Colin the Librarian
@jenslofgren.bsky.social
I like books and border collies and gardens and history. On here to meet interesting people and learn things.
I read somewhere that Coward suggested his own last words might be ‘les flammes deja…’
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I read somewhere that Coward suggested his own last words might be ‘les flammes deja…’
I can’t believe these allegations about Nigel Farage. They seem so out of character….
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I can’t believe these allegations about Nigel Farage. They seem so out of character….
Would be interesting to see how this would land if other countries decided to reciprocate and Brits who had retired abroad and did not meet the income threshold suddenly had to return - even though they had complied with all the formalities necessary at the time.
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Would be interesting to see how this would land if other countries decided to reciprocate and Brits who had retired abroad and did not meet the income threshold suddenly had to return - even though they had complied with all the formalities necessary at the time.
Reposted by Colin the Librarian
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
January 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
