Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pauline Boty (1938-1966), co-founder of the British Pop art movement #womensart 9705112
misssadie.bsky.social @misssadie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How awful. Poor guy . Such a talented and beautiful soul. 001
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/09/202624 September 1906 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Rozsa Szigeti, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow 1434778
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialLeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why the fuck are the BBC giving this chump airtime? He hasn't even admitted he laundered the reputation of team sky by inadvertently covering up their doping with implausible claims about marginal gains. 251
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialBritish Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tonight 👇 044
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAlwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter!?" The first episode of "I, Claudius" was broadcast 50 years ago today. It's "still one of the finest pieces of television ever made," says @finlay24.bsky.social. thelionandunicorn.com/2026/09/20/l...thelionandunicorn.comLast night on iPlayer: I, ClaudiusFifty years on from its first broadcast, ‘I Claudius’ is still magnificent, says FINLAY McLAREN. 4217
misssadie.bsky.social @misssadie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Probably earned myself speeding points when this came onto my playlist yesterday 011
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19/09/2026Funny coz I've lost confidence in the billionaires www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 2539858
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialDuncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Democratic politics will not serve the people when politicians owe their place and their futures to one or two billionaires. 411541
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The ability of the richest & most powerful men in the world to position themselves against "the elite" - a category that excludes the world's richest man, its biggest media magnates, the UK's richest party & the biggest donors in UK history - may be the most effective lie in modern political history 12501143
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Huddersfield was the second town in the country to build council housing. My new post explores its early civic and housing history when it was described 'as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h... 14316
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6360692259
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialDiane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#DannyKruger wants to roll back “no-fault” divorces; reneging on them would make it much harder for women to divorce their violent or abusive husbands, & "undo” the sexual revolution of the 1960s, which gave women access to the contraceptive pill – & autonomy over our own bodies #ReformUK 0510
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialPeter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump was 4 miles from the Twin Towers in his office on 5th avenue watching it on TV and then the smoke in the distance out of the window as his own lawyer has made clear in interviews previously. There were no fireman who carried him out of his office. 1517463
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialCold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 31/08/202646 years ago, on August 31, 1980, the historic August Agreements were signed in Gdańsk. It led to the creation of the Solidarity trade union, the first independent trade union in the Eastern Bloc. @jachayden.bsky.social was there. coldwarconversations.com/episode152coldwarconversations.comWith Solidarity in Gdansk in 1980During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’, including the future president Lech Wałęsa. As a freela 082
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026cf Ernest Thesiger's regular method of tapping friends for a loan "I'm writing my memoirs. It's £5 for a mention. £10 not to be mentioned" 1154
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAndy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For around 4,500 years, the Rudston Monolith has stood within an ancient ritual landscape in the Yorkshire Wolds. Beside it, the medieval church of All Saints is a mere pup - a later chapter in a place held sacred for millennia. 212625
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The heedless greed behind the threatened destruction of this invaluable institution is ghastly. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion... 64324
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Vale of York Viking Hoard, found near Harrogate contained some 617 silver coins and 67 additional items. The centerpiece is a rare, beautifully crafted 9th-century silver-gilt cup. Likely from a monastery in Northern France. it is decorated with running lions and 426464
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 194354265283
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063895210998
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialThangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026But but but hang ON! Didn’t he get given money for “security for life”? Is this not sufficient to deal with appearing at the count to accept the win gracefully, thank the police and returning officer and the people who counted the votes and the VOTERS at a by election HE CAUSED?! 37518
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialCold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026 years ago today the construction of the #BerlinWall started. Listen to the story here. coldwarconversations.com/episode263/coldwarconversations.comThe building of the Berlin WallFrom the moment East Germany was formed in 1949, many of its citizens chose to leave to start a new life in the West. By the mid-1950s, the trickle had turned into a flood as large numbers rejec 032
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 11/08/2026SUNSET BOULEVARD was released 76 years ago today. One of the most acclaimed films of legendary writer-director Billy Wilder, and one of the great movies about Hollywood, the making of story is still big – it’s the pictures that got small… 1/48 829274
misssadie.bsky.social @misssadie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Re high streets. There is also a trend at the opposite end of the economic spectrum - well to do small towns w strong independent/ local vibe being targeted by high end chains. Although not as problematic it does mean local businesses are priced out. 010
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialMarina @marstrina.bsky.social · 11/08/2026But yeah, think how awkward this is for British men 0103
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialGood Trouble @twinkb23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"But they [all of the rapists] did share one thing: a sense of entitlement. An attitude of complete indifference to whatever anyone said or thought, because power had always been on their side." This book should be required reading. #BookSky 361490426
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Dorothea Sharp (1873-1955), leading figure of Impressionism in England #WomensArt #August 5748104
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Genuinely scary that people now say stuff about race the BNP would never have dared say, and the media carry sentiment that would have been rejected as totally out of bounds in the 1990s. These are the fruits of sheer hatred, directed by politicians and 'commentators'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFurther arrests in Thetford as disorder continues for third nightThe arrests follow disturbances linked to anti-immigration protests in the market town. 819846
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Basically a direct attack on UEFA's governance of European football by the FIFA head. Jaysus. UEFA is tooling up I'd say. (interesting how FIFA staff are leaking this stuff only now there's blood in the water)static.klipy.comArnold Schwarzenegger Loading ShotgunALT: Arnold Schwarzenegger Loading Shotgun 1156
misssadie.bsky.social @misssadie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026#TateBritain saw #HurvinAnderson there this week - absolutely wonderful. Still thinking about it. Ends in a few weeks 000
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/08/20266 August 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl Eva Redischova was born in Prague. She was a daughter of Arnost & Elsa. On 12 September 1942 she was transferred to Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She was 13 years old. 17478113
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence. 35709174
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialEdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Ida had more knowledge of camera angles and lenses than almost any director I've worked with..." — Archie Stout, cinematographer. Ida Lupino — actress, director, screenwriter February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995 0226
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/08/20261 August 1944 | The 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Uprising. Today, we commemorate some 13,000 citizens of Warsaw who were deported by the Germans to Auschwitz during the uprising. Learn about their fate from our #podcast: bit.ly/3TxXiX1 4386128
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialsianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Who started the war Diane? WHO STARTED THE WAR? Is Ukraine in NATO? No. Was Ukraine even close to joining NATO? No. Is the US allowing Russia to batter cities and murder Ukrainians? Yes. In a way there is no point even engaging with such BS. But these tankie views are murderous & vile. 017530
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialNick Ames @nickames82.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Enough statements, enough words, enough "careful consideration", enough private disgust. It's time for UEFA and Europe to take action against what FIFA and Infantino are doing to football: www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comUefa has to show backbone: concrete action can make Fifa’s World Cup plans untenable | Nick AmesEuropean football has shown an increased willingness to talk tough with Fifa but words can only be wielded so many times 1230276
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I swear Kemi Badenoch's only consistent position is that any policies put forward by parties to the left of her must be wrong by definition, regardless of what they are Labour wants more devolution. More devolution must therefore be wrong, despite the Conservatives spending years pushing for it 4235085
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFind out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetimeNew data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime. 62629179
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 25/06/2026This is absolutely staggering. A US pilot based at Lakenheath raped and half-strangled a woman despite her clear stated boundaries and the case was heard by the US military at the airbase, not in an English court. Horrendous on every level. 109844
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/06/202625 June 1926 | Austrian Jewish boy, Berthold Werner, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to Belgium. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 4 August 1942. He did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz 📖 Lesson: bit.ly/4ryCOJe 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3O8yeDh 1137389
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It’s 112 years since Edward Thomas took a journey during which his train came to an unexpected halt. (Four days later Archduke Franz Ferdinand met his own unscheduled stop, which, one way and another, also brought a premature end to Edward Thomas) 48627
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialMrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Do the lads who were rioting in Belfast have anything to say about this then, no? Odd. 14715
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialMarina @marstrina.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This is a media farce, not a politics farce, surely? 1101
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialJon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 19/06/2026Where’s Andy Burnham going? 511339515
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialWar Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com · 18/06/2026This week, a tear-jerking, poetry-quoting, John Mills-starring work of genius, as we learn about the lives and loves of bomber crews in The Way To The Stars. champ.ly/mJA0YTw9 10199
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialPhilip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Britain did become more economically equal as a result of Brexit. By levelling down. Presumably, this is a good thing, if you are into the Spirit Level and all that? 1219
Reposted by @misssadie.bsky.socialPawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Wonder if Elon and all the others who recently tweeted a lot about bad police decision-making will take an interest in this case 074
