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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 12h

Such a fluffy little tyrant!

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1d

Cool cat.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoying #riotwomen. Sally Wainwright nails it as always.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1d

“Hidden here is the assumption that ordinary people are unable to grasp anything challenging or complex. It is a wretchedly patronising claim imposed upon working-class people by middle-class gatekeepers who define what is “relevant” and have no grasp of working-class history.”

David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 2d

EXACTLY!
‘Where once there was a yearning to be “exposed to something extraordinary”, today politicians and arts administrators are besotted by the notion of “relevance”, of the arts as something with which people must immediately identify or recognise.’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

observer.co.uk

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1d

👇This. Always thought ‘relevance’ like this was condescending.

Rob Spence @spencro.bsky.social · 1d

When I became a teacher in the late seventies, relevance was all the rage. If a kid lived on a sink estate, they’d have to read about kids on sink estates, e.g. “Kes”. No thought to firing their imagination, showing them different worlds. It’s pointlessly limiting of people’s horizons.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 2d

I am not a doctor so couldn’t say, but think it’s probably a case of the dose creates the poison so they’re probably alright in moderation.

Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 2d

That is the best yet.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely film, lovely review.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 2d

Well, it said he had extremely high blood pressure and that’s a strong risk factor for heart attack and stroke…

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 3d

😱

Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 5d

I take it you’ve watched Shetland?

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 5d

“Books, because…they are the considered and painstaking work of many solitary hours and much revision, supply the antidote to the hot take, the angry riposte and the overconfident assertion.”

Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · 6d

Cannot. Case for books, as the antidote to everything that makes Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch, made here:

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 5d

Oh good. Humble thanks to Her Daphneness.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 6d

Yes,I thought that odd. He’s still talking about it as if it was a straight literary adaptation rather than a musical.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 6d

Just had to get a photo taken in a booth which I swear was designed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 7d

Oh Guardian did you learn nothing?

Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 7d

Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 7d

Oh that’s lovely.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 7d

Oh sad. She was so much fun.

Miller on the Threshold @iammilliam.bsky.social · 7d

RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

Might need a hankie. But worth seeing for the handpainted animation alone.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

Haven’t seen The Office
Haven’t seen Alan Partridge
Haven’t seen Game of Thrones.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 8d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Margaret Layne @emelleghostlight.bsky.social · 9d

Today it was pointed out to me that you can sing "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables" to the theme song from The Muppet Show and I have no idea how I'm supposed to live the rest of my life with that information.

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 9d

Can always rely on @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social to say what needs saying and say it well on occasions such as these www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland

This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social · 10d

“Praise the odd, serendipitous world.” I really wish I had interviewed Stephen Dunn so I could tell him how much I loved his poetry. This one, especially

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 10d

Good bit of reporting this. Which is a rare thing on this topic outside of the specialist medical press.

Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 10d

NHS advisers are expected to rule against routine screening for prostate cancer, dealing a blow to campaigners pushing for more checks www.thetimes.com/article/700d...

NHS advisers set to reject routine prostate cancer screening

Despite campaigners’ pleas for more checks, experts fear widespread screening risks harming hundreds of thousands of men unnecessarily

www.thetimes.com

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 10d

😬 Stay safe. It’s extremely windy even over on the East coast…

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