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Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

LloydLlewJ

In 1920s Weimar Germany, Berlin was a city widely regarded as fashion powerhouse, due to a thriving textile industry. With 750 factories and 180,000 employees—many of whom were Jews—Berlin was

John Kovalic

muskrat_john

Here’s a little cautionary tale that I hope some of you may learn from.In 1977, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons, having stumbled across this little white-boxed set in an

Brad Farberman

BradFarberman

ICYMI: I interviewed George Benson! He’s got a new album, Weekend in London. Out today. We talk about that plus Miles, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, McDuff, and Hathaway. Here’s a

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

COVID in Europe - my perspective this bright, sunny day in London. As ever, the main group I feel I am talking to here are journalists, who have to write

I Am Incorrigible FCA

ImIncorrigible

"Healthcare firm advised by Owen Paterson won £133m coronavirus testing contract unopposedRandox Laboratories was hired “without prior publication of a call for competition”"#ToryCorruption@LBC #C4News #Newsnight #PMQs #r4tod

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

@JonathanTurley suggests the founders would not react so quickly against a president who led an insurrection. Washington led an army of 13,000 people against a small group of farmers who

Conor McKinney

wildlifeni

To Councillors, MLAs, MPs decision makers and voters (please share to local reps!)With so much opportunity to include #biodiversity in towns and cities and across council work let's explore some

Giulio Ferrini

GiulioFerrini

THREAD: Did a tour of the pop-up #StreetSpaceLDN infrastructure in @cityoflondon yesterday. With all the construction & utilities work, it’s hard to separate Covid works from others, but here goesWe’ll

Incunabula

incunabula

THE BIBLE IN WELSH.Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Sef Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd. Printed in 1620, this is the Welsh equivalent of the 1611 King James Bible. Copies were supplied to

Gareth Dennis

GarethDennis

Well, the NIC have reported, and whilst I am sure there are some good bits and pieces in amongst it, my overriding thought is this:What a dispiritingly pitiful abandonment of

Maurice J Casey

MauriceJCasey

100 years ago today, 19 July 1920, the opening ceremony of the Second Comintern Congress took place in Petrograd.Among the international delegates were two from Ireland: Roddy Connolly, son of

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (1821-61), known to the world as Lola Montez ‘the Spanish dancer’ was a celebrated courted & mistress of King Ludwig I of

Vinayak

vinayak_jain

This thread about Narendra Modi (not an exhaustive one) is for those too woke — like this specimen — and those who wish to know the truth but are surrounded

Exposing 40

Exposing40

How refreshing, a sports mag saying eat WTF you want & exercise to make your heart & heart happy, not lose weight. “We have lost sight of what we want,

Theo Sanderson

theosanderson

Any info out on the 'new strain' in phylogenetic / AA mutation terms? https://twitter.com/The_Soup_Dragon/status/1338523634109992961 Wonder if there's any chance increased circulation could be driven by false-negatives in testin

Matthew Mason

matthewwmason

'Until fairly recently, Britain had an amazingly vital autodidact culture, where a large minority of the working classes passionately pursued classic literature, philosophy, and music...they knew that the "great books"...would

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