Our thoughts are with all racialised communities and migrants who are being terrorised when they should be feeling safe. When successive Governments and media dehumanise people with toxic language such as invaders or illegals, and champion cruel policies, the far right feels

Fundraiser for Abdelkader here: localgiving.org/fundraising/bu…

#OnThisDay in 1809, Lord Alfred Tennyson was born. This modern calligraphy by Cicely West shows Songs from Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King' laid out with illumination by her father J. Walter West. MS. Eng. misc. c. 728/3 (1926).

This coming Wednesday is the launch for my book 'Queer As Folklore'. If you want to hear some queer ramblings in a beautiful historic space, and also nab a signed copy ahead of publication see you there! (I'm so excited I could vom) rmg.co.uk/whats-on/queen…

How are they so good at this

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

From what I can see (as a non lawyer) they were trying to argue for format shifting + digital lending - I’d be interested to read something on the context & history of format shifting in the US, which (like the UK) appears to not be allowed at all.

Superb investigation in which BBC exclusively reveals that there are works of art in the excellent and nationally important Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Sad to hear about this. Gently surprised that the article gives a range of one week of dates for when the theft of the dolphins and bell occurred. If you can help narrow the date range, contact via crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/theft-of…

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Today is the LAST DAY to get your quasi-moon name submission in! If you want to label one of Earth’s lil sidekicks, this is your last chance!! Radiolab.org/moon

Thank you & goodnight as Cineworld Parkhead Forge closes without fanfare after 35yrs. Designed by Howard & Unick, it was apparently opened by Lulu! Doesn’t seem long but many 1930s cinemas had shorter lives on film before moving over to bingo and other use

Sad to hear that Lisa Egan - Lisa Egan / Lisa Egan - has died. I learned a lot from her writing and campaigning on disabled rights and disability - eg everydayfeminism.com/2012/12/im-not… BBC Ouch: bbc.co.uk/ouch/writers/l… Where's the Benefit? and more lisybabe.blogspot.com/p/elsewhere-on…