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I wrote this poem as an homage to Baldwin and to hear it being sung across the world or read in protests has been my own guiding light of hope.
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I wrote this poem as an homage to Baldwin and to hear it being sung across the world or read in protests has been my own guiding light of hope.
Apologies for the autocorrect apostrophe
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Apologies for the autocorrect apostrophe
We used to read Scot’s Wikipedia out loud for fun during the early months of lockdown and had clearly gone a bit nuts. And then this happened: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020...
Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia
Nineteen-year-old says he is ‘devastated’ after being accused of cultural vandalism
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
We used to read Scot’s Wikipedia out loud for fun during the early months of lockdown and had clearly gone a bit nuts. And then this happened: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020...
My teenage son had four wisdom teeth removed and was sent home with a bottle of morphine and other painkillers. I did wonder whether he might subsidise his student loan with the proceeds.
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
My teenage son had four wisdom teeth removed and was sent home with a bottle of morphine and other painkillers. I did wonder whether he might subsidise his student loan with the proceeds.
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My Dad had a cartoon cut out of a newspaper during WW2. Showed two Finnish soldiers on skis. One says to the other: "No, finish your cigarette, I'll go out and surround them"
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
My Dad had a cartoon cut out of a newspaper during WW2. Showed two Finnish soldiers on skis. One says to the other: "No, finish your cigarette, I'll go out and surround them"
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The EU should ask the Republic of Ireland to send a peace-keeping force. The USA wouldn't dare attack the Irish
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The EU should ask the Republic of Ireland to send a peace-keeping force. The USA wouldn't dare attack the Irish
Hummus, avocado, sweet tomatoes, and fresh coriander on ciabatta. Simple yet unbelievably fantastic.
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Hummus, avocado, sweet tomatoes, and fresh coriander on ciabatta. Simple yet unbelievably fantastic.
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New footage from the ICE agent's phone who shot at Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has emerged, posted by AlphaNews on X. We've placed that footage in a synced timeline with the other currently available footage.
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
New footage from the ICE agent's phone who shot at Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has emerged, posted by AlphaNews on X. We've placed that footage in a synced timeline with the other currently available footage.
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Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
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If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
Seriously is!
I offered my kids bread and butter - only - if they couldn’t handle what I had cooked. It was disappointing at the time but disgust gets triggered so easily and I could never forget the semolina experience! They’re both adventurous now.
I offered my kids bread and butter - only - if they couldn’t handle what I had cooked. It was disappointing at the time but disgust gets triggered so easily and I could never forget the semolina experience! They’re both adventurous now.
January 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Seriously is!
I offered my kids bread and butter - only - if they couldn’t handle what I had cooked. It was disappointing at the time but disgust gets triggered so easily and I could never forget the semolina experience! They’re both adventurous now.
I offered my kids bread and butter - only - if they couldn’t handle what I had cooked. It was disappointing at the time but disgust gets triggered so easily and I could never forget the semolina experience! They’re both adventurous now.
I vividly remember the headmaster and head cook keeping me back at lunch and forcing me to eat my chocolate semolina pudding at primary school. I was terrified. And then I was sick. I just stopped eating anything at school after that, by always sitting next to a girl who’d eat all mine.
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I vividly remember the headmaster and head cook keeping me back at lunch and forcing me to eat my chocolate semolina pudding at primary school. I was terrified. And then I was sick. I just stopped eating anything at school after that, by always sitting next to a girl who’d eat all mine.