In Spanish slang, speaking with total confidence about a subject you know nothing about can be referred to as cuñadismo. It means “brother-in-law-ism” * read on for more of my favourite words and phrases, from various Spanishes, to mark Spanish Language Day…
In 2004, a cleaner at Tate Britain in London threw away an artwork by Gustav Metzger after mistaking it for rubbish. The cleaner failed to realise the plastic bag containing paper and cardboard was an integral part of 'Auto-Destructive Art', and not just litter… www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
She scoured off a layer of paint in a sculpture by late German artist Martin Kippenberger on loan to a museum in Dortmund
Rather ironic, given Trump's talk is all about putting up walls, that "the singular legislative triumph of the Trump administration was getting Congress to approve the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA)". This effectively created a borderless zone between the US and Mexico. (
Interesting article. "Some of Mr. Trump’s cabinet secretaries had a running debate over whether the president was “crazy-crazy,” as one of them put it in an interview after leaving office, or merely someone who promoted “crazy ideas.” Mind you, the end result is the same… @miloprcohen.bsky.social
Enjoyed my chat with Hannah on Talk Radio Europe this afternoon. The topic was jokes, which are things we definitely need as the news becomes grimmer and grimmer all round the world.
"Like many people who desperately want the carnage in Gaza and now Lebanon to end, I have lost hope that Harris will do any meaningful work towards a ceasefire. I dread a Trump presidency, but I also have no enthusiasm for a Harris presidency." Writes Arwa Mahdawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are all now so desensitised to Trump that it can be easy to forget he lacks the ability to string a sentence together. Yet he’s frighteningly close to being back in charge, writes Arwa Mahdawi
"According to the business secretary, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a “real win” for British exporters. But the OBR calculates that membership would add a mere 0.04% to UK output (GDP) over 15 years." Underlining that Labour puts ideology before evidence. www.theguardian.com/business/art...
Since Labour’s victory the new PM and chancellor have hardly stopped warning us that cuts are on the way. It’s no way to turn a country around
"Dr Al-Assar, and his brother and sisters, killed in an airstrike by Israel on their home this morning" Of course, Israel can kill anyone it wants but it can't change the spreading realisation that it is a fundamentally illegitimate state increasingly reliant on a cruel and pitiless reign of terror
