So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
while I do also appreciate the work of tony shalhoub, it’s more the early modern religious ascetics that I go in for
thank you, always glad to be of service
I was going to say none of this seems to be directly the fault of the Chaos House. And Then.
he’s so real for that actually
yorkshire, english, fire engine
I convinced my friend to adapt and direct gawain as a school production one year. it was really quite mad lol
WHAT
are you having me on
*double reformation essay klaxon sounds*
does anyone have any documentary recommendations for people who may or may not be violently ill rn (help)
banshees of inisherin ‘Well, there goes that dream’ text
watching the fees for my ideal postgrad go up to 19k 😃
I was born in the right generation I love eating gyoza and reading environmental history
born to handle museum objects, forced to feel physically sick from the texture of nitrile gloves
in desperate need of a pint, a hug, and a paid summer internship in something other than hr
physically I am at university, mentally I am still in the hard graft exhibition at the wellcome collection
exterior of the british library
hearing reports that 'we are so back'
ginger cat lying on an air vent. he is at peace because he doesn't know what chicago referencing is.
oh to be a ginger cat lying on the vents of the university study zone
straight up 'reforming it' and by 'it' I mean the early modern church in europe
it's finally happening (I am being allowed to write about the reformation again)
I think if you asked what would be the worst thing to happen to me before my 5 and a half hour journey with four bags, the answer would be 'lift is broken and the train is on the furthest possible platform'
If any parents of kids who still believe in santa need a reason why they can't have a particular present, it's a good opportunity to intro them to the concept of workers' rights and say the elves have gone on strike against making that item. Keep santa belief AND indoctrinate them with socialism.
our campus cat has an instagram, which is fantastic bc all the posts are either 'look how cute he is!' or 'we regret to inform you that he has killed again'
The Guardian and Observer staff are on strike again today and tomorrow, fyi.
Photograph of a Christmas card from the mid 1980s. The card includes a black silhouette of a colliery pit head, with a group of marching figures (in red) carrying a banner that says 'Women Against Pit Closures'. The image is surrounded by holly and 'Merry Christmas' is written at the top.
During the 1984/5 miners' strike, Women Against Pit Closures marked the festive season with this colliery themed Christmas card
Find out more about recently catalogued WAPC archives at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/WPC
#ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCards
I cannot overstate how helpful this would've been for me at my last job!
truly there is no one braver than a lactose intolerant cheese lover
my top artists being billy bragg, cmat and pulp...queer, angry and from the north are we
(posting on behalf of) Alana Blakers who is doing a PhD on queer museums as part of my ARC project titled Saving Lives: Mapping the influence of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ creative artists. Any and all participation is appreciated
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I feel we could have left the bone facts on the other platform. for my sanity.
