Mark Ellis
@mirkle.bsky.social
Widening participation, primary ed, real ale, Dorset, theatre, baklava and Turkish ice cream.
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Could Jenrick clarify the exact ratio between different ethnicities that would constitute an acceptable community? I live in Kingston and fear it’s unacceptably white.
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Could Jenrick clarify the exact ratio between different ethnicities that would constitute an acceptable community? I live in Kingston and fear it’s unacceptably white.
Depressing that Raphi Bloom @bbcr4 has to employ playground tactics (‘but look how the Chinese treat the Uyghurs’) to argue that criticism of Israel is extreme. China doesn’t claim to be a democratic Western country. Maybe the Israeli government could stop making this claim and do us all a favour.
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Depressing that Raphi Bloom @bbcr4 has to employ playground tactics (‘but look how the Chinese treat the Uyghurs’) to argue that criticism of Israel is extreme. China doesn’t claim to be a democratic Western country. Maybe the Israeli government could stop making this claim and do us all a favour.
I’ve just arrived at the Apple Store to buy a new charger for my Mac having left it behind in Italy, and have been suddenly overwhelmed by how much I hate this place. Standing around trying to get the attention of one of their assistants really is the most stressful experience in retail.
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I’ve just arrived at the Apple Store to buy a new charger for my Mac having left it behind in Italy, and have been suddenly overwhelmed by how much I hate this place. Standing around trying to get the attention of one of their assistants really is the most stressful experience in retail.
The fate of the Palestinians: either genocide or the denial of their right to their land - by the very country who deprived them of it in the first place. Their future is like a boot stamping on a human face for ever.
July 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The fate of the Palestinians: either genocide or the denial of their right to their land - by the very country who deprived them of it in the first place. Their future is like a boot stamping on a human face for ever.
Cunliffe said, “Why do we need wet wipes?” Hmm, you try getting through anal cancer treatment without them ....
July 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cunliffe said, “Why do we need wet wipes?” Hmm, you try getting through anal cancer treatment without them ....
Mencer’s ‘argument’ on @BBCradio4 this morning is that the IDF, with total control of a sliver of land, are at the mercy of Hamas. After nearly three years of bombing the shit out of the territory. Odd.
July 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Mencer’s ‘argument’ on @BBCradio4 this morning is that the IDF, with total control of a sliver of land, are at the mercy of Hamas. After nearly three years of bombing the shit out of the territory. Odd.
Can't get out of my mind a friend talking world politics in Spanish who bamboozled me with what I heard as Tramp y Pudding.
April 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Can't get out of my mind a friend talking world politics in Spanish who bamboozled me with what I heard as Tramp y Pudding.
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Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.
March 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.
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Listen, I know every Black person's head turned when they heard that line
“You should be grateful”
I know where I’ve heard that from
I know where I’ve heard that from
February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Listen, I know every Black person's head turned when they heard that line
The Mughal exhibition at the V&A is well worth your time: vibrant pictures, bejewelled daggers, carpets, calligrapy, marquetry, mother of pearl dishes and brass ewers; a cornucopia of objects reflecting a fascinating time of cultural interconnectedness.
February 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Mughal exhibition at the V&A is well worth your time: vibrant pictures, bejewelled daggers, carpets, calligrapy, marquetry, mother of pearl dishes and brass ewers; a cornucopia of objects reflecting a fascinating time of cultural interconnectedness.
Almost a Turkish 🇹🇷 sky tonight. I do miss Ankara in the winter!
February 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Almost a Turkish 🇹🇷 sky tonight. I do miss Ankara in the winter!
Best thing about post cancer treatment back-in-the-gymness is the endorphin rush: I feel invincible!
February 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Best thing about post cancer treatment back-in-the-gymness is the endorphin rush: I feel invincible!
Is anyone else obsessed by the ending of the extended version of In Our Time when the guests are asked if they want tea or coffee? This week Melvyn Bragg asked for water, guest asks for same, but then changes his mind when second guest dares to ask for tea. Nail biting entertainment!
February 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Is anyone else obsessed by the ending of the extended version of In Our Time when the guests are asked if they want tea or coffee? This week Melvyn Bragg asked for water, guest asks for same, but then changes his mind when second guest dares to ask for tea. Nail biting entertainment!
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This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Zanele Muholi’s exhibition at Tate Modern was the perfect foil for the reading of Sathnam Sanghera’s ‘Empireland’.
January 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Zanele Muholi’s exhibition at Tate Modern was the perfect foil for the reading of Sathnam Sanghera’s ‘Empireland’.
The UK’s share of public expenditure on tertiary education at 23%, compared to an OECD average of 68%, is the lowest in the OECD.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doubts-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doubts-...
Doubts about value of degrees and university expansion not backed by the evidence, David Willetts shows in new report
Much of the public and media debate ignores the long-lasting benefits of higher education
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The UK’s share of public expenditure on tertiary education at 23%, compared to an OECD average of 68%, is the lowest in the OECD.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doubts-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doubts-...
This is the sum total of my engagement with today's gruesome event, and it did make me laugh: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Braverman, Truss and Fox – we have sent the worst of British public life to Trump’s inauguration | Zoe Williams
Keir Starmer didn’t make the cut for the guest list in Washington DC. But given the company, he shouldn’t sweat it, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the sum total of my engagement with today's gruesome event, and it did make me laugh: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Passenger sitting next to emergency door, travelling alone, had psychotic episode on flight Porto to Gatwick this eve. BA staff clueless. Husband (special needs dentist) sat next to her and calmed her down, stayed with her until we landed. Not a word of thanks from crew. Gobsmacked.
January 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Passenger sitting next to emergency door, travelling alone, had psychotic episode on flight Porto to Gatwick this eve. BA staff clueless. Husband (special needs dentist) sat next to her and calmed her down, stayed with her until we landed. Not a word of thanks from crew. Gobsmacked.
To the Royal Academy: fascinating intersections between Michelangelo, Rafael and Leonardo, sketches providing evidence of how they influenced each other: in another room, a demonstration of how Leighton’s sketches, inspired by classical sculpture, influenced his ‘Flaming June’. Gorgeous.
January 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
To the Royal Academy: fascinating intersections between Michelangelo, Rafael and Leonardo, sketches providing evidence of how they influenced each other: in another room, a demonstration of how Leighton’s sketches, inspired by classical sculpture, influenced his ‘Flaming June’. Gorgeous.
‘Popped into’ the National Gallery this afternoon. 20 minute queue, airport style security, the whole Sainsbury wing and rooms B to F were closed 🙄 (Security told me Friday evenings if you want some space).
January 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
‘Popped into’ the National Gallery this afternoon. 20 minute queue, airport style security, the whole Sainsbury wing and rooms B to F were closed 🙄 (Security told me Friday evenings if you want some space).
Just been to Hew Locke’s ‘exhibition’ at the British Museum. Fascinating stuff. I loved the linguistic contrast between the official labels and his informal commentary on the same objects. Also: I knew absolutely nothing about this:
January 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just been to Hew Locke’s ‘exhibition’ at the British Museum. Fascinating stuff. I loved the linguistic contrast between the official labels and his informal commentary on the same objects. Also: I knew absolutely nothing about this:
Classic ‘dicks’ @bbcr4 this morning: what an absolutely lovely man is Mark Anthony Turnage !
January 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Classic ‘dicks’ @bbcr4 this morning: what an absolutely lovely man is Mark Anthony Turnage !
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Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
Well, it's a New Year, and I'm reborn. Two weeks out of treatment and tonight everything suddenly snapped back together. I'm very looking forward.
January 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Well, it's a New Year, and I'm reborn. Two weeks out of treatment and tonight everything suddenly snapped back together. I'm very looking forward.