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By Connor McGovern
16 October 2023
We’ve a lot to thank the trees for. Other than their vital role in the ecosystem, they’ve played an important part in mythology, agriculture, industry, and medicine since humans first walked the Earth.
Remarkably, a good number of the UK's most ancient trees — most of them yews and oaks — still stand today as living, breathing witnesses to centuries of British history.
We take a look at some of the UK’s most fabled trees — and the intriguing stories that surround them.
1. Ankerwycke Yew, Berkshire
Yews are guardians of churchyards throughout Britain. Many represent the oldest and most storied tree specimens.
Few are more spectacular than the Ankerwycke Yew, in the village of Wraysbury, near Staines-upon-Thames.
Measuring 26ft in diameter, it’s a botanical behemoth that’s believed to be around 2,500 years old, making it one of the oldest trees in Britain.
It long outlived the now-ruined St Mary’s Priory, a Benedictine nunnery whose grounds it stood in, and some even believe it to be the true site of the signing of Magna Carta in 1215, rather than Runnymede on the other side of the river.
Its intrigue doesn’t end there — it’s also alleged to stand on the spot where Henry VIII wooed a young Anne Boleyn. If only trees could talk.
2. Isaac Newton’s apple tree, Lincolnshire
Numerous trees are cited as being the very one that inspired the young physicist to investigate the theory of gravity.
But the apple tree in the grounds of Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, has arguably the greatest right to this claim, with a scion planted (and still growing) at Trinity College Cambridge, where Newton once studied.
While the apple story is probably the stuff of scientific myth, it’s almost certain that Newton would’ve been familiar with the tree — which today is at least 350 years old — as it’s the area in which he was born and raised.
The county is also home to another of the country’s stalwarts: the Bowthorpe Oak, reputedly the UK’s girthiest oak, with a hollowed-out trunk so wide that it’s said to have hosted the Earl of Bowthorpe’s parties.
3. The Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Tree, Dorset
Beneath the boughs of a 350-year-old sycamore in the village of Tolpuddle, a small group of agricultural workers gathered in 1833 to lament their poor working conditions and paltry wages — only to be arrested, tried, and sentenced to penal transportation in Australia for seven years.
The six men became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and after much public outcry, they were pardoned and returned to England.
Their cause was a key step in the workers’ rights and unionist movements. It is remembered in the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival; a memorial plaque sits beside this great tree.
4. Fortingall Yew, Perthshire
Widely believed to be one of the oldest living trees in the UK (and indeed in Europe), the Fortingall Yew spills over its walled enclosure in a village churchyard like a great shower of dark green needles.
Some experts estimate the tree to be the ripe old age of 3,000, which would make it date as far back as the Bronze Age — some 1,000 years before the Romans had even come up with the name ‘Caledonia’ for Scotland.
The sheer age of the tree means that over time, the trunk has split that it now resembles several smaller yews, rather than one sole, mighty plant.
The future of the Fortingall Yew, however, is precarious, with souvenir-seekers stealing needles and branches, and so compromising its health.
Ongoing conservation efforts that preserve the tree’s DNA by planting saplings in other Scottish churchyards will be key to maintaining its history.
5. Spanish chestnut trees, Herefordshire
Of all the ancient trees at Croft Castle, near Leominster (including the 1,000-year-old Quarry Oak), most noteworthy are perhaps the huge Spanish chestnuts.
Planted in one grand avenue, their origins are believed to hark back to the battle with the Spanish Armada in 1588, when chestnuts were salvaged from the wreckages and planted here at Croft.
In fact, the planting arrangement is said to represent a flotilla when viewed from above.
But it’s at ground level that the trees truly amaze, as they’re almost fantasy-like in their size and contortion.
Take time to admire the gnarled, grotesque trunks and the twisted branches reaching towards the sky.
6. The Chained Oak, Staffordshire
This old oak in scenic Dimmingsdale is now bound in rusty chains.
Local legend has it that in the early 1800s, the Earl of Shrewsbury was accosted by a beggar as he was passing by.
He snubbed the old woman, and in retaliation, she placed a curse on his family that held that every time a branch fell from the oak tree a member of the Earl’s family would die.
That night during a storm, one of the branches fell from the tree and — lo and behold — a relative of the Earl died.
Seized by paranoia, he chained up all the branches to prevent any more falling from the oak.
Even today, as you approach the tree through the thick woodland, there’s a mysterious air to this gnarled old giant.
Just moments away at Alton Towers, the legend is the inspiration for Hex — a psychological hair-raiser of a ride set within the Alton Towers building itself.
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Holidays 7.19
Holidays
Battle of Mirbat Day (UK)
Bender Day
Bloomer Day
Brian May Day
Changing Places Awareness Day (UK)
Coach Day (Ukraine)
Colt 45 Day
Engineer’s Day (Nepal)
Feast of Cranks
Female Cabinet Minsters Day (Japan)
Festival of the Puzzlebox
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day
Flitch Day (Bacon given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for 1 year; very few took home the bacon)
Glioblastoma Awareness Day
Grocery Heroes Day (Canada)
International Retainer Day
K Days begin (Canada)
Lord of the Rings Day
Lumberjack World Championships (Wisconsin)
Martyr’s Day (Burma)
National Barbara Day
National Football Day
National Hug Your Kids Day
National Play Day
National Secretary Day (Mexico)
National Tell A Girl She’s Beautiful Day
National Urban Beekeeping Day
National Words With Friends Day
National Youth Empowerment Day
New Friends Day [also 1.19; 10.19]
One Voice Day
Palace Day (India)
Rojava Revolution Anniversary Day (Syria)
Roy Orbison Day (Odessa, Texas)
Sandinista Day (Nicaragua)
719 Day (Colorado)
Solomon Burke Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Spelt Day (French Republic)
Stick Out Your Tongue Day
Tabaski Day (Cameroon)
Tims Camp Day (Tim Hortons; Canada)
Triple Play Day
World Peter Obi Day (Nigeria)
World Product Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
National Daiquiri Day
Raspberry Cake Day
Independence & Related Days
Cyberia (Declared; 1997) [unrecognized]
Einglen (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Laos (from France, 1949)
Rennell and Bellona Province Day (Solomon Islands)
New Year’s Days
Egyptian New Year (a.k.a. “The Opening of the Year and the Feast of every God”)
3rd Friday in July
Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]
Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]
National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]
National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]
Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 19 (3rd Week of July)
Celebration of the Horse (thru 7.21) [3rd Weekend]
Robin Hood Days (thru 7.20]
Festivals Beginning July 19, 2024
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (Dauphin Island, Alabama) [thru 7.21]
Atlas (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 7.21]
Bacon, Bourbon and Brew Festival (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 7.21]
Baltimore Restaurant Week (Baltimore, Maryland) [thru 7.28]
Bite of Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 7.21]
Boryeong Mud Festival (Boryeong, South Korea) [thru 8.4]
Cecil County Fair (Elkton, Maryland) [thru 7.27]
Copper River Salmon Jam (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 7.20]
Deer Fest (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]
Folkmoot Summerfest (Waynesville, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]
Gentse Feesten (Ghent, Belgium) [thru 7.28]
Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy) [thru 7.28]
Grainger County Tomato Festival (Rutledge, Tennessee) [thru 7.20]
Great Wellsville Balloon Rally (Wellsville, New York) [thru 7.21]
Hempstead Watermelon Festival (Hempstead, Texas) [thru 7.20]
Hillside Festival (Guelph, Canada) [thru 7.21]
Humeston Watermelon Days (Humeston, Iowa) [thru 7.21]
International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama (Paphos, Cyprus) [thru 8.10]
Jackson Hot Air Jubilee (Jackson, Michigan) [thru 7.21]
Jazz & Rib Fest (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 7.21]
Killington Wine Festival (Killington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]
Koloa Plantation Days (Koloa, Hawaii) [thru 7.28]
Marysville Peach Festival (Marysville, California) [thru 7.20]
Mississippi Watermelon Festival (Mize, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]
Muskie Days (Nevis, Minnesota) [thru 7.20
North Dakota State Fair (Minot, North Dakota) [thru 7.27]
Northwest Raspberry Festival (Lynden, Washington) [thru 7.20
Positivus Festival (Riga, Latvia) [thru 7.20]
Qingdao International Beer Festival (Qingdao, China) [thru 8.11]
Roscoe Village Burger Fest (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]
Royal International Air Tattoo (Swindon, United Kingdom) [thru 7.21]
Salzburg Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 8.31]
Saulkrasti Jazz Festival (Saulkrasti, Latvia) [hru 7.20]
Snowflake Pioneer Days (Snowflake, Arizona) [thru 7.20]
Sweetcorn Festival (Chatham, Illinois) [thru 7.20]
Taste of River North (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]
Tomorrowland Belgium (Boom, Belgium) [thru 7.21]
unWINE Downtown (Starkville, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]
Vashon Island Strawberry Festival (Vashon Island, Washington) [thru 7.21]
Vermont Brewers Festival (Burlington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]
Wannigan Days (Taylors Falls, Minnesota & St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]
Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire (Bonney Lake, Washington) [thru 8.18]
Waterford World's Fair (Waterford, Maine) [thru 7.21]
Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth, Maine) [thru 7.21]
Feast Days
Adonis and Aphrodite Wedding Day (Ancient Greece)
A.J. Cronin (Writerism)
Åke Hellman (Artology)
Ambrose Autpert (Christian; Saint)
Ancient Egyptian New Year
Arsenius the Great (Catholic Church)
Back-to-Front Yad (Shamanism)
Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)
Cervantes (Positivist; Saint)
Crannchur (Casting of the Woods; Celtic Book of Days)
Daiquiri Day (Pastafarian)
Day of Isis (Everyday Wicca)
Dr. Doom/Thulsa Doom Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Duke (Muppetism)
Edgar Degas (Artology)
Festival of Honos (Personification of morality & honor; Ancient Rome)
Garth Nix (Writerism)
Giuseppe Castiglione (Artology)
Isis and Osiris Wedding Day (Ancient Egypt)
John Martin (Artology)
Justa and Rufina (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)
Kirdjun (a.k.a. Abakerazum; Christian; Saint)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.21]
Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great (Christian; Saint)
Opet (Day of the Marriage of Isis and Osiris; Pagan)
Symmachus, pope (Christian; Saint)
Vincent de Paul (Christian; Saint)
Wedding Day of Adonis & Aphrodite (Ancient Greece)
Wedding Day of Isis & Osiris (Ancient Egypt)
Xu Beihong (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [41 of 71]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [22 of 32]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 33 of 60)
Premieres
Airlift A La Carte (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1971)
The Air Race (MGM Cartoon; 1933) [Never Released]
An Affair to Remember (Film; 1957)
Awkward (TV Series; 2011)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Film; 1991)
Clueless (Film; 1995)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Talk Show; 2012)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (Film; 2011)
Dance With Me, by Orleans (Song; 1975)
Day of the Dead (Film; 1985)
The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton (Novel; 1925)
Chaplin Corps./Accidents/Gas (A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)
Counter Attack (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
Foul Play (Film; 1978)
Help!, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)
K-19: The Widowmaker (Film; 2002)
The Legend of Billie Jean (Film; 1985)
A Little Bit of Mambo, by Lou Bega (Album; 1999)
Liv and Maddie (TV Series; 2013)
Mad Men (TV Series; 2007)
The Man with One Red Shoe (Film; 1985)
The Midnight Snack (Tom & Jerry MGM Cartoon; 1941)
Movin’ Out (Musical Play; 2002)
My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell (Novel; 1956)
Narcissus and Goldmund, by Hermann Hesse (Novel; 1930)
News Oddities (Phantasies Cartoon; 1940)
Our Miss Brooks (Radio Series; 1948)
Peace Time Football (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)
Pinto Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)
The Rag Dog (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)
RED 2 (Film; 2013)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (Film; 1978)
R.I.P.D. (Film; 2013)
Speedy Ghost to Town (WB LT Cartoon; 1967)
A Squeak in the Deep (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)
That’s All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1954)
Trainspotting (Film; 1996)
Treasure Island (Film; 1950)
Trick or Tree (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Uncle Tom’s Cabana (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1947)
Weathering with You (Anime Film; 2019)
Today’s Name Days
Bernulf, Justa, Marina, Poppo, Reto (Austria)
Aurelija, Zlata, Zora (Croatia)
Čeněk (Czech Republic)
Justa (Denmark)
Saara, Saare, Saari, Salli (Estonia)
Saara, Salla, Salli, Sara, Sari, Sarita (Finland)
Arsène, Micheline (France)
Bernard, Marina, Reto (Germany)
Dias, Garyfallia, Makrina (Greece)
Emília (Hungary)
Arsenio (Italy)
Digna, Jautrīte, Kamila, Kamilla, Sari (Latvia)
Aura, Aurėja, Galigantas, Mantigailė, Vincas, Vincentas (Lithuania)
Gerhard, Gjert (Norway)
Alfred, Arseniusz, Lutobor, Rufin, Wincenty, Wodzisław (Poland)
Dušana (Slovakia)
Arsenio, Áurea, Justa, Rufina (Spain)
Sara (Sweden)
Arsene, Arsène (Universal)
Armenia, Arcenio, Arsenia, Arsenio, Wayne (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 201 of 2024; 165 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 14 (Jia-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 13 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 12 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 21 Red; Sevenday [21 of 30]
Julian: 6 July 2024
Moon: 95%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 4 Dante (8th Month) [Cervantes]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 11 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 30 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 29 of 31)
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Holidays 7.19
Holidays
Battle of Mirbat Day (UK)
Bender Day
Bloomer Day
Brian May Day
Changing Places Awareness Day (UK)
Coach Day (Ukraine)
Colt 45 Day
Engineer’s Day (Nepal)
Feast of Cranks
Female Cabinet Minsters Day (Japan)
Festival of the Puzzlebox
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day
Flitch Day (Bacon given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for 1 year; very few took home the bacon)
Glioblastoma Awareness Day
Grocery Heroes Day (Canada)
International Retainer Day
K Days begin (Canada)
Lord of the Rings Day
Lumberjack World Championships (Wisconsin)
Martyr’s Day (Burma)
National Barbara Day
National Football Day
National Hug Your Kids Day
National Play Day
National Secretary Day (Mexico)
National Tell A Girl She’s Beautiful Day
National Urban Beekeeping Day
National Words With Friends Day
National Youth Empowerment Day
New Friends Day [also 1.19; 10.19]
One Voice Day
Palace Day (India)
Rojava Revolution Anniversary Day (Syria)
Roy Orbison Day (Odessa, Texas)
Sandinista Day (Nicaragua)
719 Day (Colorado)
Solomon Burke Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Spelt Day (French Republic)
Stick Out Your Tongue Day
Tabaski Day (Cameroon)
Tims Camp Day (Tim Hortons; Canada)
Triple Play Day
World Peter Obi Day (Nigeria)
World Product Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
National Daiquiri Day
Raspberry Cake Day
Independence & Related Days
Cyberia (Declared; 1997) [unrecognized]
Einglen (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Laos (from France, 1949)
Rennell and Bellona Province Day (Solomon Islands)
New Year’s Days
Egyptian New Year (a.k.a. “The Opening of the Year and the Feast of every God”)
3rd Friday in July
Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]
Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]
National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]
National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]
Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 19 (3rd Week of July)
Celebration of the Horse (thru 7.21) [3rd Weekend]
Robin Hood Days (thru 7.20]
Festivals Beginning July 19, 2024
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (Dauphin Island, Alabama) [thru 7.21]
Atlas (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 7.21]
Bacon, Bourbon and Brew Festival (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 7.21]
Baltimore Restaurant Week (Baltimore, Maryland) [thru 7.28]
Bite of Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 7.21]
Boryeong Mud Festival (Boryeong, South Korea) [thru 8.4]
Cecil County Fair (Elkton, Maryland) [thru 7.27]
Copper River Salmon Jam (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 7.20]
Deer Fest (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]
Folkmoot Summerfest (Waynesville, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]
Gentse Feesten (Ghent, Belgium) [thru 7.28]
Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy) [thru 7.28]
Grainger County Tomato Festival (Rutledge, Tennessee) [thru 7.20]
Great Wellsville Balloon Rally (Wellsville, New York) [thru 7.21]
Hempstead Watermelon Festival (Hempstead, Texas) [thru 7.20]
Hillside Festival (Guelph, Canada) [thru 7.21]
Humeston Watermelon Days (Humeston, Iowa) [thru 7.21]
International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama (Paphos, Cyprus) [thru 8.10]
Jackson Hot Air Jubilee (Jackson, Michigan) [thru 7.21]
Jazz & Rib Fest (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 7.21]
Killington Wine Festival (Killington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]
Koloa Plantation Days (Koloa, Hawaii) [thru 7.28]
Marysville Peach Festival (Marysville, California) [thru 7.20]
Mississippi Watermelon Festival (Mize, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]
Muskie Days (Nevis, Minnesota) [thru 7.20
North Dakota State Fair (Minot, North Dakota) [thru 7.27]
Northwest Raspberry Festival (Lynden, Washington) [thru 7.20
Positivus Festival (Riga, Latvia) [thru 7.20]
Qingdao International Beer Festival (Qingdao, China) [thru 8.11]
Roscoe Village Burger Fest (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]
Royal International Air Tattoo (Swindon, United Kingdom) [thru 7.21]
Salzburg Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 8.31]
Saulkrasti Jazz Festival (Saulkrasti, Latvia) [hru 7.20]
Snowflake Pioneer Days (Snowflake, Arizona) [thru 7.20]
Sweetcorn Festival (Chatham, Illinois) [thru 7.20]
Taste of River North (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]
Tomorrowland Belgium (Boom, Belgium) [thru 7.21]
unWINE Downtown (Starkville, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]
Vashon Island Strawberry Festival (Vashon Island, Washington) [thru 7.21]
Vermont Brewers Festival (Burlington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]
Wannigan Days (Taylors Falls, Minnesota & St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]
Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire (Bonney Lake, Washington) [thru 8.18]
Waterford World's Fair (Waterford, Maine) [thru 7.21]
Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth, Maine) [thru 7.21]
Feast Days
Adonis and Aphrodite Wedding Day (Ancient Greece)
A.J. Cronin (Writerism)
Åke Hellman (Artology)
Ambrose Autpert (Christian; Saint)
Ancient Egyptian New Year
Arsenius the Great (Catholic Church)
Back-to-Front Yad (Shamanism)
Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)
Cervantes (Positivist; Saint)
Crannchur (Casting of the Woods; Celtic Book of Days)
Daiquiri Day (Pastafarian)
Day of Isis (Everyday Wicca)
Dr. Doom/Thulsa Doom Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Duke (Muppetism)
Edgar Degas (Artology)
Festival of Honos (Personification of morality & honor; Ancient Rome)
Garth Nix (Writerism)
Giuseppe Castiglione (Artology)
Isis and Osiris Wedding Day (Ancient Egypt)
John Martin (Artology)
Justa and Rufina (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)
Kirdjun (a.k.a. Abakerazum; Christian; Saint)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.21]
Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great (Christian; Saint)
Opet (Day of the Marriage of Isis and Osiris; Pagan)
Symmachus, pope (Christian; Saint)
Vincent de Paul (Christian; Saint)
Wedding Day of Adonis & Aphrodite (Ancient Greece)
Wedding Day of Isis & Osiris (Ancient Egypt)
Xu Beihong (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [41 of 71]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [22 of 32]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 33 of 60)
Premieres
Airlift A La Carte (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1971)
The Air Race (MGM Cartoon; 1933) [Never Released]
An Affair to Remember (Film; 1957)
Awkward (TV Series; 2011)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Film; 1991)
Clueless (Film; 1995)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Talk Show; 2012)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (Film; 2011)
Dance With Me, by Orleans (Song; 1975)
Day of the Dead (Film; 1985)
The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton (Novel; 1925)
Chaplin Corps./Accidents/Gas (A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)
Counter Attack (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
Foul Play (Film; 1978)
Help!, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)
K-19: The Widowmaker (Film; 2002)
The Legend of Billie Jean (Film; 1985)
A Little Bit of Mambo, by Lou Bega (Album; 1999)
Liv and Maddie (TV Series; 2013)
Mad Men (TV Series; 2007)
The Man with One Red Shoe (Film; 1985)
The Midnight Snack (Tom & Jerry MGM Cartoon; 1941)
Movin’ Out (Musical Play; 2002)
My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell (Novel; 1956)
Narcissus and Goldmund, by Hermann Hesse (Novel; 1930)
News Oddities (Phantasies Cartoon; 1940)
Our Miss Brooks (Radio Series; 1948)
Peace Time Football (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)
Pinto Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)
The Rag Dog (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)
RED 2 (Film; 2013)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (Film; 1978)
R.I.P.D. (Film; 2013)
Speedy Ghost to Town (WB LT Cartoon; 1967)
A Squeak in the Deep (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)
That’s All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1954)
Trainspotting (Film; 1996)
Treasure Island (Film; 1950)
Trick or Tree (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Uncle Tom’s Cabana (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1947)
Weathering with You (Anime Film; 2019)
Today’s Name Days
Bernulf, Justa, Marina, Poppo, Reto (Austria)
Aurelija, Zlata, Zora (Croatia)
Čeněk (Czech Republic)
Justa (Denmark)
Saara, Saare, Saari, Salli (Estonia)
Saara, Salla, Salli, Sara, Sari, Sarita (Finland)
Arsène, Micheline (France)
Bernard, Marina, Reto (Germany)
Dias, Garyfallia, Makrina (Greece)
Emília (Hungary)
Arsenio (Italy)
Digna, Jautrīte, Kamila, Kamilla, Sari (Latvia)
Aura, Aurėja, Galigantas, Mantigailė, Vincas, Vincentas (Lithuania)
Gerhard, Gjert (Norway)
Alfred, Arseniusz, Lutobor, Rufin, Wincenty, Wodzisław (Poland)
Dušana (Slovakia)
Arsenio, Áurea, Justa, Rufina (Spain)
Sara (Sweden)
Arsene, Arsène (Universal)
Armenia, Arcenio, Arsenia, Arsenio, Wayne (USA)
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Day of Year: Day 201 of 2024; 165 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 14 (Jia-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 13 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 12 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 21 Red; Sevenday [21 of 30]
Julian: 6 July 2024
Moon: 95%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 4 Dante (8th Month) [Cervantes]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 11 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 30 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 29 of 31)
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Come and join PCS for a family-friendly weekend of solidarity and celebration at the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival (19-21 July) that includes a wide variety of debates, live music and entertainment.
PCS is marking the 40th anniversary of the GCHQ trade union ban at the festival with a screening of a new film. The screening of ‘I Won’t Sign’ – a film commissioned by PCS to commemorate the ban, will take place at the Tolpuddle Village Hall on Friday, 19 July from 6pm – 7.30pm. This will include a Q&A session with PCS General Secretary, Fran Heathcote, senior national officer, Paul O’Connor and former deputy general secretary, Hugh Lanning, who was involved in the historic campaign to overturn the ban.
In 1984, the Thatcher government ordered all GCHQ workers to leave their trade unions or face dismissal. This marked the start of a 13-year campaign where a small group of brave staff and their unions commanded huge support throughout the movement. It saw 14 workers sacked and it eventually ended in 1997, when the new Labour government overturned the ban. Staff at GCHQ are now members of PCS.
do feds have unions? i know cops do but what about like spooks and spies and shit... i guess their unions are just masonry and the like lol
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Brand New Start - (Song Lyric Sunday)
Brand New Start – (Song Lyric Sunday)
This brilliant Paul Weller track has both prompt words in the lyrics. He his a tad older than me, but we both lived a stone’s throw away from Stanley Road. I was a massive Jam fan in the 70s, blues fan in the 80s and a fan of his solo works in the 90s. I loved the experimental 22 Dreams album when it came out and went to see him in concert in Bournemouth. But disappointed as he seemed a tad…
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Today is the first day of the 2020 Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs and the events surrounding them were an important moment in the early British trade union and (small l) labour movement, as well as in politics of protest.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were 6 men who worked as agricultural labourers and lived in Tolpuddle, Dorset. During a labour dispute in 1834, they swore a secret oath to the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers and were later arrested for this and sent to Australia.
In England, a huge number of people signed a petition for the Martyrs to be pardoned, and their supporters organised a march. In 1836, the 6 men were finally pardoned and able to return to the UK (although the last of them didn’t get back to the UK until 1839). Five of the six later emigrated to Canada, probably due to pressure from local landowners.
On their return, the six men were active in the Chartrist movement for worker’s rights, and their cause had a big influence on the early worker’s rights movement.
If you’re not already a member of a union, why not consider joining one in their honour today?
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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival Fringe Meeting Chair: Peter Hughes - Unite South West Regional Secretary Speakers: Mick Whelan - ASLEF General Secretary Shen Batmaz - BFAWU/McStriker Professor Keith Ewing - IER/CTUF John McDonnell MP - Shadow Chancellor 7:00pm Friday 20th July, 2018. Fringe Marquee.
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On the road with Jeremy Corbyn – a photo essay
As the Labour leader fights his second general election, Guardian photographer Sean Smith joins the campaign trail
I started photographing Jeremy Corbyn during the leadership contest before the 2015 election. After a short time covering him on the campaign trail, I thought he would do a lot better then people expected. By the time of the next general election, in 2017, I, probably in a minority of one, thought he could win.
Corbyn is quite relaxed with a camera around. When we first met, he would ask: “What do you want? What should I do?” But now he understands I’m not trying to do photocall pictures; I want it to be as if I wasn’t there.
Arriving at the European Commission in February with (from left) James Schneider, head of strategic communications; Keir Starmer, shadow Brexit secretary; Seumas Milne, director of strategy and communications; and Shami Chakrabarti, shadow attorney general
About to be interviewed by ITN’s Angus Walker in the offices of MEP Richard Corbett in the European parliament, with Keir Starmer and Shami Chakrabarti, 21 February
In the interview, with Milne and Schneider in the background
Arriving on the Eurostar with Chakrabarti and Richard Burgon, MP for Leeds East
With Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, before meeting Theresa May to discuss the Brexit deal, 3 April
Waiting for the train back to London at Lancaster station, 23 March
With Labour councillor Lizzi Collinge earlier in the day
Door-to-door canvassing for Morecambe and Lunesdale
On the train back to London from Lancaster
Travelling to south Wales with shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, on 30 March, for the byelection campaign following the death of Labour MP Paul Flynn
With local candidate Ruth Jones
Preparing to go on stage
Making notes on a train en route to the Peterborough byelection, 27 April
With new MP Lisa Forbes in the town centre, talking to the press after Labour hold the seat
Walking home from Finsbury Park station, London, with a member of his team (second left)
Chatting to pearly kings and queens at Armed Forces Day in Islington, north London, in June
With Elvis at the Manor Gardens street festival near his home
At Finsbury Park mosque, as part of the nationwide Visit My Mosque day
Working on a speech at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ festival, Dorset, 20 July
With his wife, Laura Alvarez, joining the annual march through the village
Signing autographs and (right) on the march
Acknowledging applause following his speech to the Labour party conference in Brighton in September
A walkabout on the seafront
With shadow chancellor John McDonnell and (right) waving to the audience with Alvarez
Addressing the climate emergency demonstration in central London, 20 September
Talking on the phone on a balcony outside his office
With celebrities to launch the Labour party’s new charter for the arts. Below: Being interviewed by the Guardian’s Heather Stewart
Backstage before giving a speech, 7 November
Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/29/on-road-with-jeremy-corbyn-a-photo-essay
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Rojda Felat: The feminist taking on Isis [UPDATE]
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/rojda-felat-the-feminist-taking-on-isis-a7054536.html
'We are not weak any more. Women are playing a vital role in leading and managing the society'...
UPDATE: Öcalan’s ideas discussed in Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/Oecalan-s-ideas-discussed-in-tolpuddle-martyrs-festival-36434
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Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
This weekend we had a fun running a printmaking workshop at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival! We invited people to carve a lino stamp of things that are important to them relating to unison and the festival. A large range of wonderful stamps were created from Nurses to Fireman, showing a strong love for our public services and beyond! Thank you to everyone who joined us in the unison tent and made our day fun and exciting! <3
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Holidays 7.21
Holidays
Blessing of the Waters & Whitstable Oyster Festival begins (Kent, England) [ends 7.31]
Coldest Day Ever Day (Lowest Recorded Temperature Day)
First Day of the World (Egypt)
International Drug Users Remembrance Day
International Waluigi Day
International Zine Library Day
Invite An Alien To Live With You Day
Kazanskaya (Russia)
Lake Superior Day
Leo zodiac sign begins
Liberation Day (Guam)
Mary Wilson Day (Detroit, Michigan)
Melon Day (French Republic)
Monkey Appreciation Day
National Be Someone Day
National Craft for Your Local Shelters Day
National Edward/Eduardo Day
National Law Day (Argentina)
National Little Black Dress Day
National Meow Day
National No Makeup Day
National Pyjama Day (Australia)
National Race Photos Day
National Tug-of-War Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day
Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)
Sapporo Summer Festival begins (Japan) [Until 8.20]
Schoelcher Day (French West Indies, Martinique)
Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)
Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
Tim Duncan Day (Texas)
Twin-O-Rama
Uterine Fibroid Awareness Day
Veterans Administration Day
World Body Painting Festival begins (Austria) [Thru 7.23]
World Day of the Dog
Zero HIV Stigma Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Belgian Fries Day
California Craft Beer Week begins
Legal Drinking Age Day
Make Your Own Pop Tart Day
National Crème Brûlée Day (also 7.27)
National Junk Food Day
National Lamington Cake Day (Australia)
Third Friday in July
Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]
Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]
Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]
National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]
National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]
Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Independence Days
Belgium (from the United Netherlands, 1831)
Feast Days
Alan Moore Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church)
Arbogast (Christian; Saint)
Barhadbesciabas (Christian; Saint)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church)
Carlos Schwabe (Artology)
Daniel (Catholic Church)
De Foe (Positivist; Saint)
Drukpa Tsheshi (Buddhism; Sikkim, India)
Feast of Damo (Daughter of the Greek sage Pythagoras, keeper of the secrets of philosophy)
First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Buddhist; Bhutan)
Lawrence of Brindisi (Christian; Saint)
Lovis Corinth (Artology)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.19]
Praxedes (Christian; Saint)
Primavera Sauce Day (Pastafarian)
Scotty McSock (Muppetism)
Shabbat Chazon (Black Sabbath; Judaism) [4 Av]
Victor of Marseilles (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [27 of 37]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 34 of 60)
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [20 of 30]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [34 of 60]
Premieres
Appetite for Destruction, by Guns N’ Roses (Album; 1987)
Bad Case of Loving You, by Robert Palmer (Song; 1979)
Barbary-Coast Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)
Barbie (Film; 2023)
Blind Faith, by Blind Faith (Album; 1969)
Clerks II (Film; 2006)
Clueless (Film; 1995)
Come Together, by The Beatles recorded (Song; 1969)
The Daily Show (Late Night TV Series; 1996)
Dirty, by Sonic Youth (Album; 1992)
Do the Right Thing (Film; 1989)
Dunkirk (Film; 2017)
Fleabag (TV Series; 2016)
The Girl Without Hands (Animated Film; 2017)
Landing on Water, by Neil Young (Album; 1986)
The Lord of the Rings (Novel; 1954)
Monster House (Animated Film; 2006)
Oppenheimer (Film; 2023)
Ozark (TV Series; 2017)
The Princess Diaries (Film; 2001)
Rescue Me (TV Series; 2004)
Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Shag (Film: 1989)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Film; 1978)
The Shootist (Film; 1976)
The Slick Chick (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)
The Soft Parade, by The Doors (Album; 1969)
Stormy Weather (Film; 1943)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting (Novel; 1920)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven (Novel; 1927)
UHF (Film; 1989)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Film; 2017)
What Lies Beneath (Film; 2000)
Today’s Name Days
Daniel, Daniela, Julia, Laurentius (Austria)
Danica, Danijel, Lovro (Croatia)
Vítězslav (Czech Republic)
Evenus (Denmark)
Tambet, Tulev (Estonia)
Hanna, Hanne, Hannele, Jenna, Jenni, Joanna, Johanna, Jonna (Finland)
Rodolphe, Térence, Victor (France)
Daniel (Germany)
Dániel, Daniella (Hungary)
Cesira, Lorenzo, Vittore (Italy)
Dabris, Daniels, Meldra, Melisa (Latvia)
Danielius, Lionginas, Rimvydas, Rimvydė (Lithuania)
Jane, Janne, Johanne (Norway)
Andrzej, Benedykt, Daniel, Paulina, Prakseda, Prokop, Stojsław, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)
Daniel (Slovakia)
Daniel, Lorenzo, Práxedes (Spain)
Johanna (Sweden)
Ernesto, Vic, Vick, Victor, Vik, Viktor, Vittorio (Universal)
Alma, Erna, Ernest, Ernestina, Ernesto, Ernie, Wesley, West, Westin, Westley, Weston (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 202 of 2024; 163 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 29 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 4 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 3 Av 5783
Islamic: 3 Muharram 1445
J Cal: 22 Lux; Oneday [22 of 30]
Julian: 8 July 2023
Moon: 13%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 6 Dante (8th Month) [De Foe]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 31 of 94)
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 31 of 31)
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Holidays 7.21
Holidays
Blessing of the Waters & Whitstable Oyster Festival begins (Kent, England) [ends 7.31]
Coldest Day Ever Day (Lowest Recorded Temperature Day)
First Day of the World (Egypt)
International Drug Users Remembrance Day
International Waluigi Day
International Zine Library Day
Invite An Alien To Live With You Day
Kazanskaya (Russia)
Lake Superior Day
Leo zodiac sign begins
Liberation Day (Guam)
Mary Wilson Day (Detroit, Michigan)
Melon Day (French Republic)
Monkey Appreciation Day
National Be Someone Day
National Craft for Your Local Shelters Day
National Edward/Eduardo Day
National Law Day (Argentina)
National Little Black Dress Day
National Meow Day
National No Makeup Day
National Pyjama Day (Australia)
National Race Photos Day
National Tug-of-War Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day
Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)
Sapporo Summer Festival begins (Japan) [Until 8.20]
Schoelcher Day (French West Indies, Martinique)
Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)
Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
Tim Duncan Day (Texas)
Twin-O-Rama
Uterine Fibroid Awareness Day
Veterans Administration Day
World Body Painting Festival begins (Austria) [Thru 7.23]
World Day of the Dog
Zero HIV Stigma Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Belgian Fries Day
California Craft Beer Week begins
Legal Drinking Age Day
Make Your Own Pop Tart Day
National Crème Brûlée Day (also 7.27)
National Junk Food Day
National Lamington Cake Day (Australia)
Third Friday in July
Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]
Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]
Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]
National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]
National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]
Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]
Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Independence Days
Belgium (from the United Netherlands, 1831)
Feast Days
Alan Moore Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church)
Arbogast (Christian; Saint)
Barhadbesciabas (Christian; Saint)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church)
Carlos Schwabe (Artology)
Daniel (Catholic Church)
De Foe (Positivist; Saint)
Drukpa Tsheshi (Buddhism; Sikkim, India)
Feast of Damo (Daughter of the Greek sage Pythagoras, keeper of the secrets of philosophy)
First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Buddhist; Bhutan)
Lawrence of Brindisi (Christian; Saint)
Lovis Corinth (Artology)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.19]
Praxedes (Christian; Saint)
Primavera Sauce Day (Pastafarian)
Scotty McSock (Muppetism)
Shabbat Chazon (Black Sabbath; Judaism) [4 Av]
Victor of Marseilles (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [27 of 37]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 34 of 60)
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [20 of 30]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [34 of 60]
Premieres
Appetite for Destruction, by Guns N’ Roses (Album; 1987)
Bad Case of Loving You, by Robert Palmer (Song; 1979)
Barbary-Coast Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)
Barbie (Film; 2023)
Blind Faith, by Blind Faith (Album; 1969)
Clerks II (Film; 2006)
Clueless (Film; 1995)
Come Together, by The Beatles recorded (Song; 1969)
The Daily Show (Late Night TV Series; 1996)
Dirty, by Sonic Youth (Album; 1992)
Do the Right Thing (Film; 1989)
Dunkirk (Film; 2017)
Fleabag (TV Series; 2016)
The Girl Without Hands (Animated Film; 2017)
Landing on Water, by Neil Young (Album; 1986)
The Lord of the Rings (Novel; 1954)
Monster House (Animated Film; 2006)
Oppenheimer (Film; 2023)
Ozark (TV Series; 2017)
The Princess Diaries (Film; 2001)
Rescue Me (TV Series; 2004)
Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Shag (Film: 1989)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Film; 1978)
The Shootist (Film; 1976)
The Slick Chick (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)
The Soft Parade, by The Doors (Album; 1969)
Stormy Weather (Film; 1943)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting (Novel; 1920)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven (Novel; 1927)
UHF (Film; 1989)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Film; 2017)
What Lies Beneath (Film; 2000)
Today’s Name Days
Daniel, Daniela, Julia, Laurentius (Austria)
Danica, Danijel, Lovro (Croatia)
Vítězslav (Czech Republic)
Evenus (Denmark)
Tambet, Tulev (Estonia)
Hanna, Hanne, Hannele, Jenna, Jenni, Joanna, Johanna, Jonna (Finland)
Rodolphe, Térence, Victor (France)
Daniel (Germany)
Dániel, Daniella (Hungary)
Cesira, Lorenzo, Vittore (Italy)
Dabris, Daniels, Meldra, Melisa (Latvia)
Danielius, Lionginas, Rimvydas, Rimvydė (Lithuania)
Jane, Janne, Johanne (Norway)
Andrzej, Benedykt, Daniel, Paulina, Prakseda, Prokop, Stojsław, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)
Daniel (Slovakia)
Daniel, Lorenzo, Práxedes (Spain)
Johanna (Sweden)
Ernesto, Vic, Vick, Victor, Vik, Viktor, Vittorio (Universal)
Alma, Erna, Ernest, Ernestina, Ernesto, Ernie, Wesley, West, Westin, Westley, Weston (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 202 of 2024; 163 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 29 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 4 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 3 Av 5783
Islamic: 3 Muharram 1445
J Cal: 22 Lux; Oneday [22 of 30]
Julian: 8 July 2023
Moon: 13%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 6 Dante (8th Month) [De Foe]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 31 of 94)
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 31 of 31)
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If politics and protests is your idea of fun then yeah. It's called the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival and it's basically a big trade unions and left-wing politics thing
Planning anything nice for the summer? (My last day of school is tomorrow so I thought I'd ask since I am dying for my summer holiday to be here)
I am going to visit Amerikan boy, in Kansas state. I think there might be sunflowers there according to internet pictures ^J^ Maybe going to this "beach" he talks about!
What have you been planning for summer?
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Waiting for the Great Leap Forward - (Song Lyric Sunday)
Waiting for the Great Leap Forward – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’ve bumped into Billy Bragg twice now. As a distant Dorset neighbour, it may not be so surprising. The first time was in 2009 when I went to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival. The second, was at a reading of Thomas Hardy’s The Man He Killed at the Pages of the Sea festival in commemoration of all fallen soldiers, in 2018. The following year Bragg helped launch Labour’s Charter For The Arts. In the…
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Solidarity, unity and compassion: Tolpuddle values still define union movement, says TUC
Tolpuddle values still define union movement, says TUC @TolpuddleFest
Speaking at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival this weekend – a week after Donald Trump’s visit to London – TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will praise the values of the trade union movement and call on workers to stick together.
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On this day in 1834 six Dorset farm labourers from Tolpuddle were sent to an Australian penal colony, but their 'crimes' helped change the face of employment rights for generations to come
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