Right. A thread on another ordinary person who did extraordinary things.
This is Robert Smallbones, career civil servant and diplomat, and his wife Inga.
Between November 1938 and the outbreak of WW2, they helped OVER FORTY THOUSAND Jews escape the Nazis and get to Britain. /1
This time last year we were eagerly planning our third season, blissfully unaware that those episodes would never happen, of how much would be turned upside down, for us and for the world.
@FuckboisOfLit There are zero in Shakespeare (Gertrude dies at the end of "Hamlet", Disney has the white kitty in "The Aristocats" and Perdita in "101 Dalmations" and I cannot think of any others. Jane Austen at least gave us Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Dashwood and Lady Susan.
@MsEmilyEdwards That's a sign you need to stop. Maybe not permanently. You can always pick it back up later if you want, but for right now it is OK to put it down and recharge for as long as you need to
You don't need us to tell you how important small businesses are to our communities. Or how hard this year has been for those businesses.
We feel really lucky to have felt such deliberate support from our customers and community.