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The gloriously impure world of Edward Burra. Review of Tate Britain exhibition by Jonathan Meades. spectator.co.uk/article/the-gl…

Edward Burra And Ithell Colquhoun Bring Joy To Tate Britain – Sophie Parkin tinyurl.com/2m9az7xv Tate SophieParkin #edwardburra #ithellcolquhoun

My parents died years ago. I was very close to them. I still miss them terribly. I know I always will. I long to believe that their essence, their personalities, what I loved so much about them, are - really and truly - still in existence somewhere. I wouldn't ask very much,

It is the tercentenary of the birth of the Revd John Newton, curate of Olney, who unusually was a slave, then a slave trader, then converted to Christianity and became an Abolitionist. He wrote the hymn Amazing Grace and lived (just) to see the African slave trade abolished.

Fabulous letter from the great Deborah Moggach in today’s Times.

Very disappointed with this result. There are two lines of authority on non-cross admissibility directions and I argued that R v Adams ought to be followed. The Court disagreed - we’ll have to wait and see if they’ll certify a question for the Supreme Court or not. They ought to.

A merry band of Suffolk based women kindly decided to celebrate my being awarded an MBE. We had a lovely chatty lunch, talking and laughing and drinking. Women's Rights Network - WRN

My dear mother, Barbara, slipped away from this life in the early hours of yesterday morning after a short illness. I was fortunate to have been able to be with her right up until the end. A joyful and active life of nearly 85 years. Rest in peace, mum and rise in glory.

'What you have by heart, the bastards cannot touch, they cannot take it from you ... What you don't know by heart, you really haven't loved deeply enough.' George Steiner on the importance of learning by heart. I've seen this countless times, and it never ceases to move me.

Do it badly

I renew my deep sorrow for the brutal terrorist attack that occurred during the night between 26 and 27 July in Komanda, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where over 40 Christians were killed in a church during a prayer vigil, and in their own homes. As

Evil always takes advantage of ambiguity.

I have no issue with people criticising Sunak's politics or record in office, but the overt racism in the replies to this message are disgusting and shame this platform.

jon hamm as don draper didn’t just play the role, he was the role. impossible to picture anyone else carrying that weight with such cool precision.

“If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.”

James Brown’s famous Boston Garden show, one day after MLK’s assassination. As tensions rise, he calms both police and crowd, preventing a certain riot in an already high-charged atmosphere. A critical moment, handled with class, with violence averted that night. 1968.

We are governed by people who are not only spiteful but extraordinarily stupid

It’s 1962 & 29yr old PETER O’TOOLE - born 93yrs ago today - is in Spain discussing his preparation for a role that would turn him into an international star overnight as well as see him bag the first 8 Oscar nominations for Best Actor. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Teenage waitress gets criminal conviction over mix-up with surprise 18th birthday gift #SingleJusticeProcedure Sarah Sackman KC MP standard.co.uk/news/crime/tee…

When the poet Simonides offered to teach the Athenian leader Themistocles the art of memory, he replied "that he would prefer the art of forgetting. For I remember, said he, even things I do not wish to remember, but I cannot forget things I wish to forget." -Cicero, De Finibus