Catherine Black
@catherineblack1.bsky.social
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Cellist Teacher. Runs cellocourses.com and Vaulted Sky Music. Cat lover and chocoholic
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I think having it as a museum of American fascism with a recreation of the cell in which ex-Emperor Vance was incarcerated after the 2029-32 Civil War might be a better use of the space.
Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that
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Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
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This doesn't get anything like the attention it deserves. Unpaid carers are the unsung heroes of this country, they deserve more help from the government.
"Stop penalties for unpaid carers"
- Ed Davey MP, Leader Lib Dems 🔶
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Ed Davey MP, Leader Lib Dems 🔶
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Where else could this very smart & bound to succeed approach to “beating” the far right be happening then?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
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Was good to have a serious conversation about the rise of fascism & the Brexit dynamics that have twisted our immigration system, as well as cowardice from our media & our leaders on migration.
It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation.
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Do you want fair, independent press regulation?
Do you want to protect ordinary people from press abuse?
Do you want to restore trust in the press?
So do Hugh Grant & Jacqui Hames.
Sign the petition to change the law.
Let's demand change
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#BetterMediaBill
Do you want to protect ordinary people from press abuse?
Do you want to restore trust in the press?
So do Hugh Grant & Jacqui Hames.
Sign the petition to change the law.
Let's demand change
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#BetterMediaBill
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Quick reminder that we have warned for ages that Starmer+Streeting’s NHS plans didn’t hold water, because they’ve withheld the actual funds to realise them.
Here’s what will happen next- the media will wring hands, then insist that private capital is both necessary and urgent🚨
Here’s what will happen next- the media will wring hands, then insist that private capital is both necessary and urgent🚨
I’m in Vienna right now. A city which went from being the intellectual and cultural capital of the world to a “provincial backwater” (to quote Brian Barry) in a couple of decades due to nationalism, anti-semitism and fascism which drove away the leading scholars and artists it didn’t murder.