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Giles MacDonogh
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British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking.
ICE to be sent to the Winter Olympics - coals to Newcastle? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger
The US federal agency says it will not play an immigration role at February's event in Milan-Cortina.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze
During the event local
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Who is he? The one thing he isn't is 'hooman'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tom Homan: Trump's border tsar replacing Bovino in Minneapolis
The US border tsar has long been a ferocious defender of Donald Trump's immigration policies.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
King Charles meets 100-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen:
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
#TrumpyPumpy says Gnome must stay.
January 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Get out the files?
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.

And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Bovine expression:
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
'Ve all, need to gum dogever'. says #Melanzania.
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Crispy Gnome:
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
India is popular.
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Le Monde reports that the deal is that Ukraine must cede the Donbas to Russia, including unconquered land.

This, I assume is Kuschner and Witloof's work.
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The wrong tactics. When is Starmer going to jettison wee Haggis McSween? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fifty Labour MPs sign letter objecting to Andy Burnham decision
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee blocked the Greater Manchester mayor from standing in a by-election.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 AM
A Homan to replace Bovine: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 26, 2026
Yesterday President Donald J.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Headline news? Did she fail to predict the storm?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedwp8w1j24o
Carol Kirkwood: BBC Breakfast weather presenter to leave after 25 years
The 63-year-old said it had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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A painted #Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn lid with a reclining woman.
Found in Chiusi, dating 150-120 BC.

It was on display at the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, which will be closed for the next couple of years.

🏺
📷 me
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Karlsruhe Palace, built in the 18th century.

#Karlsruhe
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Karoline thinks: 'I wonder if I am going to have to tell him what his name is tonight?'
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM