MouldyCat

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Of Mice and Men taken off Wales' GCSE syllabus because of racial slurs - Wales Online in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

The book hasn't been banned, it's just not been selected as a required or optional text in a new English qualification for Welsh schools. Steinbeck is a wonderful author and story-teller, and his stories provide a useful insight into America's difficult recent past in regards to racial segregation (as well as other issues such as oppression of the poor). America is an important country, and it's useful to understand why it remains such a damaged society with deep racial divides even today, but it's not Wales is it.

Woman, 41, killed in dog attack in Aberdeen - BBC News in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Had a google to see what dog it was - couple of reports suggesting it was a "Bully XL" - STV https://news.stv.tv/north/family-devastated-after-much-loved-mum-killed-by-american-bulldog-in-aberdeen-home and I'm afraid the Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/32210765/first-pic-of-mum-mauled-to-death-aberdeen/