If you know some children and would like a *different* set of witch and wizard books for them, I am here to help.

First up, The Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynn Jones

This has the added benefit of introducing all the other books Diana Wynne Jones wrote, which are also amazing.

The Lost Art of Handwriting

A new book provides a glimpse into how some of the most resoundingly famous writers actually, you know, wrote.

By Sarah Rose Sharp via @hyperallergic

https://hyperallergic.com/928594/the-lost-art-of-handwriting-lesley-smith/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Shahzia%20Sikander%20s%20Sculpture%20Will%20Stay%20Headless&utm_campaign=D071224

#books #handwriting #literature

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Stingray, Anderson Entertainment are about to launch "Marine Minutes", a captivating mini-series designed to enhance your Stingray: Deadly Uprising experience

https://downthetubes.net/anderson-entertainment-about-to-launch-stingray-marine-minutes-minisodes/

How many times did #Republicans try to repeal this funding?

Wonder why?

IRS crackdown on millionaire tax cheats nets more than $1 billion in revenue | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/11/irs-crackdown-on-millionaire-cheats-nets-more-than-1-billion-in-revenue/

This is how it's done:

"Trump is the only man in the presidential race manifestly unworthy of holding a position of power, and has no business ever returning to the White House."

The election is "a choice between a trustworthy public servant who upholds American values and a serial liar who wants to push the country into authoritarianism."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-11/la-trump-unfit-for-office-biden-election

Lovely to see this write-up of the International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC). I went twice as a teenager, to Germany in 1984 and Slovenia in 1985, and had a heck of a time; and I knew Christoph and Jasmina (Ina then) who are mentioned. Something to point out to the astronomy-curious young person in your life.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/international-astronomical-youth-camp