Mark Benney
@markbenney.bsky.social
Accidental campaigner for accountability of public bodies and officials. Bowler. Walking Footballer.
Not really sure anyone could face A Fine Balance more than once, for all its undoubted merits…
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not really sure anyone could face A Fine Balance more than once, for all its undoubted merits…
All good fun, but Aubrey-Maturin and A Dance To The Music Of Time would be a stretch for most of us even every decade🙂. Other good stuff would need to make way!
June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
All good fun, but Aubrey-Maturin and A Dance To The Music Of Time would be a stretch for most of us even every decade🙂. Other good stuff would need to make way!
Yes, came here to say The Magic Mountain. Terribly neglected. Still topical. And new translations are on the way🙂
June 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes, came here to say The Magic Mountain. Terribly neglected. Still topical. And new translations are on the way🙂
The like is for your achievement John. Not Oasis😉😂
June 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The like is for your achievement John. Not Oasis😉😂
I don’t think Armando Iannucci could have come up with a character quite as ridiculous, absurd, bonkers, expensive and ultimately irrelevant as Liz Truss.
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I don’t think Armando Iannucci could have come up with a character quite as ridiculous, absurd, bonkers, expensive and ultimately irrelevant as Liz Truss.
I’m not aware of any complaint to the EHRC about Islamophobia in the Labour Party. My main interest has been in indirect discrimination against BAME and disabled civil servants. Your wider point no doubt has some validity.
May 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m not aware of any complaint to the EHRC about Islamophobia in the Labour Party. My main interest has been in indirect discrimination against BAME and disabled civil servants. Your wider point no doubt has some validity.