Strongly recommend watching the film California Schemin'. Went to see it at the cinema with my son yesterday. Audacious and enthralling true story about two young rappers from Dundee wanting to break out. Great performances. Really enjoyed it!
Remembering 1st Comic Relief in '86. Our headteacher said "just come in a funny costume". My Dad felled trees as a hobby so 8 year old me came wearing helmet, protective gloves & holding his smallest chainsaw to school. Got to 10.30 break before an ashen faced headteacher confiscated it. Good days.
Treat yourself and your friends. One of the most gripping and delightful books I've ever read.* An immersive experience into 18th century London as well as a beautiful page turner. I loved it from start to finish and want to read it all again. *Well, audio book which is just outstandingly performed.
Have a brandy.
I enjoyed Perspectives by Laurent Binet and this might fit the bill for you Antonia
A Christmas delight seeing Jennifer Saunders in Amandaland. Effortlessly stole the show with her character. Feel guilty for almost forgetting just how convincing she is.
It’s all about Mani today
Devastated to hear Mani has died. His bass guitar is the soundtrack of so many people's lives. Gone too soon.
#OtD 16 Aug 1819 the Peterloo massacre took place when British cavalry charge into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 working-class people demanding the right to vote. 15 were murdered and up to 700 injured, including many women. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/11/07/e...
I know there's a lot going on at the moment, but Ronnie O'Sullivan has just made his second 147 OF THE MATCH in a semi-final vs Chris Wakelin.
I have been invested in Bobby ever since he got gout
I love all the characters so much. Family friends. Been slowly catching up on some of the later series that I had missed at the time. Dale just (briefly) lost the Presidency of the local gun club. More emotions in that episode than many a TV drama!
Photo of Alison McGovern speaking from a lectern on the right side of the stage. Behind her to her left is a red screen that says, "Alison McGovern MP". Immediately behind her is a screen with live captioning of her speech. To her right is yellow and pink staging that says "M U Musicians' Union, Welcome to Delegate Conference 2025 #MUConference". Alison is in the centre. To her right is the top table with six people listening, and in the foreground are members sitting at rows of tables
“I want to thank the MU for the work you do to make sure that musicians are properly remunerated, that everyone feels able and safe to perform, and for the work you do to make sure live music is a part of towns and cities”
Minister for Employment Alison McGovern MP is our 1st speaker
#MUConference
Game changers.
Newcastle is known as a party city, rain, snow or shine and NorthernPride 🏳️🌈 is the best kind of party - open to everyone, free music and dancing, pride in who we are and everyone celebrating the right to love and be who we chose
Bloody hell England! Wow. Never gave up.
Happy birthday Andy
Georgia Stanway. Foot like a traction engine!
Still a truly outstanding athletic achievement. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9K...
We need, as a society, to denormalise video calls.
A phone call is fine 90% of the time. We don’t need to be able to see each other.
Really chuffed for you and Palace fans.
Loved 'The Black Dog' by Kevin Bridges. Fantastic characters and writing with memorable and realistic lines. Had no idea it would be this good.
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Word of the day is ‘foxy’ (19th century), used of weather that misleads you into thinking it’s extremely warm when in reality it’s pretty chilly.
I tied these ribbons to the railings today outside what was HMP Holloway. There is no other sign at the site to remind people that a thousand suffragettes were imprisoned here and some were tortured. #InternationalWomensDay
I think fan fiction counts on World Book Day!
You. Shall. Not. Pass.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
