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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 22h

Not been - is it worth a visit?

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

Just tried to go to a cafe, the doors were open so we went in. They said, Sorry, we don’t open until 10, can you wait outside please? I checked the time, it was 9.59.

That level of unwelcoming pettiness is not a place I want to spend any time.

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 23h

Strong recommend (as is nearby Maastricht). I'm sure there's somewhere close by in Belgium to make it a 3-country 3-centre trip!

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 23h

Stopped the night in Aachen recently en route to a funeral in Cologne. Had always wanted to see Cathedral but knew it wouldn't be open early enough. As we walked past we noticed that the door was ajar. We went in: an elderly gent beckoned us into the chapel and gave us a quick tour. #visitaachen

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 1d

I shat the sheriff

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

A Day in the Lift

Russell Hillman (but said in a spooky voice) @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 1d

Change a letter, ruin a song.

Breaking The Lav

Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 1d

Stadium twinned with the Kassam

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 1d

Box populi, box dei

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 1d

High risk of getting trolleyed.

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Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social · 2d

greatest book ever written

Cover:
The Cow Who Fell in The Canal
Phyllis Krasilovsky

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 2d

ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: I told Netanyahu, it's now time (for peace)

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 3d

I know it’s big news but R4 Today has turned wholesale into Fox News this morning

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 3d

IIRC Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy had essentially the same tune at both ends but with different time signatures

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 3d

A 1980s-Masquerade-style treasure hunt not for a golden hare but for the hidden buried Edstone

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 4d

Wonderful play & film Closer by Patrick Marber uses it as central location

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly does not contain a cornet solo:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJ8...

Mark Knopfler - A Fistful Of Ice Cream (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Mark Knopfler

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 4d

I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol

A ★★★★★ review of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

I remember watching this the first time and being a bit baffled by it. It seemed weirdly theatrical, the Scotland unconvincing and clichéd, and I didn’t pick up on any chemistry between Wendy Hillier ...

boxd.it

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 4d

I think he’s got a 3 day cooling off period to change his mind

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 4d

Or the Estonians a thriller called The Tallinn-ted Mr Ripley

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9d

I spoke to The Guardian's Steve Rose for this wide-ranging interview about identity issues: flags & patriotism, the far right & racism online + offline, control & compassion on asylum, and still looking for the common ground in polarised times
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sunder Katwala on race, patriotism and flag-waving: ‘The far right is vocal and angry because it is shrinking’

The director of British Future has spent his career trying to find common ground when it comes to race and immigration. He describes his own experience of racism – and why he’s still hopeful for the U...

www.theguardian.com

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 6d

He might have more of an excuse if he had…

Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 6d

I've been to a few exhibitions at the Weston recently and without fail they have been a) exceptional b) exceptionally understated. I'm sure this one will be the same.

John le Carré @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social · 6d

If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!

Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 7d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 8d

"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…

thecritic.co.uk

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 9d

Reminds me of my grandfather who applied to the Bolivian army after the Australian army rejected him (they wouldn’t have him either)

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Rob McManus @rfpmcmanus.bsky.social · 9d

youtu.be/khOfSVULtsU?...

Pachelbel's Chicken

YouTube video by TwoSetViolin

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