Richard
@rchdnv.bsky.social
Husband, father, brother, son, great uncle. Enthusiastic, compassionate, inquisitive.
Images mine, except where noted.
📍 Leicestershire UK
Images mine, except where noted.
📍 Leicestershire UK
The front page of Christmas cards are ideal.
I print my own postcards from holiday photos and use them for everything from shopping lists to bookmarks. I used to use them as notes to others in the office -- more interesting than a PostIt -- but have now retired.
I print my own postcards from holiday photos and use them for everything from shopping lists to bookmarks. I used to use them as notes to others in the office -- more interesting than a PostIt -- but have now retired.
what does everyone use for bookmarks now that train tickets are mostly digital?
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The front page of Christmas cards are ideal.
I print my own postcards from holiday photos and use them for everything from shopping lists to bookmarks. I used to use them as notes to others in the office -- more interesting than a PostIt -- but have now retired.
I print my own postcards from holiday photos and use them for everything from shopping lists to bookmarks. I used to use them as notes to others in the office -- more interesting than a PostIt -- but have now retired.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.
The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
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The Trump administration’s one-step-forwards-two-steps-back abandonment of Ukraine (and so of free Europe). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Gift Article)
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Trump administration’s one-step-forwards-two-steps-back abandonment of Ukraine (and so of free Europe). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I saw an old gentleman dressed in a smart black suit, crisp white shirt, open at the collar and a black Fedora hat in WH Smith in Stansted airport once and was motivated to compliment him on his appearance. I approached from behind, excused myself, upon which he turned round and it was Paul Daniels!
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I saw an old gentleman dressed in a smart black suit, crisp white shirt, open at the collar and a black Fedora hat in WH Smith in Stansted airport once and was motivated to compliment him on his appearance. I approached from behind, excused myself, upon which he turned round and it was Paul Daniels!
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I have no idea what that might be but it’s a contender for the greatest sentence ever written.
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I have no idea what that might be but it’s a contender for the greatest sentence ever written.
There's a link in the article which leads to this, which honestly made me laugh out loud this morning.
Thank goodness we have leadership in this country who can stand a bit of joshing.
😁
Thank goodness we have leadership in this country who can stand a bit of joshing.
😁
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
There's a link in the article which leads to this, which honestly made me laugh out loud this morning.
Thank goodness we have leadership in this country who can stand a bit of joshing.
😁
Thank goodness we have leadership in this country who can stand a bit of joshing.
😁
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Good Sunday morning, fellow travelers.
“All round is haste, confusion, noise.
For power and wealth men stretch the day from dawn till dusk.
But quietly I go my way.
The green of all the fields is mine.
The stars, the night, the wind at play,
A peaceful heart, while quietly
I go my way.” — Ehrmann
“All round is haste, confusion, noise.
For power and wealth men stretch the day from dawn till dusk.
But quietly I go my way.
The green of all the fields is mine.
The stars, the night, the wind at play,
A peaceful heart, while quietly
I go my way.” — Ehrmann
December 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Good Sunday morning, fellow travelers.
“All round is haste, confusion, noise.
For power and wealth men stretch the day from dawn till dusk.
But quietly I go my way.
The green of all the fields is mine.
The stars, the night, the wind at play,
A peaceful heart, while quietly
I go my way.” — Ehrmann
“All round is haste, confusion, noise.
For power and wealth men stretch the day from dawn till dusk.
But quietly I go my way.
The green of all the fields is mine.
The stars, the night, the wind at play,
A peaceful heart, while quietly
I go my way.” — Ehrmann
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I‘ve a new winter game. On cold days <10 degrees. I get 10 points for everyone I see outside wearing shorts. Not counting runners, sports players or posties. Scored 30 today. (Also why?)
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I‘ve a new winter game. On cold days <10 degrees. I get 10 points for everyone I see outside wearing shorts. Not counting runners, sports players or posties. Scored 30 today. (Also why?)
This is quite the Christmas headline!
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is quite the Christmas headline!
On Freedom. May we walk towards freedom, not turn our backs to it or forget it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hong Kong billionaire Jimmy Lai tested China's limits. It cost him his freedom
Lai, who is facing life in prison, always said he owed Hong Kong, a city that had given him
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On Freedom. May we walk towards freedom, not turn our backs to it or forget it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In “The Light Between Us” on her website, The Marginalian, Maria Popova writes:
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work…
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work…
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In “The Light Between Us” on her website, The Marginalian, Maria Popova writes:
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work…
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work…
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Larkin's poem 'Here' talks of Hull's 'barge-crowded water'. To give an idea of what that meant, here's Neil Holmes' view up the River Hull as recently as 1984, the year before Larkin's death. The lower photo is my shot of the same view in 2024, just 40 years later.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Larkin's poem 'Here' talks of Hull's 'barge-crowded water'. To give an idea of what that meant, here's Neil Holmes' view up the River Hull as recently as 1984, the year before Larkin's death. The lower photo is my shot of the same view in 2024, just 40 years later.
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Finding peace amongst colour and thoughts this morning,have a great friday and weekend ahead🌳🍂
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Finding peace amongst colour and thoughts this morning,have a great friday and weekend ahead🌳🍂
For all of the political uproar that Mandon doesn't have a remit to make such pronouncements, I am completely in line with the General. The gravest weakness Europe has is its enjoyment of the soft life, of Hobbitry in the Shire while dark forces move in all the lands about.
The full text of General Fabien Mandon's speech at the Congress of Mayors of France, calling on mayors to help prepare the citizenry for a potential war against foreign enemies.
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/if-our-cou...
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/if-our-cou...
"If our country falters because it is not ready to accept losing its children" - General Mandon's full speech
The full text of General Fabien Mandon's speech at the Congress of Mayors of France, calling on mayors to help prepare the citizenry for a potential war against foreign enemies.
www.frenchdispatch.eu
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
For all of the political uproar that Mandon doesn't have a remit to make such pronouncements, I am completely in line with the General. The gravest weakness Europe has is its enjoyment of the soft life, of Hobbitry in the Shire while dark forces move in all the lands about.
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Really helpful for the Quirke family to share their story ❤️ . Highlights that unlike any other condition Alzheimer’s does not have ongoing diagnostics or testing. Patient & carer never know what stage has been reached or speed of progress. @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pauline Quirke still funny and recognises us say family, in dementia update
The family of the Birds of a Feather actress say
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Really helpful for the Quirke family to share their story ❤️ . Highlights that unlike any other condition Alzheimer’s does not have ongoing diagnostics or testing. Patient & carer never know what stage has been reached or speed of progress. @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The key question really is whose privacy is being invaded by Google scanning your Gmail inbox? Yours, or that of everyone who writes to you? Because if it's your inbox, it's what other people are writing that's being scanned, not what you're writing yourself.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The key question really is whose privacy is being invaded by Google scanning your Gmail inbox? Yours, or that of everyone who writes to you? Because if it's your inbox, it's what other people are writing that's being scanned, not what you're writing yourself.
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Miscellaneous weather, Morecambe Bay, United Kingdom.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Miscellaneous weather, Morecambe Bay, United Kingdom.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #history #photography #EastCoastKin
(detail in ALT)
It stood for a thousand years.
Unloved by Henry, it was destroyed.
Only stone remembers.
(detail in ALT)
It stood for a thousand years.
Unloved by Henry, it was destroyed.
Only stone remembers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #history #photography #EastCoastKin
(detail in ALT)
It stood for a thousand years.
Unloved by Henry, it was destroyed.
Only stone remembers.
(detail in ALT)
It stood for a thousand years.
Unloved by Henry, it was destroyed.
Only stone remembers.
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Let’s commemorate transgender & non-binary people who became victims of transphobic violence in ‘25. They deserve safety, dignity & respect. Their right to exist is not up for debate.
#TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransgenderGedenkdag #TransAwarenessWeek
bit.ly/49otPol
#TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransgenderGedenkdag #TransAwarenessWeek
bit.ly/49otPol
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Let’s commemorate transgender & non-binary people who became victims of transphobic violence in ‘25. They deserve safety, dignity & respect. Their right to exist is not up for debate.
#TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransgenderGedenkdag #TransAwarenessWeek
bit.ly/49otPol
#TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransgenderGedenkdag #TransAwarenessWeek
bit.ly/49otPol
Seeing books and thinking about my Christmas List...
And then casting a glance at my TBR pile 😬 Actually, I've read all of last year's Christmas book list, bar one. That's good! Better than I thought! 👍
This one *can* go on the Christmas List!
And then casting a glance at my TBR pile 😬 Actually, I've read all of last year's Christmas book list, bar one. That's good! Better than I thought! 👍
This one *can* go on the Christmas List!
It's been so long since I've read a crime thriller that my investigative skills were getting rusty. This absolute gem—and The Secret Barrister's first novel, no less—is the perfect way to get my heart racing again... without, you know, being the one on trial.
@barristersecret.bsky.social
@barristersecret.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Seeing books and thinking about my Christmas List...
And then casting a glance at my TBR pile 😬 Actually, I've read all of last year's Christmas book list, bar one. That's good! Better than I thought! 👍
This one *can* go on the Christmas List!
And then casting a glance at my TBR pile 😬 Actually, I've read all of last year's Christmas book list, bar one. That's good! Better than I thought! 👍
This one *can* go on the Christmas List!
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One of the most precious things about Remembrance is that it sets no political tests.
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
November 10, 2024 at 6:10 PM
One of the most precious things about Remembrance is that it sets no political tests.
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
#BackToTheFuture was 40 years ago?! 🤯
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#BackToTheFuture was 40 years ago?! 🤯