norfo...
Very sad to read this.
Such sad news that the great Ken Reid has died. A wonderful journalist. Such a genuine and lovely man. No notes. Rest in Peace @bigkenreid Thinking of your family, colleagues, and everyone whose life you touched. #RIPKen
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Very sad to read this.
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Excellent point🔽
And why is Farage able to wander about in a crowd of thousands of people but not able to meet his constituents for face-to-face meetings?
After a day in which a farmers protest was hijacked by the usual far right leeches, the most important question is… are Farage’s two henchmen being payed with with your taxes…?
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Excellent point🔽
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From poet, journalist and broadcaster, Ian McMillan:
“Cold shut-down libraries
And no pools for swimmers;
Food banks and clothes banks
And queues for hot dinners.
Parks with no sand pits
And rusted up swings
These are a few of #austerity’s things.”
“Cold shut-down libraries
And no pools for swimmers;
Food banks and clothes banks
And queues for hot dinners.
Parks with no sand pits
And rusted up swings
These are a few of #austerity’s things.”
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
From poet, journalist and broadcaster, Ian McMillan:
“Cold shut-down libraries
And no pools for swimmers;
Food banks and clothes banks
And queues for hot dinners.
Parks with no sand pits
And rusted up swings
These are a few of #austerity’s things.”
“Cold shut-down libraries
And no pools for swimmers;
Food banks and clothes banks
And queues for hot dinners.
Parks with no sand pits
And rusted up swings
These are a few of #austerity’s things.”
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‘More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high’
I’ve long believed if we counted children in poverty, and had the same level of media scrutiny on this as we did quarterly Migration stats, our society would be very different
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
I’ve long believed if we counted children in poverty, and had the same level of media scrutiny on this as we did quarterly Migration stats, our society would be very different
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:06 PM
‘More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high’
I’ve long believed if we counted children in poverty, and had the same level of media scrutiny on this as we did quarterly Migration stats, our society would be very different
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
I’ve long believed if we counted children in poverty, and had the same level of media scrutiny on this as we did quarterly Migration stats, our society would be very different
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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If you’re not following Chris and *always* reading his Brexit blog, well, you should be.
The limits and limitations of post-Brexit choices. Latest post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. How both the Labour budget and Trump's election show that Brexit hasn't changed the basic parameters of UK policy choices, but has added new constraints: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
November 13, 2024 at 6:57 PM
If you’re not following Chris and *always* reading his Brexit blog, well, you should be.
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The irony of X being a symbol used on computers to close things down shouldn't go unnoticed.
November 15, 2024 at 1:04 PM
The irony of X being a symbol used on computers to close things down shouldn't go unnoticed.
I'm glad to see Tim O"Neill here. This is a typically detailed, rational and fascinating piece
.. history claims. No, it was not some kind of centre of science and technology. And no, it was not burned down by a wild mob of Christians who hated learning., See below for the actual story of the Great LIbrary.
historyforatheists.com/2017/07/the-...
historyforatheists.com/2017/07/the-...
The Great Myths 5: The Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria - History for Atheists
If there is a story that forms the heart of New Atheist bad history, it’s the tale of the Great Library of Alexandria and its destruction by a Christian mob. It’s the central moral fable of the Drape...
historyforatheists.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I'm glad to see Tim O"Neill here. This is a typically detailed, rational and fascinating piece