Ismene Brown
@ismeneb.bsky.social
Soviet historian, dance critic, made theartsdesk.com, cuttings @ ismeneb.com, YT @balletlegendsinterviewed, researching E A Furtseva
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I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
Winn’s rebuttal of the queried illness includes this 2015 medical opinion which is very far from definitive, and nothing like a “terminal” diagnosis. Though that was the premise of the 2018 book and sequels. Chloehadj looks on firm ground.
July 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Winn’s rebuttal of the queried illness includes this 2015 medical opinion which is very far from definitive, and nothing like a “terminal” diagnosis. Though that was the premise of the 2018 book and sequels. Chloehadj looks on firm ground.
No, this is the most telling paragraph - from the medical letter supposedly giving his terminal diagnosis. The doc wasn’t definitive. “Very mild”, if CBS at all.
July 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
No, this is the most telling paragraph - from the medical letter supposedly giving his terminal diagnosis. The doc wasn’t definitive. “Very mild”, if CBS at all.
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There is a fabulous BBC Radio 4 documentary from 2012, Blackout Ballet, made by @pipparitchie.bsky.social and presented by @ismeneb.bsky.social about International Ballet. It’s still available in the UK on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - Blackout Ballet
Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There is a fabulous BBC Radio 4 documentary from 2012, Blackout Ballet, made by @pipparitchie.bsky.social and presented by @ismeneb.bsky.social about International Ballet. It’s still available in the UK on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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For context, here's Kemi Badenoch pictured with the Spectator's new editor
December 4, 2024 at 12:06 PM
For context, here's Kemi Badenoch pictured with the Spectator's new editor
Another described a wife’s trauma at seeing husband dying as so unbearable she shd not be put through it. I know it’s the living who suffer from a suicide but that isn’t the central issue.
December 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Another described a wife’s trauma at seeing husband dying as so unbearable she shd not be put through it. I know it’s the living who suffer from a suicide but that isn’t the central issue.
Any Answers had a man with terminal cancer saying he was up & down from intolerable pain to feeling ok within hours, & anyone seeing him in one period wd not have whole picture. He was against it.
December 2, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Any Answers had a man with terminal cancer saying he was up & down from intolerable pain to feeling ok within hours, & anyone seeing him in one period wd not have whole picture. He was against it.
I’m an atheist irritated by the misappropriation and distraction of religion as a factor in the moral argument. Listening to Any Answers I wonder if it is living relatives not wanting to suffer vicariously who transfer their feelings to the dying ones who are feeling something different.
December 1, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I’m an atheist irritated by the misappropriation and distraction of religion as a factor in the moral argument. Listening to Any Answers I wonder if it is living relatives not wanting to suffer vicariously who transfer their feelings to the dying ones who are feeling something different.
Most people’s gut feeling is that they don’t want to suffer. In a good health system, ensuring that they don’t suffer, and live longer than they were predicted to, is the gold standard to aim for. Palliative medics are brilliant and undersung.
November 29, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Most people’s gut feeling is that they don’t want to suffer. In a good health system, ensuring that they don’t suffer, and live longer than they were predicted to, is the gold standard to aim for. Palliative medics are brilliant and undersung.
This is all about gut feeling, & my gut feeling is that if I am seriously ill (and/or old, disabled, vulnerable) I want to see medical staff as 100% focused on assisting me to get better - not on also gauging when to put another option in my head. No to this. Yes to more info on palliative care.
November 29, 2024 at 10:25 AM
This is all about gut feeling, & my gut feeling is that if I am seriously ill (and/or old, disabled, vulnerable) I want to see medical staff as 100% focused on assisting me to get better - not on also gauging when to put another option in my head. No to this. Yes to more info on palliative care.