Rodger Kibble
@rodgerkibble
Recovering academic, former IT type, artist and printmaker, Brighton Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain - Schiller
Ah, Sonia Sodha who refers to the non-existent "DEI infrastructure in the UK" (we use the term EDI) while accusing a fellow journalist of "egregious and basic errors"
TIL that M John Harrison used to write a Jerry Cornelius strip for the International Times
In 1982 someone called Bart Khan claimed to be able to store 9.9GB in a six-inch cube - which would be unremarkable today of course, but back then a gigabyte was a purely theoretical concept (Micro Computer, May 1982)
Frith's Derby Day, a panoramic view of the crowds attending Epsom Derby and an endlessly fascinating social document
"It comes from a profound belief that re-enchantment is resistance" Reading David Southwell's despatches from the lost county of #Hookland on Brighton beach
Happened to be in Traf Sq when Peter Tatchell took the stage for Republic Day. Thought his rousing speech missed a key point that the institution of monarchy includes the Royal Prerogative, which is exercised in practice by the govt of the day, enabling them to bypass parliamentary accountability
A musical/visual pun (Only the Woodstock generation will get this)
This week's charity shop find - turns out to be the original 1972 edition, published simultaneously by Bogle-l'Ouverture Publications, London and Tanzania Publishing House, Dar-es-Salaam
100 years ago. Clip from TV version of David Hare's 1993 play The Absence of War
I still have mine, along with the accompanying edition of George Woodcock's The Crystal Spirit
Looks like ChatGPT still has a Ted Rall problem @tedrall.bsky.social
"The PM's eyes blazed like hot coals ... ice-blue anger from this Prime Minister". Ice-blue hot coals. That's how angry he was 🙄 (Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail)