Veronika in London
@vkuk.bsky.social
Going to the theatre, exploring London, City of London and Westminster tour guide, lover of history, cat person
Greetings from Paddington Bear. #LoveLondon
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Greetings from Paddington Bear. #LoveLondon
Hamnet is such a beautiful and amazing film. Loved the book, and the film is just as good. And yes, I cried a lot.
a woman in a red dress stands in front of a crowd while a man shakes her hand
ALT: a woman in a red dress stands in front of a crowd while a man shakes her hand
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December 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hamnet is such a beautiful and amazing film. Loved the book, and the film is just as good. And yes, I cried a lot.
Happy Christmas from me and the little Stinkers 🐈⬛🎄
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Happy Christmas from me and the little Stinkers 🐈⬛🎄
Wes Anderson #exhibition at the Design Museum in London. Pretty cool. Now I want to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox again.
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wes Anderson #exhibition at the Design Museum in London. Pretty cool. Now I want to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox again.
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On this day in 1912, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 13 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 22 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where they perished. Her name was Gertrude Rubinová
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On this day in 1912, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 13 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 22 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where they perished. Her name was Gertrude Rubinová
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just a second. did you all know that Zohran Mamdani is MIRA NAIR'S SON? Mira "made the movie Monsoon Wedding" Nair?
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
just a second. did you all know that Zohran Mamdani is MIRA NAIR'S SON? Mira "made the movie Monsoon Wedding" Nair?
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
My new hero 🤣
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or wheeling a small bag that could be carried ...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My new hero 🤣
Most French thing ever. Respect. 🍷
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
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November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Most French thing ever. Respect. 🍷
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
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November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Loved the V&A exhibition 'Marie Antoinette Style'. There was a little girl moaning that there weren't any princesses. Felt quite bad for her 😀.
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Loved the V&A exhibition 'Marie Antoinette Style'. There was a little girl moaning that there weren't any princesses. Felt quite bad for her 😀.
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Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Love these #hydrangeas. Got them for half price.
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Love these #hydrangeas. Got them for half price.
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A paean to privatised public transport.
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A paean to privatised public transport.
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Been to Kew Gardens for the first time (I know, shame on me, should have gone years ago) and I absolutely loved it. Even though the temperature in the Palm House almost killed me 🤣. @rbgkew.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Been to Kew Gardens for the first time (I know, shame on me, should have gone years ago) and I absolutely loved it. Even though the temperature in the Palm House almost killed me 🤣. @rbgkew.bsky.social
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Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.
According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
All this colour really cheered me up today. It's the staircase in #TateBritain.
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All this colour really cheered me up today. It's the staircase in #TateBritain.
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I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
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"One asylum seeker had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP - driver told him the cost to the Home Office was £600"
"Some asylum seekers say they had no choice but to work illegally for as little as £20/day to pay off debts to people smugglers"
This is fucked up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Some asylum seekers say they had no choice but to work illegally for as little as £20/day to pay off debts to people smugglers"
This is fucked up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal working and streams of taxis - BBC gains rare access inside asylum hotels
Asylum seekers and hotel staff at four hotels revealed what daily life is like for them.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"One asylum seeker had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP - driver told him the cost to the Home Office was £600"
"Some asylum seekers say they had no choice but to work illegally for as little as £20/day to pay off debts to people smugglers"
This is fucked up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Some asylum seekers say they had no choice but to work illegally for as little as £20/day to pay off debts to people smugglers"
This is fucked up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
Deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after end of UK mandate in Palestine and formation of state of Israel
The UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state, Keir Starmer has announced.
The deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after the end of the UK mandate in Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel. It comes in concert with Canada and Australia, who also made their own formal declarations on Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
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More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show
More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show
Tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in face of new Israeli offensive
More than a quarter of a million people have been displaced from Gaza City in the last month, new figures from the UN reveal, with tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in the face of a new Israeli offensive.
Multiple strikes by Israeli artillery, tanks and warplanes hit Gaza City again on Thursday, prompting what a UN official called “new waves of mass displacement” after about 60,000 fled the new assault in 72 hours earlier this week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show