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Thought I'd give this a go. So far, so good. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
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RIP CHRIS REA (1951-2025)
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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YES!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Karen and Carlos 🍾🥂✨️
#Strictly
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, let us present to you the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.

Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.

A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Incredibly sad to learn of the death of Baroness Helen Newlove. She will be an enormous loss to politics, missed by all the victims and survivors she worked so hard to support and champion, and of course most acutely by her family and friends.

May her memory forever be a blessing ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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New York is a-changin'.
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Lovely to wake to the news that Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayor election!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor
Charismatic and relatable, the 34-year old energized voters – and provided a blueprint for other progressives to follow
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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C'mon, New York! You've got this!

(Listen volume up ⬆️ for a banger of a song too.)
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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ICYMI This is an interesting reminder of the lengths women had to go to fight against Catholic Ireland in 1972. Mary McGee, the heroine who fought to end Ireland's ban on contraception. (it took more than 10 yrs more for "unmarried couples")
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Tributes paid after death of Mary McGee, who helped end Ireland’s ban on contraception
Mother-of-four brought legal case against government after customs seized her contraceptives package from UK
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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🌿☕Morning🌞

Hverdagslykke is Norwegian for everyday happiness & contentment in daily life

Like a warm cup of ☕, taking a deep breath, a walk in nature, having family time

A cultural concept encouraging being present in life's routines rather than major events to be happy

@susiedent.com #etymology
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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♥️ Billie Eilish announced that she would be donating $11.5 million of earnings from her "Hit Me Hard & Soft" tour to various organizations dedicated to food equity, climate justice, reducing carbon pollution, & combating the climate crisis. www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainmen...
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Went back to Prunella Scales's contribution to Barkworth's "About Acting" today. Not just because it is immensely funny and charming, but for the most unfussy, practical, and profound description of a proper acting process ever captured in print.

Huge condolences to Sam and her family and friends.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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More politicians who don’t value education unless it makes them rich. Why do we have to endure this recycled ‘rip-off degrees’ narrative every single year? It’s as lazy as it is wrongheaded, but this time it comes with an added dash authoritarian paternalism. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
October 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Mandatory ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea
iandunt.substack.com/p/id-cards-a...
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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So anyway, turns out plasma in menstrual blood can completely heal wounds in 24 hours.

hudson.org.au/news/womb-to...
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM