Maggie McTernan

The NHS was always one pillar among 5 in our welfare state, we need to support all five

Book cover: Economica-a global history of women, wealth and power, by Victoria Bateman

“Once you add women and stir, our understanding of the past changes forever”

Very much enjoying @vnbateman.bsky.social writing women back into our economic history

“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

Peter Capaldi on stage with his band, singing and holding one hand up in the air

Turns out Peter Capaldi is quite a splendid singer, who know?!

Swirly lights - I moved my camera while taking the picture!)

Also spotted this time portal

(This is what you get when you turn your camera without realising it’s on night time mode)

Sandstone building by a canal by night, reflected in the water, with two swans

Ooh, my new (to me) iphone takes better pics than the old one

Motorways Podcast Episode · More Jam Tomorrow · 19 February · 47m

Very much enjoying @rostaylor.bsky.social on More Jam Tomorrow.

My best fact from the latest episode on Britain’s motorway system is that the font on motorway signs is called Transport, specially designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Shall we use this for Evensong, @thurible.net?

Excellent description of the challenges of working in an MP’s office from @aliceolilly.bsky.social

It’s an amazing job bit the stress is significant, not just the workload but the divisive political discourse

listen to the Trumpian way that Farage tries to silence my tenacious colleague @annasophiegross.bsky.social

(who was politely asking a reasonable question)

Car stereo display, with mute sign

How can I unmute it if I don’t know how I muted it?!

Two beers on a table, with rugby on in the background in a pub

To the Scotland boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Have just discovered them and I’m mesmerised!

allllll together now:

BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES

David Copperfield* - keep meaning to watch the film to remedy this

*and pretty much everything by Dickens apart from Christmas Carol and Oliver

Scotland qualified for the World Cup in 2019. There was no extra bank holiday.

The back of my head, showing a bun held up with a pen

Just learnt to put up my hair with just a pen and it’s my proudest achievement of the year so far, not gonna lie

Haven’t you heard what Zack Polanski can do, just by the power of hypnosis?!

I’m not saying it’s the best solution, but as a short woman it’s (probably not) surprising how often men just order over my head at a busy bar

A sad loss to Scotland’s civic life - may he rest in peace 🙏

I sold ice cream at an Iron Maiden concert

Guardian clip: Ben Quinn is a Guardian political correspondent. Reform UK has also criticised the Tories for their comment about Suella Braverman's mental health. A Reform source said: I It's a gross affront to millions of people in this country's; it's also not true. Whether you like Suella or not, she is a Cambridge-educated barrister who has served in a series of extraordinarily senior positions in this country. It goes without saying that she has never been diagnosd with a mental health condition. [This briefing] is a testament to the extent to which the Tory party is in real panic mode and is prepared to say anything.

It’s bad for the Tories to make false claims about mental health, but it’s also v bad for Reform to suggest being a barrister and serving in senior positions means she can’t possibly have had mental health problems.

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This article sends a small chill through me

That whole exchange between Aslan and Shasta is one of my favourite in all the books, I go back to it again and again

… or give a book token, which gives them the gift of buying a new book without feeling bad about the pile of unread books they already have 📚

An antidote to the world right now ❤️

I was literally just about to add this - many happy memories there…

Pink Jammie trifle at the Greggs pop-up pub in Fenwicks, anyone?