π΄All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasnβt Been Telling You About
You probably wonβt have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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π΄All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasnβt Been Telling You About
You probably wonβt have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
23.10.2025 17:16 β π 15047 π 5840 π¬ 1214 π 1084Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.
This article manages to name her husband before it names⦠her.
03.10.2025 11:15 β π 13118 π 3401 π¬ 598 π 417I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
A crocheted Patti smith
Patti smith from Horses
I crocheted Patti Smithβs Horses cover
08.09.2025 21:51 β π 12429 π 1539 π¬ 292 π 126Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they wonβt act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
30.08.2025 14:36 β π 2 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
27.07.2025 22:13 β π 26 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Protest against Donald Trump in Ayr FUCK OFF!! YOU TINY-HANDED ORANGE-FACED CUNT
Scotland never disappoints.
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27.07.2025 09:59 β π 25 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0A collage of typographic details from Black Sabbathβs first four albums, shown alongside cropped specimens of the typefaces used.
New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath
To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbathβs first four album covers.
fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t...
(Buckle up, itβs a long one.)
A photo of cat sitting in some Venetian blinds they have just destroyed with the text JOY DIVISION at the top and UNKNOWN PLEASURES at the bottom
This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
08.07.2025 21:51 β π 5339 π 1514 π¬ 30 π 50Picture of a card featuring a drawing of 'Lydia The Tattooed Lady' held by Groucho Marx who sings a song of that name in the Marx Brothers film At The Circus.
11.06.2025 22:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of the hardest artistic depictions is making a wink look like a wink instead of a small seizure. This artist didn't quite make it.
03.06.2025 02:04 β π 182 π 16 π¬ 12 π 0When you can't decide on a font so just use them all.
30.05.2025 15:18 β π 91 π 15 π¬ 2 π 1A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.
Today is National Biscuit Day, and itβs about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. π§΅
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
BALTIC STATES EXPRESS!
Iβve been asked to say a few words at the @RailBaltica Conference in Tallinn on Thursday. Say no more! Setting off on a 1,930 mile train journey from London to Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn (you didnβt think Iβd fly, did you? π) #BalticStatesExpress
19 May 1303: d. St Ivo of Kermartin #Breton saint, canon lawyer, member of the Third Order of St. Francis
(Van der Weydenβs deeply evocative portrait from the National Gallery #London)
Patron of Brittany, lawyers, & abandoned children.
Itβs precisely because Brexiters howl about betraying fish and talk shit about sovereignty/immigration *and our media amplifies their nonsense*, that govt is trapped by fear, unable to freely negotiate in our best interests in case Farage/Daily Mail have a meltdown.
Beyond time for the goddam truth.
π¨π± The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
19.05.2025 15:06 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Which groups do voters think face job discrimination in the UK? What level of discrimination do you think the following groups of people face when it comes to fair and equal access to jobs? % saying each group faces either a "high" or "moderate" level of discrimination Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative β’ Reform UK 20 40 60 Disabled people β’ β’ Transgender people People from ethnic minority backgrounds Older people Women Lesbian, gay and bisexual people People from working-class backgrounds Younger people White people Men People from middle-class backgrounds Heterosexual people YouGov 11-24 April 2025
Once again, Reform voters are not like other people in the UK.
09.05.2025 11:55 β π 120 π 38 π¬ 34 π 3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
02.05.2025 23:52 β π 34 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0One of my favorite historical facts will forever be that the CIA tried to train cats to be spies in the 1960s and ultimately gave up in total defeat because cats are ungovernable.
02.05.2025 23:22 β π 152 π 24 π¬ 6 π 4Milei looks like a 70βs Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephewβs stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
26.04.2025 08:52 β π 4893 π 741 π¬ 191 π 120#trumpisacunt
23.04.2025 19:06 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0and tRump scheduled to meet King Charles β οΈ
21.04.2025 11:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Presidents Trump and Bukele of El Salvador sit before the fireplace in the Oval Office, surrounded by gold cups, portraits and gold trinkets.
I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trumpβs Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Hereβs an art historical view. π§΅
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