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Headlines from 1793
"France functions for America’s various conservative factions as a kind of crystal ball." @SohrabAhmari @unherd.
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#nowwatching Celeste Holm flirts for the common good.
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#OnThisDay in 1922, Eliot’s literary journal, The Criterion, was born.
The first number featured contributions by Dostoevsky, May Sinclair and the editor himself, with ‘The Waste Land’.
Read this first number: bit.ly/4hOSm8A
#tseliot #thecriterion #thewasteland
the #augusthanning case might be the ultimate expression of germany’s misbegotten #ostpolitik policy.
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#NowWatching Gloria Swanson discover there's no such thing as a free lunch: Manhandled (1922) silverscreenings.org/2026/09…
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The Church of England has plenty to say about the slave trade, which Britain banned about 200 years ago.
But this, apparently, is fine... 🤷♀️
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Monday with a British Theatre Troupe: Curtain Up (1952) #BritishComedy
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Replying to @East_Cheam_Lad
“I can only tolerate Bartok and Weber”
“Well, that’s all right, sing a couple of their songs, the lads won’t mind.”
If I ever get to use this comeback, my life will be complete.
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The October issue has arrived. Find inside: Julius Caesar, Jason Arday, Nolan’s “Odyssey,” the New-York Historical Society, Yuja Wang & more.
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A bishop visited a rural church and found congregants wishing to complain about slavery reparations and Oversight Ministry. He dodged then by making extensive examination of the chancel fittings. Then fled, muttering about 'Bufton Tuftons'. Episcopal rattiness is rising.
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Corporate greed never looked so pleased with itself.
Stream The Simpsons on Disney+ & Hulu.
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What to do whilst awaiting an execution? Midnight (1934) examines the different points of view. #CapitalPunishment
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