#London

Dame Alun Roberts

ciabaudo

Henry Hodge, the husband of Margaret Hodge, leader of Islington Council and resident of Islington, was chairman of the NCCL when PIE was granted affiliate status. NCCL supported the 'right’

Desi Engineer

EngineerDesii

#AntoniaMaino was born in a poor family of Stefano Maino who fought in Mussolini's army and became poor after Mussolini lost in World War 2.Antonia was ambitious since childhood but

📚Philliteracy📚

Philliteracy

For various reasons I’ve been thinking a lot about Victorian charity voting recently. (Bear with me…) Fascinating bit of UK philanthropy history in its own right, but may point to

Oscar Berglund

berglund_oscar

This week I felt the battle between the world and the fossil fuel industry. @JKSteinberger @CharlieJGardner & I organised a letter from scientists calling out the criminalisation of climate protest.

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

In August of 1961 Fred Schwarz, an early pioneer in right wing grifting, held an Anti-Communism Crusade at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The speech by Dale Evans at

Paul Gray

PAG1962

Thread (rather long, I'm afraid)A national day of anger and retributionIf you have read my threads before, you’re probably finding the heading of this one a bit strange. And if

Karo

real_karo

On reading the news yesterday, it left me just as concerned and heartbroken about @oxfamgb and its international operations. I thought it might be a good idea to explain why...in

Kashmir Watch

kashmir_watch

#Thread on Mushaal Mullick1.Mushaal Mullick is the wife of #terrorist turned separatist leader #YasinMalik . A #Pakistani by birth, she is often seen on SM expressing her discontent on how

Kevin Gosztola

kgosztola

When Glenn Greenwald announced resignation from The Intercept, he mentioned one of episodes contributing to decision involved refusal to "report on daily proceedings of Assange extradition hearing because freelance reporter

Lisa Fagin Davis

lisafdavis

I don’t know if this is a serious question or not, but I’m going to give it a serious answer. Here’s a thread on “So, you think you’ve solved the

Lambeth Living Streets

LambethLivingSt

Inspired by this thread, we want to talk about what fairness means in car dependent society (and if you haven’t read Susan’s thread yet — start there).Alright -- here we

Jenna ⚡️Magician in Training

JennaRexwood

A Discovery of Witches Binge Watch: A Thread. #ADiscoveryOfWitches Is it weird to miss Diana’s POV? I get the medium doesn’t really allow for it unless they wanted to go

Sinéad Gleeson

sineadgleeson

THREAD: there are 100 Irish writers in The Art of the Glimpse. Many you'll know - James Joyce, Sally Rooney - some you won't have read or heard of. This

Lady B.

KBUdeogu

To the youths in Ughelli who started this #EndSARS protest they refused to let nonsense happen without a fight; we salute you. To those in Benin who took it

Bat Flips and Nerds

batflips_nerds

ANNOUNCEMENTWe're holding a #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek raffle for @MindCharity.Entries are £2 each via https://www.paypal.me/batflipsandnerdsWe have some awesome prizes (and more to come)Watch the video And check the thread First up,

Being Ulti

being_ulti

My first full-time job was teaching English on Fishers Island, a small island off the coast of eastern Connecticut. The year-round population was around 500 then and in the summer