Sue Crampton
@suecauthor.bsky.social
Writer and recently enjoying poetry.Lived in Middle East, Catalonia and France.Feminist, activist, historian.
Farm with Seven Piglets (1943), by the Brazilian artist Tarsila de Amaral, in the Brasil! Brasil! exhibition at the Royal Academy. The first exhibition of modern Brazilian art in the UK was at the RA in 1944; this picture was one of those exhibited then. #WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday
#EdSheeran needs to understand that those in music and all creative arts challenge the establishment through what they do.It should be celebrated and articulated.We remember those that do.
Someone was arrested in Scotland yesterday for reading the poem "Don't mention the children" by Michael Rosen, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder. #poetry #Scotland #Gaza
‘He’s a war criminal’: Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest Netanyahu if he visit New York
‘He’s a war criminal’: Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest Netanyahu if he visit New York
NYC mayor says in Times interview that’s he’s in ‘active conversation’ with city’s law department about the matter New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he was reviewing whether his administration could arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if as expected the Israeli prime minister visits the city for the UN general assembly in September. Mamdani’s comments on Saturday’s episode of the New York Times’s the Interview podcast echoed ones he had made to the publication as he successfully ran for mayor last fall. Continue reading...
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Thought they said Qatari-Grifted. Trump Takes Maiden Flight on Qatari-Gifted Air Force One. We Were on Board. www.wsj.com/us-news/air-...
Trump Takes Maiden Flight on Qatari-Gifted Air Force One. We Were on Board.
A new paint job. Lie-flat leather seats. And library bookcases. Our reporter describes the $400 million overhaul of Trump’s presidential jet.
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November 2023 issue of Catalan children's magazine Petit Sapiens on the Spanish Civil War. Republic, revolution, exile, memory and Marina Ginestà encapsulating revolutionary Barcelona in the middle.
"While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper Poor people gonna rise up And get their share"
Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tracy Chapman
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Don’t forget to choose your book for the first round of our Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge!
50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages
We updated this list as part of the the Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge! Join the challenge now! Very short novels have a special magic—not least because, not to be morbid, you can simply …
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Books and reading #121 Wise words from the great American broadcaster Walter Kronkite. #bookstagram #readersofinstagram
Peregrine falcon behind Gaudí's trencadís mosiac and chicks this month in the Sagrada Familia. Kindly sent to by Eduard Durany of Galanthus. A total of 318 chicks have hatched in the Barcelona metropolitan area since Eduard started the reintroduction programme with the council in 2003.
www.darcymoore.net/tag/orwell/ Fascinating archive here for those readers and students of Orwell
Orwell – Darcy Moore
Posts about Orwell written by Darcy Moore
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Good to be reminded why I wrote Hags. Older women already shoulder a disproportionate burden of work (paid and unpaid). "Nothing better to do" means, I guess, "shouldn't be doing politics, and certainly shouldn't be celebrating any political gains"
Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living
Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living
Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year * UK politics live – latest updates Rachel Reeves is planning to cancel a rise in fuel duty this week when she unveils a package of measures to reduce the cost of living. The chancellor will announce she will not put up the tax by 1p as was due to happen in September, government sources said, and she could cancel all of a 5p rise that is due to happen in stages over the subsequent six months. Continue reading...
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Antoni Gaudí's pavement tiles along Passeig de Gràcia, decorated sinuously with octopuses, ammonite snails, seaweed and brittle stars. An art, though religious, steeped in the nature and wildlife of the Mediterranean, adorning the streets of Barcelona
Here's a bus collectivised by the CNT. Gràcia to Barceloneta, I guess August 1936. Would have been a bumpy ride with those narrow wheels over the cobblestones.
