JMcN
@jmcn.bsky.social
Books, motorcycles, and dog sitter. IC #36
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
One for you @artemisapphire.bsky.social
Stop it Jeff, you’re too beautiful.
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
One for you @artemisapphire.bsky.social
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📚 We have SIGNED copies of Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray
An exuberant, irreverent, and very funny novel about a messy friendship/feud/love unfolding across 18 years
“A DAZZLING WRITER. A HUGE TALENT” - Gillian Anderson ✨
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
An exuberant, irreverent, and very funny novel about a messy friendship/feud/love unfolding across 18 years
“A DAZZLING WRITER. A HUGE TALENT” - Gillian Anderson ✨
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
📚 We have SIGNED copies of Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray
An exuberant, irreverent, and very funny novel about a messy friendship/feud/love unfolding across 18 years
“A DAZZLING WRITER. A HUGE TALENT” - Gillian Anderson ✨
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
An exuberant, irreverent, and very funny novel about a messy friendship/feud/love unfolding across 18 years
“A DAZZLING WRITER. A HUGE TALENT” - Gillian Anderson ✨
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
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Do give our new podcast a listen! There’s a range of episodes from History to Politics to Music and even some choice fiction. We’re having lots of fun!
This week, we learn about Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. as @brownupolisci.bsky.social's @marionorrauthor.bsky.social joins us to try to convince you to buy his biography of the most consequential Black Congressman you've never heard of!
🎧: pod.fo/e/387c9b
📺: youtu.be/tWqCrERMies
#booksky
🎧: pod.fo/e/387c9b
📺: youtu.be/tWqCrERMies
#booksky
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Do give our new podcast a listen! There’s a range of episodes from History to Politics to Music and even some choice fiction. We’re having lots of fun!
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February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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I earn a little from my books but not my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm, which is worth a lot to me. Surviving as a creative is increasingly hard. Only if you can, support me here: www.patreon.com/cw/MirandaKe... you’ll get lovely exclusive content! ❤️
Miranda Keeling | Patreon
Observations of everyday life. Mindful writing exercises.
www.patreon.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I earn a little from my books but not my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm, which is worth a lot to me. Surviving as a creative is increasingly hard. Only if you can, support me here: www.patreon.com/cw/MirandaKe... you’ll get lovely exclusive content! ❤️
The book gods have been kind today. From the fantastic @foxlanebooks.bsky.social and the generous @geoffreymawson.bsky.social. Geoff your comments on the wrapping paper made me laugh out loud, thank you. Double #histbookchat
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The book gods have been kind today. From the fantastic @foxlanebooks.bsky.social and the generous @geoffreymawson.bsky.social. Geoff your comments on the wrapping paper made me laugh out loud, thank you. Double #histbookchat
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It's official, the publication date will be 13 August 2026. Preorders available here: thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/...
Madam V - Virginia Vernon’s War
Virginia Vernon was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War. Her fluent French, a result of studying in Paris as a teenager, and her understanding o...
thehistorypress.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
It's official, the publication date will be 13 August 2026. Preorders available here: thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/...
Saw this off the plot last night. A good book. I got my copy, and All Quiet on The Western Front, from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social.
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Saw this off the plot last night. A good book. I got my copy, and All Quiet on The Western Front, from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It's been heartbreaking seeing so many people I know use ChatGPT to generate "caricatures" when I am married to a living, breathing caricaturist. This technology was built off theft. It's soulless & bland. Here's caricatures by @tealcartoons.bsky.social to remind people what human art looks like.
February 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It's been heartbreaking seeing so many people I know use ChatGPT to generate "caricatures" when I am married to a living, breathing caricaturist. This technology was built off theft. It's soulless & bland. Here's caricatures by @tealcartoons.bsky.social to remind people what human art looks like.
A packed pod. From duelling Montys to a sad moment of reflection, it’s all there. @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social put together a good way to end the week.
🚨 It's here! It's the 23rd December 1943, and it's all kicking off in the #NewsoftheWar. Starting with the front page headlines that someone's sunk a five-square battleship. And if you get that reference, you're as old as one of our podcast hosts. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
A packed pod. From duelling Montys to a sad moment of reflection, it’s all there. @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social put together a good way to end the week.
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As a doctor, I am horrified by what I saw at the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
As a doctor, I am horrified by what I saw at the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Don’t forget we have two live #Betwixt shows coming your way in May! We’re in Edinburgh on 23rd May and London Town on the 25th. Get our tickets through the link in my bio or go to fane.co.uk/betwixt and I will see you there!
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Don’t forget we have two live #Betwixt shows coming your way in May! We’re in Edinburgh on 23rd May and London Town on the 25th. Get our tickets through the link in my bio or go to fane.co.uk/betwixt and I will see you there!
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A FANTASTIC review by @kermodemovie.bsky.social of Melania.
An Amazon bribe
A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda
& then you realise it's a heist movie in which a crime family break into the seat of power and steal the cutlery whilst destroying democracy
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
An Amazon bribe
A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda
& then you realise it's a heist movie in which a crime family break into the seat of power and steal the cutlery whilst destroying democracy
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
A FANTASTIC review by @kermodemovie.bsky.social of Melania.
An Amazon bribe
A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda
& then you realise it's a heist movie in which a crime family break into the seat of power and steal the cutlery whilst destroying democracy
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
An Amazon bribe
A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda
& then you realise it's a heist movie in which a crime family break into the seat of power and steal the cutlery whilst destroying democracy
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
A post from @lmbd1418.bsky.social brought this to mind. A good book and a surprising read too. Plus there’s a bonus; it will frighten off clueless gammons who know b*gger all about…. well anything.
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A post from @lmbd1418.bsky.social brought this to mind. A good book and a surprising read too. Plus there’s a bonus; it will frighten off clueless gammons who know b*gger all about…. well anything.
From Katja Hoyer’s (currently not of this parish) Zeitgeist substack. A wee bit outside my usual reading however I’m going to pop it on the wish list.
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
Living with the Past: Julia Franck’s Worlds Apart
A Review
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
From Katja Hoyer’s (currently not of this parish) Zeitgeist substack. A wee bit outside my usual reading however I’m going to pop it on the wish list.
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
@markep.bsky.social there is a review of McNamara at War in the February issue of Literary Review (@litreview.bsky.social).
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
@markep.bsky.social there is a review of McNamara at War in the February issue of Literary Review (@litreview.bsky.social).
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❤️ 📚Valentine’s gift packages!
Choose your book, add the gift package option, and you’ll receive the book gift-wrapped plus lots of goodies!
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
Choose your book, add the gift package option, and you’ll receive the book gift-wrapped plus lots of goodies!
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
❤️ 📚Valentine’s gift packages!
Choose your book, add the gift package option, and you’ll receive the book gift-wrapped plus lots of goodies!
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
Choose your book, add the gift package option, and you’ll receive the book gift-wrapped plus lots of goodies!
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
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New in! ✍️ #SIGNED paperback editions of FUNDAMENTALLY by Nussaibah Younis📚
A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and belonging
Get yours here 👇🏻
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and belonging
Get yours here 👇🏻
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New in! ✍️ #SIGNED paperback editions of FUNDAMENTALLY by Nussaibah Younis📚
A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and belonging
Get yours here 👇🏻
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and belonging
Get yours here 👇🏻
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
Bloody hell!
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Bloody hell!
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These should now all be live on eBay:
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i...
The two hardbacks are particularly nice. Just saying.
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i...
The two hardbacks are particularly nice. Just saying.
Looking to shift these as well, on the basis that I've gleaned all I can from them.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
These should now all be live on eBay:
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i...
The two hardbacks are particularly nice. Just saying.
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i...
The two hardbacks are particularly nice. Just saying.
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Finished the #portrait of Donald Campbell and Bluebird CN7. #OilPainting on cotton duck-covered panel, 12in x 16in
What do you think?
What do you think?
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Finished the #portrait of Donald Campbell and Bluebird CN7. #OilPainting on cotton duck-covered panel, 12in x 16in
What do you think?
What do you think?