Diana @Diana3
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From The Bookseller magazine, 'Bestselling children’s author David Walliams has been "dropped by HarperCollins" over allegations of "inappropriate behaviour". A statement first reported in the Telegraph, which followed an investigation, read: “After careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, HarperCollins UK has decided not to publish any new titles by David Walliams. The author is aware of this decision. “HarperCollins takes employee wellbeing extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns. To respect the privacy of individuals we do not comment on internal matters.” I hadn't got to the end of that before I thought 'Bet the new CEO is a woman' and yes, I was right - though you could say that it took a CEO with balls to kick out such a best-selling author. I'm assuming that a lot of people here know who he is because of the kids' books – I only know him from his TV work and had always thought him creepy. -
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I have BBC Radio 3 on all day while I'm working, as classical music doesn't distract me from rearranging words on a page. But I did listen more closely to this lovely programme with Jools Holland and artist Glen Baxter, which has some uplifting jazz as well as classical https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002mc0t It made this truly miserable-weather day seem sunnier. -
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I feel fairly sure that few or none of us largely elderly folk engage in this modern habit, but this link might be useful to pass on to daughters/granddaughters https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/sexually-active-young-people-uk-choking-strangulation-sex There’s a further link below the piece, I think. -
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This is fascinating stuff, or at least I think so: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/medieval-hungarian-duke-was-murdered-in-a-brutal-and-coordinated-attack-forensic-analysis-reveals Incredible that experts can find out so much detail. I had no idea that eating seafood could throw off radiocarbon dates (why would I have?) -
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Does anyone have a particular recommendation? I normally dream up my own passwords, which I keep in a locked Word doc (not named 'Passwords'!) but had an alarm the other night when I got a pop-up on a Safari page saying my Mac had been hacked – I swiftly crashed it then created a new password to get into it. Today I've been told by a knowledgeable friend that didn't necessarily mean it really had been hacked, but I'm wondering if a password manager might be a good idea - though Intego should warn me of any intrusion and did, if indeed it was hacked. I don't know what a warning from Intego would look like, as opposed to the pop-ups my friend referred to. (Does any of that make sense? I've been fretting over this for some while this afternoon and am losing it altogether, I think!) Anyway, Roboform, Nordpass and 1Password seem to be well-recommended password managers. -
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This morning I was feeling fed up about all the things going wrong with my house until I read this. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/29/no-more-children-are-going-to-die-like-you-how-sheffield-mother-kept-her-promise-to-boys-killed-by-father-11-years-ago That poor woman - I hope she manages to find some happiness in the rest of her life. -
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I've just had a reminder about this, which I did actually already know about (though it's quite conceivable I wouldn't have done, being terminally vague in some respects). I could never remember which way they were supposed to go, until someone said to me 'Spring forward, fall back' - so I'm just offering that here in case anyone else is similarly clock-challenged! -
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/13/tommy-robinson-says-elon-musk-is-paying-his-legal-costs-as-trial-begins I find it deeply worrying that the richest man in the world is willing to pay legal fees for British far right activists - and is therefore probably willing to fund them in other ways too. -
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Would anyone else like to sign the petition to get this disgraceful woman chucked out of the House of Lords? https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mone-2 When I signed it, others seemed to be signing at a rate of about one or two per second! Then I want all her profits from her unfit-for-use Covid product removed from her. -
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Facebook just presented me with this - Carole King, Aretha Franklin and the elegant, sophisticated Obamas compared to the crude, greedy lout in charge now. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1860916141427719 See the comment below it, from someone who has to live with it (though given the power of the US, we all do). -
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A message appeared on my screen saying that my ukpowernetworks account had been accessed and I should create a strong password - or something to that effect. Immediate panic so I can't now recall in what form the message appeared, nor can I find it! It's not in my email inbox. Microsoft Word was also mentioned - I do have my password for ukpowernetworks in a Word doc but that is also password protected and I think wasn't open at the time. Has anyone else had anything similar? -
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From the Guardian: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” wrote Darren Beattie, who now has a senior job in the state department, on X in October. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.” Obviously Beattie thinks he's competent - others of us might think he's lacking some brain cells. -
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Here’s a long and very interesting piece on Donald Trump by Sidney Blumenthal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/sycophancy-toadying-trump-self-aggrandizement It could have done with a little copy-editing in places to reconstruct a few sentences to make them clearer, but I dare say the Guardian may have agreed to leave it untouched. It really is a horrifying tale. Would the British electorate vote in such numbers for someone so appallingly unsuitable? I do hope not. And I really, really wish someone would assassinate Trump before more damage is done. -
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