Tiny Rebel. Had to try a pint because of the name. Not disappointed. — Drinking a Stuck In A Metaphor by Turning Point Brew Co.

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Off to see Steve Hillage and Gong at The Tramshed, Cardiff tonight. Flying teapots and electric Camembert: the story of Gong, prog’s trippiest band – link 🔗 🎵

Simon Armitage: ‘Nature has come back to the centre of poetry’ — link 🔗

Back to Test cricket - New Zealand play England in the first of two Test matches. Match at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand. Morning start in NZ at least means I can watch most of the first session before bedtime in the UK. 😀 🏏

The Double, 2013 - ★★★★★

Watched on Wednesday November 20, 2019.

Delico Deli. Americano and pesto panini ☕️

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4000 year old Babylonian stews from cuneiform tablets – link 🔗

A short video of the attempt to recreate them is on YouTube.

There’s a really good explanation of a Green New Deal for the UK on the Labour for a Green New Deal website, with a number of detailed policy documents packed with information. Also nice to see that the site itself is well designed. The Green New Deal Explained – link 🔗

Rhoswenallt Inn. Drinking a Jemima’s Pitchfork by Glamorgan Brewing Co

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Weekly ♫ My Top 5 artists: Abbado, VPO, Norman (54), The Sufis (35), Bent Knee (14), Gloria (10)

Helen of Troy: the Greek epics are not just about war – they’re about women — link 🔗

Waters Close Over Venice — link 🔗

Politics and social media

An interesting article on The Correspondent about social media and politicians - If a politician can say something in 280 characters, perhaps they shouldn’t say it at all.

I’m not sure that I agree with the conclusion that politicians should not engage with social media but there are certainly a number of valid examples of how it (or at least Twitter) can and has been misused.

The comments on the article are also interesting, comparing social media to newspaper headlines, soundbites and a TL;DR culture. I have more sympathy with some of those points of view.

The Great NHS Heist, a documentary film that I supported on GoFundMe, is being released online on 30th November.

The Great NHS Heist is a powerful account of how the nation’s proudest achievement, the National Health Service, has been fundamentally reshaped and undermined by successive governments in preparation for privatisation. The evidence of the heist is presented with a stark warning of the risks ahead through interviews with health care professionals, patients and experts in England and America.

A trailer is also available on YouTube.

Baudelaire’s unknown extra verse to erotic poem revealed — link 🔗 📚