Rob Campbell
@robcampbell15959.bsky.social
Writer of fact & fiction, journalist and lecturer, PhD. Got a piece in Bath Short Story Award Anthology. Written a novel. Hon editor of The Devon Historian. For hire as coach/editor with accent on developing self-editing skills.
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love David Kynaston’s books and currently into this one. Turns out it was a very important year and not just because I was born during it. Superb read.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
love David Kynaston’s books and currently into this one. Turns out it was a very important year and not just because I was born during it. Superb read.
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
been listening to #r4today forever but tired of tedious spats like this morning’s nagging by Nick Robinson, and wriggling by Rachel Reeves.
I wish she’d said ‘I’ve just taxed private jets and given the money to poor kids you numpty; what have you done today?’ With a proper Peaky Blinders accent.
I wish she’d said ‘I’ve just taxed private jets and given the money to poor kids you numpty; what have you done today?’ With a proper Peaky Blinders accent.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
been listening to #r4today forever but tired of tedious spats like this morning’s nagging by Nick Robinson, and wriggling by Rachel Reeves.
I wish she’d said ‘I’ve just taxed private jets and given the money to poor kids you numpty; what have you done today?’ With a proper Peaky Blinders accent.
I wish she’d said ‘I’ve just taxed private jets and given the money to poor kids you numpty; what have you done today?’ With a proper Peaky Blinders accent.
some of the budget reaction says that if people get a pay rise it pushes inflation up and ruins businesses.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
some of the budget reaction says that if people get a pay rise it pushes inflation up and ruins businesses.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
delighted to see, as the new editor, the latest www.devonhistorysociety.org.uk journal arrive. It’s mailed to our members, and an archive of previous volumes is on our website. Many thanks to our contributors for the depth of their research and quality of their writing. Real history, at its best.
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
delighted to see, as the new editor, the latest www.devonhistorysociety.org.uk journal arrive. It’s mailed to our members, and an archive of previous volumes is on our website. Many thanks to our contributors for the depth of their research and quality of their writing. Real history, at its best.
the #nathanhill traitor story has 30 other news articles before it on the Daily Express website, and is tucked away under an item about dodgy flapjacks
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
the #nathanhill traitor story has 30 other news articles before it on the Daily Express website, and is tucked away under an item about dodgy flapjacks
A British politician turns out to be a traitor … and to find the report on the Daily Mail’s website you have to scroll past 19 other stories first #nathangill
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A British politician turns out to be a traitor … and to find the report on the Daily Mail’s website you have to scroll past 19 other stories first #nathangill
punching up is so hard that it seldom happens, punching down is a really bad look, and punching sideways is a bit pointless.
Maybe the UK’s political parties should just stop promising to punch people.
Maybe the UK’s political parties should just stop promising to punch people.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
punching up is so hard that it seldom happens, punching down is a really bad look, and punching sideways is a bit pointless.
Maybe the UK’s political parties should just stop promising to punch people.
Maybe the UK’s political parties should just stop promising to punch people.
it’s a pity there isn’t a way to more widely share this kind of good news. Perhaps someone could invent the Newspaper, or the Radio, or Television, and use it to let us know that amongst all the gloom good things also happen .
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
it’s a pity there isn’t a way to more widely share this kind of good news. Perhaps someone could invent the Newspaper, or the Radio, or Television, and use it to let us know that amongst all the gloom good things also happen .
a lesson in how to be rich
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
a lesson in how to be rich
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
I’m in the high street and just heard a mum tell her daughter ‘you can’t say that sort of thing in a shop’
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m in the high street and just heard a mum tell her daughter ‘you can’t say that sort of thing in a shop’
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
hey BBC you don’t have to all tabloidy regarding where someone’s from when it’s of no particular reference. Your story even says his immigration status has not been confirmed. And as a description, ‘Algerian’ with no other details does not help the public identify him.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
hey BBC you don’t have to all tabloidy regarding where someone’s from when it’s of no particular reference. Your story even says his immigration status has not been confirmed. And as a description, ‘Algerian’ with no other details does not help the public identify him.
superb talk on A Gun Through Time at the Beacon in Bristol last night by @davidolusoga.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
superb talk on A Gun Through Time at the Beacon in Bristol last night by @davidolusoga.bsky.social
pure alchemy. How to create a fact from nothing at all.
I was kind of hoping this might happen. Am I a bad person?
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
pure alchemy. How to create a fact from nothing at all.
this is a very mischeivous little book
FICTION: “This small monograph was compiled by members of the St Philips Folklore and History Society in order to record that which would otherwise be lost...”
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FICTION: Local Legends
I’ve extracted the text from the booklet The Boiled Egg Lady and Other Local Legends of East Bristol which I found on an online auction site earlier this year. It doesn’t seem to have been reprinte…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
this is a very mischeivous little book
just had to be done
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
just had to be done
A rare plug for my other half, who’s just had her paintings accepted by three different institutions at the same time: Penwith, Truro and Forfar. Here’s my favourite (called Fleeting Glimpse of Goldfinches) but of course I’m biased. Follow her at bevcampbellart.co.uk/gallery/7536...
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A rare plug for my other half, who’s just had her paintings accepted by three different institutions at the same time: Penwith, Truro and Forfar. Here’s my favourite (called Fleeting Glimpse of Goldfinches) but of course I’m biased. Follow her at bevcampbellart.co.uk/gallery/7536...
I’m in Cornwall and a local has told me if I’m going swimming to watch out for a seal who is, for obvious reasons, called Nibbles
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I’m in Cornwall and a local has told me if I’m going swimming to watch out for a seal who is, for obvious reasons, called Nibbles
on my BBC news app the second biggest story is one migrant criminal bending deported. This one guy has been on the top three stories on the app for a few days. It’s one guy and it’s disproportionate coverage. I’d expect this of the Daily Mail but the BBC doesn’t have to do this
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
on my BBC news app the second biggest story is one migrant criminal bending deported. This one guy has been on the top three stories on the app for a few days. It’s one guy and it’s disproportionate coverage. I’d expect this of the Daily Mail but the BBC doesn’t have to do this
my wife noticed I liked this @mirandakeeling book and bought it for me for a special occasion. I’ve noticed that I’m enjoying it
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
my wife noticed I liked this @mirandakeeling book and bought it for me for a special occasion. I’ve noticed that I’m enjoying it
this was fascinating. Loved her definition of ‘folk’. Made by human hand, by the people and for the people (if I remember rightly). It’s a serious business but discussed with much charm and humour.
At Falmouth Poly to hear @lallymacbeth.bsky.social in conversation with Natalie Hart, exploring folk culture - past, present & future - in Cornwall & more widely. One of the final events at a very lively #Falmouth Book Festival.
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
this was fascinating. Loved her definition of ‘folk’. Made by human hand, by the people and for the people (if I remember rightly). It’s a serious business but discussed with much charm and humour.
he uses ‘ipso facto’ in the second paragraph of an article about being ‘culturally coherent’.
If you can’t write in proper English mate, the kind that ordinary people can understand, then bog off back to Ancient Rome.
If you can’t write in proper English mate, the kind that ordinary people can understand, then bog off back to Ancient Rome.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
he uses ‘ipso facto’ in the second paragraph of an article about being ‘culturally coherent’.
If you can’t write in proper English mate, the kind that ordinary people can understand, then bog off back to Ancient Rome.
If you can’t write in proper English mate, the kind that ordinary people can understand, then bog off back to Ancient Rome.