Erstwhile geologist and fount of geographical facts. Married to @melharbour with 1 boat, 6 bikes & 2 Thule Chariots. Novice domestic goddess.
Cambridge, UK
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Sarah Harbour retweeted
A remarkable and deeply moving photograph capturing the first two minutes of silence in London, 106 years ago on Tuesday 11th November 1919.
The first time a grieving nation held its collective breath.
Lest we forget.
Struggling a bit with question 5 here... What do they want, a proof? 🤯 W/ @melharbour
Sarah Harbour retweeted
John Lewis Christmas advert sends a dangerous message to women 🚨🎄
What a brilliant piece from the Daily Express, and they're absolutely spot on! 👏
In this year's advert, Gloria and Pickles, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas plays a grandmother who jumps in a London rickshaw (a tuk-tuk) to go Christmas shopping at John Lewis for disco balls and fairy lights to build a "gran cave" for her grandchildren.
The Express writer watched it "in horror". She points out that these rickshaw cabs "plague central London" and are an extremely dangerous way to travel, especially for a woman on her own. She says she would never dream of setting foot in one, and that there are horror stories almost every day of women, often tourists, being targeted by unscrupulous drivers. 😡
So why on earth is John Lewis glamorising them in its flagship Christmas advert?
It's not just the Express. Piers Morgan called it "possibly the worst advert I've ever seen for anything", and said it "would actively dissuade me from going to John Lewis". Sharron Davies, Dan Walker and Kirstie Allsopp have all slammed it too.
I couldn't agree with the Express more. Do you? 👇
