Nick Mayhew-Smith
@nickbpp.bsky.social
Passionate about landscape spirituality, written books celebrating our built and natural heritage, including the guide Britain's Pilgrim Places. Faith inspired but disillusioned with institutions. Been a naturist all my adult life, happily open about it.
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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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In ep. 27 of Women In Focus, Helen concludes her conversation with Prof. Pollen talking about the pivotal role women have played since the start of modern nudism and how it was seen as the perfect continuation of the womens' rights and feminism movements. Out this Sat.
podfollow.com/womeninfocus
podfollow.com/womeninfocus
February 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
In ep. 27 of Women In Focus, Helen concludes her conversation with Prof. Pollen talking about the pivotal role women have played since the start of modern nudism and how it was seen as the perfect continuation of the womens' rights and feminism movements. Out this Sat.
podfollow.com/womeninfocus
podfollow.com/womeninfocus
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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Can’t credit the author of this because I don’t know who. But very good little infographic. Worth sharing far and wide.
Farage is in trouble.
Farage is in trouble.
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Can’t credit the author of this because I don’t know who. But very good little infographic. Worth sharing far and wide.
Farage is in trouble.
Farage is in trouble.
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Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship
Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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⏰ It's high time to join @europeanmovement.co.uk today as the entire UK is celebrating so hard for its wildly successful #IndependenceDay 🤡.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2026
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2026
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 AM
⏰ It's high time to join @europeanmovement.co.uk today as the entire UK is celebrating so hard for its wildly successful #IndependenceDay 🤡.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2026
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2026
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Go Jane!!
Still a total badass at the age of 88.
Still a total badass at the age of 88.
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Go Jane!!
Still a total badass at the age of 88.
Still a total badass at the age of 88.
Therme Erding is an amazing complex of saunas and pools, and wouldn't even exist without the German FKK (nudist) culture of communal bathing. It's a real shame that the textile-free area is being reduced, it was the busiest part when I visited a few years ago.
Reducing naturist spaces is not “diversity.”
It’s erasing a cultural tradition.
INF-FNI has raised concerns with Therme Erding over the reduction of textile-free areas a step back from Germany’s FKK heritage.
@getnakedgermany.bsky.social
inf-fni.org/inf-fni-enga...
It’s erasing a cultural tradition.
INF-FNI has raised concerns with Therme Erding over the reduction of textile-free areas a step back from Germany’s FKK heritage.
@getnakedgermany.bsky.social
inf-fni.org/inf-fni-enga...
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Therme Erding is an amazing complex of saunas and pools, and wouldn't even exist without the German FKK (nudist) culture of communal bathing. It's a real shame that the textile-free area is being reduced, it was the busiest part when I visited a few years ago.
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This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
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Reform UK Councillor Mick Cockerham of Newton Abbot South making a pretty sick statement.
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Reform UK Councillor Mick Cockerham of Newton Abbot South making a pretty sick statement.
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Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
Andrew Rosindell, who defected last week from the Conservatives, says he "would not object" to replacing free healthcare with a private insurance system
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
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Because that’s worked so well for the poor people in the US whose health insurance premiums have increased unsustainably.
Sure, let’s do that for our population, it’ll kill off a few hundred thousand that won’t be able to afford it and increase profits for private healthcare providers 🤔😳
Sure, let’s do that for our population, it’ll kill off a few hundred thousand that won’t be able to afford it and increase profits for private healthcare providers 🤔😳
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
Andrew Rosindell, who defected last week from the Conservatives, says he "would not object" to replacing free healthcare with a private insurance system
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Because that’s worked so well for the poor people in the US whose health insurance premiums have increased unsustainably.
Sure, let’s do that for our population, it’ll kill off a few hundred thousand that won’t be able to afford it and increase profits for private healthcare providers 🤔😳
Sure, let’s do that for our population, it’ll kill off a few hundred thousand that won’t be able to afford it and increase profits for private healthcare providers 🤔😳
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This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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“Are you okay?”
What words to die on.
What a life to have lived, that his last words were concern. Not for himself, but for a stranger.
May we all live with such honour. May no more have to die with such honour.
What words to die on.
What a life to have lived, that his last words were concern. Not for himself, but for a stranger.
May we all live with such honour. May no more have to die with such honour.
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“Are you okay?”
What words to die on.
What a life to have lived, that his last words were concern. Not for himself, but for a stranger.
May we all live with such honour. May no more have to die with such honour.
What words to die on.
What a life to have lived, that his last words were concern. Not for himself, but for a stranger.
May we all live with such honour. May no more have to die with such honour.
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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
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My first #book, Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400, was published 20 years ago (!) this year. This morning I'm reading a chapter on a subject I'm returning to just now. I was a bit nervous, but you know what? I'm still really proud of it! Thank you, @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social!
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My first #book, Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400, was published 20 years ago (!) this year. This morning I'm reading a chapter on a subject I'm returning to just now. I was a bit nervous, but you know what? I'm still really proud of it! Thank you, @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social!
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On this day in 1922, a Polish Jewish woman was born. She was interned in Drancy from where, on the 4 Sep 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Sara Zlotogorski
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
On this day in 1922, a Polish Jewish woman was born. She was interned in Drancy from where, on the 4 Sep 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Sara Zlotogorski
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Absolutely bizarre this Guardian article on the history of television claims the first full-frontal nudity was broadcast by Dutch TV in 1967. There's a 1957 BBC documentary on naturism called Out of Step, with plenty of naturists in it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
From Attenborough’s gorilla mayhem to TV’s first gay kiss: the 100 biggest moments from a century of television
The moon landing! Royal weddings! Janet Jackson’s $550,000 nipple! As television turns 100, we charts its journey from terrifyingly dangerous to the thing that unites us
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Absolutely bizarre this Guardian article on the history of television claims the first full-frontal nudity was broadcast by Dutch TV in 1967. There's a 1957 BBC documentary on naturism called Out of Step, with plenty of naturists in it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The BBC has gone beyond both-sidesism, and frequently now presents only Trump's account of events
(This isn't the only recent example)
(This isn't the only recent example)
The BBC North America editor tells us that Trump doubts that NATO would respond if the US asked for help.
She doesn't point out that the US is the only NATO member which has ever invoked Article 5, and that it got help. From Denmark and others.
#R4Today
She doesn't point out that the US is the only NATO member which has ever invoked Article 5, and that it got help. From Denmark and others.
#R4Today
January 22, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The BBC has gone beyond both-sidesism, and frequently now presents only Trump's account of events
(This isn't the only recent example)
(This isn't the only recent example)
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Whatever Farage says, remember this tweet
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Whatever Farage says, remember this tweet
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This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
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This makes me truly sick! Repost to show everyone that Trump and Putin are destroying NATO and in doing so will destroy world peace for all!!🤬 www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Trump has just handed Putin the prize he’s always wanted
The Kremlin failed to fracture Nato during the Cold War. That unity is now being tested by Washington.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This makes me truly sick! Repost to show everyone that Trump and Putin are destroying NATO and in doing so will destroy world peace for all!!🤬 www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.