Another milestone in my quest to #ReadTheWorld #130 #Vanuatu I'm so glad I read this book. It is everything I wanted in reading across the world. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes joyful. I also got to learn a little Bislama!

Elections bill will bring in once-in-a-generation change to voting – but misses big opportunity electoral-reform.org.uk/elections-bi...

Jhabvala - Heat and Dust My kind of book. #BookSky #BookerPrize 1975

On this day in 1868, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 9 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 19 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where she perished. Her name was Adéla Fischelová

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post. Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇

I borrowed this from the Libby app and recommend it. If you can afford to buy it to support the author, please do. #booksky

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Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

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“Support for electoral reform unites Labour Conference…And it’s not just Labour. Among the public, sixty percent of people now support electoral reform, the highest level ever. That includes a majority of voters from every political party.” #PR labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...

This must be one of the strangest books I have ever read. Good but strange.

Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing. AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.

Historical fiction I’ve read a couple of books recently that fall into the category of historical fiction. While they have been great stories, I must admit that they are not my thing. The first was ‘Quo Vadis’ by Henryk Sienkiewicz, the winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1905, which tells…

The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

#129 in my quest to #readtheworld #Kenya An epic creation story.

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#128 in my attempt to #ReadTheWorld #TheGambia A truly beautiful read, leaving me wanting more.

Why all local councils should be elected with proportional representation electoral-reform.org.uk/why-all-loca... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

On this day in 1882, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstad Then, on the 9 May, to the Sobibor extermination camp where she perished. Her name was Flora Ehrmannová Please support @sobibor.org

On this day in 1915, a Jewish woman was born in Paris. A clerk, she was interned in Drancy from where, on the 7 Dec 1943, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Jeanne Blaustein Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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#127 #readtheworld #Uruguay

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Another great Book. Man's cruelty to each other and colonialism. #BookerPrize

Work friends Image thanks to FastCompany When does a work colleague become a friend? That is a question that I tried to avoid. For many years, during almost all of my working life, I was in a position of management. I started with a team of three way back in the early eighties and peaked in the…

#126 in my attempt to #readtheworld #Mali An intense read!

On this day in 1897, an Austrian Jewish woman was born. Living in Prague, on the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór. It is probable that she was murdered on arrival. Her name was Frieda Ecksteinová Support @sobibor.org

#125 #readtheworld #Guyana Not a novel but still a great story. Shocking in parts but unfortunately, not surprising.

On this day in 1894, a French Jewish woman was born. She was interned in Drancy with her husband from where, on the 30 May 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz where they perished. One child perished in the Shoah & one survived. Her name was Jeanne Cain Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

A very interesting read. A fascinating period in history. #BookSky #BookerPrize 1970

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Today, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust, and we stand with those who survived. We also mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This dark memory must be passed to future generations. Never again.

How do dogs think? Image thanks to Animalia-life.club It seems like a long time since Xmas. January, which is normally the longest of months, dark, damp and dreary, has rushed past and thoughts of spring and warmer weather are emerging from their winter dormancy. Yet this story goes back to a…

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

#124 in my quest to #ReadtheWorld #CostaRica A wonderful book, part magical realism, part brutal reality.

On this day in 1923, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 8 Sep 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her mother and on the 8 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where they perished. Her name was Edita Levá

Must admit I struggled a bit with this one. #BookSky #Nobel

This one made my blood boil. If we are to get much needed land reform then we need political reform and get rid of the criminal First Past the Post #FPTP #BookSky

21 January 1930 | A Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Vrba, was born in Brandlín. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

These #Persephone books never disappoint. A fantastic story even if it is told in a mildly condescending manner, intended ir accidental. Still a great book. #BookSky

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Consumer Confidence According to the BBC, there is ‘one measure that can tell us a lot about the state of the UK economy’. That measure is Consumer Confidence. This is a measure of what people are apparently ‘feeling’ about their prospects, currently and into the future. NIQ, the world’s leading…

🚨Just look at this poll. No party has over 25%. It's never been more clear that the two-party system is dead and buried. Under First Past the Post, this means complete chaos. It's time to move on from our winner-takes-all politics. We need Proportional Representation - now.

Very good read. Abut of an interlude for me. #booksky

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#readtheworld 123 down, making good progress.

#readtheworld #123 #StLucia #Nobel Beautiful poetry