James Barham
@nowthenthee.bsky.social
Dadding, nursing, PKUing. House servant to the child and @emmavardy2.bsky.social
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The treatment of the hunger strikers by the British state is truly barbarous
they've been convicted of no crime, are being held w/o trial, & have been on remand for over twice the remand custody limit
they've been subject to degrading & humiliating treatment, & are now in a critical state
they've been convicted of no crime, are being held w/o trial, & have been on remand for over twice the remand custody limit
they've been subject to degrading & humiliating treatment, & are now in a critical state
‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage
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December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The treatment of the hunger strikers by the British state is truly barbarous
they've been convicted of no crime, are being held w/o trial, & have been on remand for over twice the remand custody limit
they've been subject to degrading & humiliating treatment, & are now in a critical state
they've been convicted of no crime, are being held w/o trial, & have been on remand for over twice the remand custody limit
they've been subject to degrading & humiliating treatment, & are now in a critical state
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She looks nothing like his daughter.
December 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
She looks nothing like his daughter.
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Irish labourer, c.1858, unknown photographer (Seán Sexton collection).
December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Irish labourer, c.1858, unknown photographer (Seán Sexton collection).
My mother 75 asked me if I knew what Whamageddon was.
Me 52 yes
Daughter / grandaughter 22 That's so uncultured
Me 👀
Me 52 yes
Daughter / grandaughter 22 That's so uncultured
Me 👀
two men are posing for a picture and one is smiling and the other is laughing
Alt: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham are posing for a picture and one is smiling and the other is laughing
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December 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My mother 75 asked me if I knew what Whamageddon was.
Me 52 yes
Daughter / grandaughter 22 That's so uncultured
Me 👀
Me 52 yes
Daughter / grandaughter 22 That's so uncultured
Me 👀
Excellent work here
Why did the Nigel Farage’s Christmas tree catch fire?
He left it too close to the gaslight.
He left it too close to the gaslight.
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excellent work here
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A Sunday addition to my studio sale: Clearing, oil on linen, 80 x 80cm. www.artachart.com/available-wo...
20% off all available wk until the 25th, free p&p within Europe (all other destinations contact me for a quote) & payment plans upon request. 🙂
20% off all available wk until the 25th, free p&p within Europe (all other destinations contact me for a quote) & payment plans upon request. 🙂
December 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A Sunday addition to my studio sale: Clearing, oil on linen, 80 x 80cm. www.artachart.com/available-wo...
20% off all available wk until the 25th, free p&p within Europe (all other destinations contact me for a quote) & payment plans upon request. 🙂
20% off all available wk until the 25th, free p&p within Europe (all other destinations contact me for a quote) & payment plans upon request. 🙂
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"Grianstad an Gheimhridh"
Wishing you warmth and light for winter
Wishing you warmth and light for winter
December 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"Grianstad an Gheimhridh"
Wishing you warmth and light for winter
Wishing you warmth and light for winter
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Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Woods, Carse and McCullem all need gone at the very least. It's not T20 it's test cricket there's a difference and if they don't know that then tattie bye off you f**k
Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Woods, Carse and McCullem all need gone at the very least. It's not T20 it's test cricket there's a difference and if they don't know that then tattie bye off you f**k
Ashes third Test: Australia and England player ratings
Chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt marks the performances of the Australia and England teams after the third Test in Adelaide.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Woods, Carse and McCullem all need gone at the very least. It's not T20 it's test cricket there's a difference and if they don't know that then tattie bye off you f**k
Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Woods, Carse and McCullem all need gone at the very least. It's not T20 it's test cricket there's a difference and if they don't know that then tattie bye off you f**k
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"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
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The Grenoside sword dance (north Sheffield) that dates from at least 150 years ago happens on Boxing Day & involves a mock beheading of the dance's captain. 👇
BBC News - Grenoside sword dancer with a family link going back 150 years - BBC News
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BBC News - Grenoside sword dancer with a family link going back 150 years - BBC News
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Grenoside sword dancer with a family link going back 150 years
Steve Mettam's family have been associated with Grenoside sword dancing for several generations.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Grenoside sword dance (north Sheffield) that dates from at least 150 years ago happens on Boxing Day & involves a mock beheading of the dance's captain. 👇
BBC News - Grenoside sword dancer with a family link going back 150 years - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Grenoside sword dancer with a family link going back 150 years - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Another #SundayMorning has arrived & there's just one left to go in 2025, which seems extraordinary to me! Here's our traditional start to the day: Cecil Osborne's iconic view of "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" from 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums #CecilOsborne
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Another #SundayMorning has arrived & there's just one left to go in 2025, which seems extraordinary to me! Here's our traditional start to the day: Cecil Osborne's iconic view of "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" from 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums #CecilOsborne
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The Rochdale Pioneers started business at Toad Lane, Rochdale, on this day 1844. Co-operative retail store run by its working-class members, part of a wider growth of mutual self-help organisations in Victorian times, including friendly societies and trade unions.
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Rochdale Pioneers started business at Toad Lane, Rochdale, on this day 1844. Co-operative retail store run by its working-class members, part of a wider growth of mutual self-help organisations in Victorian times, including friendly societies and trade unions.
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Joseph Whitworth, among the most significant figures of the Industrial Revolution, was born on this day 1803 in Stockport.
Made in Manchester and Stockport: Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803-87), engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist, created a standard for screw threads for nuts and bolts, allowing components to become interchangeable and laying the foundation of modern mass production. 1/9
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Joseph Whitworth, among the most significant figures of the Industrial Revolution, was born on this day 1803 in Stockport.
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Utterly appalling.
“Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die”
“Today marks the 50th day of Qesser Zuhrah’s hunger strike. The 20-year-old is one of five hunger strikers awaiting trial for alleged offences linked to Palestine Action campaigns.”
“Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die”
“Today marks the 50th day of Qesser Zuhrah’s hunger strike. The 20-year-old is one of five hunger strikers awaiting trial for alleged offences linked to Palestine Action campaigns.”
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Utterly appalling.
“Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die”
“Today marks the 50th day of Qesser Zuhrah’s hunger strike. The 20-year-old is one of five hunger strikers awaiting trial for alleged offences linked to Palestine Action campaigns.”
“Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die”
“Today marks the 50th day of Qesser Zuhrah’s hunger strike. The 20-year-old is one of five hunger strikers awaiting trial for alleged offences linked to Palestine Action campaigns.”
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You can't go up to the home of an Cailleach Beara this year but here's some images and the story of this amazing cairn on top of Slieve Gullion.
My lovely friend Anne talks of the mystical powers of the mountain.
My lovely friend Anne talks of the mystical powers of the mountain.
Winter solstice shines a light on 5,000 years of history - BBC News
The "engineering used to align the sun to honour the dead" on top of Slieve Gullion is "incredible".
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December 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
You can't go up to the home of an Cailleach Beara this year but here's some images and the story of this amazing cairn on top of Slieve Gullion.
My lovely friend Anne talks of the mystical powers of the mountain.
My lovely friend Anne talks of the mystical powers of the mountain.
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Every woman deserves to live free from fear - in the North East, across the UK, and around the world. Every girl deserves a future where her safety is never in doubt | Nick Kemp
Domestic abuse Is not inevitable: what the North East can do to make violence unacceptable
Every woman deserves to live free from fear - in the North East, across the UK, and around the world. Every girl deserves a future where her safety is never in doubt
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every woman deserves to live free from fear - in the North East, across the UK, and around the world. Every girl deserves a future where her safety is never in doubt | Nick Kemp
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
This is lovely and pertinent, both at this time in history, and at thus time of year.
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve. #Storytime
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is lovely and pertinent, both at this time in history, and at thus time of year.
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Right, Oxford. In the immortal words of Delia, "Where are you? Let's be 'aving you."
Be there, in Bonn Square, from noon today, to meet the far right march.
(They probably won't get there till 12.45 or so, so it doesn't matter what time you arrive).
Be there, in Bonn Square, from noon today, to meet the far right march.
(They probably won't get there till 12.45 or so, so it doesn't matter what time you arrive).
On 20 Dec the far right in Oxford, the ones who keep protesting at the hotel where asylum seekers live, are marching from Morrell Ave to Bonn Sq. They have had to invite non-local groups to swell numbers. If you'd like to join a counter demo, we'll be assembling in Bonn Sq from noon. Please share.
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Right, Oxford. In the immortal words of Delia, "Where are you? Let's be 'aving you."
Be there, in Bonn Square, from noon today, to meet the far right march.
(They probably won't get there till 12.45 or so, so it doesn't matter what time you arrive).
Be there, in Bonn Square, from noon today, to meet the far right march.
(They probably won't get there till 12.45 or so, so it doesn't matter what time you arrive).
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From Dongzhi to Hanukkah, the world instinctively celebrates light during the year's darkest window.
This weekend, on the winter solstice, we also mark the ancient Persian festival of #Yalda
May the longest night of the year lead to your brightest dawn
www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...
This weekend, on the winter solstice, we also mark the ancient Persian festival of #Yalda
May the longest night of the year lead to your brightest dawn
www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...
#hanukkah #dongzhi #diwali #persian #yalda #ophthalmology #yalda | Nima Ghadiri
The Longest Night and the Return of Light: Yalda
As the Northern Hemisphere tilts furthest from the sun, we witness the Winter Solstice, the longest, darkest night of the year. Across the globe, dis...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
From Dongzhi to Hanukkah, the world instinctively celebrates light during the year's darkest window.
This weekend, on the winter solstice, we also mark the ancient Persian festival of #Yalda
May the longest night of the year lead to your brightest dawn
www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...
This weekend, on the winter solstice, we also mark the ancient Persian festival of #Yalda
May the longest night of the year lead to your brightest dawn
www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...