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That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie

#Britain #font #history #slab #typography

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Block Telethon 1992 — the day we ‘pissed on pity’ | by Georgia | Medium

#Britain #disability_culture #history #protests #television | <blockquote>The Telethon was a 24-hour charity broadcast which raised money for disabled people — and patronised them in the process. The campaign to rid TV screens of ITV’s Telethon began in early summer 1990…</blockquote>

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Gin’s Journey in Britain, From ‘Mother’s Ruin’ to a Hipster Drink - The New York Times

#Britain #alcohol #culture #gin #history

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Polari, the gay dialect, can be heard in this great short film “Putting on the Dish.”

#Britain #dialect #history #homosexuality #language #polari #preservation | <blockquote>Of all the cultural forms that gay men have created and elaborated since coalescing into a social group around the late 19th century, Polari, a full-fledged gay English dialect with roots among circus folk, sailors, and prostitutes, has to be one of the most fascinating—not least since it has faded...</blockquote>

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