Bob Hawkins
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Bob Hawkins
@bobhawkins.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Birthday meal in the National portrait gallery restaurant.. with glorious Mary Poppins views of the London skyline.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Dim Philby heads for Moscow.. again. #r4today
US special envoy Steve Witkoff expected to visit Moscow on Wednesday – as it happened
Witkoff expected to visit Russia as latest deadline set by Donald Trump exires on Friday, requiring Putin to agree to a ceasefire or face sanctions
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Dim Philby heads for Moscow.. again. #r4today
You watch ‘call my bluff’ for the jolly wordplay.. but end up being mesmerised by Robert Robinson’s comb over.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
You watch ‘call my bluff’ for the jolly wordplay.. but end up being mesmerised by Robert Robinson’s comb over.
Re-watched your BLM on the Knighthayes Rembrandt self portrait.. i find the intransigence of Ernst van de Wetering very puzzling,all that scientific evidence dismissed out of hand.. & if not Rembrandt who? @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Re-watched your BLM on the Knighthayes Rembrandt self portrait.. i find the intransigence of Ernst van de Wetering very puzzling,all that scientific evidence dismissed out of hand.. & if not Rembrandt who? @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
Tractors in villages… whatever next. #thearchers
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tractors in villages… whatever next. #thearchers
A beaver release you say. #thearchers
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A beaver release you say. #thearchers
I kept on about ‘the Stone Tape’ to my German wife who’d never seen it,I only the original transmission, so i was very excited to see it with her a few years ago.. it was absolutely dire.
This week! Friday 28th November at 10:10pm THE STONE TAPE (1972) with #MichaelBryant #JaneAsher #IanCuthbertson sci-fi-horror #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I kept on about ‘the Stone Tape’ to my German wife who’d never seen it,I only the original transmission, so i was very excited to see it with her a few years ago.. it was absolutely dire.
If this recently discovered Michelangelo drawing for the Sistine chapel’s sold for $2million (it’ll be more) what’s this drawing worth in the British museum?
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If this recently discovered Michelangelo drawing for the Sistine chapel’s sold for $2million (it’ll be more) what’s this drawing worth in the British museum?
From the Guardian.. an easy enough mistake to make.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
From the Guardian.. an easy enough mistake to make.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... an excellent start to this years Reith lectures series. #Reithlecture
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... an excellent start to this years Reith lectures series. #Reithlecture
The BBC should be ashamed,we all know the truth of the corrupt line.. Robbie Gibb at work?.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The BBC should be ashamed,we all know the truth of the corrupt line.. Robbie Gibb at work?.
Steve Rosenberg threw his hat into the ring to be BBC DG as a 13yr old schoolboy .. I can’t think of anyone more capable of filling a very demanding post. #r4today
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Steve Rosenberg threw his hat into the ring to be BBC DG as a 13yr old schoolboy .. I can’t think of anyone more capable of filling a very demanding post. #r4today
Today’s the feast day of St Catherine of Alexandria,patron saint of amongst other things,unmarried women,librarians & knife sharpeners…. here painted as a self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi National gallery London
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today’s the feast day of St Catherine of Alexandria,patron saint of amongst other things,unmarried women,librarians & knife sharpeners…. here painted as a self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi National gallery London
www.theguardian.com/environment/... talking of endangered species.. the German hairy snail. #r4today
Search is on for the German hairy snail in London
Conchologists, and citizen scientists team up to seek out endangered mollusc species along River Thames
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... talking of endangered species.. the German hairy snail. #r4today
As an #thearchers listener for more years than I care to remember I believe my application to become the BBC’s new Director general has I think to be taken seriously.
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As an #thearchers listener for more years than I care to remember I believe my application to become the BBC’s new Director general has I think to be taken seriously.
Who’s Leonard taking up Lakey hill tonight?… I understand auntie cardboard’s pencilled in for tomorrow. #thearchers
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Who’s Leonard taking up Lakey hill tonight?… I understand auntie cardboard’s pencilled in for tomorrow. #thearchers
Still Life with Pie, Pewter Jug and Berkemeyer by Pieter Claesz 53x87cm c1628 oil on panel. on loan at the National gallery London Room 23
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Still Life with Pie, Pewter Jug and Berkemeyer by Pieter Claesz 53x87cm c1628 oil on panel. on loan at the National gallery London Room 23
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It's next Saturday! - and a few tickets are left. Book now if you want to hear Joseph Hayden's _CREATION_ in #Beckenham. All details and link to online booking at www.beckenhamchorale.org.uk/next-concert
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's next Saturday! - and a few tickets are left. Book now if you want to hear Joseph Hayden's _CREATION_ in #Beckenham. All details and link to online booking at www.beckenhamchorale.org.uk/next-concert