Penny Ewles-Bergeron

Fascinating stuff if you love languages. open.substack.com/pub/colingor...

Nostalgia is one hell of a poison

www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-p... Philippe Jaenada’s book is a triumph. So hoping he wins, not least because the artist we collect, Lancelot Ney, has quite a prominent role in the 1949 cold case story of model Lise Cansot. H/t too to the splendid Luc Corlouër for his parallel book on Cansot.

I’ve been writing about ancient calendars and star maps. Then last night I walked the dog at dusk and as I got home, looked up to see a myriad satellites dashing across the dome of stars. So many of them! We’ve changed our view of the heavens so much. Are we now culturally trapped by technology?

A photograph of my dad's car near Alfreton, Derbyshire, in 1989.

The original photo was taken at the Star Trek display in Ticonderoga, NY.

One last time. Thank you, all.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Yissss

For many disabled workers, PIP isn't extra, it's what pays for the equipment or transport that gets them to work. The government's review could take that away to hit a savings target, not because people need less support. Help stop it.  the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...

Obama rallies rapturous Michigan crowd for El-Sayed: ‘He’ll finish the job we started’

“And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.” Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘father of English literature’, author of The Canterbury Tales, died #OTD 1400; buried at Westminster Abbey. British Library

@abroadbrush.bsky.social Thoughts?

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Horrible. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The lock on the door that gives access to the organ at King's College Chapel, Cambridge looked very surprised that I noticed it. Found on the screen erected between 1532-36 by Henry VIII to celebrate his marriage to Anne Boleyn. #IronworkThursday

The hollowing out a priceless national asset, under a techbro vandal. As with higher education, this type of move might be tolerable if there was *any government policy at all* on what the ultimate plan is. But there isn't.

Really quite struck by how piss-poor the UK coverage has been of the French riots, particularly from commentators. Superficial, know-nothing, self-interested, utterly unrevealing. An emabrrassment.

Strange to recall that in 1968 William Rees-Mogg’s Times led the way in denouncing Powell and sentiments exactly like this. What a disgraceful moral decline

Most Americans say the midterm elections will be fair, a new poll by The Post, ABC News and Ipsos finds. President Trump has tried making dramatic changes to voting during his second term, but most of them have been held up in the courts or Congress.

This is 2026. Only one female scientist named in GCSEs, research finds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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An Italian baker facing mountains of paperwork simply to import ingredients. A local florist, vulnerable to inspections/ transit delays that leave perishable flowers stranded. Brexit’s advocates promised sunlit uplands, but all we have is stale bread and dead flowers – a fitting epitaph for Brexit

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“Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, posted on X “Checkmate.” Russia played Donald Trump, and they are not even trying to hide it” open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...

April 1st comes later every year.

If you cleaned up Reform UK, there wouldn't be anything or anyone left.

Aux Franciscaines de Deauville, Patrick Cohen et Philippe Jaenada ont secoué les idées reçues. Et personne n’était à l’abri d’une remise en question ! #Deauville #LesFranciscaines #Festival #Flammarion medianormandie.fr/2026/10/18/p...

Those of us who have Yorkies know Benny would definitely do this 🤣 definitely not AI

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Free weekend update is out. This was the week when the USA-Russia alliance was made formal, to even the most ardent skeptics. And its reality was signed in Ukrainian blood. Hopefully now Ukraine, and Europe, will understand what they must do. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

Limoges city hall is now collapsing as the fire blazes through it. It’s an historic monument, constructed between 1879 and 1883. This is what it used to look like:

Oh wouaw... #Limoges : la mairie s'effrondre en flammes. #17octobre #ToutCramer littéralement 🤯

L'hôtel de ville de Limoges dans les flammes.

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J’ai rencontré Philippe Jaenada au Bistro Lafayette, son QG. Heureux de rencontrer cet auteur, dont la prose sait si bien m’embarquer, pour écrire son portrait. La manière dont il fait revivre des époques révolues me bouleverse. Pour lui, le temps, c’est de l’ardent www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/c...

The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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Archaeological Officer / Senior Archaeological Officer Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Salary: £28,450 to £29,900 Closing Date: October 30, 2026 Location: Reading / Wellingborough www.bajr.org/job-ad/archa...

Byline Times reporting former BBC producer Patrick Howse warning that treating truth and lies as equal perspectives directly empowers bad-faith actors exposes serious journalistic decay. Equating misinformation with facts erodes public trust. Why permit false balance? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE

A British consultant wins a contract with a German company. Good news for British exports. But travelling there to deliver the work may now involve work-permit restrictions. Brexit didn't just change how we trade goods. It changed how British people sell their expertise.

John Roberts: lifetime job. No term limit. No election. The man who decided a president can’t be prosecuted for official acts. Here’s the one thing he doesn’t control: Congress can impeach him. Most people have no idea. Spread it.

This 👇🏼

Of course, birds of a feather

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I've told my cat a million times to stop opening interdimensional portals in my house.

Truth 👇