JudithFlanders
@judithflanders.co.uk
Crabby historian. Less crabby now blue skies beckon.
She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
The Epstein files: Rich people acting with impunity.
Art Gallery of Ontario: Rich people acting with impunity.
No consequences for $$$ is the norm.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/03/a...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Rich people acting with impunity.
No consequences for $$$ is the norm.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/03/a...
Open letter calls for ouster of Art Gallery of Ontario trustee who led vote against Nan Goldin acquisition
The institution will also overhaul its committee structure in response to the scandal
www.theartnewspaper.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Epstein files: Rich people acting with impunity.
Art Gallery of Ontario: Rich people acting with impunity.
No consequences for $$$ is the norm.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/03/a...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Rich people acting with impunity.
No consequences for $$$ is the norm.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/03/a...
All mayors please note:
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
All mayors please note:
Reposted by JudithFlanders
GOALS
February 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
GOALS
Ballet (finally) gets political: Alexei Ratmansky's Emperor's New Clothes is a text that needs no subtext: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s Morality Tale Is Wrapped in Farce
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Ballet (finally) gets political: Alexei Ratmansky's Emperor's New Clothes is a text that needs no subtext: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
Famed French ex Minister of Culture also in the Epstein files. I’m not sure excusing yourself but claiming to be « séduit par son érudition, sa culture, sa curiosité intellectuelle » of a semi-literate conman is the way to go.
www.ledevoir.com/monde/952947...
www.ledevoir.com/monde/952947...
De nouvelles personnalités éclaboussées par les documents Epstein
Concernée, la princesse Mette-Marit, future reine de Norvège, a admis avoir «commis une erreur de jugement».
www.ledevoir.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Famed French ex Minister of Culture also in the Epstein files. I’m not sure excusing yourself but claiming to be « séduit par son érudition, sa culture, sa curiosité intellectuelle » of a semi-literate conman is the way to go.
www.ledevoir.com/monde/952947...
www.ledevoir.com/monde/952947...
Punxsutawney Phil, you say? Does the crowd in Punxsutawney sing a special groundhog song? Does the mayor do a special groundhog dance? Ladies & gen’mun, I give you Fred the Gaspésienne Groundhog and his friends:
February 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Punxsutawney Phil, you say? Does the crowd in Punxsutawney sing a special groundhog song? Does the mayor do a special groundhog dance? Ladies & gen’mun, I give you Fred the Gaspésienne Groundhog and his friends:
I dreamt Toni Morrison taught me how to make a tuna sandwich in your hotel room while on book tour. Later I sat in a car & told others, who were doubtful, but agreed if TM said so… Very disappointed to wake & realize it was a dream & I did not have Toni Morrison’s secret tuna book tour recipe.
February 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I dreamt Toni Morrison taught me how to make a tuna sandwich in your hotel room while on book tour. Later I sat in a car & told others, who were doubtful, but agreed if TM said so… Very disappointed to wake & realize it was a dream & I did not have Toni Morrison’s secret tuna book tour recipe.
The Testament of Ann Lee — trying so hard to be edgy and weird, and really just dull and stereotypical. (I laughed out loud when we got to ‘the ship sails for the colonies’ standard establishing shot.)
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee — trying so hard to be edgy and weird, and really just dull and stereotypical. (I laughed out loud when we got to ‘the ship sails for the colonies’ standard establishing shot.)
I don't know why, but Zipporah Elders sounds like she should have sailed on the Mayflower. 'I saw Zipporah Elders in the woods with Goody Proctor!'
mcusercontent.com/25f2479169/f...
mcusercontent.com/25f2479169/f...
mcusercontent.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I don't know why, but Zipporah Elders sounds like she should have sailed on the Mayflower. 'I saw Zipporah Elders in the woods with Goody Proctor!'
mcusercontent.com/25f2479169/f...
mcusercontent.com/25f2479169/f...
This is lovely.
I usually hesitate to post obituaries but this one, of my literary agent, Georges Borchardt, born in 1928, is so unusual that it deserves to be widely shared.
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Georges Borchardt, 97, Dies; Literary Agent Championed Wiesel’s ‘Night’
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This is lovely.
The US says ‘between tyranny and democracy we don’t take sides’.
Seems to me the side they’ve taken is pretty clear.
Seems to me the side they’ve taken is pretty clear.
Belgian PM Bart De Wever,
"President Trump is hostile to the idea of the European Union"
"When he says he loves Europe, he means he loves 27 countries, that would be slaves to the US"
"Because the only economy strong enough to stand up to Trump is the European Union, and he doesn't like it"
"President Trump is hostile to the idea of the European Union"
"When he says he loves Europe, he means he loves 27 countries, that would be slaves to the US"
"Because the only economy strong enough to stand up to Trump is the European Union, and he doesn't like it"
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The US says ‘between tyranny and democracy we don’t take sides’.
Seems to me the side they’ve taken is pretty clear.
Seems to me the side they’ve taken is pretty clear.
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
YouTube video by NFB
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Reposted by JudithFlanders
Part of the propaganda is to claim this was the “largest opening for a documentary in a decade”
It wasn’t even the largest opening for a documentary in the last 10 months
It wasn’t even the largest opening for a documentary in the last 10 months
Let's check in on how Melania (2026) is stacking up against the Taylor Swift documentary (October 2025)
Surely if Melania had "the biggest opening for a documentary in a decade!" it must be surpassing the Taylor Swift doc from just a few months ago:
Surely if Melania had "the biggest opening for a documentary in a decade!" it must be surpassing the Taylor Swift doc from just a few months ago:
February 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Part of the propaganda is to claim this was the “largest opening for a documentary in a decade”
It wasn’t even the largest opening for a documentary in the last 10 months
It wasn’t even the largest opening for a documentary in the last 10 months
Unpaywalled because David Remnick is a genocide-apologist misogynistic prick: archive.ph/qO8QW
Not that I have strong feelings or anything.
Not that I have strong feelings or anything.
archive.ph
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Unpaywalled because David Remnick is a genocide-apologist misogynistic prick: archive.ph/qO8QW
Not that I have strong feelings or anything.
Not that I have strong feelings or anything.
He’s only 24, so it hasn’t been there *since* World War I. We are happy to make this clarification.
metro.co.uk/2026/02/01/m...
metro.co.uk/2026/02/01/m...
Man, 24, goes to hospital with 'WW1 bomb stuck in rectum'
Doctors removed a 16cm World War I shell from the man's anus.
metro.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
He’s only 24, so it hasn’t been there *since* World War I. We are happy to make this clarification.
metro.co.uk/2026/02/01/m...
metro.co.uk/2026/02/01/m...
All men. Must be a total coincidence and nothing at all to do with Epstein passing young girls around like party favours.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
All men. Must be a total coincidence and nothing at all to do with Epstein passing young girls around like party favours.
Reposted by JudithFlanders
Selon PSPP, les Québécois doivent suivre l’exemple de Gandhi et Nelson Mandela et se libérer du colonialisme britannique.
Si vous pensez que j’exagère, lisez la deuxième partie de sa réponse à Mark Carney (avec mes commentaires).
⬇️
avezvousvotepourca.substack.com/p/pspp-carne...
Si vous pensez que j’exagère, lisez la deuxième partie de sa réponse à Mark Carney (avec mes commentaires).
⬇️
avezvousvotepourca.substack.com/p/pspp-carne...
PSPP, Carney, Gandhi, Mandela et les plaines d’Abraham (partie 2)
Vous êtes colonisés et vous ne le savez pas.
avezvousvotepourca.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Selon PSPP, les Québécois doivent suivre l’exemple de Gandhi et Nelson Mandela et se libérer du colonialisme britannique.
Si vous pensez que j’exagère, lisez la deuxième partie de sa réponse à Mark Carney (avec mes commentaires).
⬇️
avezvousvotepourca.substack.com/p/pspp-carne...
Si vous pensez que j’exagère, lisez la deuxième partie de sa réponse à Mark Carney (avec mes commentaires).
⬇️
avezvousvotepourca.substack.com/p/pspp-carne...
Went to hear Víkingur Ólafsson last night. Truly one of the greats pianistically. Though I’m not quite sure why he decided to dress like Oofy Wegg-Prosser’s slightly odder brother. Even the Drone’s Club has standards.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Went to hear Víkingur Ólafsson last night. Truly one of the greats pianistically. Though I’m not quite sure why he decided to dress like Oofy Wegg-Prosser’s slightly odder brother. Even the Drone’s Club has standards.
Reposted by JudithFlanders
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
Not being a lawyer, I still suggest that that's -- some unusual court-ing. Cor blimey. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Not being a lawyer, I still suggest that that's -- some unusual court-ing. Cor blimey. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by JudithFlanders
Amazing triple spiral staircases at Santiago’s Museum of the Galician People
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Amazing triple spiral staircases at Santiago’s Museum of the Galician People
As a proud founder member of Grammar Pedants (Pedants’) Anonymous, I constantly bitch and moan when people use ‘that’ or ‘which’ for people, instead of ’who’. I must confess, until now I had never seen the use of ‘who’ for an inanimate object. Richard Crouse, film critic:
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
As a proud founder member of Grammar Pedants (Pedants’) Anonymous, I constantly bitch and moan when people use ‘that’ or ‘which’ for people, instead of ’who’. I must confess, until now I had never seen the use of ‘who’ for an inanimate object. Richard Crouse, film critic:
Reposted by JudithFlanders
My god, if you can’t trust the goose-stepping secret police, who can you trust?
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
My god, if you can’t trust the goose-stepping secret police, who can you trust?
Reposted by JudithFlanders
I did Nazi that coming.
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I did Nazi that coming.
Reposted by JudithFlanders
You have achieved financial success + professional prestige in your field. Congratulations! The Disgusting Pervert wishes to meet. Accept?
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
You have achieved financial success + professional prestige in your field. Congratulations! The Disgusting Pervert wishes to meet. Accept?