Richard James Foster
@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social
Artist, author & culture writer. History & art buff. The Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. My 2nd book, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club is now out. All stuff here. https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
Pinned
I’m delighted to say that you can now order the Punk Rock Birdwatching Club teeshirt and tote bag from the redoubtable @weare1of100.bsky.social link below!
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I'm privileged to introduce this screening of The Saragossa Manuscript on the centenary of director Wojciech Has, at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Saturday Dec 13:
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IFI KINOPOLIS: THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT - Irish Film Institute
We celebrate the centenary of one of the great Polish directors with this screening of one of his best-known films. The work of Wojciech Has is famed for its rich, often surreal imagery, a characteris...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm privileged to introduce this screening of The Saragossa Manuscript on the centenary of director Wojciech Has, at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Saturday Dec 13:
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Fantastic! I love that film
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fantastic! I love that film
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Honestly can’t be arsed, there’s war in the world, it’s a compliment that our stories get stolen and would be a failure if they didn’t, I will just reserve my right to publicly post about it and be annoying to them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Honestly can’t be arsed, there’s war in the world, it’s a compliment that our stories get stolen and would be a failure if they didn’t, I will just reserve my right to publicly post about it and be annoying to them.
Hamper time!
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Hamper time!
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It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
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Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
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Devastated: a thief stole my bag with my laptop, 3 years of notebooks, all my MA work, wallet, house & car keys etc. I’ve lost 5 yrs of writing (not backed up, yes I know) despite CCTV police closed the case. I’m sure these went in a bin but in case, pls keep an eye out. 🙏
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Devastated: a thief stole my bag with my laptop, 3 years of notebooks, all my MA work, wallet, house & car keys etc. I’ve lost 5 yrs of writing (not backed up, yes I know) despite CCTV police closed the case. I’m sure these went in a bin but in case, pls keep an eye out. 🙏
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Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
Rubio looks like the Ralf Hütter robot
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio:
It is in my personal view that we've had probably the most productive and meaningful meeting so far in this entire process since we've been involved in it from the beginning.
It is in my personal view that we've had probably the most productive and meaningful meeting so far in this entire process since we've been involved in it from the beginning.
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rubio looks like the Ralf Hütter robot
An ABSOLUTE CLASSIC
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
An ABSOLUTE CLASSIC
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I am just going to keep reposting this every month or so:
Is there no enterprising UK-based law firm willing to pursue this on behalf of UK authors?
I have two novels and about ten academic articles on the Anthropic list, but I’m not going to get a penny because nothing is registered with the US copyright office (academic articles seem to be entirely excluded from the settlement). What a bummer.
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am just going to keep reposting this every month or so:
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Is there no enterprising UK-based law firm willing to pursue this on behalf of UK authors?
I have two novels and about ten academic articles on the Anthropic list, but I’m not going to get a penny because nothing is registered with the US copyright office (academic articles seem to be entirely excluded from the settlement). What a bummer.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Is there no enterprising UK-based law firm willing to pursue this on behalf of UK authors?
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
I have to apply for mitigating circumstances to @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I have to apply for mitigating circumstances to @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social
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Everyone's dunking on this opening (and nobody, including me, has read the rest) but I for one am very impressed at him being a fan of Nirvana in 1987, when their first gig was March 1988. That's *true* hipsterism.
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Everyone's dunking on this opening (and nobody, including me, has read the rest) but I for one am very impressed at him being a fan of Nirvana in 1987, when their first gig was March 1988. That's *true* hipsterism.
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Also! The cover was designed by the great young Turkish artist in Rotterdam, Sevgi Tan and I’d much rather SHE got the credit as her cover is doing the lifting here…
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Also! The cover was designed by the great young Turkish artist in Rotterdam, Sevgi Tan and I’d much rather SHE got the credit as her cover is doing the lifting here…
As long as I get the cheese counter as a rider.
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As long as I get the cheese counter as a rider.
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The Russian "opposition" needs Putin to motivate its own existence. When Putin falls it will become clear to everybody how irrelevant the "opposition" is to Russians in general. The "opposition" will never get a say about what really happens in Russia.
OPINION: According to Yulia Navalnaya, the Russian opposition believe their nation is an inseparable part of European civilization.
For this reason, they see the dark years of Putinism as an aberration, not an historical inevitability.
🔗 politi.co/3K7mbnY
For this reason, they see the dark years of Putinism as an aberration, not an historical inevitability.
🔗 politi.co/3K7mbnY
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Russian "opposition" needs Putin to motivate its own existence. When Putin falls it will become clear to everybody how irrelevant the "opposition" is to Russians in general. The "opposition" will never get a say about what really happens in Russia.
Also! The cover was designed by the great young Turkish artist in Rotterdam, Sevgi Tan and I’d much rather SHE got the credit as her cover is doing the lifting here…
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Also! The cover was designed by the great young Turkish artist in Rotterdam, Sevgi Tan and I’d much rather SHE got the credit as her cover is doing the lifting here…
Wild! My latest book is in a full page ad for Marks & Spencer in @theobserveruk.bsky.social’s supplement today. I’m baffled, flattered, wondering what to do, but, MUCH WORSE: is my book contributing to cosiness??? I feel like Terry in the Likely Lads going to Bob & Thelma’s posh housewarming party…
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wild! My latest book is in a full page ad for Marks & Spencer in @theobserveruk.bsky.social’s supplement today. I’m baffled, flattered, wondering what to do, but, MUCH WORSE: is my book contributing to cosiness??? I feel like Terry in the Likely Lads going to Bob & Thelma’s posh housewarming party…
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"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
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It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
Talk about gaslighting and projection #muddled #inconsistency
Boris Johnson rejects 'muddled' COVID inquiry report and accuses chair of 'breathtaking inconsistency'
Boris Johnson rejects 'muddled' COVID inquiry report and accuses chair of 'breathtaking inconsistency'
Boris Johnson has rejected claims he presided over a toxic and chaotic culture at the heart of the UK government during the pandemic, and accused the COVID-19 Inquiry of being "totally muddled".
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November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Talk about gaslighting and projection #muddled #inconsistency
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One of the biggest hypocrisies related to the Russo-Ukrainian war is when western leaders keep repeating that borders should never be allowed to be changed by force while almost in the same sentence pushing Ukraine to accept new borders. Very few states are free from guilt here.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
One of the biggest hypocrisies related to the Russo-Ukrainian war is when western leaders keep repeating that borders should never be allowed to be changed by force while almost in the same sentence pushing Ukraine to accept new borders. Very few states are free from guilt here.
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The Netherlands talks a big game about tech sovereignty, but is now about to allow the domestic cloud provider that underpins its national digital identity system and several other critical government services to be sold off to a new American owner.
Incomprehensible.
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Incomprehensible.
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Zorgen in de Tweede Kamer over Amerikaanse overname van DigiD-partner
Het van oorsprong Nederlandse cloud-bedrijf Solvinity komt mogelijk in Amerikaanse handen.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Netherlands talks a big game about tech sovereignty, but is now about to allow the domestic cloud provider that underpins its national digital identity system and several other critical government services to be sold off to a new American owner.
Incomprehensible.
nos.nl/artikel/2591...
Incomprehensible.
nos.nl/artikel/2591...