As it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the most important thing you can do, *obviously*, is read about gay pirates, on multi-racial, democratically run ships, with disability benefits

Odd this day

As it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here are some things you didn’t know* about pirates.

It’s also the sixth anniversary of this news story, of course. But you knew that

I read Kate Mosse's The Ghost Ship not long ago, also this interesting background article (browser reader mode may or may not get around paywall) and one of my takeaways was that Sayyida al-Hurra would be a fantastic band name www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Kate Mosse on writing about women pirates: ‘This is a proper buccaneering, swashbuckling book’

Her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, was inspired by stories of powerful but sidelined women in history including Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Gráinne O’Malley

oh very progressive, apart from all the murdering.

You'll be telling me they had training days next...

I suspect the distinction between "pirate" and "government authorised tax enforcer" is a subtle one somewhat tainted by point of view. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Zheng Yi Sao

Greg Jenner and guests explore the life of the pirate queen, Zheng Yi Sao.