Lena Dour
@lenadour.bsky.social
Churchy, engaged in art and protection of democracy.
Ret. vicar/dean. Sweden, EU & UK.
Ret. vicar/dean. Sweden, EU & UK.
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As an observer in the UK, this is terrifying.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As an observer in the UK, this is terrifying.
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A very interesting, intelligent & wide-ranging interview!🤔
Great (video) interview with Dominic Grieve. 👇
Dominic Grieve has a lot to say
Europe, security, the state of the Tory Party
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A very interesting, intelligent & wide-ranging interview!🤔
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If fairness really is a British value, we cannot leave families who’ve built their lives here facing the rug pulled from under them.
#FairMigration #HumanRights
#FairMigration #HumanRights
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If fairness really is a British value, we cannot leave families who’ve built their lives here facing the rug pulled from under them.
#FairMigration #HumanRights
#FairMigration #HumanRights
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♥️ A very personal message from filmmaker Howard Burton related to the lasting emotional impact of Raphael's art through the creation of his recent film, Raphael: A Portrait.
You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
♥️ A very personal message from filmmaker Howard Burton related to the lasting emotional impact of Raphael's art through the creation of his recent film, Raphael: A Portrait.
You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
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Passend zum Abend :
Lotte Laserstein: Abend über
Potsdam
Die Spannung am Vorabend des Faschismus - gehen oder bleiben - ist fast mit Händen zu greifen.

Lotte Laserstein: Abend über
Potsdam
Die Spannung am Vorabend des Faschismus - gehen oder bleiben - ist fast mit Händen zu greifen.

November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Passend zum Abend :
Lotte Laserstein: Abend über
Potsdam
Die Spannung am Vorabend des Faschismus - gehen oder bleiben - ist fast mit Händen zu greifen.

Lotte Laserstein: Abend über
Potsdam
Die Spannung am Vorabend des Faschismus - gehen oder bleiben - ist fast mit Händen zu greifen.

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Had an extremely blowy walk this morning to see the first Stolperstein in Scotland - in memory of Jane Haining - in Edinburgh, at St Stephen’s, Stockbridge.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Had an extremely blowy walk this morning to see the first Stolperstein in Scotland - in memory of Jane Haining - in Edinburgh, at St Stephen’s, Stockbridge.
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Patti Smith
The Roches
Dessa
Väsen
Dreamers' Circus
The Roches
Dessa
Väsen
Dreamers' Circus
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Prince
Erykah Badu
Olodum
Lilith Fair
Rusted Root
Prince
Erykah Badu
Olodum
Lilith Fair
Rusted Root
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Patti Smith
The Roches
Dessa
Väsen
Dreamers' Circus
The Roches
Dessa
Väsen
Dreamers' Circus
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I sent my Arizona senators @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov an email letter last night in response to the shooting of the two National Guard soldiers in DC. I thought I might post it too. Maybe I'll start doing that with the letters I write them.
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A letter on the shooting of the National Guard members in Washington DC
I sent this letter to my Arizona Senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, tonight, Thanksgiving night.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I sent my Arizona senators @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov an email letter last night in response to the shooting of the two National Guard soldiers in DC. I thought I might post it too. Maybe I'll start doing that with the letters I write them.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Moose are ACAB
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Moose are ACAB
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#Scape #CityScape #UrbanGaze #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #EastCoastKin #photography
Captured this week, across Westminster Bridge looking towards Big Ben and the Parliamentary Estate
Urban, Iconic & Epic
Captured this week, across Westminster Bridge looking towards Big Ben and the Parliamentary Estate
Urban, Iconic & Epic
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#Scape #CityScape #UrbanGaze #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #EastCoastKin #photography
Captured this week, across Westminster Bridge looking towards Big Ben and the Parliamentary Estate
Urban, Iconic & Epic
Captured this week, across Westminster Bridge looking towards Big Ben and the Parliamentary Estate
Urban, Iconic & Epic
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Det handlar inte ”om vad som är bäst för Sverige. Eller för människorna.”
@mymlan.bsky.social får än en gång till det.
@mymlan.bsky.social får än en gång till det.
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Det handlar inte ”om vad som är bäst för Sverige. Eller för människorna.”
@mymlan.bsky.social får än en gång till det.
@mymlan.bsky.social får än en gång till det.
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Fierce looking fellow showing off his #strength for @alan678.bsky.social alternative theme for #birdoftheday. 🪶
Birders i need your help - What kind of bird is he?
Birders i need your help - What kind of bird is he?
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Fierce looking fellow showing off his #strength for @alan678.bsky.social alternative theme for #birdoftheday. 🪶
Birders i need your help - What kind of bird is he?
Birders i need your help - What kind of bird is he?
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100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ooh a Dante illustration I didn’t know already! Delightful!
Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ooh a Dante illustration I didn’t know already! Delightful!
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Why do they want us to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
Why do they want us to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Why do they want us to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
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Draußen: Grau, 4 Grad, Regen erwartet.
Sonne in euren Freitag und einen schönen guten Morgen ☕️🙋♀️🍀
Sonne in euren Freitag und einen schönen guten Morgen ☕️🙋♀️🍀
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Draußen: Grau, 4 Grad, Regen erwartet.
Sonne in euren Freitag und einen schönen guten Morgen ☕️🙋♀️🍀
Sonne in euren Freitag und einen schönen guten Morgen ☕️🙋♀️🍀
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A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
What about new forests, then?
Is “forest” the new “sustainability”? just another catchword, to sell mass commercial development to a sceptical local population?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
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In his book, Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, Thomas Dixon described the British around the time of Shakespeare as being known for “sweatiness, drunkenness, meat-eating, anger, violence, simple-mindedness and melancholia”.
TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
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The truth about British stoicism
Brits, according to many outsiders, are reserved, repressed, resilient, unemotional and self-controlled. But how did the “stiff upper lip” become so closely associated with Britain?
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In his book, Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, Thomas Dixon described the British around the time of Shakespeare as being known for “sweatiness, drunkenness, meat-eating, anger, violence, simple-mindedness and melancholia”.
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Not just the end of an era, but actually quite devastating news for anyone interested in the UK. Few people (including native Brits) have the capacity to explain the UK like AD. She has an eye for the problems - but always with deep sympathy, profound knowledge and a desire to truly understand.
So, my dear German followers...some News "in eigener Sache"!
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !
Annette Dittert war für die ARD als Korrespondentin in verschiedenen Ländern, über viele Jahre geprägt hat sie aber vor allem die Berichterstattung aus Großbritannien. Nun verabschiedet sie sich von der ARD, aber nicht aus London
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not just the end of an era, but actually quite devastating news for anyone interested in the UK. Few people (including native Brits) have the capacity to explain the UK like AD. She has an eye for the problems - but always with deep sympathy, profound knowledge and a desire to truly understand.
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We are going to have to remove the Nazi ticks ourselves.
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Thanksgiving Day News Updates - 11/27/25
As the Trump administration scrambles to explain its role in granting asylum to the D.C. shooter, the nation faces soaring holiday costs, gutted counterterrorism infrastructure, and a president MIA
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We are going to have to remove the Nazi ticks ourselves.
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
― Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887.
French classical cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Adagio, ma non troppo, Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, composed in 1894.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
#Thanksgiving
― Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887.
French classical cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Adagio, ma non troppo, Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, composed in 1894.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
― Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887.
French classical cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Adagio, ma non troppo, Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, composed in 1894.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
#Thanksgiving
― Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887.
French classical cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Adagio, ma non troppo, Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, composed in 1894.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
#Thanksgiving
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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"The Dales have the most, and the most impressive, in the county, but there are many beautiful ones all across the Ridings, on the Moors, at the coast and in the Pennine valleys."
Discovering Yorkshire waterfalls
Yorkshire has some of England’s most beautiful waterfalls, ranging from spectacular and renowned to secluded and magical
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"The Dales have the most, and the most impressive, in the county, but there are many beautiful ones all across the Ridings, on the Moors, at the coast and in the Pennine valleys."
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#BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #CommonOstrich
#nature #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #outdoorphotography #naturephotography #birdwatching #birds
#nature #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #outdoorphotography #naturephotography #birdwatching #birds
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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And now for something completely different..
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
( 1865 - 1931 ) Finnish painter
"First Snow" oil on canvas 54 x 54 cm, c.1914
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
( 1865 - 1931 ) Finnish painter
"First Snow" oil on canvas 54 x 54 cm, c.1914
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
And now for something completely different..
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
( 1865 - 1931 ) Finnish painter
"First Snow" oil on canvas 54 x 54 cm, c.1914
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
( 1865 - 1931 ) Finnish painter
"First Snow" oil on canvas 54 x 54 cm, c.1914