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Politically - Postwar - 8. Healthcare for All - BBC Sounds The war changed many things, and access to healthcare was one of them.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Origins of the NHS an interesting listen

Interesting #dementia slip of the tongue as OH asks for a glass of sardines. He meant cider.

The Red Lion – Kingly Street, from last Sunday's new post on Soho pubs at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/s...

Idea.

Ralph Fiennes returns as both Cardinal Lawrence and M, and returns in Conclave 2 to choose a new Bond.

"College" (1927) is a silent comedy-drama directed by James W. Horne and Buster Keaton. The film stars Keaton, Anne Cornwall, and Harold Goodwin, delivering timeless humor and charm through its silent performance.

a black and white photo of a man holding a guitar . ALT: a black and white photo of a man holding a guitar .

George Harrison? #BMovieManiacs

Practical?

Didn’t I once read Milton Friedman argue that under ‘free to choose’ capitalism the state can’t control the media?

The Colossus of Roads: Thomas Telford, distinguished Scottish civil engineer, born #OTD 1757, known for roads, bridges, canals & aqueducts such as Menai Suspension Bridge & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; first President Institution Civil Engineers Portrait 1822 Sam. Lane, ICE | Pontcysyllte, 1826, G. Arnald

The Colossus of Roads: Thomas Telford, distinguished Scottish civil engineer, born #OTD 1757, known for roads, bridges, canals & aqueducts such as Menai Suspension Bridge & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; first President Institution Civil Engineers Portrait 1822 Sam. Lane, ICE | Pontcysyllte, 1826, G. Arnald

The Colossus of Roads: Thomas Telford, distinguished Scottish civil engineer, born #OTD 1757, known for roads, bridges, canals & aqueducts including Menai Suspension Bridge & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; first President Institution Civil Engineers
Portrait 1822 by Lane, ICE | Pontcysyllte, 1826, G. Arnald

Sheep in the shade. Love the position of the one one the right

I had the 1066 battlefield to myself at sunset and it was bellringing practice night 👌🏻

A grey sign with white writing stands in front of an old tree. The sign reads: I am very old and need to rest. Please don't sit on me

Just another relatable National Trust sign

Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?

Jim Lovell has died at 97 years old. Now there’s a bloke who wrung the most out of life.

Jesus Saliva

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

<snork>

‘Traumatic’ reaction to Spurgeon’s College’s abrupt closure Spurgeon’s College, based in grand buildings on South Norwood Hill and one of the country’s oldest theological institutions, with a history that goes back almost 170 years, yesterday an…

This week's top posts: 'Traumatic' reaction to Spurgeon's College's abrupt closure insidecroydon.com/2025/08/01/t... #Croydon #Baptist #Spurgeons @churchtimes.bsky.social

56 years ago today and The Beatles are poised to cross the Abbey Road zebra crossing and create one of the most famous album covers ever.

Reeves ‘vastly underestimated’ scale of private school parents’ VAT rebellion Treasury was not expecting so many to pay fees in advance to avoid levy, documents show

Treasury underestimated how many wealthy people would spend £££ hundreds of thousands to save a few bob in tax bit.ly/4ljeCr2 they paid £515m in advance - some could afford to pay five years in advance. Don’t try to tax us we’re too rich and too clever!

Formal black and white photograph mounted on card and entitled 'University College of the South West of England. Reed Hall. 1937.' Pictured are approximately eighty male students who lived in the hall of residence at Reed Hall. The front row is seated on the floor, the second row is seated on chairs, and the rows behind are standing. Also pictured are the matron, warden and president. The matron is holding a light-coloured adult cat on her lap and the president is holding a small black kitten with white socks.

Cropped version of the first photograph, focusing on the matron, warden and president in the centre of the group. The matron is holding a light-coloured adult cat on her lap and the president is holding a small black kitten with white socks.

You've got to be kitten me! 🐈

This photograph shows students and staff who lived at Reed Hall in 1937.

We had to double take when we spotted two paw-some residents among them!

📷 EUL UA/P/3/i

#InternationalCatDay #CatDay #Cats #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives #FlashbackFriday

Fantastic

On #internationalcatday
Where are you all from friends?
Which feline are you celebrating today?

Let’s all get to know one another and make this circle of kindness wider than ever 🧡🐈

Please do feel free to share this post and make a circle wider 🧡

We’re going to spend trillions making a machine that’s less smart than a three year old

YouTube video by abcenglish My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

Well, if it's #Internationalcatday then it's time for this ...

youtu.be/mp5aVO_Ri6Y

Rachel Reeves may raise gambling tax to axe two-child benefit cap Gordon Brown says move could raise £3bn a year to reduce child poverty

Raise taxes on online gambling to reduce child poverty, says Former Chancellor bit.ly/4orI1So as The Times officially runs out of different pictures showing Reeves and Brown! NB there is no cap on child benefit. There is a two child cap on meanstested benefits.

Food inflation is set to reach 5.5% between now and Christmas. This is on top of the huge price rises and drop in quality of fresh produce we have suffered over the past few years.

Post Brexit UK…..what a delight it is.

Holbein sketch of a middle aged woman in a gable hood with an expression of restrained pain

It’s a bit…ow….sore to sit down

the scary thing about AI right now is not so much that it is capable of replacing your job but that your boss might think it is capable of replacing your job

either way the end result is you don’t have a job

The move threatens to upend the global bullion market and deal a fresh blow to Switzerland, the world’s largest refining hub. on.ft.com/3UfGJwb