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Goodnight. Girl with Doll’s Head Arthur Tress, 1968. arthurtress.com

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"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go... What does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" Eighty two years ago today Sophie Scholl was executed, aged 21, for her part in the non-violent, anti-Nazi group the White Rose.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Catching the end of Mary Queen of Scots on BBC2, Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave. We may never see their like etc

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Which book sold 27,000 copies in 30 mins? Which was "a pure pig to write"? Who started planning how to spend the money - then didn't win? Who deemed his own books "pompously moralistic"? What judge called the prize "crooked nonsense"? My look back at @thebookerprizes.bsky.social in the 1990s:

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

Golden Brown video looks as if it was filmed in Leighton House

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Give it up, Sub-Subs!

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I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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Was there a curse attached? Because that might explain a few things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Lisa Tarbuck playing TV host as Alison from Alison's Party

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Levon Biss Phasmid eggs - eggs of the stick insect family www.levonbiss.com

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

Lots of people going to Peterbra, near Cheddar Soutien-Gorge

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Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks. We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

submitted 6 days ago • 31 comments

Peach rose

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Thistledown sneachd

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BBC expert calls James Brown the black Liberace - it's a take

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T for Tennant's

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Misheard a BBC Scotland item about escaped lynx banged up in Edinburgh zoo as Linked-In. Lynxed-In, endorsed by the Highland feral pigs

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Talbot Rice Gallery in Old College. Grey day

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Buying a Twix

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... We're moving up in the world with some royals around

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@alexneedham.bsky.social: Linder - Punk, Pornography And Photomontage At The Hayward Gallery 'Danger Came Smiling' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Ski Sunday ridiculing yoga for some strange reason

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It’s a little-known fact that Roland Barthes ran flash tattoo sessions from his flat while working on the contents page for Fragments d’un discours amoureux. For 50 francs you could have ‘Jaloux’, ‘Je-t’-aime’, or ‘Langage’ inscribed on your skin. A scribbled-out ‘Jouissance’ was 5 francs extra.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Stone with a hole #Avebury

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Can't find my copy of this and thought about buying it again - £42 for this edition. Better have another sweep under the bed

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Is Sainsbury's using AI for cooking instructions? 200C isn't gas 8

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Marguerite Horberg is the founder of HotHouse, a Chicago institution & cultural hub for artists and musicians across the globe. She was detained at customs on her way back from Cuba for the Havana Jazz Fest for several hours yesterday on “suspicion of sex trafficking.”

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