Lorna Richardson

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

An eye for an eye makes the world blind

Abstract

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

This is super-helpful, thank you!

Whenn app Whenn lets you help next of kin & executors find supplier accounts - utilities, pensions, emails - and important info after death. With the app, it doesn't take long. Founded by Sarah Giblin

There's an app for this, from @sarahgiblin.bsky.social www.whenn.com

For the public - Digital Legacy Association Information and tutorials to empower the general public Martin Lewis speaking about making plans for one’s digital life and using the Digital Legacy Association’s ‘Social Media Will’ Template. Eductio...

Sorting out dad's digital legacy is proving to be a bigger task than expected for the internet footprint of an 81 year old man.
Do any of us really plan for our digital accounts after death? This is a useful resource to kick off a conversation: digitallegacyassociation.org/for-the-publ...

Sorry, we can't afford to give you your real-terms pay cut.

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

This is grim. Solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You must’ve visited when the wind was blowing in a favourable direction!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "We need to not conflate the Jewish community & the ongoing genocide in Gaza.. you can both be absolutely clear that antisemitism & Islamophobia in our country is totally unacceptable & you can stand against the genocide & our govts complicity.."

Well said Zack.

West Suffolk is terra incognita to me. It’s too fancy!

That smell! I’m always surprised the Museum of Norwich doesn’t pump it into the exhibitions

Norfolk’s candle should smell of sugar beet refineries, skunk, crabs & pig shit. Suffolk’s should smell of boiled chicken, biodiesel, weed & chip fat. Gourmet

This is why museum documentation matters! Without, it's very easy to misplaced an entire buffalo for decades

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

Two dead after suspected terror attack on Manchester synagogue, police say, with suspect shot by officers – latest Keir Starmer will fly home early from Europe to chair a Cobra meeting, while Greater Manchester mayor tells people to avoid the area

We were just finishing Yom Kippur morning service when our rabbi announced this had just happened. We’d been reflecting on the atrocities in Gaza & praying for peace. Our tiny community is horrified & heartbroken

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Thank you. It gets better, right?

Solidarity

The greenhouse is my Dad’s Marie Celeste of tomato-growing. There’s a tub of eggshells ready to be crushed into soil. Free calcium, he said. Labels cut from margarine lids & all the seeds he saved dried onto kitchen towel ready for growing. Waste nothing, he said. We might be glad of it one day

Photo of my dad in the early 1960s. He’s wearing a ridiculous pair of patent leather winklepickers and striped socks

After a difficult & cruel illness, my dad died this morning with us all at his side. World champion of sarcasm, railway enthusiast, abject socialist, Woodcraft Folk leader, and trade unionist to the end. Sleep well, you old bastard

Probably some of the same group of people, there’s a lot that get accused of being paid trolls as they are always on these local news sites in different places, comment on everything

It’s normal for Norfolk unfortunately

A newspaper comment, from the Eastern Daily Press in an article about the universities in Norfolk. It says ‘universities are a hive of Marxism and woke nonsense. Book learning is a con & completely overrated especially when compared to common sense and tradition’. It ends with a hashtag Sir Nigel for PM

The regional newspaper’s comments section is a bin fire of ignorance, barely disguised racism & flag-fanciers, but this deserves a medal for shitpost of the year. I’ve had hysterics laughing at this about Norfolk’s universities. Better crack on with my new module AMWN100A Marxism & Woke Nonsense

Fantastic! Will keep all things crossed for you ❤️

Resilience isn’t it

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

I’m biased, because it’s Norfolk, but this pingo resurrection project is glorious, joyous & hopeful. Worth a read

We were Art, Media & American Studies but restructured last year & redistributed to 3 new schools

Thanks Andrew, I need to remember to eat and cry. Just feeling numb and overwhelmed at the moment

I’m so sorry for your loss, that must’ve been a very tough experience

Cords! Oh fabulous! I’m packing my linens away, gently weeping, and need to buy new sweaters