Tanya Gupta

When you erase words, you erase worlds that were, and worlds to come.

Readers resist

#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg

There's a book called "Modern Ghost Stories of Yellowstone" which has a tagline of "Not all who wander are living."

I absolutely love that.

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

📸 Neil Nevinson
Tunbridge Wells Central Station, 1950, England.
#photography

Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry The consumer group said making a claim can be more distressing than the original incident itself.

Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry

The photo booth flashes. My license preview shows someone else's face—older, tired, content. "That's not me." "It's who you'll become," the clerk says, snow globe water pooling around my documents. "DMV upgraded. We photograph futures now." I study the stranger's smile, the laugh lines I haven't earned. "Can I choose different?" "You already did." She slides the license across the counter. "That's why he's smiling." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #SciFi #Fantasy #TimeTravel #Future #Surreal #Identity #Fate #MagicalRealism Your daily treat from TinyTalesDaily.com

Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post Reach’s chief content officer says issue is part of a national trend that goes wider than the party The publisher of the Nottingham Post has spoken of an “increasingly Trumpian approach” to the media creeping into British politics, amid a Reform-led council’s continuing ban against the title. The 150-year-old paper, as well as its website, Nottinghamshire Live, have been prevented from speaking to Reform’s Nottingham county council leader, Mick Barton, while he has also prevented the titles from receiving updates and press releases. Continue reading...

Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, #TheHobbit (Pub: 21 Sept 1937)

A hare running at you through wild flower meadow daisies and orchids. Original pastel painting. 30x30cm. #hare #pastel #wildlifeart

At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.'

Well done Greggs!

(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)

Photo showing the sheer cliffs between Newhaven and Peacehaven. Evidence of several rockfalls can be seen on the shore. No, I wasn't this close. That's what zooming in is for!

Photo of the cliff, showing the other walkers to the right. They look tiny compared to the height of the cliff.

Photo showing tumuli at the cliff edge. There are three 'lumps'; we were told the middle on was used for shooting practice during the Second World War. This site has lots of war remains, including a cement road and pillboxes (not shown in the photo).

We went on a walk to Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. What a fascinating place! There are fears of development there (I would NOT buy a house on that geology!); the biodiversity is impressive. We saw swallows, lots of rabbit signs, a tumulus (Iron or Bronze Age?), and cliff views. #SussexCoast

Solstice

#NationalLibraryWeek
#LiteracyMatters

Knitting is cool again. Here’s everything you need to get started – and what you don’t From needles and yarn to pattern resources, here’s the essential kit to get you hooked on this affordable hobby (some of it is even free)

www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
🧶 #knit

The Fox & Hare narrow boat moored at Fradley Junction.

Taken on 120 Kentmere Pan 400 film and negative scanned with a a digital camera.

#rolleiflex #canals #blackandwhite #filmphotography

💜International Womens Day💜
'Mother - The Strength of Women'
Created by a most amazing artist, teacher, mother, friend and woman....my Mum.
Metal and paua shell pieces. 2001

Victims of second Post Office scandal criticise 'grinding wheels of bureaucracy' as they try to get compensation Victims of 'Capture', a second faulty Post Office accounting system, say their redress scheme may not be in place until the autumn.

Victims of second Post Office scandal criticise 'grinding wheels of bureaucracy' as they try to get compensation

‘Married men HATE glitter’: TikTokers take to crafty way to ward off cheaters Glitter transfers easily and is tough to wash off, which is why women are using it to leave a message – and for revenge

‘Married men HATE glitter’: TikTokers take to crafty way to ward off cheaters

I got lazy using Amazon. No more. Buying directly from businesses, using Costco on-line, local small businesses and my wonderful public library for books. No more Kindle. It feels good and I will continue.

Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’ Damning National Audit Office report says action is needed to address deficit accumulated under Tory-era policy Almost half of councils in England risk falling into bankruptcy without action to address a £4.6bn deficit amassed under a Conservative-era…

Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’

No algorithm beats browsing in a bookstore.

Immigration myths are everywhere The media is flooded with outright lies and misleading statistics. Countering the falsehoods is arduous work

The media is flooded with outright lies and misleading statistics, writes @jdportes.bsky.social. For instance, take this Telegraph headline...
www.prospectmagazine...

Knitting has always been political. Women could share information in knitting circles, could create codes to share messages in their patterns. French women knitting during the revolution while the oligarchy lost their heads.

Keeping resisting. Keep knitting. #knitting #knitsky #resist

name a book from the 1970s.

Today's hellebores - battered by wind and frost..but still beautiful

FBI says it has discovered nearly 2,500 new records related to JFK assassination The agency was transferring the records for declassification and did not say what information they contained The FBI on Tuesday said it had discovered 2,400 new records related to the assassination of former president John F Kennedy as federal agencies…

FBI says it has discovered nearly 2,500 new records related to JFK assassination

As part of @lichdiscovered.bsky.social I am thrilled that we now have a home at The Old Grammar School, one of Lichfield's most historic buildings. We are putting together a brilliant programme of events and activities so please do give us a follow!

Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, was born #OTD 1832 in Daresbury, near Warrington. This 1935 memorial window at All Saints Church, Daresbury, depicts scenes from Alice in the bottom panels.

Now might be a good time to re-read George Orwell. “Is it or is it not fascism” is a debate we’re going to be having a lot in the next few years, I’m afraid. And while there is perhaps an intellectual rigor to sussing out an answer, there are also …

Now is the moment (to read George Orwell).

Water companies in England ‘use greenwashing playbook to hide environmental harm’ Researchers say companies have prolonged injustice and exaggerated cost of solving infrastructure problems

Interesting research...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...