'Trafalgar Square from the National Gallery' by Alfred de Bréanski (1877-1957)
(Private collection)
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'Trafalgar Square from the National Gallery' by Alfred de Bréanski (1877-1957)
(Private collection)
If you want North London, wood-fired oven… dineawardslondon.com/restaurants/...
Will that be one single ‘British’ culture, then, or will it be permissible to have different ‘mini-cultures’ for Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland? Does she understand nothing about this Kingdom, and why it’s called United?
Can we replace Trump with a badger?
My favorite quote, simply explaining the main reason why the ships aren’t sailing: “It’s more about the safety of the crews rather than taking on insurance for damages.”
Because it never occurred to Donald that someone might care about the humans aboard the vessels.
Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.
Wild Poppies, near Argenteuil - 1873
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8229
BREAKING: Iran's sports minister said Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the US killed their leader. 'Considering that this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup' reut.rs/413RFjD
BREAKING NYT:
An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
A black-and-white montage portrait of pioneering American virologist Charlotte Friend (1921–1987), who discovered the Friend leukemia virus and advanced understanding of retroviruses and cancer. The main image shows her in her laboratory, seated at a compound microscope in a research setting lined with shelves of scientific books and journals. She is a middle-aged woman with short, neatly styled dark hair, wearing round-framed eyeglasses, a pearl necklace, and a white lab coat over a patterned blouse with a floral collar. She smiles warmly and confidently at the camera, one hand resting near the microscope's stage, conveying dedication, intelligence, and approachability. In the lower right corner is a smaller inset close-up portrait of a younger Charlotte Friend, smiling brightly with softer features, short wavy hair, and a simple white blouse, highlighting her earlier career. The composition blends her professional lab environment with a personal archival photo, celebrating her groundbreaking contributions to virology, leukemia research, and women's roles in science during the mid-20th century. The overall mood is one of scholarly achievement, warmth, and historical significance.
Virologist Charlotte Friend (b. #OTD in 1921) proved viruses could cause cancer (1957) & revolutionized virology (& helped define modern retrovirology).
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
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Last month I directed my first music video in 8 years for
Julia Cumming's magnificent debut solo single from her upcoming album 'Julia' on Partisan Records. It's mostly just one shot (take 14 since you asked). Had so much fun with this one. Please enjoy 'My Life' x youtu.be/orGNQBZ1sYo?...
Shoulda had taller kids, folks
Exclusive to Private Eye: HOW DARE I RESIGN?
By Peter Mandelson
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1021, February 2001.
This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.
Take back control, they said.
Free us from the tyranny of the EU, they said.
And now they are calling for us to be shackled to the Trump regime; else we’ll be a piffling irrelevance.
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
Vintage black and white photo of a young boy with curly hair, wearing a light-colored shirt.
7 March 1930 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Izak Philip van Dijk, was born in Oss.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
If it’s not Allister Heath, it sure sounds like him…
Count Harry Kessler
Count Harry Kessler 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25457
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about “stupid rules of engagement” anymore.
Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man
This is Judith Leyster's amazing 1631 painting ‘Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man’.
She was well known in her day but SURPRISE! her works were later misattributed either to Frans Hals, her local contemporary, or her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer.
www.thetimes.com/article/f41d...
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after Supreme Court loss.
If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.
Some of the FT comments section is higher quality than nearly all the paid for opinion writing in the 'quality' papers
(If there was a sub-text in his head - best in the English-speaking world, ie better than America?)
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
