Ben Morgan
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Medea in Corinth - 2nd edition 2025 from Poetry Salzburg
poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm
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poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm
🎥 reviews: https://youtube.com/@filmclubofone
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A relative coming to tell me some big medical news and not being able to get the parking sorted and struggling with the horrible app crying so instead of giving her a.cup of tea in my flat im on the road talking her through the process is a particularly unpleasant memory
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A relative coming to tell me some big medical news and not being able to get the parking sorted and struggling with the horrible app crying so instead of giving her a.cup of tea in my flat im on the road talking her through the process is a particularly unpleasant memory
we ask history to stand in symbolically when justice in our lifetimes seems out of reach. the human lifespan is the real measure of history. eg, in a hundred years when no one alive remembers a 'normal' climate getting 'back' there won't seem like a real request.
People love to say "history is watching" like it'll really move the political needle, but if you google "was ti" it'll auto populate to "was titanic a true story." History isn't watching shit.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
we ask history to stand in symbolically when justice in our lifetimes seems out of reach. the human lifespan is the real measure of history. eg, in a hundred years when no one alive remembers a 'normal' climate getting 'back' there won't seem like a real request.
the results have been great. god bless insane medics.
Minor procedure yesterday. Just me and one other man in the waiting room. He looks like he's been out all night - hair a tangle, suit a mess - and has fallen asleep in his chair. He's snoring. Then he suddenly gets up and leaves.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
the results have been great. god bless insane medics.
no wonder trump's after it then
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
no wonder trump's after it then
the right having turned fully evil would be so much less scary if the centre and left weren't full of corrupt wimps
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
the right having turned fully evil would be so much less scary if the centre and left weren't full of corrupt wimps
I just smiled spontaneously at a man in a cafe and he looked really offended.
He was simultaneously annotating 'Orientalism' and tapping his feet to 'I Will Survive' over the cafe speakers. And mouthing the words.
I found this sweet!
He was simultaneously annotating 'Orientalism' and tapping his feet to 'I Will Survive' over the cafe speakers. And mouthing the words.
I found this sweet!
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I just smiled spontaneously at a man in a cafe and he looked really offended.
He was simultaneously annotating 'Orientalism' and tapping his feet to 'I Will Survive' over the cafe speakers. And mouthing the words.
I found this sweet!
He was simultaneously annotating 'Orientalism' and tapping his feet to 'I Will Survive' over the cafe speakers. And mouthing the words.
I found this sweet!
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This is "The Window" by Archibald Hattemore from 1931 which was the last year that Arch exhibited with the Group. The painting was once owned by the American fashion designer, Bill Blass. #ArchibaldHattemore #EastLondonGroup
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is "The Window" by Archibald Hattemore from 1931 which was the last year that Arch exhibited with the Group. The painting was once owned by the American fashion designer, Bill Blass. #ArchibaldHattemore #EastLondonGroup
I sometimes genuinely wonder if our society deserves to survive.
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I sometimes genuinely wonder if our society deserves to survive.
yes we can [call fascism inefficient and a bit naughty]
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
yes we can [call fascism inefficient and a bit naughty]
Kyla has a gift for surprise. Her last lines are like koans - something you can't put your finger on clicks into place. Your perception shifts. She's a fine, original contemporary voice.
#Poetry
I generally don't like to buy a book of poems without seeing a little example, so here is a breakfast-appropriate selection from Becoming Altar: The Devilry of Eggs.
I generally don't like to buy a book of poems without seeing a little example, so here is a breakfast-appropriate selection from Becoming Altar: The Devilry of Eggs.
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Kyla has a gift for surprise. Her last lines are like koans - something you can't put your finger on clicks into place. Your perception shifts. She's a fine, original contemporary voice.
Kind of cool that one of these men is about to be Prime Minister of Holland.
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Kind of cool that one of these men is about to be Prime Minister of Holland.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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yikes unfollowing. was a big fan of them doing a heist at the louvre, was not aware they were french.
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
yikes unfollowing. was a big fan of them doing a heist at the louvre, was not aware they were french.
Minor procedure yesterday. Just me and one other man in the waiting room. He looks like he's been out all night - hair a tangle, suit a mess - and has fallen asleep in his chair. He's snoring. Then he suddenly gets up and leaves.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Minor procedure yesterday. Just me and one other man in the waiting room. He looks like he's been out all night - hair a tangle, suit a mess - and has fallen asleep in his chair. He's snoring. Then he suddenly gets up and leaves.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.
I so wish brits, as a nation, were able to care as much about each other as we do about our pets. The scrupulous love we lavish on any animal in need as long as its not human makes me slightly sick.
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I so wish brits, as a nation, were able to care as much about each other as we do about our pets. The scrupulous love we lavish on any animal in need as long as its not human makes me slightly sick.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm sorry but i always think jewel thieves are kind of fabulous. I'm sure there are a million reasons why this feeling is problematic and i should shed it but seriously, 'armed with small axes'? In the louvre? Why isn't all bad news like this
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm sorry but i always think jewel thieves are kind of fabulous. I'm sure there are a million reasons why this feeling is problematic and i should shed it but seriously, 'armed with small axes'? In the louvre? Why isn't all bad news like this
The irony that our most violent football lovers regularly caused havoc in host countries also lost on Jenrick
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The irony that our most violent football lovers regularly caused havoc in host countries also lost on Jenrick
Turning Point UK praised this march. But we must remember - liberal sage Ezra Klein told us its founder was 'doing politics the right way.'
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district
A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.
www.thepinknews.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Turning Point UK praised this march. But we must remember - liberal sage Ezra Klein told us its founder was 'doing politics the right way.'
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
DDL is such a diva. The only thing that makes him bearable is that his initials are two away from BBL. At least that's funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Daniel Day-Lewis has not been inundated with scripts since return with Anemone
The three-time Oscar winner appears in the family drama Anemone, his first film since 2017's Phantom Thread.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
DDL is such a diva. The only thing that makes him bearable is that his initials are two away from BBL. At least that's funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Letter signed, ‘Please accept. Sincerely, Samuel Beckett.’
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Letter signed, ‘Please accept. Sincerely, Samuel Beckett.’
Wow
paul theroux don't be weirdly horny challenge (difficulty level: impossible)
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Wow