Ian P
@goatteeboy.bsky.social
Rugby fan - Leicester Tigers & Wales
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Partial to a craft beer
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Partial to a craft beer
This gem in this week’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social about rugby’s most popular ‘Award winning journalist’…
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This gem in this week’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social about rugby’s most popular ‘Award winning journalist’…
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Mark Rutte has handed Donald Trump a piece of paper with ‘turn over to read our Greenland offer’ on both sides & that will occupy him for weeks
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Mark Rutte has handed Donald Trump a piece of paper with ‘turn over to read our Greenland offer’ on both sides & that will occupy him for weeks
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This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
…or of interest.
Beckham family estrangement is neither rare nor unique, say therapists
Beckham family estrangement is neither rare nor unique, say therapists
Family splits are more common than people realise and are typically caused by abuse, new partners and differing beliefs
Family therapists say they typically come across three reasons why parents and children become estranged: abuse, new partners, and irreconcilable differences over morals, values and beliefs.
At least two of these were evident in the Beckhams’ highly publicised family feud, which culminated in Brooklyn Beckham’s scathing Instagram post this week announcing his estrangement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM
…or of interest.
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Trump Ramblespeech remix…
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Trump Ramblespeech remix…
Man Of The People latest:
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Man Of The People latest:
“Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
Impressive stuff from Carney, let’s hope they can live up to it.
Impressive stuff from Carney, let’s hope they can live up to it.
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
Impressive stuff from Carney, let’s hope they can live up to it.
Impressive stuff from Carney, let’s hope they can live up to it.
Trump: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've dome some damage but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happens as my finger fell off."
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
If this press conference doesn’t prove to Americans that he’s senile then I don’t know what will. #bulldogclip
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If this press conference doesn’t prove to Americans that he’s senile then I don’t know what will. #bulldogclip
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Lithograph by Peter Brook from his Twelve Months of the Year
Series 1976-7 ‘January Pennine Valley’
Dimensions 51 x 71 cm.
Series 1976-7 ‘January Pennine Valley’
Dimensions 51 x 71 cm.
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Lithograph by Peter Brook from his Twelve Months of the Year
Series 1976-7 ‘January Pennine Valley’
Dimensions 51 x 71 cm.
Series 1976-7 ‘January Pennine Valley’
Dimensions 51 x 71 cm.
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Morning all.
Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963.
Photographer Don McCullin.
Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963.
Photographer Don McCullin.
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Morning all.
Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963.
Photographer Don McCullin.
Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963.
Photographer Don McCullin.
Goodey and Wilson are like rugby’s equivalent of the Chuckle Brothers, without the humour.
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Goodey and Wilson are like rugby’s equivalent of the Chuckle Brothers, without the humour.
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Everybody was sure that Somebody would stop Trump invading Greenland. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Everybody was sure that Somebody would stop Trump invading Greenland. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
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Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
AI Speech Fix Service | Mathew Owen | Manchester
Used ChatGTP for your wedding speech and you're now regretting it?
Don't worry, I can fix it.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
Don’t forget to get your fat balls out, it’s Big Garden Birdwatch next weekend.
a cartoon character with a plant in his head
ALT: a cartoon character with a plant in his head
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Don’t forget to get your fat balls out, it’s Big Garden Birdwatch next weekend.
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Cleminson Street, Salford. Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Cleminson Street, Salford. Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.
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How it started ... How it's going
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How it started ... How it's going
Further adventures in AF beer…
My first AF stout from Tartarus, Moon Rabbit. It’s a bit heavy on the vanilla and tonka for me, but a nice enough change.
My first AF stout from Tartarus, Moon Rabbit. It’s a bit heavy on the vanilla and tonka for me, but a nice enough change.
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Further adventures in AF beer…
My first AF stout from Tartarus, Moon Rabbit. It’s a bit heavy on the vanilla and tonka for me, but a nice enough change.
My first AF stout from Tartarus, Moon Rabbit. It’s a bit heavy on the vanilla and tonka for me, but a nice enough change.
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Gwendoline Spewing
England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
January 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Gwendoline Spewing
England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
Try not to sing along…😂
January 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Try not to sing along…😂