Rosa
@rosalindanne.bsky.social
Dog lover, reader, lover of nature, respect & courtesy. Proper F1 fan. Proudly European 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
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Enjoyer of the light-hearted & humorous side of life. 🌈🌈🌈🦄💕💕💕
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Enjoyer of the light-hearted & humorous side of life. 🌈🌈🌈🦄💕💕💕
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Rosa
@rosalindanne.bsky.social
· Aug 21
@dlbowman76.com
Ten movies to know me:
A matter of life & death ( Powell & Pressberger version)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Breaking Away
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Jean de Florette
Master & Commander
The Leopard
Ten movies to know me:
A matter of life & death ( Powell & Pressberger version)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Breaking Away
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Jean de Florette
Master & Commander
The Leopard
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Dear Australia …. Ok, you can have the ashes.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Dear Australia …. Ok, you can have the ashes.
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This weekend , I watched the new #Dracula & #Frankenstein #movies, and to be honest, I enjoyed the Dracula one more. It's clearly the inferior film, but it was done with a real Hammerish feel to it that was just much more fun to watch.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This weekend , I watched the new #Dracula & #Frankenstein #movies, and to be honest, I enjoyed the Dracula one more. It's clearly the inferior film, but it was done with a real Hammerish feel to it that was just much more fun to watch.
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In my opinion, this marks the start of where we Europeans started to realise that - we are stuffed
A year ago no one could have predicted it, but in recent months it was becoming increasingly obvious.
I hope our leaders are ahead of the curve here and have a well-thought-out executable plan??
BBC
A year ago no one could have predicted it, but in recent months it was becoming increasingly obvious.
I hope our leaders are ahead of the curve here and have a well-thought-out executable plan??
BBC
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In my opinion, this marks the start of where we Europeans started to realise that - we are stuffed
A year ago no one could have predicted it, but in recent months it was becoming increasingly obvious.
I hope our leaders are ahead of the curve here and have a well-thought-out executable plan??
BBC
A year ago no one could have predicted it, but in recent months it was becoming increasingly obvious.
I hope our leaders are ahead of the curve here and have a well-thought-out executable plan??
BBC
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PCH alone the CA coast driving from Ragged Point Inn up to the north in Big Sur
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
PCH alone the CA coast driving from Ragged Point Inn up to the north in Big Sur
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A wonderful #wildflowerhour! It’s been chillier so not been easy to spy those blooms this week, special thanks to all that shared pics! Hope you have a good week and see you all again next Sunday ☺️
Saw one sweet violet in flower in the rain this week for #WildflowerHour
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A wonderful #wildflowerhour! It’s been chillier so not been easy to spy those blooms this week, special thanks to all that shared pics! Hope you have a good week and see you all again next Sunday ☺️
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L'esprit de l'escalier
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
L'esprit de l'escalier
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Final bids on mouse and wrench are £900 & £685 thank you so much to everybody who placed beds. It’s been amazing and exhausting in equal parts. I feel like my brain is cooked but we managed to raise some serious money for some very good courses. Thank you.
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Final bids on mouse and wrench are £900 & £685 thank you so much to everybody who placed beds. It’s been amazing and exhausting in equal parts. I feel like my brain is cooked but we managed to raise some serious money for some very good courses. Thank you.
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‘Pronck?’ Says Hertog…
‘Don’t mind if I do!’ Says Mr Throckmorton…
#SmallBearsNeedBeer
@beerbear21.bsky.social
‘Don’t mind if I do!’ Says Mr Throckmorton…
#SmallBearsNeedBeer
@beerbear21.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
‘Pronck?’ Says Hertog…
‘Don’t mind if I do!’ Says Mr Throckmorton…
#SmallBearsNeedBeer
@beerbear21.bsky.social
‘Don’t mind if I do!’ Says Mr Throckmorton…
#SmallBearsNeedBeer
@beerbear21.bsky.social
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
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The John Doone book&movie title generator:
No man is an island,
Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were. /1
No man is an island,
Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were. /1
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The John Doone book&movie title generator:
No man is an island,
Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were. /1
No man is an island,
Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were. /1
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Also, plenty of them do remain, and his name is well remembered. Ramses comes out of this one better than Shelley does.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Also, plenty of them do remain, and his name is well remembered. Ramses comes out of this one better than Shelley does.
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Factoid: Ozymandias (Ramses II) built more statues to himself than any other leader in history...until Stalin
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Factoid: Ozymandias (Ramses II) built more statues to himself than any other leader in history...until Stalin
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Full many a flower
Is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweet breath
On the desert air
Is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweet breath
On the desert air
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Full many a flower
Is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweet breath
On the desert air
Is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweet breath
On the desert air
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Though I am old with wandering
through hollow lands & hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone
& kiss her lips & take her hands
& walk among long dappled grass
& pluck til time & times are done
the silver apples of the moon
the golden apples of the sun
- Yeats
Song of Wandering Aengus
through hollow lands & hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone
& kiss her lips & take her hands
& walk among long dappled grass
& pluck til time & times are done
the silver apples of the moon
the golden apples of the sun
- Yeats
Song of Wandering Aengus
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Though I am old with wandering
through hollow lands & hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone
& kiss her lips & take her hands
& walk among long dappled grass
& pluck til time & times are done
the silver apples of the moon
the golden apples of the sun
- Yeats
Song of Wandering Aengus
through hollow lands & hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone
& kiss her lips & take her hands
& walk among long dappled grass
& pluck til time & times are done
the silver apples of the moon
the golden apples of the sun
- Yeats
Song of Wandering Aengus
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The moving finger writes,
and having writ, moves on.
Nor all thy piety nor wit,
Shall call it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
and having writ, moves on.
Nor all thy piety nor wit,
Shall call it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The moving finger writes,
and having writ, moves on.
Nor all thy piety nor wit,
Shall call it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
and having writ, moves on.
Nor all thy piety nor wit,
Shall call it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
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Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
(The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe)
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
(The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe)
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
(The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe)
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
(The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe)
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[Annihilating all that’s made
To a green thought in a green shade
Marvell]
To a green thought in a green shade
Marvell]
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
[Annihilating all that’s made
To a green thought in a green shade
Marvell]
To a green thought in a green shade
Marvell]
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A Dutch commentator perceptively observed: ‘The British are the only people who look back on WWII with pride and pleasure (‘our finest hour’). Everyone else was either occupier or occupied, and they look back with grief and with a steely determination never to let that happen in Europe again.’
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A Dutch commentator perceptively observed: ‘The British are the only people who look back on WWII with pride and pleasure (‘our finest hour’). Everyone else was either occupier or occupied, and they look back with grief and with a steely determination never to let that happen in Europe again.’
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You might enjoy having a play around with Layers of London, if you’ve not looked at it before: www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays
Layers of London
www.layersoflondon.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
You might enjoy having a play around with Layers of London, if you’ve not looked at it before: www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays
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In The Observer, I’ve reviewed Songs Of Seven Dials: @tricksterprince.bsky.social’s fascinating, detailed history of the changing streets of Covent Garden through the early c20th. From race to jingoistic media to gentrification, a book full of resonances today
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Lament for a lost London | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
In The Observer, I’ve reviewed Songs Of Seven Dials: @tricksterprince.bsky.social’s fascinating, detailed history of the changing streets of Covent Garden through the early c20th. From race to jingoistic media to gentrification, a book full of resonances today
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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This was the resulting piece. Not for the first time I over estimated the Labour party.
The Home Office cannot be saved
It isn’t just that the Home Office has no respect for human life, as appalling as that is: it simply doesn’t work.
www.newstatesman.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This was the resulting piece. Not for the first time I over estimated the Labour party.
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Just tax the fucking bookies and gambling apps, Jesus wept.
Gambling addicts risk losing ‘life-saving’ help due to funding overhaul, say UK charities
Gambling addicts risk losing ‘life-saving’ help due to funding overhaul, say UK charities
Specialist clinics and support groups call for government emergency support due to delays caused by new levy system
Gambling addicts are at risk of missing out on “life-saving” help unless the government provides emergency support, charities have warned, after an overhaul of funding left treatment providers facing a cash crunch.
Until this year, money for problem gambling research, education and treatment had been provided on a voluntary basis by casinos and bookmakers who contributed about 0.1% of their takings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just tax the fucking bookies and gambling apps, Jesus wept.
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This letter from former Cabinet Secretaries and others is straightforwardly wrong regarding the constitutional role of the House of Lords relative to the role of the Commons. /1
NEW: In a joint letter, senior peers including 3 former cabinet secretaries and 3 former Lords speakers have warned peers not to use procedural manoeuvres to thwart the assisted dying bill.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This letter from former Cabinet Secretaries and others is straightforwardly wrong regarding the constitutional role of the House of Lords relative to the role of the Commons. /1
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1. got the notebook in this week's Observer! used it to talk about Pillion, the Diane Arbus show in Mayfair, and the joys of film photography
2. will probably never get over the headline the subs decided to go with
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
2. will probably never get over the headline the subs decided to go with
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
1. got the notebook in this week's Observer! used it to talk about Pillion, the Diane Arbus show in Mayfair, and the joys of film photography
2. will probably never get over the headline the subs decided to go with
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
2. will probably never get over the headline the subs decided to go with
observer.co.uk/news/columni...