Larry Ogden
@hifilarry.bsky.social
Owner of HiFi businesses in South Manchester. European. Visit London a lot. Boring centrist.
Fascinated by music, wine, food, theatre, & beer.
Feel the world should be nudged into better, not lambasted.
HiFi people follow @theaudioworks on BlueSky
Fascinated by music, wine, food, theatre, & beer.
Feel the world should be nudged into better, not lambasted.
HiFi people follow @theaudioworks on BlueSky
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Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."
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A source has revealed that someone in the BBC not only holds, but has expressed a left of Farage opinion. An investigation has been launched to identify and discipline the culprit.
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A source has revealed that someone in the BBC not only holds, but has expressed a left of Farage opinion. An investigation has been launched to identify and discipline the culprit.
I see @jayrayner1.bsky.social taking a swipe at “The Michelin tasting menu” hegemony. About time too.
Whatever Knife Edge shows us about tortured chefs seeking stars, I have had too much mediocre, neither adventurous nor beautiful, food served up to me in London’s star establishments.
Whatever Knife Edge shows us about tortured chefs seeking stars, I have had too much mediocre, neither adventurous nor beautiful, food served up to me in London’s star establishments.
December 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I see @jayrayner1.bsky.social taking a swipe at “The Michelin tasting menu” hegemony. About time too.
Whatever Knife Edge shows us about tortured chefs seeking stars, I have had too much mediocre, neither adventurous nor beautiful, food served up to me in London’s star establishments.
Whatever Knife Edge shows us about tortured chefs seeking stars, I have had too much mediocre, neither adventurous nor beautiful, food served up to me in London’s star establishments.
Fuck! Imagine this is your country. Imagine that this is OK with the people of that country.
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Fuck! Imagine this is your country. Imagine that this is OK with the people of that country.
Invest in British industry, says the government.
3% of MP pension investments in UK stocks.
Britain’s problem with its politicians in a single fact.
3% of MP pension investments in UK stocks.
Britain’s problem with its politicians in a single fact.
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Invest in British industry, says the government.
3% of MP pension investments in UK stocks.
Britain’s problem with its politicians in a single fact.
3% of MP pension investments in UK stocks.
Britain’s problem with its politicians in a single fact.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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I heard Speaker Johnson was trafficking Anne Frank
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I heard Speaker Johnson was trafficking Anne Frank
Food, drink, music….
….you can have your own ideas, you can carry your own prejudices, but when beautiful reality slaps you in the face, you’re lost.
Stuff that can make you laugh & cry (and at the same time) has to be experienced
….you can have your own ideas, you can carry your own prejudices, but when beautiful reality slaps you in the face, you’re lost.
Stuff that can make you laugh & cry (and at the same time) has to be experienced
Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
on.ft.com/4oROANd
on.ft.com/4oROANd
Help! My children have got opinions about where to eat
Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
on.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Food, drink, music….
….you can have your own ideas, you can carry your own prejudices, but when beautiful reality slaps you in the face, you’re lost.
Stuff that can make you laugh & cry (and at the same time) has to be experienced
….you can have your own ideas, you can carry your own prejudices, but when beautiful reality slaps you in the face, you’re lost.
Stuff that can make you laugh & cry (and at the same time) has to be experienced
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Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
on.ft.com/4oROANd
on.ft.com/4oROANd
Help! My children have got opinions about where to eat
Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
on.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
on.ft.com/4oROANd
on.ft.com/4oROANd
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NEW PRODUCT AcouPlex Turntable Mat - Just in time for Christmas!
More tuneful, better timing, better microdynamics, lower noise floor = elevated music reproduction.
More tuneful, better timing, better microdynamics, lower noise floor = elevated music reproduction.
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NEW PRODUCT AcouPlex Turntable Mat - Just in time for Christmas!
More tuneful, better timing, better microdynamics, lower noise floor = elevated music reproduction.
More tuneful, better timing, better microdynamics, lower noise floor = elevated music reproduction.
Off to Paris for the New Year. Thought I’d take a pair of step ladders to help pay for the expenses.
Does the French govt look at your social media?
Does the French govt look at your social media?
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Off to Paris for the New Year. Thought I’d take a pair of step ladders to help pay for the expenses.
Does the French govt look at your social media?
Does the French govt look at your social media?
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Absolutely.
We also have a few Gail design “Accuphase” T-shirts available through the shop.
We also have a few Gail design “Accuphase” T-shirts available through the shop.
Something different?
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
LAST CHANCE for #Christmas delivery on framed prints, large prints, mugs, cushions, t-shirts, phone cases, notebooks, and tote bags.
Orders need to be in TODAY (Friday 12th Dec).
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Orders need to be in TODAY (Friday 12th Dec).
gailmyerscough.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Absolutely.
We also have a few Gail design “Accuphase” T-shirts available through the shop.
We also have a few Gail design “Accuphase” T-shirts available through the shop.
Something different?
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
LAST CHANCE for #Christmas delivery on framed prints, large prints, mugs, cushions, t-shirts, phone cases, notebooks, and tote bags.
Orders need to be in TODAY (Friday 12th Dec).
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Orders need to be in TODAY (Friday 12th Dec).
gailmyerscough.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Something different?
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
Something designed in Manchester?
Go Gail
If I now listened to the BBC R4 Today programme, I’d know whether this was still one of their favourite independent expert think tanks?
Do they still appear?
Do they still appear?
Incredible that The Institute of Economic Affairs continues to get such a platform from the media as though it's some kind of neutral commentator (including the BBC) when they don't declare their funders - exposures like this just demonstrate why they don't. Great work from @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If I now listened to the BBC R4 Today programme, I’d know whether this was still one of their favourite independent expert think tanks?
Do they still appear?
Do they still appear?
I have no words.
"He was reputed to be the first person in the country to receive a football banning order when they were introduced, and spent several spells in prison in his younger days for football-related violence."
Well-known Bristol football fan died in tragic fall from lamppost
City fan Paul Lumber was a published author of books about the days of football casuals in the 1980s
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have no words.
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Hear this beautiful loudspeaker only at The AudioWorks. The high end speaker bargain of……
…..well, forever.
…..well, forever.
The phenomenal Peak Consult Sonora. Loudspeaker of the year in 2 prestigious HiFi publications.
HiFi+ magazine award for best speaker in its price range, and the online magazine , The Ear!
HiFi+ magazine award for best speaker in its price range, and the online magazine , The Ear!
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hear this beautiful loudspeaker only at The AudioWorks. The high end speaker bargain of……
…..well, forever.
…..well, forever.
I suspect many ‘civilised’ countries are going to find out that human rights were a construction to appease consciences of post war leaders. And indeed no such rights in fact exist.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I suspect many ‘civilised’ countries are going to find out that human rights were a construction to appease consciences of post war leaders. And indeed no such rights in fact exist.
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man…
…just not in the USA.
…just not in the USA.
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Cometh the hour, cometh the man…
…just not in the USA.
…just not in the USA.
Do any AI models appear to conform to the three laws of robotics?
Existential question.
Existential question.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Do any AI models appear to conform to the three laws of robotics?
Existential question.
Existential question.
Still want to visit Trump’s USA?
No. Me neither.
No. Me neither.
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Still want to visit Trump’s USA?
No. Me neither.
No. Me neither.
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I really like the color and textures of this photo!
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I really like the color and textures of this photo!
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
Currently setting up the arts paralympics on BBC Radio 4 WATO.
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Currently setting up the arts paralympics on BBC Radio 4 WATO.
Why does London have bus services that are a joy to use, and the rest of us struggle. Gentrification?
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Why does London have bus services that are a joy to use, and the rest of us struggle. Gentrification?