One of the best presents I've been given this century, was a Waterman's fountain pen. Extremely well made, proper craftsmanship, and a pleasure to write with. It even went in the washing machine twice, and emerged undamaged. You couldn't do that with a computer keyboard.
Exam board OCR said it was introducing "new texts by diverse authors" for its 2023 English Language and Literature A-Level. Looks like the Paddies are not diverse enough, can't wait to see who will replace Friel and Heaney. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61996045
They're even trying to get 1984 by Orwell removed from Universities ffs!! Doesn't fit the modern day woke ideology. I ****ing give up.
Are you fond of a bit of poetry Ciaran? Famous Seamus was a Fenian, so right up your street. And as a Potato Wog, he ticks all the right boxes, apart from being a boring bastard.
Seamus threw his lot in with the Brits not long before he died then Brexit happened and he now looks daft, legacy ruined and black marked. https://www.irishcentral.com/news/n...never-be-a-united-ireland-188813881-237758971
Brexit again https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10972897/Warnings-holidays-Europe-thrown-chaos.html
It does though because you’re in the wrong passport queue shouting slowly in an unintelligible dialect at a bloke you think works at Alicante airport to be allowed through with your black passport.
It fits the ideology of this government. Perhaps a little too well, they don't want kids making the obvious connection to how come chocolate bars, are half the size they used to be.
