Pamela

Hadn’t realised it had been used as a POW camp. Do you have any further details?
#Northwich #Marbury #Cheshire

A black and white photo of a large and ruinous 19th century mansion, in the French style. Historic England, England's Place Collection, O574_037.

A black and white photo of broad wooden staircase, of three flights going around three sides of a grand but ruinous room. Historic England, England's Place Collection, O574_077.

A black and white photo of a narrow but stylish wooden spiral staircase, with significant damage. Historic England, England's Place Collection, O574_059.

The staircases of Marbury Hall, near #Northwich, just before demolition in 1969. The house had been a home, country club, base for the Army, a POW camp & temporary housing for ICI workers. No wonder it had its share of wear & tear.

#StaircaseSaturday #Cheshire
📷 Historic England (see Alt text)

That's funny, I could have sworn he said something about not needing Royal Navy vessels because the war was already won.
You broke it Don, you fix it.

Happy #Caturday

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez criticises the US and Israel for their attack on Iran,

"I say to the right and the far-right, they cannot support those who set the world on fire and then complain about the smoke caused by that fire"

How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

How to register to vote in the 2026 primaries
By NPR staff
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Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs Education secretary claims lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit

What is supremely daft about this line of attack from Phillipson is that any lawyer motivated by profit would not be acting in special needs cases.

There are far more lucrative areas for any lawyer motivated by profit.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This generation of children will never forgive us for this.

They will particularly not forgive us if we took all their social media away - which was problematic but at least conversation with real people - and pushed them toward AI chatbots.

I’ve seen a fair amount of people understand how an air strike could lead to someone hatefully trying to take revenge on diaspora Jews, but are unable to understand how that also then leads to Jews believing Zionism as the only option.

Until you understand the cyclical nature of hate, it’ll persist

AGAIN. LARGE OXFORD BIOBANK DATA LEAK
I do not find the CEO’s - Prof Sir Rory Collins - response in the slightest bit reassuring
Pseudonymised data can be rehydrated

“One dataset found by the Guardian contained millions of hospital diagnoses and associated dates for more than 400,000 participants.

Banksy Finally Unmasked? Reuters Investigation Claims to Reveal Graffiti Artist’s True Identity “Beyond Dispute” Despite rumors, the U.K.'s most prolific graffiti painter is not Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja, according to an extensive report from the wire service.

Why do we care who Banksy actually his. What difference does it make if we know his “true” identity.

Here is a person who for years has brought us joy, sorrow, and made us think about the world we live in.

That is all we need to know.

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal — The Wall Street Journal Investors in social-media platform’s U.S. business, including Oracle and Silver Lake, agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources say

More on the most corrupt government in the world:

I’ve publicly warned for many years that Palantir is evil.

It is not at all satisfying for them to prove me right.

Such a powerful maiden speech from our amazing new Green MP Hannah Spencer - take a few moments to listen & celebrate that a bit more humanity has entered Westminster & hope is beginning to feel more normal 👇

The octopus and the handmaid: Reform’s Epsteinian cultural agenda From Epstein’s web to Reform’s proposed raft of policy ideas, creeping misogyny now risks redefining women’s rights in Britain

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/hum...

"Reform UK policy creators are re-positioning society in ways that orientate male thinking towards a future of increased sexual abuse"

Claire Jones for West England Bylines

Michael Rosen 4 Words United and Words Out Loud Part 4 YouTube video by Michael Rosen For Adults

This is one of four videos of poems for Gaza that I've written. All four are on this site. Free to watch anytime.,
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Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men | UN Women – Headquarters New Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – UN Women data show women remain far from equal political power, holding just 22.4 per cent of cabinet posts and 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide.

In 2026, only 28 countries are led by a woman Head of State or Government; 101 countries have never had a woman leader. 14 countries have gender parity in cabinets, demonstrating that equal representation is possible. Yet 8 have no women ministers at all. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

Supreme mid leader #Trump

Some British newspapers now seem more interested in pleasing American readers than reflecting British opinion.

➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/m8kyoyGdCQY

Another unmissable read from the excellent Emma Monk.

AI Confessions: I Feel Like a Hypocrite, But I Keep Going Back Podcast Episode · Death, Sex & Money · 11 March · Slate Plus Only · 33m

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Is there a role for AI in therapy? How AI can lead to validation. It doesn’t get us to reflect on our own role in contributing to / maintaining difficulties.
Can it actually amplify our perception of reality@ the expense of multiple perspectives? 👇🏼

The Broligarchy's First World War? AI-guided weapons, two out-of-control authoritarians, no legal authority and a toxic mess of masculinity: welcome to the manosphere's first major conflict

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

"The staff at food banks have never see such hardship from families"

The UK is the sixth largest economy in the world #GMB

Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.

Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.

Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform

The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.

But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?

They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.

2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.

But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.

Eco chamber: water… water

From the new Private Eye, out now.