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History-lover and gallery owner from Whitehaven, Cumbria
The title is "Trump vs the BBC" but it's actually Jonathan Pie vs the people with vested interests in humbling the BBC- especially GBeebies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Trump vs The BBC
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The title is "Trump vs the BBC" but it's actually Jonathan Pie vs the people with vested interests in humbling the BBC- especially GBeebies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Bad news / good news from Whitehaven, England. The stepped path through Arrowthwaite Wood has turned into a cascade, but
a) it's quite pretty, and
b) the outlet specially provided for such situations is working, so the little lake on the main path should soon disappear
a) it's quite pretty, and
b) the outlet specially provided for such situations is working, so the little lake on the main path should soon disappear
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Bad news / good news from Whitehaven, England. The stepped path through Arrowthwaite Wood has turned into a cascade, but
a) it's quite pretty, and
b) the outlet specially provided for such situations is working, so the little lake on the main path should soon disappear
a) it's quite pretty, and
b) the outlet specially provided for such situations is working, so the little lake on the main path should soon disappear
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Cumbria Book Festival is here in Whitehaven TODAY 12-4ish in the Solway Hall - We'll be there there are Authors - Workshops - stalls - well worth a visit! #cumbriabookfestival #moonsbookshop #Whitehaven #bookshopsofcumbria
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Cumbria Book Festival is here in Whitehaven TODAY 12-4ish in the Solway Hall - We'll be there there are Authors - Workshops - stalls - well worth a visit! #cumbriabookfestival #moonsbookshop #Whitehaven #bookshopsofcumbria
A brilliant all-year-round place to visit!
Michael Moon’s massive bookshop in Whitehaven #booksky #bookshopsofcumbria #bookshopsofwestcumbia #oldbooks #bibliophile #findingnehomesforoldbookssince1970
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A brilliant all-year-round place to visit!
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Full to bursting 30,000 books on 2 Floors in Michael Moon’s Whitehaven bookshop - finding new homes for old books since 1970. Photo by Vladimir Funtak
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Full to bursting 30,000 books on 2 Floors in Michael Moon’s Whitehaven bookshop - finding new homes for old books since 1970. Photo by Vladimir Funtak
Fun fact: The Taskmaster Museum has more security cameras than the Louvre
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fun fact: The Taskmaster Museum has more security cameras than the Louvre
Another topical-yet-timeless YouTube video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5v...
How Fox News is using lies to enrage Christians
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Another topical-yet-timeless YouTube video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5v...
A neat history lesson, simply and effectively told:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOs...
Resistance Dispatch | When the Federalists Tried to Destroy American Dissent...And Lost
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
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October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A neat history lesson, simply and effectively told:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOs...
I am noticing a troubling number of people using the word "Islamists" to describe supporters of the Palestinians. Labels have power.
October 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I am noticing a troubling number of people using the word "Islamists" to describe supporters of the Palestinians. Labels have power.
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Gonna watch the Robert Redford trifecta of fucking over corrupt power with The Sting, Sneakers, and All The President’s Men.
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Gonna watch the Robert Redford trifecta of fucking over corrupt power with The Sting, Sneakers, and All The President’s Men.
Worth thinking about ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGc...
The most important sentence you will read this week about the Charlie Kirk murder | Chris Cillizza
YouTube video by Chris Cillizza
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September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Worth thinking about ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGc...
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Epstein Files? Instant old news.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Israel launches airstrikes against top Hamas members in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli officials say US notified before attack, which Doha calls cowardly and a flagrant violation of international law
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Epstein Files? Instant old news.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
We could be heading for a colourful autumn
September 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We could be heading for a colourful autumn
September 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
The gull takeover- Glasgow version
September 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The gull takeover- Glasgow version
#BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny is really problematic when copying framed & glazed pictures.
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny is really problematic when copying framed & glazed pictures.
In the absence of smell-o-vision on Bluesky, there didn't seem much point in photographing the Continental Market along the quayside in Whitehaven just to the right of this scene. Better to come over this weekend and savour it with all your senses.
August 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In the absence of smell-o-vision on Bluesky, there didn't seem much point in photographing the Continental Market along the quayside in Whitehaven just to the right of this scene. Better to come over this weekend and savour it with all your senses.
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Nationalism is by default unimaginative and paradoxically every example of it is broadly similar to other examples everywhere else in the world.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
August 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Nationalism is by default unimaginative and paradoxically every example of it is broadly similar to other examples everywhere else in the world.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
August 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On 1 August I featured a dazed-looking young gull hanging out in a Whitehaven street. Same street today:
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On 1 August I featured a dazed-looking young gull hanging out in a Whitehaven street. Same street today:
For handy reference, here's a map of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic at the height of the Soviet era, from the Penguin World Atlas (1974). I've darkened areas which are not Ukraine, for clarity.
August 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
For handy reference, here's a map of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic at the height of the Soviet era, from the Penguin World Atlas (1974). I've darkened areas which are not Ukraine, for clarity.
A hastily-edited little video of a slightly belated visit to Whitehaven Pride by the Harbourside, 16 August 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLO-...
Whitehaven Pride by the Harbourside 2025
YouTube video by PastPresented
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August 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A hastily-edited little video of a slightly belated visit to Whitehaven Pride by the Harbourside, 16 August 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLO-...