Mary Wimbury
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Abby Spanberger will now be governor of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill governor of NJ. I wrote about both of them, and their friend group, last year
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The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Abby Spanberger will now be governor of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill governor of NJ. I wrote about both of them, and their friend group, last year
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Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
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Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
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"We will not be working with Reform. That's out of the question."
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
Welsh first minister: ‘Farage doesn’t understand the first thing about Wales’
Eluned Morgan, first finister of Wales and leader of Welsh Labour, tells The News Agents why the party will never work with Reform UK, and why Nigel Farage’s plans to restart the Welsh coal industry i...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"We will not be working with Reform. That's out of the question."
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
This is fabulous from Laura - history, science and a forthcoming book - what’s not to like?
In my new novel, THE ART OF A LIE, Hannah Cole is struggling to run her confectionery shop in 18th C London after her husband's murder, and she believes an Italian delicacy called 'iced cream' might be the answer to her problems. So yesterday I made ice cream the Georgian way!🍦A thread...
June 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is fabulous from Laura - history, science and a forthcoming book - what’s not to like?
An amazing story
This is the most incredible personal story of Edgar Feuchtwanger - a neighbour of Hitler as a five year old Jewish child in Munich, before escaping to England aged 14 in 1939
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I was Hitler’s neighbour: ‘If he’d known we were Jewish, we’d have been sent to Dachau’
In 1929, Edgar Feuchtwanger was five years old and living with his family in Munich when Adolf Hitler moved into a flat opposite. At first, his parents thought they were safe hiding in plain sight – u...
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May 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
An amazing story
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The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives
December 14, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives
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Deep joy: Wales embraces ‘hwyl’ in tourism campaign to rival Danish ‘hygge’
Deep joy: Wales embraces ‘hwyl’ in tourism campaign to rival Danish ‘hygge’
‘Hwyl can raise the heartbeat or relax the body; it’s your own particular form of happiness,’ says Welsh psychologist
The Danish word hygge, which summons a feeling of cosy, fire-crackling contentedness, has done its fair share for tourism in Scandinavia…
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January 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Deep joy: Wales embraces ‘hwyl’ in tourism campaign to rival Danish ‘hygge’
This story reminds me of the time my son insisted he was navigating us to a 24 hour supermarket in France, that he'd found on a google. It turned out to be a 24 hour oyster vending machine 😂
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Aldi: Fake store on Google Maps 'causes havoc' in Denbighshire
Shoppers end up empty handed after driving to a rural village hoping to buy their bread and milk.
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January 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This story reminds me of the time my son insisted he was navigating us to a 24 hour supermarket in France, that he'd found on a google. It turned out to be a 24 hour oyster vending machine 😂
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This, this, so much this👇
At some point it would be nice if the National Rail app would realise that people want to look up details of trains that "departed in the past" because they want to know if they're going to miss their connection
December 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This, this, so much this👇
“There are no solutions only trade offs” - true in all sorts of situations not just football or educational assessment
Part 3 of our series on the perfect assessment system.
Featuring examples of the type of exam question I dislike the most: short written responses that are hard to mark reliably & don't inspire deeper thought.
Also featuring bonus analogies with VAR!
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Featuring examples of the type of exam question I dislike the most: short written responses that are hard to mark reliably & don't inspire deeper thought.
Also featuring bonus analogies with VAR!
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/designing-...
Designing the perfect assessment system, part 3
There are no solutions, only trade-offs
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December 16, 2024 at 8:26 AM
“There are no solutions only trade offs” - true in all sorts of situations not just football or educational assessment
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How Eluned Morgan became Labour’s most authentic leader: open.substack.com/pub/tomwatso...
What Happened in Llandudno: How Eluned Morgan Became Labour's Most Authentic Leader
Three Appearances in 24 Hours: Eluned Morgan united Labour in Wales
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November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
How Eluned Morgan became Labour’s most authentic leader: open.substack.com/pub/tomwatso...
Plus joining Bluesky of course …👏
In my first 100 days as First Minister, I promised to listen and act on what matters to you.
In that time, here are some of the things we’ve achieved together 👇
🔗 welshgovernment.blog.gov.wales/2024/11/14/f...
In that time, here are some of the things we’ve achieved together 👇
🔗 welshgovernment.blog.gov.wales/2024/11/14/f...
November 15, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Plus joining Bluesky of course …👏
Remembering that as a small child I hated budget day because all the children’s programmes moved onto BBC2 and our TV did not do BBC2 - a different world 😂
October 30, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Remembering that as a small child I hated budget day because all the children’s programmes moved onto BBC2 and our TV did not do BBC2 - a different world 😂