Sonia Sanchez
@thesoninananah.bsky.social
Spanish/Galician/British/Londoner, innit. Comms person by day, travel/genealogy/history/language enthusiast when I’m not at work. About to embark on my next big adventure.
Feliz navidad to all kicking off their Christmas celebrations from tonight. I’m starting my food prep now. Mostly fish on the menu.
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Feliz navidad to all kicking off their Christmas celebrations from tonight. I’m starting my food prep now. Mostly fish on the menu.
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Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal
Keir Starmer’s government has been told a closer EU trade deal is a “strategic necessity” for companies in Britain as growing numbers of exporters find it tougher to do business under the UK’s post-Brexit agreement.
Calling on Labour to accelerate its reset with Brussels, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the UK’s existing trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) was failing to help them grow their sales in the EU. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Brilliant news!! Leaving the EU was one of the worst acts of political and economic self-harm. I’m still annoyed it was passed through on an advisory referendum. The sooner we get back in, the better. Also, note to all levels of the education sector: Stop Cutting Language Courses!!!
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP announces that the UK is rejoining Erasmus+. 🎉
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Brilliant news!! Leaving the EU was one of the worst acts of political and economic self-harm. I’m still annoyed it was passed through on an advisory referendum. The sooner we get back in, the better. Also, note to all levels of the education sector: Stop Cutting Language Courses!!!
Seeing as FIFA and the US govt seem intent on ruining the World Cup I’ll definitely be boycotting. Wish they’d move all the games to Canada and Mexico. Wouldn’t go to the US now even if you paid me.
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Seeing as FIFA and the US govt seem intent on ruining the World Cup I’ll definitely be boycotting. Wish they’d move all the games to Canada and Mexico. Wouldn’t go to the US now even if you paid me.
This reminds me of the scene with the melting Nazi in Indiana Jones. Trump already looks like he’s melting with that dreadful fake tan.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This reminds me of the scene with the melting Nazi in Indiana Jones. Trump already looks like he’s melting with that dreadful fake tan.
I was in France in 1998. Don’t remember hearing any of this stuff. Doesn’t look like I missed much. The stuff i heard in France was much more memorable. #TOTP
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I was in France in 1998. Don’t remember hearing any of this stuff. Doesn’t look like I missed much. The stuff i heard in France was much more memorable. #TOTP
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So Deutsche Bahn is finally, after all these years waiting, going TO RUN TRAINS FROM GERMANY TO LONDON! #CrossChannelRail
a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway
Alt: Mr Bean in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway looking shocked
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So Deutsche Bahn is finally, after all these years waiting, going TO RUN TRAINS FROM GERMANY TO LONDON! #CrossChannelRail
He’s not wrong. The US is no longer an ally.
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
He’s not wrong. The US is no longer an ally.
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Chego tarde e traio o que ninguén pediu, pero aquí está a tradución ao xaponés por Asaka Takekazu da "Xustiza pola man":
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Chego tarde e traio o que ninguén pediu, pero aquí está a tradución ao xaponés por Asaka Takekazu da "Xustiza pola man":
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Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Five years after starting it, my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" is published today by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social (5 Dec in the US). Available in bookshops and whereever you get your books online. hurstpublishers.com/book/travels...
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Five years after starting it, my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" is published today by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social (5 Dec in the US). Available in bookshops and whereever you get your books online. hurstpublishers.com/book/travels...
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!
Mat leave is going ok. Have to take each day as it comes, but we’re ok so far. Taking part in my 5th bit of scientific research tomorrow. Some work on babies brains and the effects of growing up in a multilingual household.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Mat leave is going ok. Have to take each day as it comes, but we’re ok so far. Taking part in my 5th bit of scientific research tomorrow. Some work on babies brains and the effects of growing up in a multilingual household.
I have at least one family member in the east of this map and possibly another in the west. I’d like mass dna testing to help identify the remains of people from both sides of the conflict. Don’t think that will ever happen.
New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I have at least one family member in the east of this map and possibly another in the west. I’d like mass dna testing to help identify the remains of people from both sides of the conflict. Don’t think that will ever happen.
The level of discourse amongst the political elites in the US is just unreal. Not planning on going back to the US for a long time so I can say that I speak several languages at home, and could politely tell Vance to F off in more than six.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The level of discourse amongst the political elites in the US is just unreal. Not planning on going back to the US for a long time so I can say that I speak several languages at home, and could politely tell Vance to F off in more than six.
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Lazy cunt
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Lazy cunt
Threads is dreadful. The algorithm keeps putting antivaxxers and people who are unsure about vaccines on my feed, which drives me absolutely potty. Life is too short to be educating these people.
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Threads is dreadful. The algorithm keeps putting antivaxxers and people who are unsure about vaccines on my feed, which drives me absolutely potty. Life is too short to be educating these people.
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There is a consultation in progress by Nuala McAllister, MLA — to put a Burial Protection Bill in place to stop the graves of thousands of stillborn children & children from institutions from being repurposed or resold / developed.
Share your thoughts: formurl.com/to/burial_pr...
Share your thoughts: formurl.com/to/burial_pr...
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There is a consultation in progress by Nuala McAllister, MLA — to put a Burial Protection Bill in place to stop the graves of thousands of stillborn children & children from institutions from being repurposed or resold / developed.
Share your thoughts: formurl.com/to/burial_pr...
Share your thoughts: formurl.com/to/burial_pr...
I love a long distance train trip!!
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I love a long distance train trip!!
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More evidence that the #climate emergency affects *everything* - it should be front & centre of ALL government decisions. As well as serious adaptation (petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7300…) Govt must urgently stop making things worse eg greenlighting high carbon airport expansion
UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
More evidence that the #climate emergency affects *everything* - it should be front & centre of ALL government decisions. As well as serious adaptation (petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7300…) Govt must urgently stop making things worse eg greenlighting high carbon airport expansion
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The Renters Rights Bill has finished going through the House of Lords and will soon become law - great news that renters will now get the basic protections they desperately need
But it barely does a thing on affordability, so now time to tackle that by bringing in rent controls
But it barely does a thing on affordability, so now time to tackle that by bringing in rent controls
October 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Renters Rights Bill has finished going through the House of Lords and will soon become law - great news that renters will now get the basic protections they desperately need
But it barely does a thing on affordability, so now time to tackle that by bringing in rent controls
But it barely does a thing on affordability, so now time to tackle that by bringing in rent controls
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I've just finished a binge watch of #RiotWomen on iPlayer.
The best thing I've seen all year. It made me feel up lifted even as I was crying my eyes out. Sally Wainwright is an amazing writer.
The best thing I've seen all year. It made me feel up lifted even as I was crying my eyes out. Sally Wainwright is an amazing writer.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I've just finished a binge watch of #RiotWomen on iPlayer.
The best thing I've seen all year. It made me feel up lifted even as I was crying my eyes out. Sally Wainwright is an amazing writer.
The best thing I've seen all year. It made me feel up lifted even as I was crying my eyes out. Sally Wainwright is an amazing writer.
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Wilfred refers back to the prewar refugees to UK and kindertransport and says, "Back then, it was different."
It wasn't. It was the very definition of a hostile environment for refugees.
The reason it was "kinder" transport was because hate was whipped up against adults fleeing Nazi Germany. 1/2
It wasn't. It was the very definition of a hostile environment for refugees.
The reason it was "kinder" transport was because hate was whipped up against adults fleeing Nazi Germany. 1/2
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wilfred refers back to the prewar refugees to UK and kindertransport and says, "Back then, it was different."
It wasn't. It was the very definition of a hostile environment for refugees.
The reason it was "kinder" transport was because hate was whipped up against adults fleeing Nazi Germany. 1/2
It wasn't. It was the very definition of a hostile environment for refugees.
The reason it was "kinder" transport was because hate was whipped up against adults fleeing Nazi Germany. 1/2
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"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
The Rafah crossing is expected to re-open.
Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.
Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.
Let the journalists in.
Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.
Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.
Let the journalists in.
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
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