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Over the past few days, I’ve been posting lots of interesting facts about exactly what’s on Onslow’s telly in Keeping Up Appearances. If I was somebody sensible, I would pretend I had now tracked down every last piece of information about the topic. By poking it any more, all I risk is inducing boredom and confusion, even among the hardcore readers of this site. However, as previously established for the …

Beckon - Festoon The London six-piece fronted by Faith Taylor, once of Suggested Friends and Chorusgirl, describe themselves as "alternative folk/heartland rock" and, yeah, that's about as good a thumbnail description as we can offer, what with sax, forceful chorus and quasi-heroic solo plus violin, harmonies and shuffling beat. Debut album Between The Bridge And Tree is out at the end of the month. Between The Bridge And Tree by …

Back in 2017, a columnist for the Taos News wrote about Pot Creek, the area's "best-kept secret archaeological site." It was not until earlier this summer, a mere seven years later, that I thought to check that out.I had seen the entrance signage many times, but I did not know that "For 25 years or so this little gem has been closed to visitors. But while still officially closed, the …

This series of texts, guest edited by Ben Libman, is being published in the run up to minor [i]ncident, a night of readings and discussion happening in Paris on October 12th, 2024. You can find more information about the event and its participants here. Charles J. March III is a field medic veteran currently living in California. His work has been put out by Atlas Obscura, datura, Misery Tourism, RIC …

Today’s post is by Jennie Case. When my essay, A Political Pregnancy, came out in The Rumpus, I was so frozen I spent most of the day stiff in a chair, the room swirling. It took a good week for me to unthaw, and nearly a year for me to share the piece publicly on social media. To be sure: I was proud of the essay, which explored my painful, …

On 30th October Rachel Reeves will be setting out her first budget, rather than responding to someone else’s decisions. She will be leading the public discussion, not following the narrative set by another. That will be obvious in terms of tax, because she will be raising taxes rather than pretending to permanently cut them. But it should also be true for the fiscal rules that she commits the government to …

At 43 acres St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery is relatively big by London standards, bigger than Abney Park, bigger than Brompton, bigger than West Norwood, and, rather surprisingly, bigger than both sides of Highgate combined. It doesn’t feel it, mainly because of the lack of landscaping, I think. You can see clear from one end of the cemetery to the other with barely a tree in the way to break up …

I wanted to write a blog post with some thoughts I’ve been having about how I’ve been using this site in recent times, and how that’s likely to change (or not) in the short to medium-term. Basically, as you may have noticed, I’ve been posting much less this year (and even last year) than I used to, in the early years of me having this site. There are a couple …

SENIOR BEAT GUEST COLUMN – Many years ago, I spent a year baking desserts in a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, and I’ve been doing it on an amateur basis ever since. Periodically, the daughter of a dear friend—who’s also my daughter’s close friend—urged me to bake professionally again, but I never wanted to. It’s ... The post Baking for bodily autonomy: Nan Wiener tackles controversial end of Roe v. …

Perfume Posse56th Birthday Week was FUN! Heya Posse! What a splendid week of fun and celebration. Even though most if it was pretty small scale it was super satisfying. Quite a few of the people I care about managed to make the Birthday Lunch at our… Continue Reading → Perfume Posse56th Birthday Week was FUN!

I’ve come across quite a few wonderful reissues during my recent internet travels so I thought I’d gather them all in one place so we can marvel at them together. Enjoy! Sarah Waters View fullsize Fingersmith View fullsize Affinity View fullsize Tipping the Velvet Design: Nico TaylorPaintings: Jesse MockrinPublished in paperback by Virago - May 2024 Stephen King vintage cover collection View fullsize Christine View fullsize Pet Sematary View fullsize …

The Architectural Review The last page: the marooned church of Megalopoli On the last page of the Ground issue, a village church makes the last stand against a coal mine The post The last page: the marooned church of Megalopoli appeared first on The Architectural Review. AR Editors

Katie Marwick on a new UK Biobank study which suggests that the two years either side of the final menstrual period represent a time of small increased risk for new onset bipolar and major depressive disorder. The post The influence of the menopause in first onset of mental illness appeared first on National Elf Service.

Back when Kamala Harris’s campaign took off, she quickly secured the Democratic nomination, and then announced Tim Walz as her running mate, I got swept up in the moment. I quickly blew through my “campaign donation money” budget and even bought a couple of pieces of campaign merch. One of those is the camouflage hat, which was quickly sold out and was immediately called “iconic” by the campaign. And sure, …

Academics use many different methods of inquiry. While different disciplines use different methods, most are useful in some contexts. Academics present themselves as mainly just trying to understand things, and as choosing their methods for that purpose. But in fact they are more rewarded for being credentialed as impressive, and for letting customers (students, journalists, patrons) gain status by associating with them as such. These rewards substantially distort academic methods. …