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Even ignoring Nick Park, Holly Washington, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Pete Postlethwaite etc it's sort of magnificent that the culture secretary hasn't noticed that Sally Wainwright has made "drama set within ten miles of Halifax" a standalone TV genre.
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Even ignoring Nick Park, Holly Washington, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Pete Postlethwaite etc it's sort of magnificent that the culture secretary hasn't noticed that Sally Wainwright has made "drama set within ten miles of Halifax" a standalone TV genre.
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2025 Oscars had someone from Gateshead winning best adapted screenplay and someone from Shrewsbury winning best cinematography.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
2025 Oscars had someone from Gateshead winning best adapted screenplay and someone from Shrewsbury winning best cinematography.
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The last Mercury Prize went to a lad from North Shields, you'd think she'd be all over that but nope, zero interest
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The last Mercury Prize went to a lad from North Shields, you'd think she'd be all over that but nope, zero interest
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My absolute favourite thing about Melvyn Bragg is his singular attitude of No Mucking About. Literally every episode starts like “HELLO IN 1492 COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE WITH ME ARE TWO EXPERTS OK TELL ME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE FUCK IS GENOA?”
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My absolute favourite thing about Melvyn Bragg is his singular attitude of No Mucking About. Literally every episode starts like “HELLO IN 1492 COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE WITH ME ARE TWO EXPERTS OK TELL ME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE FUCK IS GENOA?”
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
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This is why education systems shouldn't chase "jobs of the future"....
I wrote last week about how the tech dream is ending for mid-career workers. This is a really good companion piece about how entry level tech jobs are vanishing, too, and the Silicon Valley gold rush is coming to a close: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is why education systems shouldn't chase "jobs of the future"....
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Wimbledon is a microcosm for Britain: in a globalised economy, you can make a fine living as a forum for competition even if you don't produce the star players. But if you do not grow, you are overtaken; and a girdle of regulation is keeping us small.
July 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Wimbledon is a microcosm for Britain: in a globalised economy, you can make a fine living as a forum for competition even if you don't produce the star players. But if you do not grow, you are overtaken; and a girdle of regulation is keeping us small.
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Just seen this video of a dog saying “Ello! Ello love!” in the style of an old cockney.
June 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just seen this video of a dog saying “Ello! Ello love!” in the style of an old cockney.
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you love your library, listen up…
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Basically every entry on this list is obviously very funny for many reasons but I always enjoy how these people like to claim Constantinople as a great work of Based Western Christian Civilisation but then also love the Crusades. Feels like you need to pick one.
April 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Basically every entry on this list is obviously very funny for many reasons but I always enjoy how these people like to claim Constantinople as a great work of Based Western Christian Civilisation but then also love the Crusades. Feels like you need to pick one.
Midnight tonight is the final deadline to submit your views on the Government's proposed plans which could allow AI companies to train models on your creative work without previously asking for permission. Here's a guide on how to object if you would like to: bit.ly/govAIcopyright
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Midnight tonight is the final deadline to submit your views on the Government's proposed plans which could allow AI companies to train models on your creative work without previously asking for permission. Here's a guide on how to object if you would like to: bit.ly/govAIcopyright
This is a fabulous video essay, although I don't completely agree with all of the points- I think the character of Philomena Cunk is intended to be satirising the anti-intellectualist view, as we are not supposed to align ourselves with her-but instead to laugh at her
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrb...
February 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a fabulous video essay, although I don't completely agree with all of the points- I think the character of Philomena Cunk is intended to be satirising the anti-intellectualist view, as we are not supposed to align ourselves with her-but instead to laugh at her
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrb...
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What an honour to welcome Martin Fraser, Irish Ambassador to the UK to Wiseman. The Ambassador met staff, watched our Irish dancers, our Gaelic footballers and discussed world affairs with A-level Politics students. A great day despite the weather ! @irishtimes.com @independent.ie @president.ie
February 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What an honour to welcome Martin Fraser, Irish Ambassador to the UK to Wiseman. The Ambassador met staff, watched our Irish dancers, our Gaelic footballers and discussed world affairs with A-level Politics students. A great day despite the weather ! @irishtimes.com @independent.ie @president.ie
I think the seer game mechanic ruined the end of the game- it’s far too overpowered against the traitor. #thetraitors
January 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think the seer game mechanic ruined the end of the game- it’s far too overpowered against the traitor. #thetraitors
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The messenger ✉️
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The messenger ✉️
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Tottenham are planning a touching tribute to injured goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario during tonight's North London Derby by sucking it up and getting on with the game
January 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tottenham are planning a touching tribute to injured goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario during tonight's North London Derby by sucking it up and getting on with the game
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My friend tells me he writes songs about sewing machines.
He’s a Singer Songwriter, or sew it seams.
He’s a Singer Songwriter, or sew it seams.
January 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My friend tells me he writes songs about sewing machines.
He’s a Singer Songwriter, or sew it seams.
He’s a Singer Songwriter, or sew it seams.
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social makes me proud to call myself a supporter of this current government
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social makes me proud to call myself a supporter of this current government
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- My mate went down on his girlfriend while watching that Ridley Scott movie
- Gladiator?
- Not really, they both got banned from Cineworld
- Gladiator?
- Not really, they both got banned from Cineworld
January 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
- My mate went down on his girlfriend while watching that Ridley Scott movie
- Gladiator?
- Not really, they both got banned from Cineworld
- Gladiator?
- Not really, they both got banned from Cineworld
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A person can do any of these things without doing the others:
talk about an idea
believe an idea
fantasize about an idea
consider an idea
A mature mind learns to tell the difference between these things and to appreciate that others can do these things, as well.
talk about an idea
believe an idea
fantasize about an idea
consider an idea
A mature mind learns to tell the difference between these things and to appreciate that others can do these things, as well.
December 29, 2024 at 2:04 PM
A person can do any of these things without doing the others:
talk about an idea
believe an idea
fantasize about an idea
consider an idea
A mature mind learns to tell the difference between these things and to appreciate that others can do these things, as well.
talk about an idea
believe an idea
fantasize about an idea
consider an idea
A mature mind learns to tell the difference between these things and to appreciate that others can do these things, as well.
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Ppl need to understand that you can have media literacy and just disagree on a piece of art. Part of having media literacy is knowing that a text can be interpreted multiple ways. As long as we can cite our evidence in the text itself or in the genre it takes place in we are using media literacy 
December 29, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Ppl need to understand that you can have media literacy and just disagree on a piece of art. Part of having media literacy is knowing that a text can be interpreted multiple ways. As long as we can cite our evidence in the text itself or in the genre it takes place in we are using media literacy 
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REM can’t play the Sphere bc they can’t sing that’s me in the corner. there are none.
December 12, 2024 at 2:00 AM
REM can’t play the Sphere bc they can’t sing that’s me in the corner. there are none.
The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture - defector.com/the-hawk-tua...
The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture | Defector
I can’t ease you into this one, so: Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched a bespoke cryptocurrency token called HAWK last Wednesday, the same day she told Fortune it was “...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture - defector.com/the-hawk-tua...
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I am watching an utterly fucked Christmas movie called One Magic Christmas where an archangel decides to scare a woman into loving Christmas *by killing her husband and two kids*. I really hope it's just the cold medicine making me hallucinate this because this is marketed to CHILDREN
December 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
I am watching an utterly fucked Christmas movie called One Magic Christmas where an archangel decides to scare a woman into loving Christmas *by killing her husband and two kids*. I really hope it's just the cold medicine making me hallucinate this because this is marketed to CHILDREN
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On the last day at their school my youngest took a bag of 100 tiny rubber ducks and hid them all over the campus.
It's been two years and today we received an email from the school asking how many tiny ducks had been hidden exactly as they were still finding them.
It's been two years and today we received an email from the school asking how many tiny ducks had been hidden exactly as they were still finding them.
December 9, 2024 at 11:32 PM
On the last day at their school my youngest took a bag of 100 tiny rubber ducks and hid them all over the campus.
It's been two years and today we received an email from the school asking how many tiny ducks had been hidden exactly as they were still finding them.
It's been two years and today we received an email from the school asking how many tiny ducks had been hidden exactly as they were still finding them.