Pen The Writer

Liverpool parade incident: from dreamland to disaster northwestbylines.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Pecksniff: EU deal: Glass half full, but Starmer’s chance to fill it to the brim In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

"There has been spittle-flecked hysteria from the right wing press every day this week. The terror is now theirs. Even with such a modest EU deal, they know they have lost."

The Oeconomies on Lamb's Hill In Which we Visit the Moravian settlement, at Fulneck, Leeds.

Watch my nerdery hit critical mass and disappear over the event horizon. open.substack.com/pub/penelope...

Intriguing how fragile these "Free Speech" warriors, are.

DOUGHTY'S SPINNING WHEEL IN WHICH WE STUDY A WHEEL RECOMMENDED IN 1802 FOR "ELEGANCE" AND "USEFULNESS". AND WE LEARN THAT RARE SPINNING WHEELS ARE, INDEED, LIKE THE NUMBER 11.

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11 years on, I revisit Mr Antis and his Contrivance. Taking a look at a US born inventor, musician and Man For All Seasons, who lived in Leeds. His "contrivance" was an add-on widget that turbo-charged ordinary spinning wheels. penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/mr-antis-a...

Cover of substack post showing 1820s-40s' spinning wheel

This week our little table-top spinning wheel - a very rare wheel found randomly on eBay - went to the restorers'.
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"He's playing 5D chess!"

It was a nightmare and he did realise it.

Quirky Wheel on eBay How a Tiny Table-Top Spinning Wheel Found Itself Back Home after 200 Years...

Quirky Wheel on eBay
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blackthorn in blossom and a honey bee.

There's bees on the blackthorn (sloe)! And a beautiful blue sky, earlier this afternoon. It's been a long winter. Spring, soon.

Big rawrs!

Colour and Light, York Minster, last night. Dragons on the Minster!

‘Woke’ National Trust SLAMMED for 'Head of Inclusivity' job - 40k a year for THREE days a week, huge pension, 32 days off and more The ultra-progressive institution saw membership drop last year as it pursued various woke policies including mandatory vegan food quotas in cafes and slavery reports

If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...

Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU

Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests

The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU

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No Mr Darcy He's a Prosperous Regency Man. But he's No Mr Darcy. Inside a Scribbling Mill - Taking A Look into the Journals of Forthright Leeds Mill Owner, Joseph Rogerson.

Check out today's Substack. I am not a Jane Austen fan. So was pleased to stumble on the contemporaneous diaries of a no bullshit Regency mill owner who was too busy making money in the wool industry, to sit around eating cucumber sandwiches. He's no Mr Darcy...
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this new Tesla speedometer looks awful

Penelope’s Substack | Penelope Hemingway | Substack Writes about the sweet spot where textiles meet politics. Also, Yorkshire history. Click to read Penelope’s Substack, by Penelope Hemingway, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.

The value of escapism.

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Egg prices are up 37% and rising.

It’s day 4.

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.

The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.

History is repeating. Pay attention.

Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.

Even more relevant now…

Cover art for Their Darkest Materials, book about textile history.

We all need some escapism from this future dystopia we find ourselves living in, so how about some 18th and 19th century escapees? Check out my new Substack and subscribe if you can. It's free! open.substack.com/pub/penelope...

What always struck me was how they thought being creative somehow invalidated people having political opinions.

The sentence showed that in the US, some people are indeed above the law. Rest of the world can assume the "great experiment" is over.

No Elon, just no – not our Liverpool FC No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever. From a lifelong LFC fan

“No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever.

From a lifelong LFC fan”

You can't persuade cult members who abandoned reason, with reason, is the reality. It's a relief to walk away from the pointless, trollish conflict the far right caused elsewhere. And to know that if they try it here, they'll get the bum's rush.

Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌ Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.

Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...

An open letter to the BBC Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time

With Nigel Farage once more gracing our TV screens on BBC Question Time, it's time to revisit this excellent article by Dr Russ Jackson which has had over 230k reads!

At least this time Farage is an elected MP and party leader. Not so his previous 35+ times 😡

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Percy Pig behind the flower display.

Yesterday, tried my hand at wildlife photography. In the new M & S food shop which just opened in Selby. It didn't see me, right? Tell me it didn't see me.