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Writer, reader,gardener,cook,dog walker. Medieval history,Anglo French alliances,Guernsey,Channel Islands.Anti Brexit,known to rant about this, also known to have mini obsessions from time to time. Author: Isabella of Angoulême, The Tangled Queen,a trilogy
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The thought in private in Bxl and EU capitals

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary

submitted 8 days ago • 72 comments

Patriotism is seeing the best in your country and celebrating it. It's not seeing the worst in other countries and blaming it.

submitted 7 days ago • 40 comments

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submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Dear Blues, I am writing a piece on the pros and cons of direct sowing in spring compared to sowing in pots in the greenhouse. Which method do you prefer and why? Do you have any tips?

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

:) higgledygarden.com/2025/02/14/a...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Good morning! If, like me, you don't have a greenhouse...you could try this: higgledygarden.com/2023/02/17/s...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

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Just like we shouldn’t be firing FAA employees when commercial airliners are flipping upside down.

submitted 1 day ago • 353 comments

The mainstreaming of white ethnonationalism (aka racism) in the UK was, of course, wholly unrelated to the racist bilge Fraser Nelson published in the Spectator during his 15 years as editor.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Finally approaching Berlin… 10 hours 🚆 and €74 ticket 🎫 so I can vote in the Bundestagswahl tomorrow Ought not be necessary, but I can’t let what happened at the EP election happen again, and my postal vote papers not get to me #BTW25

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Thys ys not just for California. And not just about higher ed. Thys ys about hope, and communitye, and what ys righte. Plese repost. Plese share. Plese take a litel of your tyme to learne about the fight against cuts at Sonoma State Universitye.

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200 million dollars of waste.

submitted 1 day ago • 1392 comments

Hiring for merit

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He nails it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1543 comments

Absolutely. Fucking. Despicable.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

This is an excellent speech by the new Chancellor of Oxford University, William Hague. Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

There has never been a time when the people banning books are the good guys

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Hello! My book is fast approaching the end of its current print run, so before they run out I've teamed up with the wonderful @biggreenbooks.bsky.social to offer a signed copy with a little message inside from me to you or to someone you know! Buy yours here: www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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"There is everything to be gained from every refusal, from plain unwillingness to fall into line..." Read this excellent, head-clearing essay by Mark Greif, and subscribe to n+1 if you can!

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Did you know, in Anglo-Saxon times you would be punished more if you stole, as opposed to killed? Tune in and see for yourself the wonderful world of Saxon Murders... We're joined by @anniehistory.bsky.social to make sense of it all... #amberleybooks #shelfie open.spotify.com/episode/0ayy...

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I'm on the lookout for a talented reporter to come and work with the team at @bylinetimes.bsky.social as we continue to grow. Please get in touch at [email protected] if you're interested

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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony. snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...

submitted 2 days ago • 143 comments

Bothies offer free shelter in the wild – mostly in Scotland, but can you bothy in Yorkshire? With effort and luck, you just might! | David Robson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys meant to make a profit. Educacioun ys meant to make the future. A businesse ys meant to serve customers. Educacioun ys meant to empower citizens.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

submitted 2 days ago • 104 comments

so i was on a canon law (!!!) podcast recently to talk "Oathbreakers" and Charlemagne. it was quite fun! give it a listen... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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The Great Gatsby is my favourite book and I think of this quote often.

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This was posted by the King Family. They know a lot about nonviolent resistance. Keep sharing.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 8 days ago • 540 comments

The story so far … buy the latest books from Salt. www.saltpublishing.com/collections/...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

#booksky #booklovers #writers if you’re not following @saltpublishing.com get to it. They are a brilliant indie with an awesome client list & deserve to find all the love again on here 💙

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Word of the day is ‘cumber-world’ (14th century): a person or thing that encumbers the planet.

submitted 6 days ago • 38 comments

Major would never get past the local selection committee these days would he?

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

He owned 11% and they fired him Even his quote-tweeted memes are lies

submitted 7 days ago • 323 comments

If we look at the numbers,it’s obvious how enormous the contribution of the EU to Ukraine’s defense has been.To say that the EU helps Ukraine less than the USA is simply untrue The total aid allocated by Europe to Ukraine over the past 3 years surpasses the US– nearing almost €140 billion,—IFW

submitted 7 days ago • 61 comments