Deborah Marson

Loves books, tea, opera, history, clothes, cooking, cats and pottering around.

[Philip Ralph @PhilipRalph9]

What we’re watching in real time is the decimation of an industry that brings the UK massive global prestige and soft power, employs tens of thousands and brings huge returns to UK plc. To watch it wither away like this without doing anything to stop it is a crime.

[Philip Ralph @PhilipRalph9]

So, the existential level crisis in UK TV production that many folks have been warning about for *checks notes* YEARS is here with a vengeance. Now would be a great time to hear from @lisanandy and @DCMS about the crisis talks they’re planning at the highest levels…

[Alexandra Wilson @amwilson_opera]

It's tangential to the main story but not for the first time, I feel furious on behalf of the talented children's authors who missed out on contracts or got only meagre publicity because all the budget was going on Walliams.

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Two minutes silence (1928)
By Charles Spencelayh

[Deborah Marson @debmarson]

@richardmarson2 Definitely. Totally judgmental while hiding behind “procedure”. No vestige of support for Alan.

[Deborah Marson @debmarson]

It strikes me there is a high degree of contributory negligence by Vince in the tree story. Going out in a storm for such a trivial reason, trying to move debris in the road rather than turning back. Quite apart from the good arguments Rewilding has about the tree. #TheArchers

[Deborah Marson @debmarson]

@HarbottleMJ 😂 I did too!

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

I hope people will study this clip to notice:

-- how Obama seems authentic and relatable without apologizing for his obvious intelligence or seeming to talk down.

-- how he adapts his speaking style to his audience.

-- how he invites his audience to live in the moment with him.

Very few people can do what he's doing here. Obama is a supreme political talent, and I hope the next generation of leaders is studying his every move, not just to imitate him, but to identify similar talents among themselves.

[Dominic Adler @DomAdlerUK]

An oldie but a goodie. In 1968 a bunch of entitled hippy bastards sent a letter detailing their specious demands to the Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford. This was their letter of reply, which speaks to how far the academy has since fallen.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Matlock Dale’, 1962
Artist: SR Badmin

[LBC @LBC]

“Disgusting… The worst form of bootlicking.”

It’s safe to say that Alastair Campbell doesn’t agree with Steve Witkoff that Putin is a ‘humanitarian’.

@IainDale @campbellclaret

[Deborah Marson @debmarson]

As if I would ever do such a thing… 😂

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

Quite a thing to say this on the day that a Russian strike kills a baby in a stroller.

[Beatrice Groves @beatricegroves1]

My best ever October shot🦋
I was framing a shot of these rose hips and blackberries a few years back when I was photobombed by a comma butterfly🦋

[Anne Louise Avery @AnneLouiseAvery]

A hare with ears of gold, taking the air this morning just after sunrise. ✨

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here!
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin

[Dr Charlotte Martin @ambridgeview]

If you listen to #thearchers #ambridge and are concerned about this proposal please take a moment to sign this… thank you listeners for your unwavering loyalty

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[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Since bears love honey, an Anglo-Saxon kenning for 'bear' is 'bee-wolf' (ravager of bees), i.e. 'beo-wulf'. So Winnie the Pooh = Beowulf!

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Today just wouldn't be complete without this brilliant image: Winnie the Pooh meets the Battle of Hastings https://t.co/6vGSu3XaIj