sadgrove

sadgrove, 24 days ago to random

“We can only seriously address the politics of Israel/Palestine by recognising the suffering of both Jewish & Palestinian people: a recognition that insults neither Jewish memory of Hitler’s Holocaust nor that of Arab dispossession by incoming Jews.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/jewish-criticism-of-israel-actions-must-not-be-dismissed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 26 days ago to random

‘The Institute for Fiscal Studies: day-to-day #NHS spending grew by 2.7% a year during the current parliament, well short of the 3.3% annual increases pledged by Boris Johnson in 2019.’ No #Brexit dividend there then.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/14/the-guardian-view-on-health-spending-a-broken-promise-that-voters-are-unlikely-to-forget-or-forgive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 2 months ago to random

“It is when the experience of powerlessness is at its most acute, when history seems at its most bleak, that the determination to think like a human being, creatively & courageously matters the most.”
Wise, humane plea from a Palestinian writer.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/09/50-years-mourned-palestine-parents-israel-gaza-hope?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 3 months ago to random

“It seems tragic that the glory of the hills and dales enjoyed by Scots, Scandinavians, Austrians, the Swiss and other Europeans still cannot be tolerated in England. We should not still have to fight for such liberties in the 21st century.” #RightToRoam https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/19/right-to-roam-trespass-england-countryside-rules

sadgrove, 3 months ago to random

The most luminous known object in the universe, this #quasar consumes the equivalent of a solar mass per day.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/astronomers-discover-universes-brightest-object-a-quasar-powered-by-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-sun-a-day?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 3 months ago to random

Our parents grew old, and politicians evaded the challenges of funding #SocialCare.

Now it’s our turn to grow old, and politicians are still evading them.

It is time to relaunch this essential conversation.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/grow-up-and-talk-about-social-care-andrew-dilnot-tells-labour-and-tories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 3 months ago to random

Lough Neagh supplies more than 40% of N Ireland’s drinking water. It is a cultural & archaeological jewel that reaches back to the beginnings of shared memory on the island. But its ecosystems are at grave risk. Why? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/19/like-the-flip-of-a-switch-its-gone-has-the-ecosystem-of-the-uk-largest-lake-collapsed-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 4 months ago to random

“Worse than complete desperation is desperation mixed with hope. It’s like someone pushing your head under water to drown, then pulling you up to take a breath, then pushing you under again.”

If you feel for the ordinary ppl of #Gaza, read these diaries.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/05/gaza-diary-part-44-the-angel-of-death-is-roaming-the-skies-nonstop?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 4 months ago to random

85 years since the #Kindertransport, Lord ⁦‪Alf Dubs‬⁩ and Hella Pick recall the humanity of a nation & its homes opened up to welcome child refugees.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/31/into-the-arms-of-strangers-child-refugees-from-nazi-germany-revisit-their-great-escapes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 5 months ago to random

Is it just me - or do our political leaders’ Christmas Cards lack any serious attempt to find meaning or hope in the festival?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/23/from-bleak-sunak-to-bad-santa-the-best-and-worst-political-christmas-cards?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 5 months ago to humanrights

Is #Rwanda a safe country for #AsylumSeekers? Here’s someone who should know.

“I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its #HumanRights record is appalling.” @victoireumuhoza, Rwandan opposition leader.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/rwanda-deal-rwandans-asylum-seekers-human-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 6 months ago to random

“Anybody born from the 1970s to the 1990s had a good chance of having older relatives who had lived through the last War and told stories about it. There was an unspoken acceptance that voting for the far right was beyond the pale. We’ve lost, and quickly need to return to, that understanding before we find ourselves in a very dark place indeed.”

Letter in the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/dealing-with-the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-europe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 6 months ago to random

“The Elgin (sic) marbles…belong here. It is reckless to suggest that this is subject to negotiation.” But it’s terrible statesmanship on the PM’s part.

We need to talk about the #ParthenonMarbles. And not insult Greece by gratuitously misnaming them.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/nov/27/greek-pm-slams-rishi-sunak-for-cancelling-planned-meeting-at-no-10?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 6 months ago to climate

‘Virtually every nation has turned its back on an impending calamity that will displace billions and kill thousands, if not millions. A perfect example of this national shortsightedness is provided by the United Kingdom.’ #ClimateEmergency #Cop28 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/12/uk-turning-back-on-chance-lead-climate-fight-observer-editorial

sadgrove, 7 months ago to random

“Why are we destroying [the] economy for people who will die anyway soon?”

That a UK Prime Minister could even be reported as saying this is profoundly shocking.

No wonder we older people ‘who will die anyway’ have felt unsafe under the Conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/30/boris-johnson-mad-if-he-did-not-think-whatsapps-would-become-public-civil-servant

sadgrove, 7 months ago to random

Sickening that in Germany the Star of David has been daubed across buildings in Berlin. Horrifying echoes of the 1930s. What is happening to Europe? #Antisemitism
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/oct/20/a-lot-of-pain-europes-jews-fear-rising-antisemitism-after-hamas-attack?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 8 months ago to random

Something I’m not going to get grumpy about.

In skilful hands, present continuous as a narrative style can enliven history, biography fiction and memoir no end. Think #HilaryMantel (sorry to differ from one correspondent here)!
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/11/the-relentless-rise-of-the-present-tense-in-history-programmes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 9 months ago to Horizon

A first outbreak of sanity since #Brexit. Thank goodness. #Horizon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66737714

sadgrove, 9 months ago to random

What am I reading on #NationalReadABookDay? This wonderful book on life, art, loss, the universe and everything by Patrick Bringley.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/05/patrick-bingley-all-beauty-world-museum-guard-moma-interview

sadgrove, 9 months ago to random

“These children [#AsylumSeekers & #Refugees] look for safety but find themselves in an adult prison, denied protection & exposed to great harm.”

Hard to believe that this could happen in a nation that supposedly cares about children’s welfare & dignity.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/27/children-reaching-uk-in-small-boats-sent-to-jail-for-adult-sex-offenders?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

sadgrove, 10 months ago to random

Glad to be signed up to the European Movement. I believe #Brexit was a terrible mistake for our country. It has also weakened the EU where Britain was a leading member with real influence. But tides can change…. ⁦

sadgrove, 11 months ago to random

“While social media is now a public utility for communicating emergency information & news that helps democracy run smoothly, it is privately held & operated. We rely on companies chasing profit to protect values fundamental to public wellbeing.”
Many on this platform will echo the elegiac tone of this piece.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/08/twitter-demise-journalists-eulogy-threads-app-elon-musk

sadgrove, 11 months ago to random

Tuesday’s #ImageOfTheDay.

Lincoln Cathedral. #WilliamByrd, who died 400 years ago today, was Organist & Master of the Choristers here from 1563 to 1572.

@lincscathedral #OTD #OnThisDay

sadgrove, 11 months ago to random

“Planes & boats are scrambled to save a handful of people who took a risk for an adventure, while children & adults in imminent danger wait until catastrophe strikes.”

All lives are infinitely precious. But the plight of migrants on the seas is too easily forgotten.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/20/the-guardian-view-on-danger-at-sea-looking-out-for-all-those-in-peril

sadgrove, 1 year ago to random

Tuesday’s #ImageOfTheDay.

The leaves of the common snowberry have a delicate beauty unnoticed by me until the camera “found” them, drying out after a heavy dew.