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Kirsty Lang

6 months

Could Vienna’s approach to affordable housing work in California?

Housing costs and homelessness are on the rise in California. In the Austrian capital, people of all income levels live in subsidised housing – and more is being built

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Kirsty Lang

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2 years

Like @RevRichardColes I also feel sad that @BBCRadio4 never announced my exit from @BBCFrontRow & persuaded me not to say goodbye to listeners after 19 years of presenting

‘It just feels a bit sad’: the Rev Richard Coles disappointed at ‘rushed’ BBC Radio 4 exit

Exclusive: BBC fail to publicise the presenter’s Saturday Live exit after 12 years – caused by them relocating the show to Cardiff

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5 years

I remember Yugoslavia before war broke out, it began with #referendums , talk of #sovereignty , then demonisation of the other, the steady destruction of the middle ground. When @MishaGlenny and I made a radio doc warning of war. Our BBC bosses accused us of exaggerating. If only

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6 years

When this is all over we should give medals to @bbclaurak and @BBCkatyaadler for services to the nation- explaining this tortuous process to us day in day out. Two amazing women

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2 years

Headline in Austrian newspaper “ A country in free fall” #Howtheworldseesus

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4 years

Priti Patel just said “Lorries aren’t static, they move around” 🤨 @BBCr4today

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4 years

I was shocked when I flew into Heathrow last March that there were no checks - why 9 months into this pandemic has the UK still not made its borders CoVID secure?

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2 years

Former Guardian Journalist Hella Pick who came to London on Kindertransport at unveiling of plaque to British diplomats in #Vienna who ignored UK Govt policy and issued thousands of visas & passports to Jewish #refugees fleeing the Nazis #asylum

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8 years

Hanging out with two delightful Knights. @IanMcKellen & @SirPatStew Catch the double act tomorrow @BBCFrontRow

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3 years

Looked into travelling to Marseilles by train and discovered it would cost 3-4x a ticket on a low cost airline. If we are to address climate change long distance rail travel must get cheaper #EUYearofRail

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5 years

“There’s an extraordinary loop hole in the law which allows you to lie in a political advert but not in a commercial one” @carolecadwalla #BylineFestival

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2 years

Thanks for the lovely messages from @BBCFrontRow listeners. Just to clarify I left voluntarily. My lament was the lack of an official announcement or goodbye but I’m now very happy to be the new presenter of Round Britain Quiz

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1 year

If our children do not learn foreign #languages they risk becoming parochial and narrowing down their life chances. The decline in language teaching in the UK is tragic

German A-levels halved: why modern languages are in freefall

When Katrin Sredzki-Seamer came to England from Germany in 1990 and later started teaching German at a secondary school, pupils could be quite negative. “Chil

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4 years

Another scare mongering anti/ #BBC piece in ⁦ @thetimes ⁩. They appear on an almost daily basis. Make no mistake this is a concerted campaign by #Murdoch to destroy public broadcasting in this country

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7 months

These award winning council Houses in Norwich built in 2019 could soon be sold off at a huge discount to tenants under the ‘right to buy’ scheme introduced by Thatcher putting councils in an impossible position #AffordableHousing #rent

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New year, new house? Hopefully you'll find somewhere as impressive as Goldsmith Street in Norwich, winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2019 #RIBA #BBCArts2019GreatestHits

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8 years

Tom Hiddleston says he has a new Shakespeare role lined up but can't say which, only that it will be announced soon @BBCFrontRow

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10 months

British #TVdramas such as Mr Bates vs the #PostOffice could become “impossible” to make in future as our productioncompanies struggle to get investment. Netflix or Disney WILL NOT be investing in British stories for British viewers @lucyfrazermp @DCMS

Mr Bates vs the Post Office: our struggle to get drama on screen

Cast agreed to work for below market rates and writer sacrificed storylines to bring ITV1 programme in on budget

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8 months

@krishgm My neighbour is an #NHS hospital doctor who worked through the pandemic in a large London teaching hospital and says #BREATHTAKING is the most realistic depiction of the #NHS he has ever seen on TV

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7 years

One of Istanbul's many lovely bookshops with a cosy cafe restaurant upstairs full of people reading. Wish we had more places like this in the U.K.

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2 years

I’ve just been in a long passport queue at Vienna airport. Worried I would miss my flight I tried my luck in the EU citizens one because nobody was waiting there. Passport officer looks at my passport, says “Brexit” and jerks his head to the long winding queue of “Other”

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4 years

It’s my birthday and I’ve just had several texts telling me I’ve been on Radio 4s Dead Ringers for the first time ! Feels like I’ve finally made it

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7 years

Clarification: The BBC did NOT 'make' me work when I had cancer. I did it because I was freelance and needed to

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6 years

Me with actor Will Poulter celebrating LEAP -amazing charity that helps young people deal with conflict ⁦ @leap_cc ⁩ #inspiring

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4 years

Closing submissions being heard in #Assange extradition case. Important implications for press freedom

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4 years

NUJ has written to every trade union in the UK asking them to back campaign against Julian Assange extradition. Asks them to adopt motion stating "these judicial measures by the US constitute a grave threat to free speech and a free press"

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1 year

@PickardJE I’m glad you followed up this story. Not enough attention is paid to the nominations process of public institutions like the BBC, the British Council, the British Museum etc

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6 months

I was fortunate enough to be a reporter on #BBC #Newsnight in the 1990s working alongside Michael Crick and Jeremy Paxman. Glory days. @BBCNews

I lived Newsnight’s glory days. Now it’s being reduced to a chat show

This month the BBC will cut its home of analysis and investigation to half an hour of debate. The show’s greatest moments are long gone, writes its former political editor

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6 years

The author, Edward St Aubyns at TV launch of #PatrickMelrose @skyatlantic starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Table decorated with pill bottles! Clear soup served in large plastic syringes

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8 years

Tom Hiddleston came into our studio with guitar and serenaded me. As you can see I'm overcome 💃💃 @BBCFrontRow

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7 years

The Moscow Metro in happier times

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5 years

Another misleading scare story will appear in the papers tomorrow about the links between #HRT & #breastcancer . Don't be frightened, I've spoken to a couple of Britain's leading #menopause experts inc @mymenopausedr who confirm there is nothing new in this research.

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3 years

Emotional moment. After 19 years I’m about to present my last @BBCFrontRow as one of the ‘regular voices’. But will be making the occasional guest appearance in future

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7 years

This poem by Wendy Cope to her husband is so lovely.....she is reading in on @BBCFrontRow tonight. From her new - and she says - possibly last collection

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4 years

@cox_tom Hello I’m a woman in a film who has just woken up in full make-up, no smudged mascara and my hair looks great

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4 years

Love this story !

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Morgan Bullock is an African-American Irish dancer from Richmond, Virginia After a TikTok video of her lightning-footed jigs went viral, she was accused of "cultural appropriation" Then she got a call from Riverdance...💃

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4 years

Opening this week - new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon

'This is revolutionary’: new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon

Bookshop.org, which launched in the US earlier this year, has accelerated UK plans and goes online this week in partnership with more than 130 shops

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4 years

I agree Auntie isn’t perfect but the #BBC bashing by Murdoch’s papers is relentless and driven by vested interests

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5 years

Family Day @balticgateshead attracted 10,000 visitors over last 4 days of half term. Entry is free. Most visitors are local. In an era where public space is dwindling this is what arts institutions should be doing @ace_national #Gateshead #Newcastle @SmunroMccall

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1 year

Extraordinary story of two Nigerian migrants who hid on a ship’s rudder and unexpectedly arrived in Brazil where they received a warm welcome via ⁦ @nytimes ⁩

They Hid on a Ship’s Rudder to Flee Nigeria. They Landed in Brazil. (Published 2023)

Four Nigerian stowaways hopped on a cargo ship not knowing where it was going, but hoping to find a place where they could claw out of poverty.

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5 years

I was once busted trying to smuggle #porkpies into the US for a pregnant British friend who was craving them. I Still remember the look of disgust & incomprehension on the customs officer’s face as I explained this national delicacy

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4 years

I'm binge watching the French spy series Le Bureau on Amazon Prime with Mathieu Kassovitz. It's like TV crack, I keep wanting another hit. #mustwatch #TVboxset

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7 years

I know from seeing at first hand the fantastic cultural activities that the @BritishCouncil carry out in Russia that a lot of ordinary Russians will be very sad at the news of its expulsion #Britishcouncil @BBCr4today

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6 years

UK's biggest money manager warns on climate catastrophe - it looks like the protests are beginning to have an impact @ExtinctionR #ExtinctionRebelion

UK's biggest money manager warns on climate catastrophe

Firms' failure to tackle environmental damage is Legal & General's biggest corporate governance concern.

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1 year

‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollution

‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and...

Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of special scientific interest

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3 years

My Dad died exactly a week ago in hospital with his family by his bedside. The staff @RUHBath were amazing, so kind and compassionate. It gives me faith in humanity and the #NHS Thank you

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7 years

Grammy winner @JoyceDiDonato is an ambassador for World Voice - a British Council project to transform kids lives through singing

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4 months

And the winner of the inaugural prize for Women’s Non Fiction is Naomi Klein for Doppleganger ⁦ @WomensPrize ⁩

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5 years

Having a little sob hearing Deborah Orr tribute @BBCWomansHour She was very supportive of me when I was diagnosed with cancer and always made me laugh

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5 years

My attempt to explain how #Glasgow curbed it’s #knifecrime epidemic and what is meant by the “public health approach” to violence reduction (Stop & Search was not the solution)

What can London learn from Glasgow’s approach to beating knife crime?

It was the sunny evenings that 14-year-old Kimberly dreaded most. That’s when the boys on her Glasgow housing estate would be out, looking for a fight. During the summer holidays, rival gangs would...

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6 years

For the record - most BBC radio presenters (particularly if you include local and regional radio) are paid considerably less than MPs. Many of us have no security or employment benefits. The so-called rich list doesn't reflect reality #BBCpay

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8 years

He yodels as well ! @BBCFrontRow #ISawTheLight

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5 years

“I don’t know much about #menopause ” says man on #BroadcastingHouse @BBCRadio4 Can we please start talking about it to our children, our partners, our work colleagues, our doctors so that people can no longer claim ignorance about something that affects 50%of us

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5 years

If the BBC “coughs up and pays #over75license fees” as Boris Johnson demands, it would mean the end of the #BBC as we know it. This is an attempt by the government and vested interests to weaken and undermine public service broadcasting

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6 years

Me in Alan Bennett's front parlour with Nick Hytner. We're talking about Bennett's new play #Allelujah on tonight's ⁦ @BBCFrontRow ⁩

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3 years

@martinwaller10 It’s no excuse. I once refused to cover a story because I thought it was unethical.

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3 years

I've been to incredibly remote parts of the world and found people listening to the news on #BBC World Service which broadcasts in many different languages apart from English. So important for our international reputation. #SaveTheBBC #BBCLicenceFee

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3 years

Getting the top prize at the #Venice #Biennale is the art world equivalent of winning gold at the Olympics. The British Council doesn’t get enough credit for promoting British arts and education overseas. Take note @FCDOGovUK @DCMS #GoldenLion @BritishArts

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We are thrilled and deeply proud at the news that Sonia Boyce's #BritishPavilion exhibition #FeelingHerWay has won the #GoldenLion @La_Biennale . Huge congratulations to Sonia and Shane Akeroyd Associate Curator @EmmaRidgway 🎉🏆🎉

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I flew into Heathrow from the US in late March. No temperature taken, no request to self quarantine, no questions asked. Why are they talking about introducing #14day #quarantine for people arriving in #UK now ?? #Covid Horse? Stabledoor ? Bolted?

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4 years

David Hockney talking to me about capturing the arrival of Spring in Normandy

The Interview: David Hockney talks marijuana, cheating death and his new passion

The artist on new passions and defying doctors at 82

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4 years

“Taiwan hasn’t had a single domestic transmission since 8 April.” Covid’s second coming: how did Britain get back in this mess?

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4 years

Saw this brilliant documentary about MI6’s shameful meddling in #Iran , organising the 1953 coup so Britain could get its hands on the oil. #Coup53 is a must watch.

Coup 53

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"Explosive"..."An Incendiary Documentary"..."A compelling two-hour cinematic experience..." More reviews appearing in the final few days before our transatlantic premiere... If you are in the UK, USA, Ireland & Canada tickets available via the link 👉👉

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10 years

Rembrandt 's Nightwatch has competition http://t.co/uB0SxPQ22w

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3 years

I first met ⁦ @jonsnowC4 ⁩ when he spoke at my Uni - an heroic & inspiring journalist, he encouraged me to pursue my dream. Some years later I joined him in the studio ⁦ @Channel4News ⁩. Very proud moment.

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6 years

@StigAbell I cannot believe the calm perseverance and utter stupidity of the bloke trying to put a pair of track suit bottoms on his head - over and over again

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3 years

@carolynharris24 @drlouisenewson @thetimes Where is The Times getting this incorrect out of date information? @thetimes you are doing a serious disservice to menopausal women

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3 months

I got a text last night from NHSBookings asking me to follow up on a Lung Scan I had sometime ago. I'm a cancer survivor so I then spent half the night worrying. I just called the number and it was clearly a scammer trying to get info. The cruelty of these people is unbelievable

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3 years

My first series of Round Britain Quiz starts Monday on @BBCRadio4 . Please join in. #Quiz Here’s a question: How have a Taiwanese violinist, a Spanish waiter and Prospero’s daughter joined forces to popularise the largest city in Waikato? Tune in Monday at 3pm for answers

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3 years

Excited to be presenting my first series of #RoundBritainQuiz ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩ but glad I’m asking the questions and not trying to answer them !

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1 year

I was fortunate enough to work alongside George Alagiah. He was a good journalist, incredibly empathetic and a wonderful human being. The world is a lesser place without him

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It is with deep sadness that the BBC is announcing the death of its much-loved journalist and presenter George Alagiah.

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3 years

Excellent analysis @justicemalala of South Africa politics on the day of Nelson Mandela's birthday. The events of last week were an attempted coup. Democracy prevailed

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7 years

Tom Stoppard looks back on his 80 years. My extended interview @BBCFrontRow

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Tom Stoppard

Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.

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2 years

Lessons from Vienna: a housing success story 100 years in the making. I’ll be looking at Vienna’s affordable housing policy on ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩ Monday at 1:45 in Rental Health: Solutions Please tune in

Lessons from Vienna: a housing success story 100 years in the making

As world cities suffer from crippling rent rises, the Austrian capital’s radical housing policy is inspirational

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6 years

Demonstrations of British humour and creativity #PeoplesMarch #brexitmarch

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5 years

Hear, hear....it's a bloody scandal how state school kids are being deprived of a decent arts education -private schools pour huge amounts of money into art/design/music/drama because they know that promoting creativity will help their pupils get jobs (and have happier lives)

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Arts education should not be a luxury, says Julie Hesmondhalgh

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5 years

Thinking of moving here for the duration of the #Brexit chaos

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2 years

Lessons from Vienna: a housing success story 100 years in the making via @FT

Lessons from Vienna: a housing success story 100 years in the making

As world cities suffer from crippling rent rises, the Austrian capital’s radical housing policy is inspirational

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2 years

I’m loving being back at the #Hay book festival for the first time in 3 years. Talking and listening to a dazzling array of writers and journalists including ⁦ @Elif_Safak ⁩ ⁦ @bbclysedoucet ⁩ ⁦ @muirkate ⁩ ⁦ @hayfestival ⁩

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1 year

This was a wonderful radio moment from @GurinderC and more proof if we needed it of the transformative effect of the arts in all sorts of ways

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"It's a very sweet victory for me." @GurinderC , director of Bend It Like Beckham, tells @BBCSimonJack how it feels for her film to be cited as the inspiration for women football players of today. #R4Today

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The courageous Filipino journalist ⁦ @mariaressa ⁩ on how #Facebook destroyed democracy in her country in the pursuit of profit. I wonder if there is any chance of Mark Zuckerberg reading her book. He should ⁦ @Meta

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa on new book

Nobel peace prize winner and Rappler's CEO, co-founder and president Maria Ressa joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss her new book "How to Stand up to a Dictator."

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We have some country singing on @BBCFrontRow tonight from @twhiddleston at 7:15 & if you miss it catch up online

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5 years

You think autocracy is ‘impossible’ here? Look at Turkey. From the author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship.”

Opinion | Think autocracy is ‘impossible’ here? Look at Turkey.

Conventional political tools aren't enough to stop this new type of political insanity.

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8 years

Alan Rickman asked for this video to be played at his memorial service. Watching it makes me feel happy & sad

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2 years

@scottygb @BBCJoannaG What a lovely goodbye from @BBCJoannaG to her colleagues and her audience. It’s an emotional moment doing your last show after 2 decades in the same seat. I certainly felt like that when I did my last @BBCFrontRow last year

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I would like to invite the new Culture Secretary to visit #Gateshead quays and @balticgateshead which opened 22 years ago under the previous Labour government and is a fantastic example of using art and culture for regeneration @lisanandy @DCMS

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2 years

I can see why people flock to musicals when times are hard. I’m floating on Cloud 9 after seeing #Guys &Dolls ⁦ @_bridgetheatre ⁩. Simply the best production of this musical I’ve ever seen.

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First time back on London Underground ( District Line) since lockdown. It’s 9am. Carriages empty. Looks v clean. Hand sanitizer in the station. I’m wearing a mask. Feels quite safe

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4 years

I’m in a gallery looking at art ! Rachel Whiteread ⁦ @Gagosian ⁩ in Central London

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3 years

Clock cleaner spotted by Paddington station this morning

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4 years

To go with the chlorinated chicken ....UK-US Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets with cancer-risk bacon’...

UK-US Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets with cancer-risk bacon’

Fears of illness over nitrites used in US but currently banned in Britain and EU

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2 years

Happy 100th Birthday #BBC and thank you. I speak as a former employee and a devoted listener. Having lived in many other countries including the US and experienced other media I realise how lucky we are to have such a great public broadcaster. Let us protect and treasure it.

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I was fortunate enough to spend a whole afternoon chatting to the amazing Harry Belafonte in 2012 about his music and his political activism during the civil rights movement. Here's the interview

BBC World Service - The Strand, Harry Belafonte at 85

A 2012 interview with the singer, actor, and civil rights activist

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1 year

Interesting article on why self-check out in supermarkets don't work for anyone - customers and businesses alike. I say bring back human cashiers who we can talk to and get rid of unexpected items in the bagging area ! @amandamull .

Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment

Please, not another “unexpected item in the bagging area.”

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5 years

I’ve been given Melvyn Bragg’s slot tomorrow 9am ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩ for a special show from Edinburgh with #Basil Brush discussing Foxes in fiction ⁦ @BBCFrontRow ⁩

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9 years

Just seen #HollowCrown :War of Roses BBC adaptation of Henry VI & Richard III. Shakespeare's Game of Thrones. Gripping TV @BBC2 in May

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

5 years

This is what a properly funded library looks likes - full of books not computer screens. This is the amazing Los Angeles Central Library. Why is it that US local governments understand the importance of libraries and ours don’t ? ⁦ @SOLE_Essex ⁩

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

2 years

Overheard 2 Americans waiting for London flight. One says to the other “Apparently nothing works there anymore. The whole country is on strike”.

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

8 years

Excellent piece on why Hillary Clinton is less popular with younger women via @FT

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

5 years

“The BBC has failed us when it comes to coverage of this story” says @carolecadwalla referring to #CambridgeAnalytica and the dark money that funded the Vote Leave campaign #BylineFestival

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

6 years

“Increasing trade with China has been a British aspiration since 1790 and we still trade far more with Ireland, it’s a mirage” great interview with @isabelhilton @BBCr4today

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

6 years

Today would have been Seamus Heaney’s 80th Birthday. We’ll be celebrating him tonight ⁦ @BBCFrontRow ⁩ #Poetry

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

2 years

@PippaCrerar @guardian I wrote a piece for Sunday Times Culture last Spring about levelling up in arts funding and found that the majority of area identified for extra arts cash have Conservative MPs

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Kirsty Lang

@thatkirstylang

2 years

This is a terrifying read and a cautionary tale about what awaits us with #climatechange . 53 degrees in Iraq

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