Delighted that, as of today, my book The Women in Whites is on sale in the @kiaoval.com shop. Let me know if you spot it in the wild!
Chris Drew
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Ex UK gov economist incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Level 1 umpire. Semi-veggie. UTV EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Glamorgan CCC fan. Welsh. And French Born at 325ppm
Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time as the classic film prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Actor Matthew Rhys will voice Han Solo, with Rhys Ifans as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Princess Leia. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Star Wars dubbed in Welsh for the first time to celebrate landmark anniversary
The Welsh language version of the classic 1977 film will feature Matthew Rhys as Han Solo.
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If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Man's Hilarious Confused Look
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M.C.@mcmgoptimist.bsky.social · yesterdayIf you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 4: The first song on an album from the 2000s youtu.be/jRqhGC5vgC0?is
White Flag
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For the last 24 hours, I've had an email from @economist.com entitled 'How to stop procrastinating'. I haven't read it yet.
Minute Cryptic - 4 August, 2026 "Halfway across Europe, backpacking 500 miles from Nice?" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (38 083 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Reform's latest proposals display many features of pro-Brexit arguments, including bogus but technical-sounding claims (here, UNCLOS, cf 'CTA', 'WTO terms', 'GATT 24'), and assumptions aboutt what other countries/ EU will/ should/ must do. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2
France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Royal Navy
It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.
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Connections Puzzle #1149 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had to 'invert' my logic on green by working out purple
Minute Cryptic - 3 August, 2026 "Nothing in vault where gold should be - it's a bit of a shock" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (41 505 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
I thought this needed wider circulation now we’re in August. H/T to @thelocalfrance.bsky.social @emmapearson.bsky.social
I ordered this book in early February 2020, on the back of a Twitter post by @fryrsquared.bsky.social. Book arrived mid Feb. Probably one of my best purchases, as I understood far more about what was about to happen and was able to prepare. Thank you, Adam. And thanks as well, Hannah.
Adam Kucharski@adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 3d agoSome brief thoughts: 1. Discourse got polarised fast, not helped by some scientists (often not directly involved in response) speculating on how they'd run country 2. Media played role here – I gave up on interviews for some outlets, because would always start "is govt is getting everything wrong?"
@jahiggins.bsky.social You get a follow back based on having "God have mercy on stringy Bob" in your bio...
Hello to all my new followers. I seem to have appeared on a list. Please note that most of my posts are quizzes, cricket or #Wülferhampton related. You may find it all very uninteresting.
Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
@lewisgoodall.com I've often listened to you in the past, but I genuinely think you've got this debate on covid wrong. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and @chrischirp.bsky.social were two of my 'go-tos' during the pandemic, and remain so. Please just put your hand up on this one.
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
New: France Cricket's chairman appears to have kept from his own board government letters confirming his organisation had lost official recognition. www.france24.com/en/sport/202... @france24.com
France Cricket implodes: letters hidden in a drawer and a board at war
France Cricket's chairman appears to have kept the sports ministry's letters – confirming the body had lost government recognition – from his own board, which is now in revolt. The International Crick...
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Farewell to The Misanthrope 👋 Missed it on our Lyttelton stage? Not to worry! It'll be in cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live from 22 Sep. Find a screening near you 👇 https://www.ntlive.com/plays/the-misanthrope/ 🎨 Set and Costume Design by Robert Jones 📸 Marc Brenner
Rétro cars voitures 🚘 automobiles 🚗 à VENTIMIGLIA VINTIMILLE en ITALIE dans le rétro des années 70, à 7km de Menton
