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"I want to thank the British descendants of the Windrush generation for the work, the effort, the resilience, the strength that they have shown. They could have gone under decades ago but they have risen to the point where they have created this perfect storm for me. ... The National Windrush Monument is my thank you to them all."
Basil Watson, Sculptor
#Windrush #Windrush75 #Monument #BasilWatson #Sculpture
#NationalWindrushMonument #Waterloo #Lambeth -
"I want to thank the British descendants of the Windrush generation for the work, the effort, the resilience, the strength that they have shown. They could have gone under decades ago but they have risen to the point where they have created this perfect storm for me. ... The National Windrush Monument is my thank you to them all."
Basil Watson, Sculptor
#Windrush #Windrush75 #Monument #BasilWatson #Sculpture
#NationalWindrushMonument #Waterloo #Lambeth -
Interesting facts in this series include the elemental cost (2019 figures) to build a human, using Benedict Cumberbatch as an example, is £96,546.79.
The Body: a Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson.
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Food Pantries or Food Banks, whatever you call them Penny Mordaunt, they would not be needed if the Tory party had not decimated the country over the past decade and more.
Increase the living wage in line with inflation and the population may, just may, be able to afford their food and bills without falling into destitution.
Profits from your book don't cut it.
#ToryCorruption #ToryAusterity #CostOfToryCrisis #FoodPoverty #FuelPoverty #PennyMordaunt #Conservatives #FoodPantries #FoodBanks
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And they say arts don't add benefit to society ...
#TVDrama #Arts #ChangingSociety #TrialByDrama #SocialInjustice
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That’s Canadian Prima Ballerina Patricia Denise AKA Alexandra Denisova dancing with Gene Kelly. She danced in several MGM musicals including “Singin’ in the Rain”
#MusComEnt #MarjorieMorningstar #PatriciaDenise #AlexandraDenisova #GeneKelly -
Cold Weather Payments are £25 to certain benefit recipients in the UK when the temperature is below 0° for a period of 7 days - this figure hasn't changed in over 8 years despite the recent extortionate rise in fuel prices.
How is that helpful or equitable for those on benefits?
#CostOfToryCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ColdWeatherPayments #ToryPartyUnfitToGovern
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Cold Weather Payments are £25 to certain benefit recipients in the UK when the temperature is below 0° for a period of 7 days - this figure hasn't changed in over 8 years despite the recent extortionate rise in fuel prices.
How is that helpful or equitable for those on benefits?
#CostOfToryCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ColdWeatherPayments #ToryPartyUnfitToGovern
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Cold Weather Payments are £25 to certain benefit recipients in the UK when the temperature is below 0° for a period of 7 days - this figure hasn't changed in over 8 years despite the recent extortionate rise in fuel prices.
How is that helpful or equitable for those on benefits?
#CostOfToryCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ColdWeatherPayments #ToryPartyUnfitToGovern
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The Swimmers (2hr 15m)
Now on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObN4krVV20Y
The European governments, especially the UK, malign refugees and asylum seekers, yet do not provide safe routes of travel.
Watch this gripping film, based on true life events of Yusra and Sara Mardini, and you will feel immersed in the reality of profound loss of family, home, and national identity.
#TheSwimmers #Netflix #Refugees #AsylumSeekers #YusraMardini #SaraMardini
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I've just spent 30 mins grinning from ear to ear watching this documentary. What great memories.
Top up your endorphins as well.
#Lionesses #Football #EnglandWomen #InsideThePride #England #Euro2022 #Champions #FeelGood
BBC One - England’s Lionesses: Inside the Pride, Trailer: England’s Lionesses: Inside the Pride https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dqgb35
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The Veranda Poems by Jean 'Binta' Breeze - how I hear the poems in her voice.
"I have sat on Jamaican verandahs in my two visits to the birth country of my parents. I have never sat on Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze’s verandah. Yet, as I read through this book of poems I could imagine being with her on her verandah, hearing the poems in her voice."
#Poetry #JeanBintaBreeze #Jamaica #DubPoetry #Poet #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #Friendship
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“I understood very early about the social component to art,” Kehinde Wiley
#KehindeWiley #Artist #PicturingPower #BuildingPower #Portraiture #American #African #AfroEuropeans
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Listen hear:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001r7z0
Kirsty Young talks to the movie star Daniel Kaluuya, about what he’s learned from his life so far. He grew up in Camden, North London and first found success as an actor and also writer of the teen drama Skins.
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I applied for a postal vote early last month. It did not arrive.
No explanation from the local government apart from "the form was not received."
Today I went to the polling station. Masked. With ID.
I invited the election officer to step outside if they wanted me to remove my mask. They declined. They OK'D my right to vote and gave me my ballot form.
I protected my health.
Job done.#PollingDay #LocalElections #VoterID #Voting #Vote #VoterSuppression
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'Some people say it’s too soon and also too traumatic to show this drama, others ... may welcome some of the truth being shared about their [experiences].
... Will you watch it, or is it [still] too raw? You are the only one that can decide.'#Breathtaking #ITVx #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Drama #Film #BAFTAs
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"Homegoing (2016), by Yaa Gyasi is a double person recommendation that I’m passing on to you.
What a book!
It is a slim 300 pages that starts with this Akan proverb (translated to English): “The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.”
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"I wasn’t convinced that I would want to spend around 6 hours watching Boat Story, but the main actors - Paterson Joseph and Daisy Haggard quickly persuaded me to hang in there.
Billed as a criminal thriller comedy, Boat Story easily piqued my interest ... "
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'Do you remember DVDs?
I still have a number of them.
Over the past two days Virgin Media decided that it was not urgent to fix the broadband in my area ...
So I chose my CASS (2008)DVD as my viewing material for the evening.'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/cass-thoughts
#DVD #Thoughts #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Writer #Football #Hooligan #Cass
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Emotional Archaeology aka Uncovering What Family Really Is ... chosen, biological, sacred or something else?
What exactly does family mean to you? To me, it's ... many conflicting things. This week's newsletter's thoughts brought on by watching the TV comedy series 'Uncle'#EmotionalArchaeology #EmotionalIntelligence #Family
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https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/till
"Till (2022), directed by Chinonye Chukwu, opens with a happy driving scene of a mother and her young teenage child, smiling and singing together in August 1955. ...
Even this one minute introductory scene is hard to watch because the true story of Emmett Till is a part of history, and is fairly well known. The dramatic loss is present in each heartbeat they share."
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"Some things keep you up at night.
This newsletter topic is one of the things that makes me restless.
I often wonder about Dean Ablakwa, a man I have never met, but one I am seriously concerned about.
Here’s why …"https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-dean-ablakwa
#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #HostileEnvironment #HomeOffice #Stateless #Ghana #UK
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"Before the internet (yes, there was more time before the internet than there has been since its invention) people shared more on a personal level, in a one-to-one nature.
If you were happy, curious, or intrigued, people around you were there to celebrate, investigate, and explore with you.
If you were ill, sad, or lonely, people around you had a workable solution for your immediate need."
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/the-power-of-community-healing-and?
#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting #Writer #Community #Health #Loss
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Plants R Us
How important are plants? Is there a household limit? Is a withered plant a symbol of unattended grief?"Watching plants mature gives a sense of wellbeing, and purpose.
I enjoy looking at the plants as they grow - did you know there is a ‘thing’ about people who have lots of plants?
You know the saying ‘crazy cat lady’? Well, that’s now applied to people with many plants, apparently."
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"Gods and Monsters.
Monsters don’t always look like the dream image - or should I say nightmare, that we conjure up for ourselves. They do not usually have warning signs tattooed on their foreheads. Neither do angels always glide down from heaven with translucent wings.
They all look like you and me. Human."
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Easter / Passover/ Ramadan notes
Writing updates | To AI or not to AI? | Stationery shopping | Art history writing | Family History Research |
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"Riches is a family drama on ITV (& Prime) that I almost missed.
It is based around the fallout around the legacy of the multi-million pound Black hair and beauty business - Flair and Glory following the death of the CEO and family patriarch.
If you want secrets and lies, greed and jealousy all linked to big business, this drama is for you. If you liked Succession, you will probably like this series."
#Drama #Riches #AbbyAjayi #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Review
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/riches-an-explosive-family-drama
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"I hadn’t heard of Janelle Monáe before her screen presence and acting brilliance surprised me in Hidden Figures (2016), and then Moonlight (2016) - she won Best Breakout Artist awards for both roles.
This year (2022) Monáe is again excelling with her winning ways having recently won the SeeHer Best Supporting Artist award for her role in Glass Onion - Knives Out (2022)."
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/janelle-monae-in-3-acts
#JanelleMonáe #Artist #Musician #Actor #Author #Newsletter #AmWriting #MarjoriesMusings #Writer
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"Art is for everyone, and is often used as a means of equalising emotional experiences.
Sharing high and low times in art form is a tool utilised by people throughout the world in all ages of our existence.
Visual art has the ability to connect with the emotional core of humanity because it is an accessible form of storytelling."
Read more here: https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/the-equalising-power-of-art?