Adrian Tempany

If you're interested in Jack the Ripper, I can't recommend this book enough. By Bruce (Withnail & I) Robinson, it was a 15-year project. A fascinating, unflinching takedown of the police-confected 'mystery' that was staring them in the face all along
www.amazon.co.uk/They-All-Lov...

The British Library's online newspaper archive is a form of time travel. Pick any date from the last 230 years and chances are you can read the newspaper from that day www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/resul...

A book stall in central Gaza is keeping literature alive amidst genocide. Photo by Esraa Abo Qamar A small bookstall in the central Gaza Strip is keeping reading alive amidst Israel’s unrelenting chaos and violence, The Electronic Intifada reports. The stall, called Eqra…

Even during genocide, two brothers in Gaza bring reading to their community.

This Observer revelation about The Salt Path is interesting, not least for raising the question: to what extent do book publishers have an obligation to establish the authenticity of a memoir?

This is George Orwell's cottage in Wallington, just outside Baldock. He wrote Animal Farm here and got married in the local church. The real Manor Farm is just up the lane

#booksky Which writer lived here in the 1930s? And what would he/she make of the house being festooned in Union Jacks today?

Great goalkeeper. So good that at 41 he was called up by Everton before the 1986 FA Cup Final as cover for Bobby Mimms

hello Mike. Just re-emerging on social media - still finding Twitter unresponsive, so might spend more time on here

True History of the Kelly Gang is a dazzling novel, great energy

Guardian & Observer journalists are on strike again today & tomorrow.

We believe we have a duty to tell readers the truth. Which is that this deal sucks. It’s bad for the Obs, bad for the Guardian. Bad for journalism.

Any support you can give us is hugely valued 🙏

nuj.org.uk/savetheobser...

#BookSky Five best books I've read in the last decade - Xmas ideas

True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James
They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper - Bruce Robinson
In Plain Sight: The Life & Lies of Jimmy Savile - Dan Davies
Libra - Don DeLillo

#BookSky Some books are for life, not just for Christmas. Though Christmas will do

Some Saudis chatting to the UK prime minister, Sir Beer Korma

“How interesting – but what tools, exactly, did he make?”

Today is the Observer’s 233rd birthday. And the first of 4 strike days. I grew up in South Wales in the shadow of the miners’ strike. Extraordinary to be joining a picket line outside what I believed was my liberal progressive news org all these years later.

We’re so grateful for your support & ✊

Not ideal, is it?

Men's World Cup: FIFA produces 'astonishing whitewash' of Saudi Arabia's human rights record FIFA provided Saudi Arabia a ‘medium’ risk rating for human rights in its evaluation of its bid for the 2034 World Cup

From start to finish, FIFA's approach to human rights standards in the 2030 and 2034 bidding processes has been a sham.

And its callous disregard for workers in ignoring its own report on compensation is scandalous.

Amnesty's reaction to both here:

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Saint Etienne’s The Night - a CD and a unique vinyl pressing - will be available to pre-order from our favourite record shops on Monday at 10am: @JumboRecords @FiveRiseRecords @TheRecordCafe @RoughTradeRecs, @Monorail_Music, @ResidentRecords and the Heavenly Bandcamp Store.

Old witch friends having a cuppa.

I'm enjoying finding new people on here, but if you want to find old friends/followers:

1. Install the Sky Follower Bridge chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
2. Open your Twitter Follower page twitter.com/following
3. Press 'Alt(or option key on Mac) + B'
4. Input your Blueksky login.

and when the coppers are caught getting their answers phoned in from the station 😀

Slapps used to silence whistleblowers should be outlawed, says group of MPs Cross-party group cites legal threats used to hide Post Office Horizon scandal and allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed

Slapps used to silence whistleblowers should be outlawed says group of MPs - some shocking cases in here www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Believe me, what is being said/not said in Danish media right now is INTERESTING.

I'm still waiting for Boumsong and Mexes

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk
Life's Rich Pageant - REM

Enjoyed Mr Loverman on BBC1. Lennie James deserves a Bafta - different class

Newcastle United owners put a further £35m into the club by issuing one new share

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David Coote and his mates slagging off Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in an era when they won the Fair Play award virtually every season under Klopp

Can't think of a single reason why Howard Webb deserves a chance to rebuild the trust in PGMOL. Get rid of him and then rebuild

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian

Holy mackerel. That's a big one.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

2nd pillar from the left, about 10ft right of that and 6ft back