My entire generation sacrificed two of our best years to save the country from a disease that we were largely unaffected by and *this* is what you offer in return.
You speak of national unity but have no notion of what that actually means.
Sitting in a pub at 8:30 on a Saturday evening and an elderly local resident has just walked in to complain about the noise. The pub was built in 1792.
Just finished
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’s Some Men in London. Almost certainly going to be my book of the year - at turns side-splittingly funny and heartbreaking, it’s one of the most illuminating queer histories I’ve read. Highly recommend
ParliOUT exists to support and advocate for LGBT+ staff working at Parliament - we’re there because we’re queer and work hard to improve inclusion and promote LGBT+ causes in our workplace. Pride is where we belong.
My 2021 in books! What with one thing and another I didn’t read so much this year but highlights are:
Drive Your Plow by Olga Tokarczuk
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell &
At Twelve Mr Byng was Shot by Dudley Pope