The #BlackAndTans arrived in Ireland in 1920 on #ThisDayInHistory, sent by #WinstonChurchill to engage in brutal #colonial warfare. Their violence as the #RoyalIrishConstabulary, paired with the regular army and #Ulster's auxiliary militias, still failed.

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
-- Winston Churchill

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#Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology

Churchill reminds us: service grows our spirit. We make a life through steady acts of kindness.
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A 200-Year-Old London Restaurant Gets a Glow-Up

Jeremy King Revitalizes a 200-Year-Old RestaurantCourtesy Simpson’s in the Strand Above: Jeremy King worked with his longtime designer, Shayne Brady of…
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#破土 | 可以換掉5英鎊上的邱吉爾嗎? | 路易士老師 | 英史補習班

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政治人物始終最受注意,更何況是誰都認識、二戰保衞英國抗擊希特拉的邱吉爾呢?若給狐狸、獾、海狸、松鼠、水獺、鹿與海豹等成了主角,還成體統嗎?這不是什麼「左膠」作祟,或者「去國民教育」呢?

不過,我們若做一點「歷史研究」,就明白其實紙幣裏的人物一直有如走馬燈。邱吉爾的肖像其實在2016年推出新版5英鎊紙鈔時才出現,並且是取代伊利沙伯‧弗萊(Elizabeth Fry)的。弗萊是著名的女社會改革家,尤其著力於監獄改革。當英倫銀行宣布將由邱吉爾「取代」弗萊登上新版5英鎊紙鈔時,也引發爭議。有女性主義團體甚至威脅依《Equality Act 2010》提出法律行動,要求銀行重新考慮並選擇女性人物。

誰的肖像可出現在鈔票上,或誰比誰重要當然是可討論的。但在英國紙幣界說「自古有之,一直如此,永保江山」...
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Thomas Vinterberg – „Der Rausch“ (2020)

„Es begann als Film über Alkohol und Freundschaft, und dann hatten wir den Ehrgeiz, ihn zu einem Film über das Leben zu machen. Es geht nicht nur darum, am Leben zu sein, sondern zu leben.“ (Thomas Vinterberg, Regisseur) (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/mads-mikkelsen-der-rausch-2020/

Q: Would 𝘆𝗼𝘂 prefer a beaver on a £𝟱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲, instead of replace Sir #WinstonChurchill?

#BankOfEngland #UK #NigelFarage #EdDavey

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