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This life story begins at the end, with Aneurin “Nye” Bevan in a hospital bed, befittingly for the visionary political colossus who created Britain’s National Health Service in 1948.As Bevan (Michael Sheen) is creeping towards death, flashbacks of memory bring a hallucinatory quality reminiscent of The Singing Detective: beds and ward curtains are woven into scenes of his childhood as a Welsh miner’s son and a stammering schoolboy bullied by his headteacher. We follow his rise from local council politics to the House of Commons and high office under Clement Attlee (Stephanie Jacob, slightly sinister in a bald wig). Doctors and nurses morph into a bevy of characters from his past, the cast juggling this multiplicity adeptly, and there is a surreal song and dance breakout number as, one presumes, Bevan’s morphine kicks in.In a production written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris, there is some inspired stagecraft as the hospital curtains of Vicki Mortimer’s ingenious set swish to reveal debating chambers and libraries. But the narrative is too long-reaching and schematic, its extensively researched material not fully absorbed dramatically.Co-produced with Wales Millennium Centre and running at over two and a half hours, Nye is a too full, yet too simplified, survey of the personal and political elements in Bevan’s world, with some high-pitched moments accompanied by syrupy music.
Bevan is presented as a renegade, Jeremy Corbyn-like figure of his day: both a thorn in the side of Winston Churchill (impersonated well by Tony Jayawardena) and the Labour party. There are council meetings, parliamentary debates, his first meeting with his wife, Jennie Lee (Sharon Small), the war and its aftermath. So much is packed in that the momentous invention of the NHS is tackled, as if in summary, in the last half hour.
Only then do we hear how the nation’s doctors were heavily opposed to Bevan’s proposition. There are exchanges on a screen with an army of hostile medics who look like Minority Report holograms, but we whizz past this opposition, which has enough in-built conflict to be worthy of is own full-length drama.
Sheen (grey helmet hair, chequered pyjamas) is well cast for his natural charm. He brings a curious fey playfulness and vulnerability but does not plumb the depths of his commanding character – or perhaps the busy script simply does not allow it. However, Bevan’s limitations as a son to his dying father bring some emotional mileage as he is too busy caring for the nation’s wellbeing to be there for him.
Small is not given much room for manoeuvre either, and Lee is used for exposition purposes rather than dramatic ones. She talks of her open marriage, describing Bevan as a “rutting stag”, which sits at odds with the cutely pyjama-clad man on stage. There are brief reflections on navigations between her career as Westminster’s youngest MP – and one of only five women – and her marriage. Both she and Bevan hailed from working-class backgrounds and there is a moment when he talks about “impostor syndrome” in this hallowed space. She is unequivocal in her outsider status: “That’s why this place needs us.” Despite these feisty lines, she remains flat, which seems a crime – her character could have been far richer.
Nye is still a vital play because Bevan is a vital man of British history. It succeeds in showing us just how high the hurdles he faced were. When he describes prewar healthcare – one service for the rich, one for the poor – it rings of today’s two-tiered system. “I want to give you your dignity,” he says, as the NHS launches. It is a rousing moment yet contains a terrible, tragic irony, given what is coming to pass with his precious legacy.
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Court Circular | 21st November 2023
Buckingham Palace
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee today commenced a State Visit to The King and Queen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed The President and Mrs Kim on behalf of The King at the Four Seasons Hotel, 10 Trinity Square, London EC3.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses, drove to Horse Guards and were met by The King and Queen.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee, accompanied by The King and Queen, drove in a Carriage Procession to Buckingham Palace with a Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry.
Gun Salutes were fired in Green Park by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.
Guards of Honour were provided at Horse Guards by F Company Scots Guards and at Buckingham Palace by 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard and a Detachment of Household Cavalry were on duty.
The King presented The President of the Republic of Korea with the Insignia of an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee, accompanied by The Duke of Gloucester, this afternoon visited the Korean War Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London SW1, where The President and Mrs Kim laid a wreath and His Royal Highness, Patron, the British Korean Veterans Association, also laid a wreath.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee subsequently met United Kingdom Korean War veterans.
The President and Mrs Kim afterwards drove to Westminster Abbey where His Excellency laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee met General Sir Adrian Bradshaw (Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea) and In-Pensioners who fought in the Korean War, before touring the Abbey, escorted by the Dean (the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle).
The President and Mrs Kim afterwards drove to the Palace of Westminster and were received by the Lord Speaker (the Lord McFall of Alcluith) and the Speaker of the House of Commons (the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle).
The Speaker welcomed The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee and His Excellency delivered an Address.
The President and Mrs Kim subsequently attended a Reception with Peers, Members of Parliament and other guests.
The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) had an audience of The King this afternoon.
The Lord Hodge (Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) was received by His Majesty and reported on the recent proceedings of the General Assembly.
The King and Queen gave a State Banquet this evening in honour of The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee at which The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Duchess of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.
The following had the honour of being invited:
Suite of The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee:
His Excellency Mr Choo Kyungho (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance), His Excellency Mr Park Jin (Minister of Foreign Affairs), His Excellency Mr Lee Sangmin (Minister of Interior and Safety), His Excellency Mr Bang Moonkyu (Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy), His Excellency Mr Cho Taeyong (Director of National Security), His Excellency Mr Yoon Yeocheol (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United Kingdom), Dr Kim Taehyo (Principal Deputy National Security Adviser), the Hon Kim Eunhye (Senior Secretary to The President for Public Relations), Dr Choi Sangmok (Senior Secretary to The President for Economic Affairs) and Ambassador Lee Choongmyon (Secretary to The President for Foreign Affairs).
Specially attached to The President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim Keon Hee:
The Viscount Hood (Lord in Waiting) and the Viscountess Hood, Mr Colin Crooks (His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea) and Miss Sheila O’Connor (Head of VIP Visits, Protocol Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).
Diplomatic Corps:
His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Honduras and Mrs Mirian Nasser de Romero.
The Cabinet and Government:
The Prime Minister and Mrs Murty, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and the Lady Cameron of Chipping Norton, the Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP (Deputy Prime Minister), the Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations and the Lady Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP) and Mr T Turner, and the Leader of the House of Lords and the Lady True.
Special Invitations:
Mr Ashley Alder (Chairman, Financial Conduct Authority), Mr Andrew Bailey (Governor of the Bank of England) and Professor Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Sir Timothy Barrow (National Security Adviser) and Lady Barrow, Sir Philip Barton (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) and Lady Barton, Ms Jenny Bates (Director-General, Indo-Pacific, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Dr Stephen Billingham (Chairman, Urenco) and Mrs Billingham, Mr Jonathan Brearley (Chief Executive Officer, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets) and Mrs Brearley, Ms Ruth Cairnie (Chairman, Babcock International Group) and Mr Anthony Heggs, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Lady Carrington, Mr Joshua Carrott (Co-Founder of YouTube Channel, Korean Englishman) and Ms Gabriela Kook, Sir David Chipperfield (Architect) and Lady Chipperfield, Mr Jonathan Cole (Chief Executive Officer, Corio Generation) and Mrs Cole, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Lady Davey, the Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP (Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party at Westminster), the Leader of the Scottish National Party at Westminster and Mrs Flynn, Dame Anita Frew (Chairman, Rolls-Royce and Croda) and Mr Michael van Hemert, Ms Poppy Gustafsson (Chief Executive Officer, Darktrace Holdings Limited) and Mr Joel Gustafsson, Mr Rene Haas (Chief Executive Officer, Arm Holdings) and Ms Regina Frenkel, Mr Demis Hassabis (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, DeepMind), the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Hoyle, General Gwyn Jenkins (Vice Chief of the Defence Staff) and Mrs Jenkins, Mr Oliver Kendal (Co-Founder of YouTube Channel, Korean Englishman) and Mrs Kendal, Dr Rosalie Kim (Lead Curator, Hallyu Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum), Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser (Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation) and Professor Philip Bond, the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, the Lord Speaker (the Lord McFall of Alcluith), the Lord Newby (Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords) and the Reverend Canon the Lady Newby, Sir Kenneth Olisa (His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London) and Lady Olisa, Ms Jihyun Park (Human Rights Activist) and Mr Kwanghyun Joo, Miss Sohee Park (Fashion Designer), Mr Woongchul Park (Founder and Chef Patron, Sollip) and Mrs Bomee Ki, the Lord Reed of Allermuir (President of the Supreme Court of the UK) and the Lady Reed of Allermuir, the Dowager Viscountess Rothermere (Patron of the Arts), Sir Mark Rowley (Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis) and Lady Rowley, Mr Wael Sawan (Global Chief Executive Officer, Shell Global) and Mrs Sawan, Professor Hazel Smith (Professor of International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) and Dr Mihail Petkovski, Ms Cho So-hyun (Footballer, Birmingham City), Dr Sarah Son (Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Sheffield) and Mr Kyung Moon Son, the Leader of the Opposition and Lady Starmer, Mr Jakob Stausholm (Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto) and Mrs Stausholm, Mr Colin Thackery (Korean War Veteran) and Mrs J Simms, Dr José Vinals (Group Chairman, Standard Chartered) and Mrs Rafaela Camallonga Vilanova, Dame Emma Walmsley (Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline) and Mr David Owen, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Welby, Ms Nari Yi (Florist), and Ms Jenni Kim, Ms Jisoo Kim, Ms Lisa Manobal and Ms Rosé Park (Band Members, Blackpink).
Korean Delegation and Guests:
Mr Yonghyun Kim (Chief of Presidential Security Service), Ambassador Taejin Kim (Chief of Protocol), Mr Joo Sung Kim (Chief Physician to The President), Mr Dong Man Park (Physician to The President), Mr Jung Hwan Kim (Assistant Secretary, Office of the Personal Secretary to The President), Ms Younkyung Cho (Personal Attendant, Office of Personal Secretary to The President), Mr Jae-yong Lee (Chairman, Samsung Electronics), Mr Kwang-mo Koo (Chairman, LG Corporation), Mr Dong-bin Shin (Chairman, Lotte Corporation), Mr Dong Kwan Kim (Vice Chairman, Hanwha Corporation), Professor Myungsik Kim (Professor, King’s College London), Professor Do Young Noh (President, Institute of Basic Science), Professor Narry Kim (Professor, Institute of Basic Science), Mr Jin Ryu (Chairman, Federation of Korean Industries), Mr Kimun Kim (Chairman, Korea Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), Mr Cha Yol Koo (Chairman, Korea International Trade Association), Mr Kyung Shik Sohn (Chairman, Korea Enterprises Federation), Mr Hyun Joon Cho (Chairman, Hyosung Corporation), Mr Saehong Hur (President and Chief Executive Officer, GS Caltex Corporation), Mr Sunggeun Song (Chief Executive Officer, IL Science Company Limited), Mr Dabriel Choi (Chief Executive Officer, DC Medical, University College London) and Mr Chang Hun Yoo (Chief Executive Officer, SSenStone Incorporated).
St James’s Palace
The Princess Royal, Master, the Corporation of Trinity House, this afternoon presented Merchant Navy medals for Meritorious Service at Trinity House, Trinity Square, London EC3.
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21 June 2023
You’re In The Army Now
London 21 June 2023
It was an early start today - I was out the door just after 7.30, catching the Victoria Line to Oxford Circus and the Bakerloo to Paddington. It was already very busy, but there was a laurel at the end of my journey to make braving rush hour a little bearable. It look me a little questioning of staff before I knew whether or not my journey was in vain - it wasn’t - and then I proceeded to sit on Platform One for an hour because I’d massively overestimated how early the train would enter the station. And what locomotive, pray tell, would I go to all this trouble for?
If you know your trains, you could probably make an educated guess.
Built a century ago this year, No. 4472 - ahem, 60103 Flying Scotsman needs absolutely no introduction. Today she is the Kardashian of locomotives - she is famous for being famous. Unlike the Kardashians, that fame is well earned - namesake of the famed Flying Scotsman express, first non-stop run from London to Edinburgh in 1928, first (sort of) authenticated 100mph by a steam locomotive in 1934, one of the first privately preserved steam locomotives. She toured the United States (even though we don’t like to talk about how that one nearly ended) and Australia, making the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive ever between Parkes and Broken Hill. To her detractors, she’s the ‘flying moneypit,’ bankrupting every owner since 1963. To her fans, she’s the most famous steam locomotive in the world, Sir Nigel Gresley’s masterpiece. And at long, long last, I have seen her in steam.
Basically, do you know how monarchists get really excited about seeing the King? This is my version of that.
After her departure at 9.40, I headed on the Circle Line to Sloane Square, walking through Chelsea and past the famed hospital there to the National Army Museum. The NAM is basically the cooler, hipper IWM, in my opinion. It perhaps benefits from a narrow subject matter; specifically Britain, and specifically the British Army. Without becoming too complicated, it does a much better job at contextualising its exhibits than the IWM, without shying away from the controversies and horrors of war. Do you think, for example, that the Australian War Memorial would stock a book about the massacre of Surafend, in the way the NAM stocks one on the British organised mass slaughter of Amritsar?
When I talk about museums, as you probably know by now, I like to mention an exhibit that struck me, and the exhibit in question at the NAM was more recent than you might expect. While I could discuss the saw that amputated the Earl of Uxbridge’s leg again - the fact that it still exists makes me very happy - I’ll instead mention a ruined L85 rifle from the Middle East, which was recovered from a vehicle destroyed by an IED - none of the passengers survived. Jay Winter has said that if one shows a weapon in a museum, they ought to show what it does. Here, in this ruined weapon, we see both at once. We don’t need to see the blood and bones of the soldiers; from this broken rifle, we can fill in the gaps as to the horrific power of explosives ourselves.
Also, the NAM cafe does a mean scrambled eggs.
After the Army Museum, I headed back to the tube and caught the Circle Line again to St. James’ Park, where I walked to the Guards Museum. This is a small museum that people don’t really know about, and that surprises me as it’s literally right across the road from Buckingham Palace - it’s in Wellington Barracks, where the guards march from during the Changing of the Guard.
The Guards Museum is a very old-school and classic museum; a British Army regimental museum in the same old style that I love so very, very much. The museum is both wide in scope and intimate in subject matter - this isn’t the story of the army or the wars it fought, but the part played by the five regiments of the Foot Guards - the Grenadiers, the Coldstream, the Scots Guard, the Irish Guard and the Welsh Guard. For the majority of the British Army’s history, there were only the first three - oddly, the ‘1st’ (Grenadier) Foot Guards are actually the youngest, but as they were Charles II’s personal guard, they got to be senior after the Restoration in 1660.
There were a lot of very interesting things in this museum, but I’m going to highlight something very boring instead. There’s a shako worn by a soldier of the Coldstream Guards in the late 1820s - it’s called a bell-top shako. Guards shakos from this period are very rare, because they were introduced in 1829 and dropped in 1831, when all of the Guards regiments adopted the bearskin cap of the Grenadiers. In fact, this shako was so rare that I didn’t actually know it existed - I’d assumed that the bearskins were adopted soon after Waterloo, but it seems the Coldstream and Scots Guards kept the shakoes of the regular infantry for just a little bit longer. This is a completely, utterly useless factoid, but I find it absolutely fascinating.
Across from the Guards Museum is the Guards Chapel, and to the uninitiated it looks strangely modern. Surely regiments as old as the Guards ought to have a similarly old chapel, right? Well, they did - until the morning of 18th June 1944, when it suffered a direct hit from a German V-1 flying bomb in the middle of a morning service. 121 were killed, and over 140 injured. The new chapel is not only a memorial to the men of the Household Division (the Foot Guards and the Household Cavalry), but to those killed in the bombing. I was initially the only visitor, and by the time I left only a small group of Americans - who I will say were very respectful - had joined me there. Dozens of regimental colours from throughout the Guards histories hang from the walls. I almost felt like an intruder in another family’s mausoleum.
I’m not religious, but for some reason I was moved to light a candle.
I walked from there, back past Buckingham Palace and down Lower Grovesnor Place, to a small memorial on the side of an intersection near Victoria. This is a curious little monument - it’s explicitly a memorial to the Great War, yet the Tommy on top is joined by a pair of riflemen from the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars respectively. This is the memorial to the Rifle Brigade, the progeny of the famed 95th Rifles of Wellington’s time (although a number of Rifle Brigade battalions could trace their heritage to the 60th Rifles as well.) After the Second World War, it was adapted to commemorate the riflemen lost in that conflict.
I visit a lot of memorials because I think they are interesting, or because I simply find them in the wild. I hunted down this one because it was important to me personally. This isn’t because I think the 95th were cool or because I watch a lot of Sharpe, or because green is my favourite colour and riflemen wore green uniforms. My nan had two uncles, one who fought in the First World War and one who fought in the Second. Both were riflemen - the first of the ‘Hackney Rifles’ and the second of the 7th Rifle Brigade. The first was wounded at Third Ypres, although I’m not certain how severely. The second still lies to this day in Florence, lost in the attacks on the Gothic Line in September 1944. It’s silly, and probably vulgar, but I’ve always seen the Rifle Brigade as ‘ours.’ I probably confused a lot of London commuters by pointing at a random monument in the middle of the city, repeating over again - ‘that’s us. That’s us.’
Yet it is us. The memory agents, the people who lived through the First World War, are all dead. The people who lived through the Second will still follow. It is now up to us to interpret their memory, their experiences, their histories and their stories. We have a responsibility to them.
Like it or not, this is us.
I then wrecked this profound emotional moment by having a big fanboy moment over a Routemaster bus, and then I walked back to the hotel. After a brief rest, I reunited with my mum and stepdad, who had been very kindly invited by my professor to join the group at the garden party of the Britain-Australia Society at the Royal Over-Seas League’s London HQ. It was all very sophisticated, with a lot of the great and good - and Joe Hockey - present, but I think it just didn’t quite gel with me. We stayed for a socially acceptable amount of time, then went back to Victoria Station and grabbed some McDonalds before parting.
We will reunite in Paris, but there’s a long road ahead to get there…
#flying scotsman#national army museum#guards museum#rifle brigade#first world war#second world war#napoleonic wars#crimean war
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Holidays 2.10
Holidays
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Phokland (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]
Rosston (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]
Unification of Upper and Lower Canada (1841)
2nd Monday in February
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Evolution Sunday [Sunday closest to 2.12]
Family Day (British Columbia, Canada) [2nd Monday]
International Epilepsy Day [2nd Monday]
Love May Make the World Go ‘Round, But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week begins [2nd Monday]
Meal Monday [2nd Monday]
Meat-Free Monday (UK) [Monday of Go Green Week]
National African American Parent Involvement Day [2nd Monday]
Oatmeal Monday (Scotland) [2nd Monday]
St. Ives’ Hurling of the Silver Ball (Cornwall, UK) [Monday after Feast Day]
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Kosher Food and Wine Experience (East Rutherford, New York)
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Week 2 (New York, New York) [thru 2.11]
Feast Days
Anabita’s Day (Pagan)
Apelles (Positivist; Saint)
Apple Wish Spell Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Austrebertha (Christian; Saint)
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Mr. Holiday (Muppetism)
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Scholastica (Christian; Saint)
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Larry Adler (Music)
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Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 41 [13 of 72]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Lucky Day (Scandinavia) [3 of 4]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [10 of 60]
Premieres
All Aboard for a Trip to the Moon (Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1920)
All for the Ladies (Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial Cartoon; 1918)
Ali-Baba Bound (WB LT Cartoon; 1940)
Alice at the Carnival (Disney Cartoon; 1927)
Bad Day at Cat Rock (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)
Belle de Jour, by Joseph Kessel (Novel; 1928)
The Best of Everything, by Rona Jaffe (Novel; 1958)
Big Game Haunt (WB MM Cartoon; 1968))
Billy Madison (Film; 1995)
Busy Bakers (WB MM Cartoon; 1940)
Butch (MGM Cartoon; 1951)
Chico & Rita (Animated Film; 2012)
Cock-A-Doodle Dino (Tex Avery Butch MGM Cartoon; 1951)
The College Dropout, by Kanye West (Album; 2004)
Daffy’s Rhapsody (WB LT Cartoon; 2012)
Dance to the Music, by Sly and The Family Stone (Song; 1968)
Das Boot (Film; 1982)
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller (Play; 1949)
Detouring Through Maine (Screen Song Cartoon; 1950)
The Fly II (Film; 1989)
The Four-Legged Zoo [#4] (Multiplication Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)
The Glenn Miller Story (Film; 1954)
The Goat’s Whiskers (Unnatural History Cartoon; 1926)
Good Old College Days (Aesop’s Film Fable Cartoon; 1924)
Good Snooze Tonight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)
Groundhog Hog Play (Paramount Cartoon; 1956)
Haunts for Rent (Paramount-Bray Cartoon; 1916)
Heartbreak Hotel, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)
Icebound, by Owen Davis (Play; 1923)
The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1951)
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), by Aretha Franklin (Song; 1967)
Inside Outer Space (Disney Animated TV Special; 1963)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Film; 2017)
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition Was In), by Kenny Rogers (Song; 1968)
Kimi (Film; 2022)
Ko-Ko Makes ‘em Laugh (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1927)
The Lego Batman Movie (Animated Film; 2013)
Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (WB Animated Film; 2015)
The Littles, by John Lawrence Peterson (Novel; 1967)
Long Tall Sally, recorded by Little Richard (Song; 1956)
The Loved One, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1948)
Mazda MX-5 (Mazda Automobile; 1989)
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Animated TV Series; 2023)
Opening Night (Cubby Bear Van Beuren Cartoon; 1033)
The Pink Panther (Film; 2006)
Pluto and the Gopher (Pluto Disney Cartoon; 1950)
Puss Gets the Boot (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1940) [#1]
Rabbit Every Monday (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Radio Riot (Fleischer Talkartoon Cartoon; 1930)
Rio Rita, by Red Fin Rito and His Orchestra (Song; 1942)
Safe house (Film; 2012)
Shallow Grave (Film; 1995)
A Sheep in the Deep (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)
Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (Film; 2012)
Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits (Song; 1979)
Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach (Opera; 1881)
Tapestry, by Carole King (Album; 1971)
The Three Bears (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)
Tom & Jerry (MGM Cartoon; 1940)
The Unruly Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1945)
Van Halen, by Van Halen (Album; 1978)
A Warm Reception (Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1920)
Wooden Money (Aesop’s Film Fable; 1929)
Today’s Name Days
Scholastika, Siegmar (Austria)
Haralampi, Valentin, Valentina (Bulgaria)
Alojzije, Vilim, Vjekoslav (Croatia)
Mojmír (Czech Republic)
Scholastica (Denmark)
Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elli, Ellu (Estonia)
Elina, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elna (Finland)
Arnaud (France)
Bruno, Scholastika, Siegmar (Germany)
Chara, Charalambos, Chariklia, Haralambia, Haralambos, Hariklia, Harilaos (Greece)
Elvira (Hungary)
Arnaldo, Guglielmo, Scolastica, Wilma (Italy)
Paula, Paulīna, Paulīne (Latvia)
Ada, Elvyra, Gabrielius, Girvydas, Vydgailė (Lithuania)
Ingfrid, Ingrid (Norway)
Elwira, Gabriel, Jacek, Jacenty, Scholastyka, Tomisława (Poland)
Haralambie (Romania)
Gabriela (Slovakia)
Escolástica (Spain)
Eugenia, Iris (Sweden)
Austria, Amber, Amelinda, Colt, Colten, Colton, Duran, Durand, Durante, Kolton, Meredith (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Julio Day
National Louis Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 41 of 2025; 324 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 1 of Week 7 of 2025
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 21 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 13 (Geng-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]
Coptic: 3 Amshir 1741
Druid Tree Calendar: Hackberry (Feb 9-18) [Day 2 of 10]
Hebrew: 12 Shevat 5785
Islamic: 11 Sha’ban 1446
Julian: 28 January 2025
Moon: 96%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 13 Homer (2nd Month) [Apelles)
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 52 of 90)
SUn Calendar: 11 Gray; Foursday [11 of 30]
Week: 2nd Week of February
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 22 of 30)
Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 27 of 29)
Schmidt Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 16 of 27)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 22 of 28)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 23 of 28)
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Jenrick's English campaign
LBC asked for this short blog on Jenrick's claim about English identity. His aim is limited, but the response should not simply be to sneer.
Robert Jenrick’s claim that English identity is threatened by mass immigration and ‘woke culture’ is calculated to mobilise Conservative members and perhaps some Reform UK voters around his Tory leadership bid.
Listen to this article
The two interesting questions are who may be impressed and whether his claims have any substance.
National identities are curious things. They are not immutable, but nor are they infinitely flexible. They comprise shared stories, histories and values, which evolve to include new people responding to new circumstances.
Mostly we now recognise that the World Wars were not won by white British people alone, and memorial belongs to all in a diverse country. The impact of black and Asian sportspeople in England’s national teams has shaped a nation in which a small minority think you must be white to be English.
Nonetheless, being English is not a free-for-all. A large majority still see ‘being born here’ as an important part of being English. Migrants do always become English over time, but the greater the rate of immigration, the longer it takes to forge a shared national community.
Jenrick’s appeal is to older white voters who have not been to university and are the least reconciled to migration. They emphasise their English identity and are strongly patriotic. These voters were more likely to vote Conservative or Reform than Labour in July. But does the Tory future lie with this shrinking minority?
It is truer that the establishment shuns English identity. Keir Starmer – undoubtedly a British patriot - entered Downing Street to a backdrop of Scottish Saltaires, Welsh Dragons, and Union Flags but no St George’s Cross.
Those working in the civil service, media, culture and the voluntary sector are less likely to identify as English than the wider population. Some at least largely shun patriotism and national identity and are reluctant to engage in any debate about immigration and social cohesion.
This is the challenge raised by Jenrick. While politicians like him see resistance to change as a route to advancement, too few others want to shape the shared and inclusive English identity that would be the best response.
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Prof John Denham is Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at Southampton University and is a former Labour Communities Secretary.
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Jess Watches // Fri 4 Oct // Day 371 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll
Call the Midwife (with mum) 9x01
In January 1965, a diphtheria outbreak sweeps through Poplar and Mother Mildred seeks to help a distraught woman who abandoned her newborn.
How did Britain build the NHS? [x]
In 1945, as World War Two was reaching its conclusion, Labour achieved a shock election victory. Winston Churchill was ousted as prime minister and replaced by the relatively unknown Labour leader Clement Attlee.
Labour won the election with a manifesto drawing directly on the Beveridge Report. It promised a National Health Service that would make healthcare available to those who had previously been unable to afford it.
Once elected, Labour's Minister for Health, Nye Bevan, was tasked with leading its creation. Bevan's background as a Welsh miner and staunch trade unionist fuelled his passion to make the NHS a reality.
Interview with the Vampire 2x05 Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape
With Louis' help, Molloy delves into a haunted memory of his own.
And then what?
Amphibia 2x01 Handy Anne / Fort in the Road
Worried that something bad could happen while they are in Newtopia, Anne decides to disaster-proof the farm. / On the road to Newtopia, Sprig longs for adventure, but Hop Pop's road rules threaten to spoil his fun.
I'm the little junebug, slow moving, tired easily, and taking frequent naps, dreaming about Dave with his flowing hair taking me off road in his fwagon.
Curses! 2x01 The Lantern
The Vanderhouvens travel to Transylvania and dig deeper into a source of light with dark powers.
'Salary' arrives in English from Vulgar Latin. It came through French rather than directly from Classical Latin. The word (el salario) also exists in Spanish.
It must be thought that the word had been used many centuries to refer to compensation of some sort before being taken into in English.
Roman soldiers were certainly issued salt as part of their compensation and may well have been considered valuable enough to give its name to "pay". [x]
💀 PARKOUR! 💀
#call the midwife#interview with the vampire#iwtv#amphibia#curses!#polls#tumblr polls#jess watches#day 371
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Seconding this from Scotland.
I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen Americans (& it's always a very specific type of American) disrespecting our cultures just because they think it makes them seem edgy or spiritual or magical. Our languages, our lore, our legends, our beliefs, our cultures, our histories... you have your own. Why do you need to steal ours all over again????
The states are full of lore and legends and magic if you just look and do a tiny, tiny bit of research.
You guys already stole, appropriated, disrespected, and twisted everything the indigenous people had and disregarded everything else you couldn't paint over. Now they're holding onto the scraps they can still reach, but you keep on doing it to them over and over again. We've already had our cultures decimated over and over again by Roman and English invasions and culture wars. We're just starting to get it back now, centuries later, we're having to fight every single step of the way to get our own cultures and languages back. So please don't steal them, on any level. We don't need to be rioting against yous, too. We don't have the energy for that right now.
Fae are not friends and they will fuck you up, and they are also what the creators of modern England decided to use to demonise Celts (& therefor all Celtic nations & people & languages) because they decided that we were as untrustworthy and as dangerous as the fae because we knew how to respect them, and we weren't bowing to English rule.
To this day, we still get alienated, dehumanised, and discriminated against because of biases which were threaded hundreds of years ago by people using our own culture against us. And it is such a casual thing done in the media, too.
Have you ever noticed how the "otherwordly" characters in fantasy worlds always have such strange "celtic" names??? Or why the actors always do a strange, fluid accent that they're clearly bad at?? That's from us. Or caricatures of us, at least. Because I promise you, that's not how Celtic names work, and those accents are based on very specific dialects here, which nobody bothers to look into or learn about to actually get it right. (Don't even get me started on how you guys missed the entire point of The Witcher despite the author making it very clear, and the producers of the show making 0 effort to learn about any of thr cultures or cultural references in those books...)
Our lore was used against us by settlers and colonisers because they needed their public to see us as feral, unevolved, and primitive. We were the same as the fae to them, and that still follows through to how people see us, even if they don't actually know why.
When we speak Gàidhlig, (& when Irish speak Gaeilge & Welsh people speak Cymraeg / Gymreag) proudly, it brings back generations of memories of when English settlers were scared of us, because Celts spoke with "fae" tongues. Our music and songs became synonymous with siren calls - in our cultures, some fae folk like tricking humans by leading us off of our path and making us get lost or taking us to their world so we'll disappear for centuries then return thinking it had only been a few ours. Or so they can kill us, or make a deal with us which we'll never win & will only suffer from. That's pranks to some fae. But English settlers twisted that, so it was our songs which were leading English explorers off of paths and getting them lost, because we were attacking them. Apparently. That carried through to our language being untrustworthy. Our language was cursed, it was magic, it was a spoken symbol of the old, primitive lands, and proof that English wasn't superior.
Cue centuries of them wiping our languages and cultures out. Cue generations of trauma until people in the 1970's went home from school crying and asking their parents to please stop speaking their own language because they just wanted to go a day without being abused by their peers and teachers. Because if you went to school, you had to speak English, and if you obviously didn't have an Englsih accent or spoke a Celtic language, you got punished and made into a spectacle, until the language was shamed out of you.
And for a language which is mostly aural rather than written, generations upon generations of erasure has damaged it beyond what words can actually explain. The same goes for our cultures. Our beliefs. Our religions. Our traditions.
Every. Single. Thing. Has been stolen from us. Has been appropriated by public and media until it doesn't even feel like ours anymore. Has been twisted almost beyond recognition. Has been burned on the pyre. Has been wiped out again and again until there's nothing but ashes and crumbs left.
And every single time - every single time - we have picked up those crumbs and gathered those ashes and quietly built it back up into something we can recognise again. It's something. It's more than the other side ever want us to have. But it is a shadow of what it once was. And we can feel that loss. We can see the amount that is missing. We can see everything we no longer remember and we still grieve what we lost.
We're tired of seeing ourselves as caricatures in the media. We're tired of seeing our histories and heritages twisted into aesthetics and punchlines over and over and over again.
We're tired of it.
So when you're stealing it again, after everything we've already been through, just because you think it makes you seem unique or special or edgy or mysterious or magical, you're repeating centuries of cultural erasure, appropriation and abuse. You're reinforcing generational trauma. You're repeating history.
Yes, even if you're saying you saw a fae in your garden (you didn't & wouldn't want to if you knew anything about the fae folk) or lying about speaking Gaelic in your sleep (you didn't) despite never learning it. As small as those things seem to you, that view of these things (our culture, lore, heritage, and language) as magical little quirks... that all comes from the same place as the people saying we're less than human and that our languages aren't real or valid, or recognised.
It all comes from colonisers and settlers and invaders who decided to suffocate us slowly by starving us of what made us us, when they couldn't kill us off like bugs. And we are seriously, seriously tired of it.
So please, please just stop. If you want to learn about our culture, ask us. If you think our languages sound nice, learn them. Help us keep them alive. But please, please, respect us. Respect what you're learning. And realise that not everything is for you. Not everything is appropriate or relevant to you. Not everything is made or created in a way you can personally adopt as a personality trait. Not everything exists for you to play with because you think it's fun or quirky, or because you "relate to it". Not everything is for you.
So we will teach you what you want to know, but please don't confuse that with us giving you permission to appropriate it. Us telling you what you want to learn about isn't us somehow blessing you to go forth and steal our culture. We are not giving you anything. We are not handing anything over to you. We are not passing anything onto you. So do not assume we are, please.
Americans can come up with the most idiotic and outright disrespectful things imaginable so effortlessly. I saw a post about an American "witch" claiming that she saw a "Celtic fae" in her back garden (in TEXAS) "picking flowers and eating berries" and the next day her husband told her she was "speaking gaelic in her sleep" (her words) first things first the Irish language is called Gaeilge NOT gaelic, gaelic is an adjective essentially we use it in things like gaelic football etc, secondly I can guarantee she did not see a fae in Texas??? Like that should be common sense??
Thirdly faes and fairies are VERY different things, if you're going to pretend to be knowledgeable on Celtic legends and lore at least know the bare minimum, faes are not friends, they are not a force to be reckoned with, if you somehow meet and annoy a fae it can and most probably will harm you and everything you love both physically and mentally.
And I know I can't be nitpicky but if you are going to use Irish words in your vocabulary please for the love of life at least try and pronounce it right, wtf is belt-tane (bhealtain) and Fawm-hair (fomhair)
Our language and culture is not you magical, fairy, witch aesthetic or lifestyle, it is genuinely disrespectful. We have such a rich, beautiful history and it's so easy to learn and talk about it in a respectful way, infact I think everyone should learn actually Irish/Scottish/Welsh history because it helped shape many things in our world e.g religion and fairytales.
If anyone who sees this wants to know more about Ireland or Celtic history/folklore or lore please ask me I'd love to share
#selkie#human stuff#selkie talks#Scotland#scottish stuff#ireland#wales#gàidhlig#gaeilge#cymraeg#gymreag#native language#native languages#cultures#politics#history#celts#celtic
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Item 104:
Dress up as a Bellossom or other grass-type Pokemon and plant some beautiful blossoms at a nearby Pokestop.
#item 104#Pokémon#Bellossom#Pikachu#Cardiff#Welsh National War Memorial#Wales#flowers#gishwhes#gishwhes 2016#the greatest international scavenger hunt the world has ever seen#tea#2ndrateavengers#2ndRateAvenger: Anastasia#2ndRateAvenger: Gee#q
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Holidays 9.3
Holidays
Andrew Luck Day (Indiana)
Anniversary of the End of the Second World War (Russia)
Another Luck Unlimited Day
Armed Forces Day (Taiwan)
Beslan Remembrance Day
Brazilian Day
Broadcast Day (South Korea)
Civil Aviation Day (Tajikistan)
Cromwell’s Day
Day of Universal Alarm
Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism
Drexciya Day
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)
Flag Day (Australia)
Foundation Day (San Marino)
Gaura Parba (Nepal)
Harvest Bell Day (a.k.a. Hare Bell)
Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
Lost Day
Lower Case Letter Day
Memorial Day (Tunisia)
Merchant Navy Day (UK)
Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
National Army Day (Moldova)
National Dahlia Day
National Day of Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Harvey
National Guard Day (Tajikistan)
National High Heels Day
National Holiday of Commemoration (Tunisia)
National Shoot Your Shot Day
National Stephen Day
National Wilderness Day
903 Day (Texas)
Penny Press Day
Richard the Lionheart Day (UK)
Skyscraper Day
Solidarity Against Terrorism Day (Russia)
Tales and Tallows Day (Elder Scrolls)
Teasel Day (French Republic)
That Day I’ll Always Remember (in the song “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” by The Temptations)
Tokehega Day (Tokalau, New Zealand)
U.S. Bowling League Day
V-J Day (China)
World Day of Hygiene
Yamashita Surrender Day (Philippines)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Afternoon Tea Time Day
International Rosé Day
National Barbecue Baby Back Ribs Day
National Welsh Rarebit Day
Independence & Related Days
Bir Tawil (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Day of Liberation of Monaco (Monaco)
Irida City Foundation Day (Philippines)
Mexico (Formally Recognized by US; 1923)
Qatar (from UK, 1971)
San Marino (Founded; 301 C.E.)
United States (Formally Recognized by Great Britain; 1783)
Yeesland (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
1st Tuesday in September
Another Look Unlimited Day [Tuesday after 1st Monday]
Camo Tuesday [1st Tuesday]
Play Days begin [Tuesday through Saturday after 1st Monday]
Protect Your Groundwater Day [1st Tuesday]
Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Telephone Tuesday [Tuesday after 1st Monday]
To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
World Art Drop Day [1st Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning September 3 (1st Full Week of September)
Play Days (thru 9.7] [Tuesday thru Saturday after Labor Day]
Festivals Beginning September 3, 2024
Barbera Festival (Plymouth, California)
Bigsound (Brisbane City, Australia) [thru 9.5]
Tennessee Soybean Festival (Martin, Tennessee) [thru 9.7]
Van Buren County Livestock Show & Fair (Clinton, Arkansas) [thru 9.7]
Feast Days
Aigulf (Christian; Martyr)
Akwambo (Path Clearing Festival; Akan People of Ghana)
Alison Lurie (Writerism)
Armand Vaillancourt (Artology)
Baile and Ailinn (Celtic Book of Days)
Barkley (Muppetism)
Bengt Lindström (Artology)
Bernard de Pailissy (Positivist; Saint)
Cuthburga (Christian; Saint)
Day of Mimi’s Well (Pagan)
Day of Universal Alarm (Shamanism)
Drexciya Day
Gregory I, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Gregory the Great (Christian; Saint)
Hildelitha (Christian; Saint & Virgin)
John Picacio (Artology)
Joseph Wright (Artology)
Lawrence Clark Powell (Writerism)
Lawrence Welk Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Macnisius of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Maidens of the Four Directions (Hopi Native Americans)
Malcolm Gladwell (Writerism)
Mansuetus of Toul (Christian; Saint)
Marinus (Christian; Saint)
Mort Walker (Artology)
Paul Kane (Artology)
Phoebe (Christian; Saint)
Pius X, pope (Christian; Saint)
Remaclus (Christian; Saint)
Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
Sarah Orne Jewett (Writerism)
Say No to Haggis Day (Pastafarian)
Simeon Stylites the Younger (Christian; Saint)
Wendy O. Williams Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 17 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [17 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [17 of 24]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [49 of 71]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [40 of 60]
Premieres
Bosko the Lumberjack (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)
Cartoons Ain’t Human (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)
The Cat and the Mermouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)
Dime to Retire (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, by Culture Club (UK Song; 1982)
Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1966)
From Hare to Heir (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)
Funf Orchesterstucke (Five Pieces for Orchestra), by Arnold Schoenberg (1912)
Funny Business in the Books or The Library Card (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 210; 1963)
Going the Distance (Film; 2010)
The Gold Rush, featuring Flip the Frog (MGM Cartoon; 1932)
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown (Children’s Book; 1947)
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo (Novel; 1939)
Listen Without Prejudice, by George Michael (Album; 1990)
Machete (Film; 2010)
The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey (Novel; 1929) [Alan Grant #1]
Mister and Mistletoe (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)
Never Go Back, 18th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2013)
Old Smokey, featuring the Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1938)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Film; 1937)
Roll the Bones, by Rush (Album; 1991)
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima (Novel; 1963)
Scooby-Doo! In Arabian Nights (WB Animated Film; 1994)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (WB Animated Film; 2019)
Search for Tomorrow (TV Soap Opera; 1951)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Film; 2021)
The Sky Scrapper (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1928)
Snow Place Like Home (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)
Something Happened, by Joseph Heller (Novel; 1974)
Special Delivery Stomp, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song;1940)
Tenet (Film; 2020)
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (WB Animated Film; 2005)
Topsy Turvy World, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 209; 1963)
The Trouble with Girls (Elvis Presley Film; 1969) [#30]
The Villain Still Pursued Her (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)
Ye Happy Pilgrims (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)
Today’s Name Days
George, Gregor, Silvia, Sophie (Austria)
Gordana, Grga, Grgur (Croatia)
Bronislav (Czech Republic)
Seraphia (Denmark)
Solveig, Veegi (Estonia)
Soila, Soile, Soili (Finland)
Grégoire (France)
Gregor, Phoebe, Silvia, Sonja (Germany)
Anthimos, Arhontia, Arhontion, Aristea, Ariston, Phoebe, Phoebi, Phevos, Polydoros (Greece)
Hilda (Hungary)
Fausto, Felice, Gregorio, Lorenzo, Marino, Rosa, Teodoro (Italy)
Bella, Berta, Klaudija, Klaudijs, Slaida (Latvia)
Bronislova, Bronislovas, Mirga, Sirtautas (Lithuania)
Alise, Alvhild, Vilde (Norway)
Antoni, Bartłomiej, Bazylissa, Bronisław, Bronisz, Erazma, Eufemia, Eufrozyna, Izabela, Jan, Joachim, Joachima, Manswet, Mojmir, Szymon, Wincenty, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)
Antim, Meletie, Neofit (Romania)
Belo (Slovakia)
Basilisa, Gregorio (Spain)
Alfhild, Alva (Sweden)
Page, Paige, Phebe, Phoebe, Phoebus (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 247 of 2024; 119 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of Week 36 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 1 (Geng-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 30 Av 5784
Islamic: 28 Safar 1446
J Cal: 7 Gold; Sevenday [6 of 30]
Julian: 21 August 2024
Moon: 1%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 23 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Riquet]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 12 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 76 of 94)
Week: 1st Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 13 of 32)
Calendar Changes
桂月 [Guìyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 8 of 12] (Osmanthus Month) [Earthly Branch: Rooster Month] (Bāyuè; Eighth Month)
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LIKE. OKAY. SO:
>politics were absolutely incoherent inconsistent and corrupt as hell. during the 1970s there were four general elections, four prime ministers, and five state emergencies. internationally you had a background of multiple wars: the vietnam war didn't end until april 1975, and a few years earlier british soldiers had been involved in the nigerian cvil war in 1967-1970. tensions in ireland and northern ireland were off the charts. in 1972, british soldiers shot into a group of Irish civilian in derry, murdering 13 protesters (and fun fact, to this day, if you post the names of these soldiers publicly online the british government WILL block you from british servers, because ~anonymity~ i guess. fucking assholes.) this was bloody sunday. the troubles continued all through the decade and into the next, only "ending" in 1998. throughout the decade, people would have been reading newspapers and listening to radio reports on violent skirmishes between the british army and the ira, as well as bombings (including the birmingham pub bombings in 1974), assassinations, kidnappings, and riots, in ireland, northern ireland, and england.
>economic stability was out the window (as is typical with capitalism). there were two different oil crises. arabian oil producers imposed an embargo after the us supported israel in the yom kippur war and that resulted in the price of oil skyrocketing. heath's conservative government was already struggling with food prices that were massively high due to global shortages; the inflation rate hit more than 24% that year. massive manufacturing hubs in yorkshire and other northern counties were collapsing completely. In certain parts of the country (leeds, for example) unemployment rates were up to 21% because of industry collapses. Strikes were omnipresent, starting with dockworkers in 1970 and spreading across almost every industry in the uk. at one point strikes were so intense that the government had to restrict the average work week to only three days in 1973-74 because so many coal miners and railway workers were striking for better pay and a cost of living increase that you literally could not have the lights on. garbage piles got so high in london during a sanitation strike in 1970 that they were two storeys tall. there are photos of this if you just google it. firemen went on strike in 1977. in 1978-79, bus drivers, authority workers, health care workers, and other industries also went on strike because of the horrific levels of inflation. everyone was on strike, and everyone was at risk of losing their jobs, all the time, for a decade. houses literally fell down around people's ears.
>women were becoming more and more present in the workplace, but there was a massive societal backlash with the conservative majority that resulted in shocking levels of misogyny and misogynistic violence. three different serial killers that I know of were operating during this time (the yorkshire ripper as well as fred and rose West) and memories of myra hindley and ian brady (the moors murderers) were fresh in the minds of many people. jimmy savile was the most popular man in the country and behind closed doors he was sexually abusing children and vulnerable adults for DECADES (this was pointed out by former sex pistols member john lydon, during an interview; the BBC edited it out and only published the complete interview in 2013).
>the levels of racism were appalling. afrocaribbean and asian folks were often being encouraged by the uk govt to move there but they faced shocking amounts of racism and discrimination in housing, society, and other social fields. police brutality against community of colors was rampant. the grumwick strike was in 1976. the black people's alliance was also founded in the 1970s. antifascists movements were off the charts in response to the british national front being formed in 1967 (careful when you google this one).
>wales won recognition of the welsh language in 1973 with the construction of the council for the welsh language (previously the british govt had tried to destroy the welsh language in its entirety, because wales and cornwall and scotland were some of england's first colonial entities). The gay liberation front was founded in 1970 and published its first manifesto for LGBTQ+ rights, and in 1972 the first ever british gay pride rally was held. punk rock got its start in camden, london, in 1974, and you can clearly see why when you realize that its messages of community solidarity, fuck the man, and acab were strongly inherent right from the start.
there is SO much to dig into with this decade and everything new thing i uncover is like OH!!! ANOTHER HORRIBLE LITTLE THING UNDER A ROCK THAT HAS A HORRIBLE PARALLEL TO TODAY!!! WHAT FUN FOR ME
hands down my weirdest special interest to date is "cultural and political upheavals of the uk in the 1970s" and tbh i'm not mad about it
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if you are still doing the headcanons, do you think you could talk about wales? like how he looks and maybe his relationship with england since you said he is the nice one sorry for any bad English.
Never apologise for speaking in a different language, Nonny! And thank you for the ask ❤
Ahhh Wales. Sweet yet spiky Wales.
For me, Wales is softer than his brothers, both in appearance as well as in temperament.
Overall, for their body types you have Scotland on one end of a scale- thick with muscles, tall and sturdy, all the way to Ireland- very willowy and appears to be taller than he actually is because of it. Lean, but not skinny. England’s somewhere in between these two, more stocky than anything else- on the lean side of the spectrum yes, but has broad shoulders and relatively thick arms.
Wales is the same height and mostly the same body type as England but without the energetic drive for constant activity that England has, which adds to his more ‘compact’ physique. England can’t and won’t keep still for most things and even for ‘relaxed’ activities he is a restless person- hands typing furiously where he’s hunched over a keyboard, pacing back and forth as he calls someone, the tap tap of a foot as he waits for a bus, or fingers drumming on the gearstick if he’s stuck in his car in bottle neck traffic. Hand gestures sharp and choppy as he speaks.
Wales is the opposite. Happy to relax fully into a seat or lean easily against a wall, Wales is a lot more open with his movements- looser body language- and his makes him seem more relaxed and chilled out, adding to this softer appearance. He is also a bit softer physically- a bit of chub around his stomach and thighs, a bit meatier. Gentle brown curls and an easy smile.
His relationship with England is mostly a good one. As I said in these headcanons, Wales is a very empathetic person and often extends olive branches to England even when England is in the wrong because Wales can understand why his brother acted the way he did and thus can rationalise the behaviour to himself. He accepts far too much and this has, throughout the years, strained his and England’s relationship. England has taken advantage of Wales’ kindness and patience many times and although Wales doesn’t retaliate all the time, he remembers these instances and can use them to nurse a pretty mean grudge. If England keeps overstepping the mark without acknowledging it it’ll only get worse- Wales is a more snarky, passive aggressive sort and weaponizes silence and affection very effectively. Because they usually do get on really well, the times that Wales is cross with England are immediately very noticeable and usually get the reaction Wales wants.
England backs down pretty quickly in these situations. He’s got a terrible temper and a ridiculously stubborn, self-righteous pride, so arguing with him or challenging him can only make him worse and he often refuses to listen to reason. Wales’ sullen moods are therefore more noticeable and worrying, especially because it’s Wales and Wales is rarely every truly angry with him.
Historically things have been… interesting between the two. Wales was England’s first colony, technically, and wars and battles between their people have been messy, brutal, and cruel. The Welsh people and their culture have been severely treated and remnants of this divide still linger to this day.
I suppose, then, going forward this take really depends on how you see ‘nations’. For me personally, I like to see them as separate entities from their government. I like interpretations of them as representatives of a collective, a physical form of a culture to keep their peoples' memories and sing their songs through time and this is their main reason for being. From this then, I don’t feel like England- Arthur- had any part in this. He has his own ideals and ignorant/ arrogant beliefs about his people and their achievements, but I don’t like thinking that he personally had a hand or a part in the acts of his government. Nations can be used by their leaders for advice or to be guided in something, but I haven’t thought too much about this area outside of this.
Regardless, Wales does harbour some bitterness or resentment, if not towards England himself but for his retelling and reforming of history- of being a voice to something that is simultaneously rendering him voiceless. Time has brought them closer together and dulled the hurt but occasionally bitterness lingers between the two of them.
TLDR: England and Wales get along very well, these days. Throughout their lives too, they’ve been mostly positive together, with similar hobbies, interests, and a sense of hunour, but there have been tense and distant moments in their relationship. They don’t get along as the best of friends all the time- they still have their fights like any pair of siblings- but Wales is a nice balance to England's personality, and England too to Wales.
If there is anyone England is truly close to, with every vulnerability and weakness that he has, then this is Wales. Wales, who has been with him through nearly everything, Wales who has stood by him when no one else has, Wales who is more patient and kind than he knows he deserves- England is not unaware of how much he owns him, nor how much Wales means to him.
#aph wales#hws wales#hetalia#aph#hws#aph brit bros#aph uk bros#hetalia headcanons#heroes headcanons#heroes answers#thanks for the ask!#aph england#hws england
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Holidays 9.3
Holidays
Andrew Luck Day (Indiana)
Anniversary of the End of the Second World War (Russia)
Another Luck Unlimited Day
Armed Forces Day (Taiwan)
Beslan Remembrance Day
Brazilian Day
Broadcast Day (South Korea)
Civil Aviation Day (Tajikistan)
Cromwell’s Day
Day of Universal Alarm
Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism
Drexciya Day
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)
Flag Day (Australia)
Foundation Day (San Marino)
Gaura Parba (Nepal)
Harvest Bell Day (a.k.a. Hare Bell)
Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
Lost Day
Lower Case Letter Day
Memorial Day (Tunisia)
Merchant Navy Day (UK)
Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
National Army Day (Moldova)
National Dahlia Day
National Day of Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Harvey
National Guard Day (Tajikistan)
National High Heels Day
National Holiday of Commemoration (Tunisia)
National Shoot Your Shot Day
National Stephen Day
National Wilderness Day
903 Day (Texas)
Penny Press Day
Richard the Lionheart Day (UK)
Skyscraper Day
Solidarity Against Terrorism Day (Russia)
Tales and Tallows Day (Elder Scrolls)
Teasel Day (French Republic)
That Day I’ll Always Remember (in the song “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” by The Temptations)
Tokehega Day (Tokalau, New Zealand)
U.S. Bowling League Day
V-J Day (China)
World Day of Hygiene
Yamashita Surrender Day (Philippines)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Afternoon Tea Time Day
International Rosé Day
National Barbecue Baby Back Ribs Day
National Welsh Rarebit Day
Independence & Related Days
Bir Tawil (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Day of Liberation of Monaco (Monaco)
Irida City Foundation Day (Philippines)
Mexico (Formally Recognized by US; 1923)
Qatar (from UK, 1971)
San Marino (Founded; 301 C.E.)
United States (Formally Recognized by Great Britain; 1783)
Yeesland (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
1st Tuesday in September
Another Look Unlimited Day [Tuesday after 1st Monday]
Camo Tuesday [1st Tuesday]
Play Days begin [Tuesday through Saturday after 1st Monday]
Protect Your Groundwater Day [1st Tuesday]
Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Telephone Tuesday [Tuesday after 1st Monday]
To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]
Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
World Art Drop Day [1st Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning September 3 (1st Full Week of September)
Play Days (thru 9.7] [Tuesday thru Saturday after Labor Day]
Festivals Beginning September 3, 2024
Barbera Festival (Plymouth, California)
Bigsound (Brisbane City, Australia) [thru 9.5]
Tennessee Soybean Festival (Martin, Tennessee) [thru 9.7]
Van Buren County Livestock Show & Fair (Clinton, Arkansas) [thru 9.7]
Feast Days
Aigulf (Christian; Martyr)
Akwambo (Path Clearing Festival; Akan People of Ghana)
Alison Lurie (Writerism)
Armand Vaillancourt (Artology)
Baile and Ailinn (Celtic Book of Days)
Barkley (Muppetism)
Bengt Lindström (Artology)
Bernard de Pailissy (Positivist; Saint)
Cuthburga (Christian; Saint)
Day of Mimi’s Well (Pagan)
Day of Universal Alarm (Shamanism)
Drexciya Day
Gregory I, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Gregory the Great (Christian; Saint)
Hildelitha (Christian; Saint & Virgin)
John Picacio (Artology)
Joseph Wright (Artology)
Lawrence Clark Powell (Writerism)
Lawrence Welk Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Macnisius of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Maidens of the Four Directions (Hopi Native Americans)
Malcolm Gladwell (Writerism)
Mansuetus of Toul (Christian; Saint)
Marinus (Christian; Saint)
Mort Walker (Artology)
Paul Kane (Artology)
Phoebe (Christian; Saint)
Pius X, pope (Christian; Saint)
Remaclus (Christian; Saint)
Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
Sarah Orne Jewett (Writerism)
Say No to Haggis Day (Pastafarian)
Simeon Stylites the Younger (Christian; Saint)
Wendy O. Williams Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 17 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [17 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [17 of 24]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [49 of 71]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [40 of 60]
Premieres
Bosko the Lumberjack (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)
Cartoons Ain’t Human (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)
The Cat and the Mermouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)
Dime to Retire (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, by Culture Club (UK Song; 1982)
Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1966)
From Hare to Heir (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)
Funf Orchesterstucke (Five Pieces for Orchestra), by Arnold Schoenberg (1912)
Funny Business in the Books or The Library Card (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 210; 1963)
Going the Distance (Film; 2010)
The Gold Rush, featuring Flip the Frog (MGM Cartoon; 1932)
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown (Children’s Book; 1947)
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo (Novel; 1939)
Listen Without Prejudice, by George Michael (Album; 1990)
Machete (Film; 2010)
The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey (Novel; 1929) [Alan Grant #1]
Mister and Mistletoe (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)
Never Go Back, 18th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2013)
Old Smokey, featuring the Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1938)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Film; 1937)
Roll the Bones, by Rush (Album; 1991)
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima (Novel; 1963)
Scooby-Doo! In Arabian Nights (WB Animated Film; 1994)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (WB Animated Film; 2019)
Search for Tomorrow (TV Soap Opera; 1951)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Film; 2021)
The Sky Scrapper (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1928)
Snow Place Like Home (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)
Something Happened, by Joseph Heller (Novel; 1974)
Special Delivery Stomp, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song;1940)
Tenet (Film; 2020)
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (WB Animated Film; 2005)
Topsy Turvy World, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 209; 1963)
The Trouble with Girls (Elvis Presley Film; 1969) [#30]
The Villain Still Pursued Her (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)
Ye Happy Pilgrims (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)
Today’s Name Days
George, Gregor, Silvia, Sophie (Austria)
Gordana, Grga, Grgur (Croatia)
Bronislav (Czech Republic)
Seraphia (Denmark)
Solveig, Veegi (Estonia)
Soila, Soile, Soili (Finland)
Grégoire (France)
Gregor, Phoebe, Silvia, Sonja (Germany)
Anthimos, Arhontia, Arhontion, Aristea, Ariston, Phoebe, Phoebi, Phevos, Polydoros (Greece)
Hilda (Hungary)
Fausto, Felice, Gregorio, Lorenzo, Marino, Rosa, Teodoro (Italy)
Bella, Berta, Klaudija, Klaudijs, Slaida (Latvia)
Bronislova, Bronislovas, Mirga, Sirtautas (Lithuania)
Alise, Alvhild, Vilde (Norway)
Antoni, Bartłomiej, Bazylissa, Bronisław, Bronisz, Erazma, Eufemia, Eufrozyna, Izabela, Jan, Joachim, Joachima, Manswet, Mojmir, Szymon, Wincenty, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)
Antim, Meletie, Neofit (Romania)
Belo (Slovakia)
Basilisa, Gregorio (Spain)
Alfhild, Alva (Sweden)
Page, Paige, Phebe, Phoebe, Phoebus (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 247 of 2024; 119 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of Week 36 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 1 (Geng-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 30 Av 5784
Islamic: 28 Safar 1446
J Cal: 7 Gold; Sevenday [6 of 30]
Julian: 21 August 2024
Moon: 1%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 23 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Riquet]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 12 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 76 of 94)
Week: 1st Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 13 of 32)
Calendar Changes
桂月 [Guìyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 8 of 12] (Osmanthus Month) [Earthly Branch: Rooster Month] (Bāyuè; Eighth Month)
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Pages from Y Cwta Cyfarwydd o Forganwg (The Short Guide of Morganwg), a collection of vaticinatory prose and verse (Wales, 1445-56) — National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 50
Peniarth 50 is a collection of vaticinatory prose and verse in Welsh, Latin, and English, written around 1445-56 by a scribe known only as ‘Dafydd’. It is the earliest surviving trilingual manuscript from Wales to use English alongside Welsh and Latin, and includes prophecies, Welsh histories, and verses associated with the legendary Myrddin and Taliesin as well as other poets. One of the most notable texts is a medieval prophetic lament by the Welsh poet Rhys Fardd. It follows the cynhydedd naw ban metre, traditionally used for formal praise and lament, prophecy, and by the court bards of the 12th- and 13th-centuries — suggesting that the primary audience for this transcription was the uchelwyr (Welsh gentry). It predicts that:
There shall come a traveller with fine omens, Perfect as a pearl among English signs; And for eternity, true peoples Shall have the victory, coming from Edeirnion. Mountain sons, frequent cry of the canon: This shall show battle to the seven grey eagles. Brittany and Manaw on the mountain of Irfon, And Owain as a wolf in the van of mounted fighters, And a battle-host around him – red-robed noblemen – And three hosts of spear-carriers from the land of Edeirnion Shall deliver a blow to revive memories, Until the earth moves beneath Caernarfon fortress [At] Powys’ chief river: battle of men, The deer shall rise from their previous state, And remnants of the Welsh taking signs.
The poet speaks poignantly of ‘reviving memories’ (line 11), evoking Prince Llewelyn ap Gruffudd’s death in the Irfon valley in 1282 (line 7), and Owain Glyndŵr’s failed war for Welsh independence in 1412 (line 8). The poet also speaks of Caernarfon Castle (line 12): the pièce de résistance of Edward I’s Welsh fortresses, built to secure his conquest of Wales after Llewelyn’s death at the hands of Edward’s men. With the presumed death of Glyndŵr, the name ‘Owain’ soon became a nominal label for the mab darogan: the son of prophecy destined to liberate the Welsh and fulfil the messianic hopes of the nation.
The Wars of the Roses of the mid-15th century assigned new significance to the prophecy. The dynastic conflict between the English houses of York and Lancaster saw the emergence of Welsh support for Anglo-Welsh figures who could be seen as representing Welsh interests in the English political system. Prophetic expectations centred around Owen and Jasper Tudor, the step-father and half-brother of the Lancastrian king Henry VI; the Welsh Yorkist William Herbert; the first Yorkist king, Edward IV, and his father, Richard of York, who had remote genealogical connections to the princes of Gwynedd; and finally, at the end of the period, Henry Tudor (later Henry VII), descended from Edward III on his mother’s side, and the Welsh house of Tudor on his father’s. These figures all attracted the enthusiastic support of the Welsh bards, who cast the Wars of the Roses not as ‘faction fights between rival sets of contenders for power in English politics, but rather as further episodes in the age-old contentions between Welsh and English’, painted in the old colours of British and Saxon contestation. By virtue of their claims to the English throne, Richard of York, Edward IV, and Henry Tudor met the requirements of Welsh prophecy.
Sources: National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru); Aled Llion Jones, Darogan: Prophecy, lament and absent heroes in medieval Welsh literature (2013); Victoria Flood, Prophecy, Politics and Place in Medieval England (2016).
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The President of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, accompanied by Mrs Kim Keon Hee, will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom as the guest of His Majesty The King from 21st to 23rd November 2023.
Their Majesties The King and Queen will host the State Visit at Buckingham Palace.
State Visit programme
MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER
The President of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, accompanied by Mrs Kim Keon Hee, will arrive privately in the United Kingdom on the afternoon of Monday 20th November, at Stansted Airport.
His Excellency will be greeted on behalf of The King by The Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting to The King.
TUESDAY 21st NOVEMBER
The Prince and Princess of Wales will greet President Yoon Suk Yeol and the First Lady, at their hotel, on behalf of The King on Tuesday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses will then travel with The President and the First Lady to Horse Guards Parade, where The President and the First Lady will receive a Ceremonial Welcome.
The King and Queen will formally welcome The President and the First Lady at the Royal Pavilion on Horse Guards Parade. Presentations will be made, the Guard of Honour will give a Royal Salute and the Republic of Korea’s National Anthem will be played.
The President, accompanied by The King, will then inspect the Guard of Honour, found by F Company Scots Guards. Afterwards, The President and the First Lady will join The King and Queen, and The Prince and Princess of Wales, in a carriage procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where they will be met by a second Guard of Honour found by 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
Following a private lunch at Buckingham Palace, given by The King, His Majesty will invite The President and the First Lady to view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery of items from the Royal Collection relating to the Republic of Korea.
After lunch, The President and the First Lady, with His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial, to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.
The President and the First Lady will then visit Westminster Abbey, where His Excellency will lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. The President and the First Lady will then take a tour of the Abbey, where they will have the opportunity to meet pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea who saw active service during the Korean War.
Afterwards, The President and the First Lady will travel to the Palace of Westminster, where they will be welcomed by the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker. The President will deliver an Address in the Royal Gallery to Members of both Houses of Parliament and other guests.
In the evening The King, accompanied by The Queen and Members of the Royal Family, will give a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace for The President and the First Lady. His Majesty and The President will both make speeches at the start of the banquet.
WEDNESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
In the morning, The President will attend Shaping the Future: UK-Korea Business Forum at Mansion House. The forum will bring together CEOs and business representatives from both nations to discuss working together to create business opportunities, and The President will give the opening speech at the event.
Later that morning, at the Royal Society, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh will accompany The President for a roundtable discussion on how we can collectively strengthen the role of basic science to advance humanity, where His Excellency will deliver remarks. The President will be joined for the discussion by notable UK and Korean scientific minds, and will view highlights from the Royal Society’s archives alongside Her Royal Highness.
In the afternoon, The President and the First Lady will travel to No. 10 Downing Street, where The President will have a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP. The First Lady will be hosted by Mrs Murty at No. 10 Downing Street.
Later that afternoon, The President will receive a call by the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer MP.
In the evening, The President and the First Lady, joined by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, will attend a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation.
The Lord Mayor and The President will both make speeches at the end of the banquet.
THURSDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
In the morning, The President will visit the Churchill War Rooms.
The President and the First Lady will then return to Buckingham Palace to formally bid farewell to The King at the end of the State Visit.
The Lord Chamberlain will bid farewell to The President and the First Lady on behalf of The King, before they depart from Stansted Airport.
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The President of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, accompanied by Mrs Kim Keon Hee, will pay a state visit to the United Kingdom in November. 🇰🇷🇬🇧
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The Duke of Edinburgh, escorted by Major Tasker Watkins VC talking to some of the patients of Rockwood Hospital at the Welsh National War Memorial, 1954.
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