That’s lovely, P.

Sadly, our lovely friend Linda has left us. Julia says it was a peaceful ending; Linda was in a deep sleep and was in no pain.

Julia says that your messages, emails and thoughts meant a lot to Linda, and to […]

Update, posted at Julia’s request:

Today I read Linda the names of everyone on this group and the Afterword members who had emailed messages, and other friends and family, and that we all loved her. She heard a […]

I’m sure your message was perfect. Linda would be very comforted to hear from you. X

Thanks, both. I know Linda will so appreciate your thoughts. X

Reposted at Julia’s request:

Dear all,
Linda always wanted me to be upfront so I wanted to let you know that she is very comfortable, sleepy and at peace.
She is not swallowing and that is an indicator that t […]

Totally agree with this. Linda is such a source of joy to many of us.

Julia has given a recent update, so please send a message as soon as you can , should you wish to.

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I would agree that it’s very interesting on issues of race/ethnicity, belonging and ‘Frenchness’.

A lot of people have complained about the glaci […]

Bof. *shrugs*

Brexit?! Putain de bordel de merde!

Je suis une bien pensant Guardianista, naturellement.

Agree with The 1975. 80s kid here too and although I have no idea what these young people are going on about, they do have an 80s vibe.

See also Everything Everything and Metronomy (but not the latest […]

From Alain Dougnac:

Episode 1 provides an interesting illustration of the T/V (tu/vous) distinction in French-spoken social interactions.

During Rayan’s interview, Gilou and Rayan’s lawyer fence over the use […]

Nice on the use of slang:

Also on Graun comments the other day was a nice bit about the translation of the interrogation scene with Gilou and the 15 year old- hinged in the tu/vous distinction which is obviously […]

Thanks, I didn’t know it was on. That’s this evening sorted.

Series 8 has been commissioned!

Guardian Spiral blog (and comments) is worth a look.

Oh, this is a great post.

Firmly at Stage 7. I can confirm that they WILL watch those Futurama DVDs. All of them, many times.

Agree. And it does work . (Or did.)

Christ , I’ll be 65 by then!

Might go on a world cruise.

I think it’s the same for everyone. It’s just relentless.

I forget this though and always think other people have it easier. I had a coffee with a mother I had dismissed as PTA Queen Mean Girl Having-it-All wom […]

Aw, thank you, too kind!

I thought bringing up children would get easier, but it’s actually getting harder. It’s not really time that’s the issue but I’m finding that the emotional input needed increas […]

Nice idea for a post! @carolina

Hope you are doing ok and so sorry I’ve not been in touch- life stuff. 🙁 Thank you for the book recommendation!