Will Derham
Would-be architect, printer, gym-goer, baker... actual curator & author, among other things. Currently working in a castle. Views are my own.
- Comer runs interference for his boss. Plain as day to see.
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- 'One of the great joys of being in Clonakilty for so long is seeing generations come through the door.' Our Bookshop of the Month is Kerr’s Bookshop in West Cork. faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-kerrs-bookshop/
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- Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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- This was to be expected - after cutting support to pro-democracy civil society last year, the US state is now looking to actively support far-right affiliated think tanks and charities in Europe.
- Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
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My all-time favourite house is for sale. Absolutely sickening. themodernhouse.com/sales-list/s...- Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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- “Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable.” In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities. Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
- Every American needs to watch this:
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- Same-sex marriage is under attack again. The Christian nationalist right has launched a new campaign, and, unsurprisingly, it’s using children’s safety as a pretext to roll back equality.
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- A Corinthian delight: three examples of ancient caricatures. The pyxis at the top shows a child-like Herakles drawing water from a fountain. On the lower left, a kylix depicting a woman playing the usually all-male drinking game kottabos. On the lower right, Artemis and her curious dog. 🏺 1/ 📸 me
- Weather update: Mowldy. As much as 100mm of rain forecast for the Wicklow Mountains - which is obviously a big concern for towns like Aughrim but also ones downstream. An update ⤵️
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- When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:
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- So, Starmer replaced Karen Pierce, a veteran diplomat respected by everyone who has ever met and worked with her, with a heavily compromised Epstein stooge who thought he could do the UK Ambassador job on weekends and via Zoom while serving as Chancellor of Oxford. "I'm going to kill people, Leo."
- This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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- There was an agreement that the year would start with all political leaders being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg. The Green Party were on Sunday. Watch back 👇🏼 m.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmD...
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- “The era of hiding behind servers is over”.
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- Not quite enough discussion about this:
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