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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1h

Oh so much this.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 19h

Loved Small Bomb at Dimperley so much I didn’t want it to end.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 19h

Would read this if you wrote it.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 20h

Think it’s an American issue due to (I think) the burden of proof of harm being on the consumer rather than the product having to meet a (higher) standard as in the EU.

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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 1d

Periodically I watch this again because it’s just so good.

BFI National Archive trailer | BFI

YouTube video by BFI

youtu.be

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 1d

Aka “buttery” when I lived in Aberdeen, food of the gods. Unfortunately, never been able to fine a replacement outside of NE Scotland.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 2d

Such a fluffy little tyrant!

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 3d

Cool cat.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 3d

Really enjoying #riotwomen. Sally Wainwright nails it as always.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

“Hidden here is the assumption that ordinary people are unable to grasp anything challenging or complex. It is a wretchedly patronising claim imposed upon working-class people by middle-class gatekeepers who define what is “relevant” and have no grasp of working-class history.”

David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 4d

EXACTLY!
‘Where once there was a yearning to be “exposed to something extraordinary”, today politicians and arts administrators are besotted by the notion of “relevance”, of the arts as something with which people must immediately identify or recognise.’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

observer.co.uk

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

👇This. Always thought ‘relevance’ like this was condescending.

Rob Spence @spencro.bsky.social · 4d

When I became a teacher in the late seventies, relevance was all the rage. If a kid lived on a sink estate, they’d have to read about kids on sink estates, e.g. “Kes”. No thought to firing their imagination, showing them different worlds. It’s pointlessly limiting of people’s horizons.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

I am not a doctor so couldn’t say, but think it’s probably a case of the dose creates the poison so they’re probably alright in moderation.

Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

That is the best yet.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely film, lovely review.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it said he had extremely high blood pressure and that’s a strong risk factor for heart attack and stroke…

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 6d

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 7d

I take it you’ve watched Shetland?

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

“Books, because…they are the considered and painstaking work of many solitary hours and much revision, supply the antidote to the hot take, the angry riposte and the overconfident assertion.”

Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · 8d

Cannot. Case for books, as the antidote to everything that makes Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch, made here:

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

Oh good. Humble thanks to Her Daphneness.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

Yes,I thought that odd. He’s still talking about it as if it was a straight literary adaptation rather than a musical.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 8d

Just had to get a photo taken in a booth which I swear was designed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 9d

Oh Guardian did you learn nothing?

Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 9d

Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 9d

Oh that’s lovely.

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 9d

Oh sad. She was so much fun.

Miller on the Threshold @iammilliam.bsky.social · 10d

RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

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Alison @alisonauciel.bsky.social · 10d

Might need a hankie. But worth seeing for the handpainted animation alone.

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