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white_hartAn excellent Twitter thread on the history of lesbian literature in the early 20th century, from Robin Stevens (author of the Wells and Wong mysteries and, from what I can see, all-round Good Egg).
A map of fictional places in Britain. I live just outside Christminster, obviously, with Lark Rise and Candleford not far away, and apparently St Trinian's is fairly nearby too.
Paradox, by Naomi Kritzer. Time travel and why killing Hitler doesn't work.
What I want pattern companies to know about their fat, queer customers. There have been a lot of discussions recently about race in the knitting community, but I'm also starting to see calls for more diversity from the indie sewing pattern companies, in particular a more diverse range of sizes and clothing that isn't just vintage-inspired frocks for thin, cis white women in their 20s and 30s, of which this post is probably the most eloquent and detailed.
Benedict Cumberbatch failing to say "penguin". Because this is a thing of joy.
Investigating the physics of knitted fabrics.
Feargal Sharkey (yes, that Feargal Sharkey) is walking the rivers of South London and tweeting what he finds. This week it was the Beverley Brook, which may be of interest to Ben Aaronovitch fans as well as walkers and conservationists. (If you had told the me of 30 years ago, who loathed 'A Good Heart' as horrible soppy mush and hadn't actually managed to work out that Sharkey had also been in the Undertones, that she'd be keenly following his activities, I think she'd have been horrified.)
A map of fictional places in Britain. I live just outside Christminster, obviously, with Lark Rise and Candleford not far away, and apparently St Trinian's is fairly nearby too.
Paradox, by Naomi Kritzer. Time travel and why killing Hitler doesn't work.
What I want pattern companies to know about their fat, queer customers. There have been a lot of discussions recently about race in the knitting community, but I'm also starting to see calls for more diversity from the indie sewing pattern companies, in particular a more diverse range of sizes and clothing that isn't just vintage-inspired frocks for thin, cis white women in their 20s and 30s, of which this post is probably the most eloquent and detailed.
Benedict Cumberbatch failing to say "penguin". Because this is a thing of joy.
Investigating the physics of knitted fabrics.
Feargal Sharkey (yes, that Feargal Sharkey) is walking the rivers of South London and tweeting what he finds. This week it was the Beverley Brook, which may be of interest to Ben Aaronovitch fans as well as walkers and conservationists. (If you had told the me of 30 years ago, who loathed 'A Good Heart' as horrible soppy mush and hadn't actually managed to work out that Sharkey had also been in the Undertones, that she'd be keenly following his activities, I think she'd have been horrified.)
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