“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” —André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature

Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffrey Epstein 'hugs.' Ken Starr. History just did a backflip.

Absolutely not. Shame on every single sitting Labour MP who doesn’t come out against this today.

It looks genuinely surprised it was this easy

Lynn Xu, from Debts & Lessons #poetry

A relative coming to tell me some big medical news and not being able to get the parking sorted and struggling with the horrible app crying so instead of giving her a.cup of tea in my flat im on the road talking her through the process is a particularly unpleasant memory

we ask history to stand in symbolically when justice in our lifetimes seems out of reach. the human lifespan is the real measure of history. eg, in a hundred years when no one alive remembers a 'normal' climate getting 'back' there won't seem like a real request.

the results have been great. god bless insane medics.

no wonder trump's after it then

the right having turned fully evil would be so much less scary if the centre and left weren't full of corrupt wimps

I just smiled spontaneously at a man in a cafe and he looked really offended. He was simultaneously annotating 'Orientalism' and tapping his feet to 'I Will Survive' over the cafe speakers. And mouthing the words. I found this sweet!

This is "The Window" by Archibald Hattemore from 1931 which was the last year that Arch exhibited with the Group. The painting was once owned by the American fashion designer, Bill Blass. #ArchibaldHattemore #EastLondonGroup

I sometimes genuinely wonder if our society deserves to survive.

yes we can [call fascism inefficient and a bit naughty]

Kyla has a gift for surprise. Her last lines are like koans - something you can't put your finger on clicks into place. Your perception shifts. She's a fine, original contemporary voice.

Kind of cool that one of these men is about to be Prime Minister of Holland.

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

yikes unfollowing. was a big fan of them doing a heist at the louvre, was not aware they were french.

Minor procedure yesterday. Just me and one other man in the waiting room. He looks like he's been out all night - hair a tangle, suit a mess - and has fallen asleep in his chair. He's snoring. Then he suddenly gets up and leaves. Nurse calls me through. There he is... the doctor.

I so wish brits, as a nation, were able to care as much about each other as we do about our pets. The scrupulous love we lavish on any animal in need as long as its not human makes me slightly sick.

#SmallPoemSunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Poem by @jordandavis.bsky.social from *Yeah,No*

I'm sorry but i always think jewel thieves are kind of fabulous. I'm sure there are a million reasons why this feeling is problematic and i should shed it but seriously, 'armed with small axes'? In the louvre? Why isn't all bad news like this

The irony that our most violent football lovers regularly caused havoc in host countries also lost on Jenrick

Turning Point UK praised this march. But we must remember - liberal sage Ezra Klein told us its founder was 'doing politics the right way.' www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

From ‘Magdalene: Poems’ (2017) —Marie Howe #poetry #poems #booksky

DDL is such a diva. The only thing that makes him bearable is that his initials are two away from BBL. At least that's funny. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Letter signed, ‘Please accept. Sincerely, Samuel Beckett.’

Wow

Wow

“She affirmed that our lives hold meaning and that we stand on the shoulders of giants like her, whose courageous love and relentless fight assured our right to live with dignity.” RIP, Miss Major.

A modern version of Don Quixote painted on a garage door in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. #ColorADay #bluetue #TagTuesday #streetart #graffiti #foto #streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin

I recently read a dostoevsky novel for the first time and was so grateful for the slightly, well, boring passages - why should every page be another smooth transition to a compelling point of crisis? Novelists aren't emotional concierges. I felt lucky to be subject to his tests.

it’s good when novels are huge and long and even occasionally boring, it’s fundamentally a durational form

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

Post you from a different era... I was in this mood throughout the 90s

Diane 💔

This week i have learned that a large number of americans cannot pronounce 'palme d'or'

Things that have actually happened like that champagne supernova i guess

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Today on a whimsical impulse i went to a cat cafe. There were no other customers. I tried to go to the loo. Behind the only door: two sleeping cats and their barista-carers, who angrily told me to leave. I returned to the empty main room and sat. Then one of the cats vomited.

Faust, or Kemi.

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

“Every work of art must have about it something not understood to obtain its full effect.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

rip jilly cooper but i'm not going to 'forget' the bronte sisters because she has died, nor because of her books Can we stop getting stupider!? And more oddly misogynistic Please

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses blasting Trump and Musk deep into space and shares the message, "Don't lose hope" #positivity #JaneGoodall #hope

What is it about being a billionaire which makes them so hypersensitive, unforgiving and petty?

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

No. We can't let a rightwing govt use Jewish suffering to justify racist policies against Muslims. It's happened in America and it's a road to hell. Protesting against genocide in Gaza is not anti-semitic, because the genocide belongs to a state, not an ethnicity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

took a break from blocking people on social media to write a post about some places in Jewish London that I love: open.substack.com/pub/naomiald... just because you know. it is nice to think about some lovely parts of my culture and heritage.