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Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice join royal family for Christmas Day service
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice join royal family for Christmas Day service
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s daughters seen at Sandringham church as more details about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein emerge
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice attended church with the royal family on Christmas morning, in a year where their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles.
Mountbatten-Windsor’s two daughters could be seen walking behind King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their way to church on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice join royal family for Christmas Day service
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Merry Christmas from the Swinneys! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Merry Christmas from the Swinneys! 🎄
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Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas youtu.be/y5KzethXUxk?...
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas youtu.be/y5KzethXUxk?...
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
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Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
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UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
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If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
December 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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Oops. Just opened a cupboard and discovered a million documents I didn’t know I had.
a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a red white and blue flag
Alt: Opens cupboard stuff falls out
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Oops. Just opened a cupboard and discovered a million documents I didn’t know I had.
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Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
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Scotland has some strange and spooky places, but few were - until its clearance of offerings - stranger or spookier than the Clootie Well on the Black Isle north of Inverness, which had become a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland
#Scotland
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Scotland has some strange and spooky places, but few were - until its clearance of offerings - stranger or spookier than the Clootie Well on the Black Isle north of Inverness, which had become a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland
#Scotland
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Zelenskyy proposes demilitarised zone with Russia in new Ukraine peace plan
www.channel4.com/news/zelensk...
www.channel4.com/news/zelensk...
Zelenskyy proposes demilitarised zone with Russia in new Ukraine peace plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has unveiled details of a 20-point peace plan discussed by Ukraine and the USA that could form the basis of agreements to end the war with Russia.
www.channel4.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Zelenskyy proposes demilitarised zone with Russia in new Ukraine peace plan
www.channel4.com/news/zelensk...
www.channel4.com/news/zelensk...
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Trump makes flurry of foreign policy moves amid criticism over Epstein files
www.channel4.com/news/trump-m...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-m...
Trump makes flurry of foreign policy moves amid criticism over Epstein files
The US has banned EU officials from getting American visas as it criticises online laws that it says harm free speech.
www.channel4.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump makes flurry of foreign policy moves amid criticism over Epstein files
www.channel4.com/news/trump-m...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-m...
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Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Ex-UK ambassadors are lobbyists for sanctioned pro-Russia genocide deniers
Labour MP calls for rules to be tightened after Democracy for Sale finds former diplomats paid to lobby for Republika Srpska
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
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President Trump is reviving classical and traditional architecture to legitimise his presidency and as a way to ‘make America great again.'
Read our latest newsletter by Kiran Moodley:
Read our latest newsletter by Kiran Moodley:
Traditionalism vs brutalism: the ideology behind Trump’s White House makeover
President Trump is reviving classical and traditional architecture to legitimise his presidency and as a way to ‘make America great again’, writes Kiran Moodley.
channel4news.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
President Trump is reviving classical and traditional architecture to legitimise his presidency and as a way to ‘make America great again.'
Read our latest newsletter by Kiran Moodley:
Read our latest newsletter by Kiran Moodley:
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement. https://cnn.it/3NhAreY
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement. https://cnn.it/3NhAreY
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“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
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Our #Lego display cases are packed full of fabulously festive LEGO models for our MERRY & BRIGHT #OrkneyLibraryLego theme! 🎄🎁
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
December 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our #Lego display cases are packed full of fabulously festive LEGO models for our MERRY & BRIGHT #OrkneyLibraryLego theme! 🎄🎁
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
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Biggest thing for me in 2025 was having my health book come out. It still feels surreal- and thank you to all those who have read it and engaged with the ideas. In a crowded world where attention is limited & pulled in a million directions, here's to reading more books in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Biggest thing for me in 2025 was having my health book come out. It still feels surreal- and thank you to all those who have read it and engaged with the ideas. In a crowded world where attention is limited & pulled in a million directions, here's to reading more books in 2026.
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“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame
The world must stop treating the word “ceasefire” as a guarantee of safety when Gaza’s residents remain under fire, under siege, and under conditions that guarantee more suffering and heartbreak.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
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The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture
December 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture
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Why light matters this Christmas
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
Why light matters this Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Why light matters this Christmas
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.