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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 3h

'Vot voz in zat zoup you gafe me last night?'

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 5d

'London Bridge and the Monument from the South West' (first exhibited, 1791) by Joseph Farington

(Private collection)

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 4h

'You alright Hun?'

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

She is.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

The Trumpian school of history: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

open.substack.com

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

Bird and Baby to reopen: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Plans to reopen Tolkien and Lewis pub in Oxford approved

Planning permission and listed building consent is granted to restore The Eagle and Child in Oxford.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

The press is 'Trumpant' (variation on 'Triumphant) this morning. It is surely the Yahoo, together with Ben Hur and Snotrich who holds the cards. Where's that Palestinian state?

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

The Nobel Peace Prize?

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

And now Witloof praises #TrumpyPumpy... When has Witloof ever done anything else? How else would Witloof have a job?

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

#TrumpyPumpy want to visit Gaza, to open a branch of Butlins?

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 6h

'Come on Bibi light my fire...'

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 21h

The house is dusty.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 21h

A house full of books is a house full of dust.

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 1d

🌻 Glory to Ukraine! ♥🇺🇦
🇺🇦 💛Slava Ukraini! 💙🌻
🌻💙Слава Україні!💛🇺🇦

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

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🇷🇺Fighterbomber reports that the russian Air Force has lost a Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter along with its crew.

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who was "President" on January 6?

I'll tell you cos you don't have 2 brain cells to rub together. Hope the "advanced imagery" was a Brain MRI.

It was YOU, DJT. Pffft 🖕

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 1d

John is a very well remunerated Professional Opiner, a stalwart of the British Scrivener Class.

McSweeney is the Éminence Ginge behind the Forensic Throne, the architect of the Starmer landslide.

Wonderful exposition here of the maleficent cluelessness of both parts of our ruling pol-hackistoracy.

Labour, despite all the evidence, pandering to potential Reform defectors

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 1d

Finally the Eiswein was super, and there is half a bottle left over for tonight. This was, I think only the fourth or so made since the C18. Since 1998 Schloss Johannisberg has been making it more regularly.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 1d

Great trinity: the Veuve 95 was losing its bubble a bit but really intense with waves for peachy flavour. The recently deceased Gerard Perse's Pavie vindicated with this 98 - how they whined about him at the time! I had the 98 Ausone earlier this year. This was more subtle, more enjoyable.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Farage - "Brexit is the best thing to happen: for Russia, For America, for Germany and for democracy."

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 1d

Curious syntax:

Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 2d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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Patrick O. Cohrs @pocohrs.bsky.social · 2d

The first “real” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925 today, 100 years later:

unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/the-locarn...

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 1d

This time last year, we were in Zamora. A truly wonderful town.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

I keep seeing this get posted. The AZ electors were charged a year and a half ago. The AZ Superior Court ENDED the case five months ago. The AZ AG will have to appeal to the AZ Supreme Court or go back and start again with a grand jury. Please stop sharing this.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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