Maggie McTernan

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I remember my English teacher in first year giving me The twelfth day of July and when I asked what it was about, he said Read it, you’ll love it - he was right.

Ask people what changes were most significant during the 1960s and you usually hear about the counterculture and the sexual revolution. In reality the major change for many families was getting an indoor toilet.

Whole thing was worth it for Celia Imrie alone

I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN

ON

CHRISTMAS

THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS

THAT IS ADVENT

WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

Business and charity leaders urge ministers to lead England’s transition to four-day week Open letter signed by more than 100 leaders comes after local government secretary criticised a council for switching to shorter week

This trial seems to have been in Housing dept - genuinely don’t see how teachers or care staff could reduce hours without need for extra staff to cover contact time. And if it’s only implemented in some council depts that leads to inequality between staff groups

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Lovely day for a walk in the snow #Bärenbadalm #ChaletSchool

I’m just amazed they could get a good enough connection to do any work on the train

Illuminated sign outside the Barrrowlands music venue

Off to see the Boomtown Rats at the Barrowlands - like going to a live episode of #TOTP2

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Just watched the first episode of Riot Women - it’s bloody brilliant and I’m now going to start a rock band, who’s in?

Divine Comedy - band lined up on stage

Didn’t think @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social could get any better tonight until @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social came on with a divine poem #ShelvesInMyHead #MyLovelyHorse

I’ve been to both - I think Nashville just edges it…

I have a list of celebrities I fully believe are going to live forever - Tom Baker, William Shatner, Judi Dench…

First heard this poem read by Brian Patten himself - quite the most beautiful poem about loss and love

Heading off on holiday with a wetsuit, a box of red wine, and a phone with a full set of In Our Time downloads, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person

Sharing an ecumenical pint with @aidanmarshall.bsky.social as I read this

6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)

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Tbh I think we shouldn’t try to replace Melvyn Bragg but just let IOT be what it is

Angela Rayner's treatment shows the double standards that punish the ambition of working class women - LabourList The treatment of Angela Rayner demonstrates that we must confront the double standards that punish working-class ambition.

Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.

Fillum scripts - well that’s exciting!

Is that good or bad?!

Walter Scott monument in Edinburgh - with a traffic cone on his head

I see Sir Walter is dressing as a weegie these days

Right now I know what I’d like to do with this flipping computer…

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Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!

St Cuthbert's Way It started with the bus dropping us off in the wrong place.  To be fair, the driver dropped us off where I asked him to, but it was the ...

Just back from a week walking St Cuthbert’s Way - some reflections on pilgrimage from my walk

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Can’t wait to see headlines announcing how our political institutions, parties, and media have acted to address and drastically reduce the sexism and misogyny in politics

though I fear I might be waiting a long time.