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Hannah Swithinbank

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Assorted Bobbins | Theology, (Ancient) History (PhD, St Andrews) | Priest and curate in the Church of England | London, but always missing Cornwall http://hannahswithinbank.com

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TimothΓ©e Chalamet has been good in many many things but he has never made me feel like watching the end of Act I of Giselle at the Royal Ballet makes me feel (bawling quietly into my tissues)

06.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kieran Culkin’s character in Succession, with his hand over his mouth to hide a giggle.

Kieran Culkin’s character in Succession, with his hand over his mouth to hide a giggle.

timothee chalamet is getting roasted by the ballet and opera worlds and it’s amazing

06.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I mean, it’s not like we’re dealing with FDR either.

03.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Arcadia at the Old Vic. The dream. Everything will go cold, and then we will dance.

02.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it

anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

02.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 4170 πŸ” 925 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 114

See also Cornwall.

02.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again the government fails to think through all the implications of a policy or action.
Once again, everyone dusts off their template for writing to their MPs

02.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Advance tickets for everyone?
Seems implausible.

02.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are we seriously making rail travel in the UK even more insane?

02.03.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Between this and the new Mahmood proposals on refuge status, you have to wonder who or what on earth Labour are for. If you weren’t already.

01.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"to walk the road of peace, sometimes we need to be ready to climb the mountain of conflict"...

01.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

β€˜Everyone is 12’ theory of the US administration chalks up another win.

28.02.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

THIS is what a girl wants to wake up to. Not that other news.

28.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But do we really trust them not to start a land war in Asia?

26.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜It’s not my responsibility to explain someone else’s bad behaviour’ is some queen level response

26.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Live footage of Lindsay Hoyle:

25.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1

Year 6 guitar band are playing β€˜Here Comes the Sun’ before collective worship and I guess that officially declares it spring.

24.02.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Emily St John Mandel, Chimamanda, Austen, Han Kang, Jenny Erpenbeck, Celeste Ng, Naomi Alderman, Tamsin Muir, Katherine Sonderegger, Marilynne Robinson… sorry was I supposed to choose just five?)

23.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Five women authors by whom I've read at least five books:

Margaret Atwood
Susanna Clarke
Louise Erdrich
Yaa Gyasi
Elizabeth Gaskell

23.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Honestly, I want to know what hockey deities Connor McDavid failed to sacrifice to.

22.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh, gross.

22.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

gripe your oars, and clutch your souls, now!

22.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12

(I am Canadian for this match, to be clear)

22.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The commentators of this hockey match are all β€˜if you’re enjoying this then…’ and pals, this is not enjoyment. Joy is very different.

22.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Text (James Baldwin’s review of Lockridge’s β€˜The American Myth’) Reading: 

The gulf between our dream and the realities that we live with is something that we do not understand and do not wish to admit. It is almost as though we were asking that others look at what we want and turn their eyes, as we do, away from what we are. I am not, as I hope is clear, speaking of civil liberties, social equality, etc., where, indeed, a strenuous battle is yet carried on; I am speaking instead of a particular shallowness of mind, an intellectual and spiritual laxness, a terror of individual re-sponsibility, and a corresponding terror of change. This rigid refusal to look at ourselves may well destroy us;

Text (James Baldwin’s review of Lockridge’s β€˜The American Myth’) Reading: The gulf between our dream and the realities that we live with is something that we do not understand and do not wish to admit. It is almost as though we were asking that others look at what we want and turn their eyes, as we do, away from what we are. I am not, as I hope is clear, speaking of civil liberties, social equality, etc., where, indeed, a strenuous battle is yet carried on; I am speaking instead of a particular shallowness of mind, an intellectual and spiritual laxness, a terror of individual re-sponsibility, and a corresponding terror of change. This rigid refusal to look at ourselves may well destroy us;

James Baldwin bites.

20.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was very wee but very interesting.

20.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A brief outing to Oxford to play spies.

20.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Retire at 16, enjoy life, win Olympic gold. Seems alright being Alysa Liu.

19.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that’s what I’m fuckin’ talkin’ about.

19.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 280 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

How is Alysa Liu skating so so much fun?

19.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0