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ππ Books & culture editor @thehousemag.bsky.social X: @SallyD_
'London, Winter' (1928) by Christopher RW Nevinson
(London Museum)
a year is a long time in politics
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"Her closest friend in the US was probably Maya Angelou. The two would sing a duet of her favourite song, 'Right Said Fred'"
π Baroness Bryan reviews @cktroublemaker.bsky.social's 'Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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"Emerald Fennellβs βmake believeβ lacks the scent of windswept heather but has its own strange, man-made shine. Shallow, yes; glossy, certainly. Is it worth a watch? Yes"
πΏ Yorkshire MP Olivia Blake reviews "Wuthering Heights" | #WutheringHeightsMovie #WutheringHeights
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βHe's political up to his eyeballs"
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to?
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @zoecrowther.bsky.social explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Liberal Democrat net-zero lead Pippa Heylings tells Noah Vickers the Tories have made a serious tactical error in resiling from action on climate change.
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"There is a small part of me that will always be that person who arrived here by train knowing no one"
π @alfdubs.bsky.social reviews 'Paddington: The Musical' π»π at the Savoy Theatre, London #Paddington #PaddingtonTheMusical
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The workload facing MPs and their staff is growing, in ways that aren't visible to the public: casework and the inbox.
For @thehousemag.bsky.social, I delved into what the workload looks like, why it's growing, and what this means for how MPs can balance the different aspects of their role
"We have to question whether a system which often leaves the public frustrated, and is leaving many MPs and staff exhausted and struggling, is serving anybody in the way that they want"
βοΈ @aliceolilly.bsky.social on the inexorable growth in constituency casework
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"A clear and incisive account, Morgan Jones carefully sets out how Britain and the remain world lost control β not in a single calamity but in instalments"
π @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social reviews @morganj0nes.bsky.social's 'No Second Chances' @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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"Former Labour Party general secretary, foreign office minister, and chairman of the Football Association, David Triesmanβs calm, courteous, and courageous approach earned him respect from across the House"
ποΈ Tribute to Lord Triesman β by Lord Evans of Sealand
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βWhat ultimately makes the film work is Chalametβs charm. Marty Mauser should not be a likeable character, and in many ways he simply isn't"
π¬ @gordonmckee.bsky.social reviews 'Marty Supreme' | #MartySupreme
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"It must be the Iranian people who decide their fate when the Islamic Republic collapses"
βοΈ Lord Bishop of Chelmsford, Guli Francis-Dehqani
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"An important new musical that is gripping, thought provoking, enjoyable and optimistic. A show for our times.β
π Baroness (Margaret) Hodge reviews Marylebone Theatre's 'Cable Street', directed by @adamlenson.bsky.social | #CableStreet
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"Power β how to get it and to hold on to it β is the stuff of opera. Richard Jonesβ RBO production of Mussorgskyβs 'Boris Godunov' exposes, unflinchingly, how power deludes and destroys"
π΅ Baroness Andrews reviews the Royal Ballet & Opera's 'Boris Godunov' #borisgodunov
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"It's a heist movie about a crime family breaking into the seat of power and stealing the cutlery whilst destroying democracy" π«£
Mark reviews MELANIA in the latest Take π¬
Don't miss the full takedown β¬οΈ
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FULL SHOW ON YT πΊ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I8I...
"Law, politics, the kirk. Jim Wallaceβs role in any one of those would be considered exceptional. That he did it in all three marks him out as something truly special"
ποΈ Tribute to Lord Wallace of Tankerness β by @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
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For Lord Hampton, believed to be the only serving teacher in Parliament, the worst moment in his career so far was when a student of his was stabbed and killed
βHearing a kid had been stabbed...then suddenly, shit, itβs Pharrell"
A sobering story and one I'm sure other teachers can sadly relate to
"I still find constituents who remember Iainβs kindness and determination to resolve their problems. But if parliamentary business clashed with an Arsenal game there was only one winner"
ποΈ Tribute to Iain Coleman β by @hammersmithandy.bsky.social
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No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
"Shining a spotlight on the predicament facing mothers after incarceration, Daisy-May Hudson has made a heartbreaking yet hopeful film"
π¬ @jessasatomp.bsky.social reviews 'LOLLIPOP' | #lollipop #bafta
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"The film gave me nightmares β but maybe that is the point"
π¬ Sarah Champion MP reviews Oscar nominated film, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' | #TheVoiceofHindRajab @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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"Powerful and at times chilling, director Jafar Panahiβs remarkable black comedy scores a direct hit on Iranβs brutal and authoritarian regime"
π¬ Lord (Wilf) Stevenson reviews the Oscar-nominated film, 'It Was Just an Accident' | #ItWasJustAnAccident
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UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
Itβs clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
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"Moving and profound, ChloΓ© Zhaoβs beautifully shot film is more than worthy of its Oscar nominations"
π¬ @cajardinemp.bsky.social reviews 'Hamnet' | #Hamnet
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For those who missed it yesterday, this thread contains a detailed analysis of the Alex Pretti killing, clearly showing he was holding a phone when attacked by ICE, and had a gun removed from him shortly before being shot to death by ICE officers.
25.01.2026 09:17 β π 431 π 156 π¬ 8 π 1We should be very clear, that when headlines claim he ruled out using force to take Greenland, he then immediately swaggered about the power of his armed forces and the new battleships that he's building. No one leaving the room can think he really ruled out force.
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"The price of admission is worth it alone for Turnerβs extraordinary 'The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons'"
π¨ @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' | #TateBritain #TurnerAndConstable
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ποΈTotally bonkers to see a story broken by me (!) splash the front pages this morning
You can read the full @politicshome.bsky.social story at the link below
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