Cruiskeen Lawn
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Paul. Dog owner, lover of ancient languages, bibliophile. Unsolicited DMs are likely to lead to a block.
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theatre magic is what happens around the words
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
theatre magic is what happens around the words
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We need more than a temporary pause, we need a permanent ceasefire and a real future beyond this oppression, domination and endless grief.
(3/3)
(3/3)
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We need more than a temporary pause, we need a permanent ceasefire and a real future beyond this oppression, domination and endless grief.
(3/3)
(3/3)
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Last night, Israeli forces killed Fadi and Tamer, two brothers in Gaza, aged just 8 and 11 years old. They were killed in a drone strike, simply because they crossed the so-called “Yellow Line” which marks Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza and is largely an invisible border with a few blocks. (1/3)
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Last night, Israeli forces killed Fadi and Tamer, two brothers in Gaza, aged just 8 and 11 years old. They were killed in a drone strike, simply because they crossed the so-called “Yellow Line” which marks Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza and is largely an invisible border with a few blocks. (1/3)
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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The acclaimed writer Tom Stoppard has died, at 88. For the award-winning playwright, “art is a game within a game—the larger game being life itself,” Kenneth Tynan wrote, in 1977.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
Tom Stoppard, Withdrawing with Style from the Chaos
From 1977: For the playwright, art is a game within a game—the larger game being life itself, an absurd mosaic of incidents and accidents.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The acclaimed writer Tom Stoppard has died, at 88. For the award-winning playwright, “art is a game within a game—the larger game being life itself,” Kenneth Tynan wrote, in 1977.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
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A reminder of my new blog post on Brexit reminders
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder of my new blog post on Brexit reminders
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“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Starmer is so baby-brained, like he genuinely does not seem to understand cause and effect, like if you lined up dominoes, knocked over the first one, and he saw the last one fall down the hall he'd jump back startled demanding to know how you did that!
"All I did was embolden a series of anti-queer, right-wing and anti-trans hate groups, and now there are more anti-queer hate crimes! I am appalled"
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Starmer is so baby-brained, like he genuinely does not seem to understand cause and effect, like if you lined up dominoes, knocked over the first one, and he saw the last one fall down the hall he'd jump back startled demanding to know how you did that!
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
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Standing Together for peace and justice in the West Bank
An account of first-hand experience from a Standing Together peace activist in the West Bank
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/interna...
An account of first-hand experience from a Standing Together peace activist in the West Bank
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/interna...
Standing Together for peace and justice in the West Bank
An account of first-hand experience from a Standing Together peace activist in the West Bank
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Standing Together for peace and justice in the West Bank
An account of first-hand experience from a Standing Together peace activist in the West Bank
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/interna...
An account of first-hand experience from a Standing Together peace activist in the West Bank
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/interna...
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28 November 1910 | A Czech, Ulrich Masar, was born in Kojetín. A bricklayer.
In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33790
He perished in the camp on 16 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33790
He perished in the camp on 16 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
28 November 1910 | A Czech, Ulrich Masar, was born in Kojetín. A bricklayer.
In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33790
He perished in the camp on 16 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33790
He perished in the camp on 16 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
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❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
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My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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27 November 1886 | A Polish Jew, Norbert Głuszecki, was born in Podwołczyska. A notary public.
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29801
He perished in the camp on 13 May 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29801
He perished in the camp on 13 May 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
27 November 1886 | A Polish Jew, Norbert Głuszecki, was born in Podwołczyska. A notary public.
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29801
He perished in the camp on 13 May 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29801
He perished in the camp on 13 May 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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👀🇺🇦 Ukraine needs to hold out for another 6-8 months, – Major General of the Reserve Kryvonis on the possible end of the war.
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
👀🇺🇦 Ukraine needs to hold out for another 6-8 months, – Major General of the Reserve Kryvonis on the possible end of the war.
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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"The govt. is clamping down on migration for work and study in a way which is certainly going to have negative impacts for growth."
@jdportes.bsky.social explains why today's ONS figures showing a huge drop in net migration will impact economic forecasts
Catch up👇
www.youtube.com/live/rgBYn93...
@jdportes.bsky.social explains why today's ONS figures showing a huge drop in net migration will impact economic forecasts
Catch up👇
www.youtube.com/live/rgBYn93...
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The govt. is clamping down on migration for work and study in a way which is certainly going to have negative impacts for growth."
@jdportes.bsky.social explains why today's ONS figures showing a huge drop in net migration will impact economic forecasts
Catch up👇
www.youtube.com/live/rgBYn93...
@jdportes.bsky.social explains why today's ONS figures showing a huge drop in net migration will impact economic forecasts
Catch up👇
www.youtube.com/live/rgBYn93...
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
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This on the other hand made me smile and guffaw on an otherwise reflective day…
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This on the other hand made me smile and guffaw on an otherwise reflective day…
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26 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Bertha van den Berg, was born in Padang in Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies).
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
26 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Bertha van den Berg, was born in Padang in Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies).
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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A historical fact the zionists do not want you to know about the humanity of Islam.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A historical fact the zionists do not want you to know about the humanity of Islam.