If we're allowed grandparents I could definitely do a working class background story.
Only slightly ruined by both my parents being professors and having a knighthood and two CBEs between them.
Only slightly ruined by both my parents being professors and having a knighthood and two CBEs between them.
It's quite a fun exercise to try to work out what the most working class and most middle class version of the story of your own social background you could tell. (I could tell wildly different stories about my own social class by picking the biographies of two grandparents - one from each parent.)
June 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
If we're allowed grandparents I could definitely do a working class background story.
Only slightly ruined by both my parents being professors and having a knighthood and two CBEs between them.
Only slightly ruined by both my parents being professors and having a knighthood and two CBEs between them.
Congratulations to Piers Forster, Stephen Belcher and Gideon Henderson for well deserved CBEs in the New Year’s Honours!
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Congratulations to Piers Forster, Stephen Belcher and Gideon Henderson for well deserved CBEs in the New Year’s Honours!
The same reason they're not hungry for it if the reason they've got OBEs, CBEs, knighthoods and whatever else.
That's well fed people prizes. Those don't go to hungry people.
That's well fed people prizes. Those don't go to hungry people.
May 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM
The same reason they're not hungry for it if the reason they've got OBEs, CBEs, knighthoods and whatever else.
That's well fed people prizes. Those don't go to hungry people.
That's well fed people prizes. Those don't go to hungry people.
NY’s Honours:
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
December 31, 2024 at 3:57 AM
NY’s Honours:
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
Headmistress was doing the Very Serious speech for the big annual assembly on the history of the school where lots of Very Important guests were invited. She listed a few, who all had CBEs and OBEs after their name. Ended with "and finally so-and-so, who is not an OBE but we welcome her nonetheless"
Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: A neighbour of one of the teachers gave us a five-minute lecture about kwashiorkor which involved him reciting a list of his favourite words (yes, ‘kwashiorkor’ was one of them). Included the unforgettable phrase, “Diarrhoea, another beautiful word.”
Some dancers once came to our school once and did a routine to Uptown Girl in the middle of assembly. I've still no idea why.
September 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Headmistress was doing the Very Serious speech for the big annual assembly on the history of the school where lots of Very Important guests were invited. She listed a few, who all had CBEs and OBEs after their name. Ended with "and finally so-and-so, who is not an OBE but we welcome her nonetheless"
Just Go Away - Blondie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbES...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbES...
Blondie: "Just Go Away" (1978)
YouTube video by Kingdom of Madness
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just Go Away - Blondie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbES...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbES...
Leasainmneacha Chorca Dhuibhne, 1930í. Bhfuil do chuid ann?
West Kerry Nicknames, 1930s.
CBÉS 425:399-403, Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD. @duchas-ie.bsky.social
West Kerry Nicknames, 1930s.
CBÉS 425:399-403, Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD. @duchas-ie.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Leasainmneacha Chorca Dhuibhne, 1930í. Bhfuil do chuid ann?
West Kerry Nicknames, 1930s.
CBÉS 425:399-403, Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD. @duchas-ie.bsky.social
West Kerry Nicknames, 1930s.
CBÉS 425:399-403, Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD. @duchas-ie.bsky.social
#Onthisday is #Mayday - here are some #Irishfolklore customs from #WestCork www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4811...
May 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
#Onthisday is #Mayday - here are some #Irishfolklore customs from #WestCork www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4811...
November 20, 2023 at 10:12 PM
Obviously not reflecting contemporary perceptions, but doing a word search for Cromwell in the Dúchas Folklore collection is really interesting - often linked to the destruction of Catholic churches - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/scho...
Schools · The Schools' Collection
This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.
www.duchas.ie
April 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Obviously not reflecting contemporary perceptions, but doing a word search for Cromwell in the Dúchas Folklore collection is really interesting - often linked to the destruction of Catholic churches - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/scho...
You've heard of wandering wombs, but have you heard of loose heads? 'Women who were suffering from head-aches, dizziness in the head were believed to have a loose head.' Luckily there's a man with a cure. @nursingclio.bsky.social @duchas-ie.bsky.social (www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921567/4880357/4929980)
January 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You've heard of wandering wombs, but have you heard of loose heads? 'Women who were suffering from head-aches, dizziness in the head were believed to have a loose head.' Luckily there's a man with a cure. @nursingclio.bsky.social @duchas-ie.bsky.social (www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921567/4880357/4929980)
This 11th century bell is associated with St. Cuileán of Glankeen, Co. Tipperary and is also known as Bearnán Cuileáin.
It was found near Borrisoleigh, for the popular tale collected about it, see: www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922...
It was found near Borrisoleigh, for the popular tale collected about it, see: www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922...
June 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This 11th century bell is associated with St. Cuileán of Glankeen, Co. Tipperary and is also known as Bearnán Cuileáin.
It was found near Borrisoleigh, for the popular tale collected about it, see: www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922...
It was found near Borrisoleigh, for the popular tale collected about it, see: www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922...
Tobar Bhríde i gCluain Dolcáin
Brideswell Commons Clondalkin
logainm.ie/ga/17360
'the well of (St.) Bríd'
'..Many people have been cured of sore eyes by going to this well three times and bathing the eyes three times at each visit..'
duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
Brideswell Commons Clondalkin
logainm.ie/ga/17360
'the well of (St.) Bríd'
'..Many people have been cured of sore eyes by going to this well three times and bathing the eyes three times at each visit..'
duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
January 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Tobar Bhríde i gCluain Dolcáin
Brideswell Commons Clondalkin
logainm.ie/ga/17360
'the well of (St.) Bríd'
'..Many people have been cured of sore eyes by going to this well three times and bathing the eyes three times at each visit..'
duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
Brideswell Commons Clondalkin
logainm.ie/ga/17360
'the well of (St.) Bríd'
'..Many people have been cured of sore eyes by going to this well three times and bathing the eyes three times at each visit..'
duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
Enjoying seeing how many Doctor Who guest stars are in the New Year's Honours 2025. Dame Carmen Munroe, Sir Stephen Fry, and CBEs Carey Mulligan, Sarah Lancashire and Anne Reid so far...
December 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Enjoying seeing how many Doctor Who guest stars are in the New Year's Honours 2025. Dame Carmen Munroe, Sir Stephen Fry, and CBEs Carey Mulligan, Sarah Lancashire and Anne Reid so far...
A vanity project turned into a money pit at Nottingham University
Staff pay the price
Those at the top? CBEs, not consequences. Those who didn't understand "listed building" status have moved upward
This tells you everything about UK Higher Education
timeshighereducation.com/news/careers...
Staff pay the price
Those at the top? CBEs, not consequences. Those who didn't understand "listed building" status have moved upward
This tells you everything about UK Higher Education
timeshighereducation.com/news/careers...
June 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
A vanity project turned into a money pit at Nottingham University
Staff pay the price
Those at the top? CBEs, not consequences. Those who didn't understand "listed building" status have moved upward
This tells you everything about UK Higher Education
timeshighereducation.com/news/careers...
Staff pay the price
Those at the top? CBEs, not consequences. Those who didn't understand "listed building" status have moved upward
This tells you everything about UK Higher Education
timeshighereducation.com/news/careers...
#Onthisday is the feast of St Stephen - this is how the day was celebrated in #Galway a century ago www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4583...
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Onthisday is the feast of St Stephen - this is how the day was celebrated in #Galway a century ago www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4583...
Leagan eile
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Leagan eile
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
Cnoc Mordáin, ar maidin. #RadharcNaMaidine #EanachMheáinÁlainn #ConamaraAbú
Cúpla scéilin faoin gcnoc le léamh i mBailúchhán na Scol a bhuí le dúchas. ie 👇
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/tras...
Cúpla scéilin faoin gcnoc le léamh i mBailúchhán na Scol a bhuí le dúchas. ie 👇
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/tras...
March 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Cnoc Mordáin, ar maidin. #RadharcNaMaidine #EanachMheáinÁlainn #ConamaraAbú
Cúpla scéilin faoin gcnoc le léamh i mBailúchhán na Scol a bhuí le dúchas. ie 👇
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/tras...
Cúpla scéilin faoin gcnoc le léamh i mBailúchhán na Scol a bhuí le dúchas. ie 👇
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/tras...
"The foal that is born on May Day has the killing of a man in him. ... If a child who was born on May Day threw stones he would kill somebody." Today's an unlucky day to be born #MayDay #SpéirGhorm #folklore
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
Druim an t-Seagail · The Schools' Collection
This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.
www.duchas.ie
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"The foal that is born on May Day has the killing of a man in him. ... If a child who was born on May Day threw stones he would kill somebody." Today's an unlucky day to be born #MayDay #SpéirGhorm #folklore
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602...
Ainmhí beag beannaithe, óladh siad a sáith!
Cait ar an láimh eile... 😒😆 (is fearr liomsa madaí)
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
Cait ar an láimh eile... 😒😆 (is fearr liomsa madaí)
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ainmhí beag beannaithe, óladh siad a sáith!
Cait ar an láimh eile... 😒😆 (is fearr liomsa madaí)
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
Cait ar an láimh eile... 😒😆 (is fearr liomsa madaí)
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
My pleasure.
Also here's two versions from the National Folklore Collection:
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498...
Also here's two versions from the National Folklore Collection:
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498...
(gan teideal) · Scoil na mBráthar, Cathair na Mart · Bailiúchán na Scol
Bailiúchán béaloidis é seo a chnuasaigh páistí scoile in Éirinn le linn na 1930idí.
www.duchas.ie
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My pleasure.
Also here's two versions from the National Folklore Collection:
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498...
Also here's two versions from the National Folklore Collection:
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498...
B'rróg atá tuillte agaibh ...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649...
October 11, 2023 at 8:50 AM
B'rróg atá tuillte agaibh ...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649...
Naomh Gobnait
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4921...
'Nuair a bhí Naomh Gobnait i mBaile-Mhúirne tháinig daoine iasachta isteach sa pharóiste agus do thosnuigheadar ar Chaisleán do dhéanamh i bpáirc na Biocalann. Níor thaitin le Naomh Gobnait iad do bheith á dhéanamh ann.'
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4921...
'Nuair a bhí Naomh Gobnait i mBaile-Mhúirne tháinig daoine iasachta isteach sa pharóiste agus do thosnuigheadar ar Chaisleán do dhéanamh i bpáirc na Biocalann. Níor thaitin le Naomh Gobnait iad do bheith á dhéanamh ann.'
February 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Naomh Gobnait
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4921...
'Nuair a bhí Naomh Gobnait i mBaile-Mhúirne tháinig daoine iasachta isteach sa pharóiste agus do thosnuigheadar ar Chaisleán do dhéanamh i bpáirc na Biocalann. Níor thaitin le Naomh Gobnait iad do bheith á dhéanamh ann.'
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4921...
'Nuair a bhí Naomh Gobnait i mBaile-Mhúirne tháinig daoine iasachta isteach sa pharóiste agus do thosnuigheadar ar Chaisleán do dhéanamh i bpáirc na Biocalann. Níor thaitin le Naomh Gobnait iad do bheith á dhéanamh ann.'
CBEs (and all the rest of them) should all be put down one enormous bog.
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
CBEs (and all the rest of them) should all be put down one enormous bog.