#London

Akala

akalamusic

A thread on 'race and crime' in London and recent speech to the Howard league by met chief.... But first some personal background so you see how much skin I

Christine Whyte

ChristineHWhyte

“The stories of British slave rescues we never hear about...” featured in @DavidOlusoga ‘s BBC documentary Black and British (both episodes two and three)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-history-lesson-that-floats-my-boat-the-stor

Medb MacDaibheid

MMacdaibheid

It’s probably not surprising that Derry people are interested in the names of places. Everyone who grows up there is acutely aware that names can be political/powerful. Derry, Doire, Londonderry,

Elizabeth Humphrys

anintegralstate

This by @engagedpractx is excellent. I'm in a high risk group and so have to be very cautious about what I do, and I always feel like I can make

The Independent

Independent

Happy #LGBTHM21 Today marks the first day of LGBT History Month. Follow this thread to find out more about the annual celebration #LGBTHM21 Polish town declares it is no

Jonathan Lis

jonlis1

OK, everyone. I think it’s time I told my Boris Johnson story. It’s a story about the time as foreign secretary where Johnson committed a straightforward resigning offence, got caught

C0VID-007

C0vid0

I keep looking at this chart and asking questions. If there was a deadly virus circulating at the START of last year, why no excess deaths BEFORE spring?I've added general

Sir Samuel Vimes

RealSamVimes

How much is perception playing into the narrative around racism and policing at the moment? If I do 10 stops, none of them justified (obvs I wouldn't, I'm quality), and

thegobranding

thegobranding

Every year, @FutureBrand measures the strength of perception of countries around the world and publishes valuable findings in its Country Index. #placebrandingAccording to the Country Index 2020 that has just

KenningtonPplOnBikes

KenningtonPOB

People living on main roads need to be in #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods too, given a record 40m vehicles for 28m UK homes. Do we dust-down plans for an elevated urban motorway through

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

Throughout the Normandy campaign, Allied commanders anticipated that German soldiers would surrender in large numbers, but this... rarely happened.Why? /1#WW2 #SWW #History Throughout the campaign this question vexed the Allies,

Stuart Fraser

stu_fraser

Players unsure of Australian Open arrangements. Flight options limited. Melbourne airport still closed to international arrivals (many Aussies stranded overseas). Concerns in Victoria about more than 1000 players and coaches

Alex Battick

AlexBattick

Interesting thing about Min of Ed decision to reopen schools in a particular way, is how stark of a contrast it is to the position of other stakeholders.My curiosity and

Nick Gutteridge

nickgutteridge

1/ This week's Brexit talks ended with no new progress, I am sure everyone will be shocked to hear. There is much puzzlement on this side of the Channel about

Marxist Bernard 🇯🇲 🇮🇳

marcus_bernard

I've been asked recently if I had any thoughts on what the theatre industry could or should do to change the way they operate.There's loads but here's a few which

Tom James

TACJ

Always freaks my nut there are bits of Warwickshire that are north of Birmingham. In many ways, it is the most Midlands of Midlands counties.https://twitter.com/undertheraedar/status/1277319049647710211 There is a place called

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