This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words...

Anne Carson is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature - wonderful news!

What people fail to understand is also that Zionism was not just a plan/ideology for Jews in Palestine, it was also a vision for Jewish *diasporic* identity. Much of Zionist activity has always taken place outside Palestine/Israel and was about communal identity and politics. Hence the attachment.

Morning Womble! Today I'm reading the (very unsettling) 'Settling The World' short story collection by M John Harrison. I love his writing.

This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.

Morning Womble, hope you get better very soon! I'm currently chomping my way through the Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard - the literary equivalent of a warm bath followed by a cup of cocoa.

Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜

Looking forward to reading this!

Possibly the most shocking revelation in this whole thing is that Nigel Farage was at one point in Clacton.