Lesley Hall

Retired librarian, volunteer and general busybody. Mama & Nana. Union maid.

[Lesley Hall @L8blossom]

@Number10cat Thanks Larry. My nephew is on that list

[Lesley Hall @L8blossom]

@ChrisJamesStone Those columns are the reason I'm following you now. The Weekend Guardian and particularly your writing gave me hope as a single parent raising two kids on a rural council estate. My son, now nearly 40, remembers my Saturday morning habit, he's now a journalist.

[Steve Howell @FromSteveHowell]

I just voted for Gary Lineker in the National TV Awards, presenter category.

Join me and share!
https://t.co/LoLyUNT2iW

[Bel Trew @Beltrew]

Galling exchange last night - and yet another deeply worrying insight into our collective future. Analysis here from @_RichardHall

https://t.co/FVyo4A14j0

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Not just the highly educated. Welsh miners formed study groups to read Austen and Dickens. Scottish shepherds built lending libraries. Watchmakers & cabinetmakers taught themselves Greek and Latin. The loss of working-class autodidact culture is one of history's great tragedies.

[Lesley Hall @L8blossom]

@channel5_tv No mention of Morrisons so far

[Josie Ensor @Josiensor]

I have such a full heart knowing it wasn’t fruitless. It was not for nothing

[Imani: That Good Craic @imanilfc]

Irish peacekeepers have been in Lebanon so long that Lebanese people speak English with an Irish accent.

This man could be from Cork!

The Irish are truly God’s people

[Ragged Trousered Philanderer @RaggedTP]

Your Mum waits 40hours for an ambulance so BP don’t have to pay tax.
Your kids can’t afford University so Amazon don’t have to pay tax.
Your sister can’t get housing so Google don’t have to pay tax.
Your Gran’s lost her Winter Fuel Payment so Vodaphone don’t have to pay tax.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

A lot of politics over the last few years can be explained by the phenomenon of noisy dogs chasing cars and instantly regretting it when they catch them...

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

The 4th July - a date forever associated with vanquishing an unpopular, out of touch leadership who charged taxes without providing services. I'm not sure Sunak has thought this through...
#GeneralElection

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza ⤵️

Know their names: https://t.co/l9T4EJlRKT

[Lesley Hall @L8blossom]

https://t.co/CxKTptSwmQ

This prompted me to retrieve the voting papers from the recycling bin and vote to stop the takeover.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Did you know the word ‘junior’ in Junior Doctor doesn’t mean young or unqualified

It’s simply the term for any doctor who is not yet a consultant or experienced GP

That includes this 40 year old who’s been a doctor for over 10 years

Please RT if you think everyone should know

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.

[alex woodward @alexwoodward]

This is the story about a Louisiana librarian smeared as a groomer and a pedophile for speaking out against book bans at her local library.

A judge dismissed her lawsuit against far-right activists. She tells me she's in it for the long haul.

https://t.co/25Psq0Z7Xq