Reposted by Polly KMartina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Plenty of Bronte chat with biographer Claire Harman (right) at Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Great readings including from Jane Eyre from actor Ruby Campbell (left). 1103
Reposted by Polly KLittle Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 18/03/2025As you probably heard, Amazon is coming for Ireland. It’ll come for our small shops, it’ll come for our department stores, and it’ll come for our media, our journalism, and our democracy. 3473799925
Reposted by Polly KMartha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together! 29194164911
Reposted by Polly KThe Irish News @irishnews.com · 16/02/2025During her political awakening in the early 1970s, Bríd Rodgers wrote to John Hume asking what he was doing about widespread discrimination against Catholics in Lurgan, Co Armagh. The response was short and to the point: “Dear Bríd, what are YOU doing about it?” www.irishnews.com/news/politic...irishnews.comBríd Rodgers at 90: On her personal journey and political transformationThe Donegal-born former Stormont minister reflects on her political career and the transformation of Northern Ireland society 052
Reposted by Polly KBelfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 15/02/2025Ahead of her 90th birthday, former SDLP deputy leader Bríd Rodgers chats to Suzanne Breen about her political career, death threats during the Troubles, sexism in her party, and why she believes Irish unity is inevitablebelfasttelegraph.co.ukBríd Rodgers: ‘I suppose we should be flattered that Sinn Fein is wearing our clothes, but I can’t forget how viciously we were attacked’Some say Bríd Rodgers is the best leader the SDLP never had. For decades, she operated in the shadow of the party’s big beasts. Even now, when they are gone and she is still very much here, she doesn’... 042
Reposted by Polly KAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 10505284922436
Polly K @pollyka.bsky.social · 26/11/2024@britishbakeoff.bsky.social the 24 scones was an ideal Signature challenge for the final. Difficult to perfect. 020