Once I had the idea that Chris Mason is doing Starmer's daily horoscope, I could not unhave it. Have a listen with that thought in your head. In terms of pacing, writing, and tone, it could not be more perfect.
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contentedly retired academic (economics) diatonic accordion fumbler (https://www.youtube.com/@ekhezlaik/videos) shelfloads of #vinyl - not a collector though, just old. #COYI btw
Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, born #OTD 1831; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies. Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Cheers to the approaching weekend! This fabulous cup is reminiscent of a medieval chalice. It is decorated with scrolling tendrils and foliage, and lapis lazuli, garnet, opal, amethyst, rock crystal, tourmaline, mother-of pearl and red coral!
Cuts and damage that have the de facto approval of the @royalsociety.org, which continues to honour Musk as a fellow despite his breaches of their code of conduct.
Boston Tom Levenson@tomlevenson.bsky.social · 2mo agoYour reminder that Trump, Musk and Doge cut the federal screwworm control program. And now a scourge eradicated in the US in 1966 has come back. Are you tired of winning yet?
This is how politicians of the Labour right used to deal with the fash, btw
‘How Many Aunties?’, Black Hares Mount, Leeds, 1978, photo by Peter Mitchell.
Interesting that Burnham’s argument for less aggressive whipping is that this would “raise the status of members of parliament [and] let them appear more authentic to their constituents”, given his commitment also to PR which is somewhat inimical to the single-member constituency system.
Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺@andygjburge.bsky.social · 2mo agoBurnham is spot on here. If you have to threaten large numbers of your backbenchers into voting for a measure with which they disagree, you're almost certainly trying to implement a bad policy. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Sometime at the end of the second century a local aristocrat got buried close to what will become Berlin. He was laid to rest with a bronze relief showing the labors of Hercules and might have been a veteran of the Marcomannic Wars. Small world! Landesmuseum Brandenburg
It’s worth checking if your local library service offers press reader. Mine does. So that’s today’s editions of pretty much most of what I ever need free.
Died (alas!) on this day in 1594, in Venice, the great Jacopo Robusti, commonly known as Tintoretto. Here, by himself, in 1587.
Stunning Iberian sculpture of a wolf head from El Pajarillo, Jaén, Andalucía, early 4th BCE. The ears pinned back and wrinkled muzzle suggest a threatening posture. It forms part of a large sculpture telling story of a hero who frees a youth from the wild animal. Museo de Jaén.
This work was painted in the late 1940s when Theodore Major and his family lived in Wigan. After moving to Appley Bridge in 1950, he painted on board rather than canvas and relatively few works remain from the earlier period.
The Kearton Brothers (Richard & Cherry): Born in the tiny Swaledale village of Thwaite in the Yorkshire Dales, these farmers' sons are credited by Sir David Attenborough with inventing natural history photography. In 1895, they published British Birds' Nests, the world’s first
Nothing much. Just Hammet looking as sharp as one of his novels
Shooti@bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn 1946, Hammett was elected president of the Civil Rights Congress. The CRC fought against racism, protected workers’ rights and advocated for incarcerated Black Americans on death row. Under his leadership, the CRC helped raise bail for Communist leaders jailed for political reasons. /7
These took a while to design. I lost my dad eighteen months ago and Father's Day felt like a tough job this year. I got there by thinking about what he gave me. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/fathers-day-...
24th May is the feast of Pentecost. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 4452; Evangeliary of Henry II; circa 1007 CE-1012 CE; Reichenau; f.135v
sold out? He was lucky to get a seat then.
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2mo agoKing appears as surprise guest at sold-out Shakespeare play
“Can you imagine a worse choice as reserve player on a seven-week trip than a footballer who thinks this is the correct way to behave, and the best way to support his teammates and his country? Spot‑on, Thomas. I wouldn’t want that guy wandering around the tennis courts between games either.”
Tuchel has picked a good England squad and doesn’t care about the wider shout-verse | Barney Ronay
Every choice or omission stands up to scrutiny, although the FA’s technology department did not do such a good job at the unveiling
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Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt
The arrival of the nuns at Nun Monkton came roughly a century after the Norman Conquest. In 1172, Ivetta of the Arches, an Anglo-Norman landowner, founded a small Benedictine nunnery which owned the village. The priory survived until 1536, when it was dissolved under Henry VIII. The village
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live. Traffic Procol Harum Van Morrison Richard Thompson Blowzabella Vasmalom Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars Flaco Jiménez Shooglenifty The Hot Sardines
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3mo agoIntroduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live Credence Clearwater Revival Rolling Stones Steve Millar Band Simple Minds Fleetwood Mac John Mayall Robert Cray Fairport Convention Bruce Springsteen Tom Petty
“He had no plans to rejoin the EU in the next 10 years and he quite fancied some kind of electoral reform. And welfare also needed looking at. This was all for later, though. Now he just wanted to let Makerfield know he was an ordinary, humble local boy. A politician they could trust.”
Manchester Messiah Burnham anointed to fix Westminster politics
King of the North searches for the hero inside himself to an Oasis backing track to change politics for the better
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A Swiss luxury train elegantly navigates two different track gauges without changing cars, showcasing innovative engineering in action.