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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Medievalist, Grosseteste/Bach Obsessive, Liberal Artist (Trivium + Quadrivium), Jaguar XJL Driver - Pro tanto quid retribuamus?

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There were just a few moments when you could tell she wasn’t there, the quiet moments she and (now former) Script Writers previously allowed characters informed most. I found that moment when Cromwell was allowed to be seen crying somewhat awkward, but perhaps that is historical fiction for you?

17.12.2024 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite agree, where has the idea of the well rounded pupil gone?

Hope all’s well besides, your lessons still inspire!

17.12.2024 22:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This may be controversial, but I like the new Jaguar logo and the new advert. Grace, Pace and Space needs to be updated to reflect the modern (electric car) world but that does not mean it has been lost with the new logo!

23.11.2024 11:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care | Gordon Brown We can and must improve on our current end-of-life options – β€˜Switzerland, suicide or suffering’, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

I hope both sides of the argument read this from Gordon Brown - at his most humane and sensitive

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

22.11.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dom Simon PiΔ…tkowski is appointed Prior Administrator of Pluscarden β€” Pluscarden Abbey The Abbot President of the Subiaco-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, Dom Ignasi Fossa, with his Council of Assistants, has appointed Dom Simon PiΔ…tkowski as Prior Administrator of Pluscarden, until ...

www.pluscardenabbey.org/newsandevent...

21.11.2024 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, Siri!

Define: A Colonoscopist’s worst Waiting Room

17.11.2024 20:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The tyranny of merit | Michael Sandel
The tyranny of merit | Michael Sandel YouTube video by TED

As is this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qewc...

17.11.2024 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Philosopher Michael Sandel on What Trump’s Win Says About American Society | Amanpour and Company
Philosopher Michael Sandel on What Trump’s Win Says About American Society | Amanpour and Company YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

Well worth a watch and listen! youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?...

17.11.2024 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s been a good day - Queen’s University Belfast has an awful lot to teach other universities in the U.K. about how to engage Alumni with current students (from BA to PGT and PGR).

I owe QUB a huge debt of gratitude! #StudentMentoringProgramme

17.11.2024 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A great man has passed away, as did David Jackson during Covid. Oakham School had such riches, Mr Gilvary was surgical in his teaching of Chaucer

15.11.2024 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Timothy West: Acclaimed stage and screen actor dies aged 90 One of Britain's most distinguished actors, West was married to Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales.

A huge loss - RIP Timothy West www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.11.2024 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As soon as @Keir_Starmer stopped speaking, I had a call. β€œYou’re my Labour councillor. I wanted you to know that I’ve just joined Labour. His message about care workers deserving as much respect as the Prime Minister really struck home.” Welcome to @WitneyLabourCLP John. 🌹❀️

24.09.2024 19:17 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Must be said, lay night’s view was a little β€œdifferent” - NHS at its best from Wednesday’s GP appointment to yesterday’s referral and then to today’s Virtual Consult. Despite 14yrs of Tory failure we really do have the best Healthcare System in the world!

20.09.2024 07:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Give citizen journalism a boost We’re all tired of much of the mainstream media and how they report politics. Fortunately, the Bylines Network is quickly filling the gap with citizen journalism – actually empowering the public voice...

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19.09.2024 13:33 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,530,432!

17.09.2024 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rather delighted to have been able to attend the Installation of the 85th Dean of Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday, you can watch the Service here www.youtube.com/live/NvBg0kl...

15.09.2024 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The race for Lambeth Palace Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?

A rather intriguing piece of analysis from Pippa Bailey about the race to become the next #ArchbishopofCanterbury - Guli Francis-Dehqani would be my choice, fingers crossed the CNC agree! www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...

07.09.2024 18:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It will take a little time for Labour's approach to housing to bear fruit, but it is a genuine change. I was pleased to see the New Homes Accelerator Programme for getting to grips with the reasons for stalled sites.

01.09.2024 20:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Serious self-discipline is required when reading Alan Booth’s β€œThe Roads to Sata: A 2000 Mile Walk through Japan” - a chapter a week so far, but that rule may be broken tonight. Then to find a copy of β€œLooking for the Lost: Journeys through a Vanishing Japan”!

01.09.2024 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman? In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some say his metaphysical theories could contain wonders

Truly fascinating read, especially for a Grosseteste scholar! www.theguardian.com/science/arti...

01.09.2024 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our 2024 Election Polling: Lessons Learned An exploration of what we think our polls got right, and what we missed, two months after the General Election.

Very useful and interesting blog with lessons for political parties about last minute decisions and young voters turning out in higher numbers than expected (I see a correlation there in Bristol).

www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...

01.09.2024 10:35 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

It’s been a whirlwind of a 24h I can tell you

31.08.2024 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese . Alt: animated gif: wallace from wallace and gromit being very excited about cheese.

Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history.

More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain.

This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧡

31.08.2024 09:25 πŸ‘ 1857 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 165
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Publisher of innovative contemporary writing | And Other Stories We are an independent, not-for-profit publisher of innovative contemporary writing from around the world. You can help make these shamelessly literary books and receive them before anyone else.

Have you tried And Other Stories (link below), Comma Press and Fledgling Press Ltd? www.andotherstories.org

31.08.2024 14:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How we're fixing the foundations of the country Here are some of the things we are doing to fix the foundations of this country.

Inspiring to see so much progress made already under a Labour government.

How we're fixing the foundations of the country www.gov.uk/government/n...

31.08.2024 13:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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a man in a clergy collar is making a face ALT: a man in a clergy collar is making a face

I’m apparently Blusky now

30.08.2024 22:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1