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A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. Act now to stop that | Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict WongThe Paramount-Warner Bros merger is being fought on both sides of the Atlantic. Britain’s culture secretary knows the risks and can intervene. She should, say actors led by Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumb...www.theguardian.comIn case you need to talk to any The Light readers, this lot are reading it so you don't have to (I knew it was bad, but had no idea just how bad) communitysolidaritystrouddistrict.org/2026/07/24/d...
The Darkness within ‘The Light’The people giving out “The Light” in Stroud might look like harmless eccentrics, but the freesheet they are distributing (and writing articles for) functions as one long bait and switch…communitysolidaritystrouddistrict.orgAnyone want to start the petition to Parliament?
Anon OpinWe all love listening to enthusiastic amateurs trying to remember the notes when they play a station piano. It's time to expand the repertoire with a Theramin on every platform. Output them to the PA system when there aren't announcements to be made.
A little further south in #Herefordshire, which is usually so wet and green, the drought conditions are obvious - the country is unnaturally yellow
Shropshire (Salop)West Midlands a step closer to drought #Shropshire #Salop
You really should read this. I'm not usually a huge fan of stories about stories, but this is more than that - a story of a real conspiracy, of those whose stated mission is to hold power to account silenced or cowed by that power until it's too big to ignore. Epic @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
THE NERVENEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇
I never realised that George Eliot was a coiner / purveyor of motivational quotes
Breezie"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity." -George Eliot
This has made a day of packing (house move) an unexpectedly enjoyable task www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed5fbp (I saw it was on and saved it for The Big Packing Afternoon). I haven't listened to Tubular Bells since I was about 12 (my dad loved it)
Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common ManThe Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaiss...www.bbc.co.uk