If microbes avoid racial and gender bias, so should microbiologists <a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/days/tolerance" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">UNESCO&rsquo;s International Day for Tolerance</a> takes place annually on 16 November and <a href="https:/...

Another fascinating episode of #R4LastWord earlier from @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Had to google the late #RobinWeiss after hearing his obituary.
Stumbled across this article.
How wonderful is this?

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The late great #NeilSedaka 's death seemed to receive very little coverage.
Lovely tribute on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social earlier today.

Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

Excellent obituary on #R4LastWord yesterday, including an interview with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
#ClaudetteColvin

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I saw #MollyParkin once, late at night in the now sadly gone, 24 hour beigel bake shop in Brick Lane, in the early 80's!
#R4LastWord

Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Interestingly the obit of #JamesWatson , although acknowledging the fact that the missing part of the jigsaw in search for #DNA was after seeing #RosalindFranklin ‘s photo 51, was in fact taken by her student Ray Gosling.

😬 Apparently David Niven once said Claudia Cardinale 'was the greatest Italian invention after the spaghetti'. #R4LastWord

Tom Lehrer obituary Singer, songwriter and satirist who eschewed the limelight to return to teaching mathematics

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#TomLehrer #R4LastWord

Goodness. The account on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social of Renee Goddard
being treated like a criminal having fled Germany really resonates.
A neighbour at our 1st house was a German emigre and came to UK as a schoolgirl. She was also treated in same way and banished to Isle of Man.

Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Particularly liked the tribute to Diana Melly.
Saw the great man play once, an open air concert at The Selsdon Park Hotel in the late 80’s/ early 90’s.
A fabulous and utterly filthy event!

#R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social is always essential listening gor me.
After hearing the recent obituary for Scots cook Catherine Brown, with whom I was unfamiliar, I tracked down this book. All the way across the pond!
Some lovely recipes, which I'm looking forward to trying out!

Last Word - Special Edition: #TonySlattery - BBC Sounds

This is a lovely listen folks.
#R4LastWord is always essential listening here.
This is an extended version from today’s programme, a chat between @matthewbannister.bsky.social and #StephenFry on the late great @slatterylive.bsky.social