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Phillis Wheatley at 250: The 1773 Book, a First Portrait and a UW-Madison Collaboration That Follows Her Poems Through Two and a Half Centuries

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Phillis Wheatley at 250: The 1773 Book, a First Portrait and a UW-Madison Collaboration That Follows Her Poems Through Two and a Half Centuries – Fine Books Magazine on a display marking 250 years of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, with all the gaps the page leaves

John Lawson Says Reform Was Elected to Cut Tax Is ‘a Bit of a Misnomer’: PoliticsHome on the Headwinds, Read by a Supporter

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John Lawson Says Reform Was Elected to Cut Tax Is ‘a Bit of a Misnomer’: PoliticsHome on the Headwinds, Read by a Supporter – The 8 January 2026 PoliticsHome report on draft Reform council budgets, with a quote that the party’s own councillor offered

Burnham’s Cabinet Marked by the Institute for Government: Sixty-One PPSs, a Split Department and Several Ministers Back From the Wilderness

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Burnham’s Cabinet Marked by the Institute for Government: Sixty-One PPSs, a Split Department and Several Ministers Back From the Wilderness – A pseudonymous prat.uk writer reads the July government-formation notes with a red pen and finds that the homework was set by someone else

Who Votes in Africa in 2026? A January Roundup Lists Uganda, Benin, Ethiopia, Zambia and the Gambia in December, Read in Late October

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Who Votes in Africa in 2026? A January Roundup Lists Uganda, Benin, Ethiopia, Zambia and the Gambia in December, Read in Late October – RFI’s year-ahead piece, republished by allAfrica, checked against what has happened since and what remains

Nigeria’s 2027 Election Timetable: 16 January for the Presidency, 6 February for Governors and an INEC Denial of a Circulating Graphic

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Nigeria’s 2027 Election Timetable: 16 January for the Presidency, 6 February for Governors and an INEC Denial of a Circulating Graphic – What the Voice of Nigeria reported in February, what INEC said in July, and the date a Lagos-born poet has circled twice

Spring-heeled Jack, Plague Pits and the Ravens: A Voice of London Feature on Urban Legends, With Its Own Mix-Ups Marked in Red

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Spring-heeled Jack, Plague Pits and the Ravens: A Voice of London Feature on Urban Legends, With Its Own Mix-Ups Marked in Red – A 2020 student feature on London’s myths, which debunks some and slips on others, read by a diarist who loves both

The Koh-i-Noor, Re-Labelled a ‘Symbol of Conquest’ at the Tower of London: A 2023 Display Revisited by a Doctor of 1800s India

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The Koh-i-Noor, Re-Labelled a ‘Symbol of Conquest’ at the Tower of London: A 2023 Display Revisited by a Doctor of 1800s India – The Wire’s March 2023 report on a Jewel House display, read in 2026 and labelled as old news with an interesting afterlife

From Starmer to Burnham Without a Ballot: A Wikipedia Timeline of the 2026 Labour Leadership Crisis, Dates Wobbling and All

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From Starmer to Burnham Without a Ballot: A Wikipedia Timeline of the 2026 Labour Leadership Crisis, Dates Wobbling and All – A pseudonymous diarist grumbles, lawfully, about a Prime Minister chosen unopposed, and reports only what the page says

UK Inflation Hits 3.5% in September, Petrol Up 8.2p and a Diary Entry Written Slightly Above Room Temperature

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UK Inflation Hits 3.5% in September, Petrol Up 8.2p and a Diary Entry Written Slightly Above Room Temperature – The ONS figure for September 2026 as AJ Bell and BabyPips reported it on 21 October, with the numbers checked against each other

C2C 2027: Riley Green, Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll Lead the Bill, and I Have Opinions About My Bank Balance

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C2C 2027: Riley Green, Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll Lead the Bill, and I Have Opinions About My Bank Balance – A diary entry on the Country to Country 2027 line-up as Smooth Radio reported it, with the dates, the names and a careful note about which venues are confirmed