Acton Bell

Sending you so much love

'another sauce' hahaha

Also I've just been reading a lot of Ancient Greek literature which has taken some time up.

Sorry I've not been super present on here recently - but it turns out Millenials living through a second illegal Middle Eastern war really drives me back onto socials again

If Alastair Campbell of all people is saying this has the smell of the devastating consequences of Iraq, then you know it's fucked.

I'm listening to The Rest Is Politics' emergency podcast about Iran and Rory Stewart was saying that everyone he's spoken to is just saying 'we don't know' about what the end goal is. And ALASTAIR CAMPBELL said that gave him Iraq War deja vu shivers. I spat my drink out at the hypocrisy of the man

Lady approached me at the cash point while I was taking out my rent money asking if I had any spare money, and while responding to her the machine sucked my money back in. But it's not been refunded to my account yet and I am stressed....

Reading Jenrick's Wiki, discovered him and Braverman accidentally voted to abolish the two-child benefit cap when they entered the wrong division lobby and got trapped when the doors were locked and honestly, that makes me laugh so much

Why have Reform picked Jenrick for Chancellor candidate? He read History at University - how does that give him a backing in economics? I mean there's no need to point out the multiple reasons you shouldn't vote Reform, this is just another ridiculous footnote, but it's still bizarre.

wild choice of example

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

Trying to explain the narrative structure of Wuthering Heights to someone who's not read it is a minefield. It's a story within a story within a story. Is Nelly just an unreliable narrator or the villain? Who know?! Not this gal1 #booksky

If you don't have a favourite Ancient Athenian playwright, are you even a real one?
Sophocles get gone, Euripides is my home boy.

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

Absolute banger

A photograph of the book cover of The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes. The cover has a dark charcoal background with bold red and teal Greek-inspired illustrations. Two mirrored red-robed female figures face outward on either side, their arms extended toward the center, where a teal laurel wreath and skull motif sits above the title. Small teal stars are scattered across the background. At the bottom, two red bulls face each other. The title “THE CHILDREN OF JOCASTA” appears in large teal capital letters. Below it is the author’s name, “NATALIE HAYNES,” also in teal. Blurbs on the cover read: “‘Passionate and gripping’ Madeline Miller, author of CIRCE,” “‘Haynes is the nation’s great muse’ Adam Rutherford,” and “‘Wonderful’ The Times.” The book is resting on black fabric with wide mustard-yellow stripes.

So excited to start this book, I ADORE @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and haven't read this yet. I INHALED everything else of hers that I've read (A Thousand Ships, Stone Blind, No Friend to this House) and I am PSYCHED #booksky

a man in a suit and tie with banger after banger written on the bottom Alt: a man in a suit and tie with banger after banger written on the bottom

Let's take a moment to collectively appreciate that John Oliver is back on air again. Nice.

Absolutely inhaling more retellings of Greek myths. Currently reading Ariadne by Jennifer Saint, and watching Troy: Fall of a City on Netflix. OmnomClassics

Image of Patrick Stewart's head and shoulders with a shocked expression on his face. In the lower left corner is white text saying 'Laura.'

Got the best screen cap from Logan

Things overheard in my house today:
B: 'Laura, were you any good at algebra in school?'
Me: 'Yeah, why?'
B: 'I wasn't, but it had only just come out then in the '70s'
Me: 'I think the ancient Babylonians would like a word...'

Mandelson breaking an egg with his dog

Like almost everyone else, I thought this was a spoof - but no

Cannot stress enough how much of a fucking wrongun Peter Mandelson is.

New Ren EP 'Vincent's Tale' fully released on Spotify! It's fucking magical!

Just finished my fifth book of the year - The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood. Feminist retelling of the myth of Perseus from the point of view of Danae, Medusa and Andromeda. Excellent stuff, 4/5.
Next - Babylonia by Costanza Castati! Feminist retelling of the myth of Semiramis! #booksky

Feeling pretty low today. Trying to distract myself with books books books but it's tough going.

Braverman has defected. Who saw that coming!?

OH not Starmer finally standing up to Trump about something?!

50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowie's Station to Station today! Let's celebrate by listening to it on repeat!

does anyone know what happened to the titanic

YES! She used to shoot Nazi officers from her bike at the age of 14 too. What a morally based thing to do.