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Erstwhile student of Early Med Hist, Archaeology etc. Maker of costumes/wearer of big boots. Would like to be Snufkin, but suspect I'm the Hemulen. XX
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NEW Barkcloth beaters, used in Southeast Asia to produce cloth from bark for thousands of years. On Sulawesi, this process remained unchanged for around 1900 years, so why did it suddenly diversify in the 20th century AD? Find out in this #AntiquityThread 1/11 🧵🏺

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Linear projections of ethnic diversity in 40 and 75 years time depend on simplistic one drop raciak thinking about those of mixed ethnic heritage. The real life pattern of racial identity across generations is fascinatingly fluid, as I found in my own household from one census to the next

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

If Keir Starmer understood this one blog post, he could transform the UK www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... If only Keir Starmer understood tax, he could transform the fortunes of the UK. But he doesn't, and he shows no sign of wanting to do so.

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BREAKING: The water sector in England and Wales is failing and needs stronger regulation to better protect billpayers and the environment, according to the interim findings of a landmark review www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

Usually, if people leave us coins as donations we're delighted. But... ...we've got a bit of an issue. And this one is on a giant scale.

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thecritic.co.uk/the-five-sta...

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"University: A Good Idea". Excellent piece by @patporter76.bsky.social, reasserting the humanist idea of the university as a place to think, grow and argue; not as a consumer experience providing employable skills. thecritic.co.uk/university-a...

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

thecritic.co.uk/a-straight-w...

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Sooo... the government has removed the 1m planning rule in England, and the BBC have opened the comments section on their article...😱😳 Because I clearly hate myself, let's do a quick fact check on some of the most popular comments... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

TAKE ACTION: Email your MP! Calling all sex-realist women and men! Bank holiday weekend action. Use this tool to write to your MP and tell them how much you appreciate the Supreme Court's clarity and want them to support local organisations to start following it. sex-matters.org/take-action/...

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

Alfred Molina is 72. ‘During Spider-Man 2, Rosemary Harris and I were suspended in harnesses 40ft above the soundstage floor and we were left hanging there for ages and ran out of small talk. At one point, Rosemary said quietly ‘I’m classically trained, you know.’

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

People feeling helpless and distraught about how to help people in Israel and Gaza beyond racist propaganda, it might help to support www.standing-together.org They're bereaved families from both sides, whose courage in reaching out to each other and working together for peace, is extraordinary.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

'The Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts, owned and overseen by Lincoln College, has said it would accept no new applicants for world-renowned courses, including those currently enrolled on its foundation courses.'

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May your social media timelines be filled with meraki rather than Weltschmerz. Even better, may your days begin with gökotta rather than kaapshljmurslis. If that’s not the case, I wish you sisu.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

It's become almost commonplace to say that the promise of democracy is that it will deliver higher standards of living. But that was never the claim made by the Chartists, the women's suffrage movement or those who struggled to win democracy in the past. And it's a bad test to set for the present.

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

For the last year, I’ve been working on an investigation that’s left me staggered. It’s a damning indictment of the UK’s care sector, & the migration system which has allowed millions of ££s to be plundered from communities in developing countries. Free link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

1/4 Please don’t tell Donald Trump, but 130 years ago this month, a megalomaniac real estate investor had a man invaded country named after him.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Tool libraries and community repair workshops on every high street would be a good way forward

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www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merl...

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Let us remember the true meaning of Easter!

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Palestinian photog Fatima Hassouna killed in an Israeli air strike with nine family members 24 hours after the announcement that a documentary about her work in Gaza would premiere at Cannes. deadline.com/2025/04/gaza...

submitted 53 days ago • 16 comments

“Pray tell. The Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?” “Well…”

submitted 53 days ago • 27 comments