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Gibraltar’s chief minister made ‘sinister’ interventions to protect friend from police Inquiry finds Fabian Picardo was ‘grossly improper’ to protect James Levy from a search warrant The chief minister of Gibraltar made a series of “grossly improper” and “sinister” interventions to interfere in a live criminal investigation in order to protect his friend, mentor and business partner from the consequences of a search warrant, a public inquiry has found. The retired England and Wales high court judge and inquiry chair, Sir Peter Openshaw, concluded that Fabian Picardo acted to protect James Levy KC when police were at Hassans law firm, where Levy was a senior partner, on 12 May 2020 with a search warrant from “a legitimate police investigation and operation”. Continue reading...

Gibraltar’s chief minister made ‘sinister’ interventions to protect friend from police

Thousands ‘turn world upside down’ celebrating midwinter solstice at Montol Festival The longest night of the year saw fire, beasts and masked revellers filling the streets.

Thousands ‘turn world upside down’ celebrating midwinter solstice at Montol Festival

#Cornwall #Kernow

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Nadelik Lowen onen hag oll!

Ayiz un raide bouan Noué!

Bon Nadau a toti!

Our ancient woodland close to sunset

A silence settles on ancient woodland at sunset

The birds, already singing in hushed tones, go quiet as the shadows lengthen

Any noise at all now alerts the senses of every living thing. The atmosphere is somewhat electric

It is my favourite time

Where are you from that the compassion and empathy of your people is so superior? Ridiculous comment.

Since always. Don’t confuse country with people. You should know that.

Howlsavla Gwav Lowen ha
Mantol Lowen dhywgh ynwedh!
Happy Winter Solstice to you, and Happy Midwinter Festival as well! 🎄✨♥️

It’s that time of year and there are still some Hoodening events that can be found around East Kent, including this one in Whitstable on Monday…

A dizzy student, I was on a plane to Stockholm and the lady sitting next to me spilled wine over me, she was so sorry! When she and her friend found out I was staying 2 hours from the airport and arriving at 1 in the morning, they drove me to my destination even though it was the opposite direction.

Two words which were used in Kent and not in other parts of England at the time of the Domesday Book were units of measurement.

A sulung = the amount of land which could be by four ox-pairs

A yoke = equal to a quarter of a sulung.

Kent had a different system of land tenure, abolished in 1925.

Canterbury Roman Museum, Kent Explore Canterbury’s history around the remains of an original Roman town house and Scheduled Ancient Monument.

If you are ever in Kent, visit Canterbury Roman Museum. canterburymuseums.co.uk/canterbury-r...

And what a beautiful kingdom it is...

A country lane just after sunrise

Good Morning from the Kingdom of Kent

Pan en vy flogh, yth esa lyver pur dhidhanus (gans awtour ostralek a vri) a-dro dhe gath a wor redya... 😸

Dydh apposyans Godhalek o hedhyw. Martesen re ughelhwansek o dhe skrifa neppyth yn Kernewek an myttin ma…

My a brenas lyver nowydh. Mes yn py yeth yw skrifys, orth dha vrys?

#Kernewek
#KevardhuEbronLas

Two books: Dres an Vledhen ha'n Teylu Banalek and Hwedhlow a-dhiworth an Orsedh.

An seson yw devedhys, prys yw rag agan Chalenj Redya Nadelik rag an vledhen ma! Kewgh dh’agan gwerthji dhe gemeres rann. cornish-language.org/shop/
#ChalenjRedyaNadelik #Kernewek #Cornish

Mèrcie bein des fais! Unfortunately not, but I´ve had a look at the syllabus for it! Will you be there?

Haha, that was my point really. To get more visibility for two languages which are minoritised and to keep the bigger languages well at bay. Jèrriais is such a beautiful written language, and Shaetlan is just music to the ears!

I’ve just had the privilege of presenting my cousin Alex Purbrick’s short film, “Dreaming of Danu,” at the end of a course offered through the University of Vic, Catalonia, by the How Timely Training Portal. The film is narrated in Shaetlans, and I’ve subtitled it into Jèrriais. Enjoy.

Is this a golden age of sculptures of, and by, women?
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.

Superb maps of Oxford's medieval Jewish heritage: www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk/oxford-jewis...

Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting show is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology The group chat for Shetland knitters was popping off, says one member, as they settled down to watch the first episode of Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter. But their enthusiasm for the Channel 4 elimination show hosted by former Olympian and crafts enthusiast Tom Daley quickly unravelled. Continue reading...

Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation

Des Valconmèrs Ch'est Les Cheins Tchi Paient Eune Fais À Béthe À Tout L'monde Tchiques exempl'yes en bouochies d'son du Dictionnaithe Jèrriais-Français Sound clips of example Jèrriais phrases from entries in the big dictionary - Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français

Des valconmèrs ch'est les cheins tchi paient eune fais à béthe à tout l'monde soundcloud.com/jerriais/des... "Valconmèrs" are those who stand a round of drinks to everyone #Jèrriais

Brazil sees growth in number of indigenous language speakers | TV BRICS, 05.11.25 According to the 2022 Demographic Census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil currently has 433,980 indigenous people aged five...

Brazil sees growth in number of #indigenous #language speakers
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via @tvbrics.com
#Brazil #langsky

Hispanic voters returning to the Democrat fold....?

Surprise surprise.

Vakeres Romanes?

Today is Romani Language Day!

Romani is an Indo-Aryan language of the Romani people. The largest Romani dialects are Vlax Romani, Balkan Romani, and Sinte Romani. Many Romanichal in the UK use Angloromani words and phrases in their daily conversations.

So pleased to get my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War". @HurstPublishers publishers have done a wonderful job in producing it.
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Sounds a lot prettier than the Cornish 'askel groghen' which could be literally translated as 'skin wing'.

Looking at a dictionary of Burgenland romani and came across cognates with Angloromani from my area of West Kent (on the right)

dikal - to see, look - dik -

gadscho -non-gypsy male - gorger-

mursch - man - mush

sap - snake - sap

tschor - thief - chor (to steal)

dilino - stupid - dinlo