Neill Roberts
@robbo59.bsky.social
Retired teacher of English. Busy doing stuff. 📚 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
Full disclosure: no interest in pets, crypto and sport. And don’t get me started on ludicrous names for shades of paint.
Full disclosure: no interest in pets, crypto and sport. And don’t get me started on ludicrous names for shades of paint.
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Neill Roberts
@robbo59.bsky.social
· Sep 19
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.
But, while we can, say it anyway.
But, while we can, say it anyway.
The Boss
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Boss
Never read anything quite like it, may never read anything quite like it again until I read my next Jon Fosse book, yes, there will be another and soon, it will be soon
#Vaim
#JonFosse
#FitzcarraldoBooks
#BookSky📚
#Vaim
#JonFosse
#FitzcarraldoBooks
#BookSky📚
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Never read anything quite like it, may never read anything quite like it again until I read my next Jon Fosse book, yes, there will be another and soon, it will be soon
#Vaim
#JonFosse
#FitzcarraldoBooks
#BookSky📚
#Vaim
#JonFosse
#FitzcarraldoBooks
#BookSky📚
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Today we stand shoulder to shoulder with people of goodwill from all creeds and nationalities not only to remember all the victims of genocide, but to challenge the injustices we witness today, and the dogmatism and ideology that fuels them. #HMD
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Today we stand shoulder to shoulder with people of goodwill from all creeds and nationalities not only to remember all the victims of genocide, but to challenge the injustices we witness today, and the dogmatism and ideology that fuels them. #HMD
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I’m lucky (being 66 years old) to have lived in an era when we in the UK were virtually measles-free. My luck is down to the wonderful NHS - but also to the fact that WE ALL GOT VACCINATED. Do the right thing, folks: get yourselves and your loved ones vaccinated.
⚠️ BREAKING:
UK Loses Measles Elimination Status After Nearly 3,000 Cases Reported in England and Wales
The World Health Organization says the UK has lost its measles elimination status after nearly 3,000 cases were reported in England and Wales in 2024.
UK Loses Measles Elimination Status After Nearly 3,000 Cases Reported in England and Wales
The World Health Organization says the UK has lost its measles elimination status after nearly 3,000 cases were reported in England and Wales in 2024.
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I’m lucky (being 66 years old) to have lived in an era when we in the UK were virtually measles-free. My luck is down to the wonderful NHS - but also to the fact that WE ALL GOT VACCINATED. Do the right thing, folks: get yourselves and your loved ones vaccinated.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
“This week, oi ‘ave mostly not been giving a shit about the Beckhams.”
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 AM
“This week, oi ‘ave mostly not been giving a shit about the Beckhams.”
Great Danes.
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Great Danes.
I have to admire the confidence, good humour, resilience and, yes, baking skills of these youngsters. Hope for the future.
#JuniorBakeOff
#Channel4
#JuniorBakeOff
#Channel4
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I have to admire the confidence, good humour, resilience and, yes, baking skills of these youngsters. Hope for the future.
#JuniorBakeOff
#Channel4
#JuniorBakeOff
#Channel4
First snowdrops I’ve seen this year. Another lap around the Sun completed.
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
First snowdrops I’ve seen this year. Another lap around the Sun completed.
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
The bar for best history book read in 2026 has been set high. Very high. A fabulous telling of the rivalry and clashes that marked the lives of Richard II and Henry IV. Fascinating account of events previously only familiar to me via Shakespeare. Read and relish.
#BookSky
#HistorySky
#HelenCastor
#BookSky
#HistorySky
#HelenCastor
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The bar for best history book read in 2026 has been set high. Very high. A fabulous telling of the rivalry and clashes that marked the lives of Richard II and Henry IV. Fascinating account of events previously only familiar to me via Shakespeare. Read and relish.
#BookSky
#HistorySky
#HelenCastor
#BookSky
#HistorySky
#HelenCastor
January 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I will not be responsible for my language or actions if I meet one more person for whom there is nothing more important than discovering the identity of the ‘Secret Traitor.’
Get a grip.
Get a life.
Get a grip.
Get a life.
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I will not be responsible for my language or actions if I meet one more person for whom there is nothing more important than discovering the identity of the ‘Secret Traitor.’
Get a grip.
Get a life.
Get a grip.
Get a life.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 AM
A fascinating book, one that will stay with me. Not just the history of a person or a particular place at a particular time; but an exploration of what we can and can not know about the past. And of the qualities needed for survival and achievement. Hugely recommended.
#LeaYpi
#Indignity
#BookSky
#LeaYpi
#Indignity
#BookSky
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A fascinating book, one that will stay with me. Not just the history of a person or a particular place at a particular time; but an exploration of what we can and can not know about the past. And of the qualities needed for survival and achievement. Hugely recommended.
#LeaYpi
#Indignity
#BookSky
#LeaYpi
#Indignity
#BookSky
December 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Now is the time. 🇪🇺
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Now is the time. 🇪🇺
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The death of Philip Larkin 40 years ago today devastated his friends, colleagues and loved ones. The Philip Larkin Society, founded ten years later, continues to provide a forum for the discussion and celebration of his work and has members from all around the world.
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The death of Philip Larkin 40 years ago today devastated his friends, colleagues and loved ones. The Philip Larkin Society, founded ten years later, continues to provide a forum for the discussion and celebration of his work and has members from all around the world.
93, 332 at time of signing. One last shove needed.
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
93, 332 at time of signing. One last shove needed.
There’s more to British history than the bloody Tudors!
The seventeenth century is where the REALLY big stuff happens.
This is a terrific series. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
The seventeenth century is where the REALLY big stuff happens.
This is a terrific series. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Uprising: The Civil Wars
History Podcast · Weekly series · On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was led on to a freshly
erected scaffold outside Whitehall’s Banqueting House in London. Thousands of spectators watched in shock a...
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There’s more to British history than the bloody Tudors!
The seventeenth century is where the REALLY big stuff happens.
This is a terrific series. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
The seventeenth century is where the REALLY big stuff happens.
This is a terrific series. Give it a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
If I ever have the misfortune to meet Nigel Farage, I have some ready-prepared banter to share with him.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If I ever have the misfortune to meet Nigel Farage, I have some ready-prepared banter to share with him.
I guess that’s why they call it the Reflecting Lake.
Gonna make a nightmare jigsaw.
#Lyme
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
Gonna make a nightmare jigsaw.
#Lyme
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I guess that’s why they call it the Reflecting Lake.
Gonna make a nightmare jigsaw.
#Lyme
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
Gonna make a nightmare jigsaw.
#Lyme
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
I don’t know what’s in this week’s Budget. And I know that I don’t know. And I wish that all the other people who don’t know would admit they don’t know.
Time for a lie-down.
#UKPolitics
#Budget
Time for a lie-down.
#UKPolitics
#Budget
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I don’t know what’s in this week’s Budget. And I know that I don’t know. And I wish that all the other people who don’t know would admit they don’t know.
Time for a lie-down.
#UKPolitics
#Budget
Time for a lie-down.
#UKPolitics
#Budget
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵