@matthewsyed taking with clarity and nuance on some of the fundamental issues facing the Uk is met with just babble from @DrJoGrady who can barely hide her contempt. What pubs do you drink in? #Newsnight
Hacia 1908 se promulgó una orden en Inglaterra para que se rapase el pelo de las niñas pobres por los piojos -en lugar de mejorar sus condiciones, un clásico. Entonces Chesterton escribió un artículo al respecto publicado en "Lo que está mal en el mundo" que terminaba así:👇
29 years ago today, Liverpool drew in Brann and Robbie Fowler unleashed one of the dirtiest first touches in European football history. Absolute filth. Wash your hands after viewing.
Me: Shall we just go find ourselves a nice grammar school?
Colleague: Nah, too boring but being told to ‘fuck off’ in Latin would be quite nice.
Me: What would that even be?
Colleague: Rectarnum removas.
Why do so many places like cafes and museums still close in the afternoon around 4pm in the UK? It shuttles us into the home. Why can’t we be open late like the continent?
Brilliant news! There is going to be a CHILDREN'S BOOKER PRIZE! At last, children's literature is being recognised as literature & covered as such - and children's reading is being given much-needed support. Thank you @frankcottrell_b & @TheBookerPrizes!
https://t.co/X8cjBmagBd
My other candidate for greatest twentieth century autumn poem is Dylan Thomas's Poem in October. I think it's almost the best thing he ever wrote. So much amazing stuff in just the first two stanzas.
https://t.co/5Epn4YFDZ7