This will come as a shock to the people of Donegal. Cavan & Monaghan 🤣🤣🤣

Good luck Argentina. I've a feeling you're going to need it.

Farage a man who has traded on his man-of-the-people casual xenophobia. One of the main architects of Brexit. Probably one of the most divisive figures of the century so far. You have to wonder what ITV thinks it is doing giving him a platform. To normalise the abhorrent.

Nothing but admiration for @mishalhusain and her professional calm and persistence when she interviewed the Israeli spokesperson Elon Levy on #r4today She really is one of the best.

Irish study suggests far-right influence growing online rte.ie/news/2023/1120… via RTÉ

On foot in Bath bathnewseum.com/2023/11/17/on-… via Bath Newseum

I have a few words here on learning foreign languages, when you're very little or (like me) getting on a bit! At 68, am I ever going to learn another language properly? shorturl.at/cexD5

Sunday 19th November 2023, 3:40pm

Has Farage choked on a camel penis yet?

“Disapplying” the law is the act of fascist dictators. If Sunak does this, he and the filth who sit on his benches should face life in jail. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

This is really worth listening to. Highly recommend it. Sayeeda Warsi has so much integrity, empathy and knowledge. open.spotify.com/episode/5rdMCy…

'Paris, la seule ville au monde où coule un fleuve encadré par deux rangées de livres.'

Blaise Cendrars

St. Peter's Basilica had eight different architects and took 120 years to build.

It was finally completed exactly 397 years ago today.

So here's a brief introduction to what is still the world's largest church...

SNCF have done away with restaurant cars - but there’s always the DIY approach. Hats off to this gent…

In the winter of 1596, in 'a small rude house' in this field east of Spiddal, the dispossessed gentleman-scholar, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh was carefully studying Chinese chronologies of world history, transmitted to the West by Martino Martini SJ and Juan de Mendoza OSA. 1/2

Brexit

The EU has multiple issues to deal with. It has little bandwidth to spare to help out Brexit Britain and its self-inflicted problems. And the return of Cameron is not going to make a blind bit of difference.theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Granted, you'll probably need to be power washed and do a spell in quarantine afterwards, but at €4.50, there surely can't be a cheaper pint anywhere in Dublin than the Auld Triangle.

Really important work here by Chris Grey - he has a light touch, as always, but there are very serious things going on that shouldn't be ignored.