Steve Cook
@steviecook1975.bsky.social
Proud member of the Independent Company, CWGC Volunteer and Part-time MA History student at Wolverhampton University. Lover of books, sport, music and travel. Hater of Fascism.
I wonder if that age-old football adages that you apply to an imperilled football manager, "gone before Christmas" "he is in borrowed time" can be applied to Sir Keir Starmer? And I like the guy! Just seems a momentum shift this week.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wonder if that age-old football adages that you apply to an imperilled football manager, "gone before Christmas" "he is in borrowed time" can be applied to Sir Keir Starmer? And I like the guy! Just seems a momentum shift this week.
Beautifully put!
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Beautifully put!
Good!! One of the nastiest excuses for a human-being currently breathing!
BBC News - Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
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BBC News - Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
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Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
The former footballer directed posts on X towards Jeremy Vine and pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good!! One of the nastiest excuses for a human-being currently breathing!
BBC News - Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
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BBC News - Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
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Another fantastic episode. Thanks guys. #militaryhistoriansrpeople2
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S6E05 Pat Carlin - Naval Institute Press
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October 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Another fantastic episode. Thanks guys. #militaryhistoriansrpeople2
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From her lifetime of pioneering work with chimpanzees to her
tireless advocacy for the environment...
Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!
I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.
Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️
tireless advocacy for the environment...
Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!
I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.
Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
From her lifetime of pioneering work with chimpanzees to her
tireless advocacy for the environment...
Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!
I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.
Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️
tireless advocacy for the environment...
Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!
I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.
Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️
London-bound for Eric Idle. But first to the British library...
September 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
London-bound for Eric Idle. But first to the British library...
BBC News - Legendary umpire Bird dies aged 92
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Dickie Bird dies aged 92: Tributes paid to iconic former umpire
Legendary former umpire Dickie Bird dies at the age of 92.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
BBC News - Legendary umpire Bird dies aged 92
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Who needs coffee when your work call gets interrupted by these guys! Fair play #WeHaveWays #redarrows
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Who needs coffee when your work call gets interrupted by these guys! Fair play #WeHaveWays #redarrows
Excellent WeHaveWays livestream last night with @lmbd1418.bsky.social taking about her new book "Jungle Commandos". Fascinating. And the family connections too. Sigh..might be another vook to be bought this weekend..he he #WeHaveWays #WarWaffle
September 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Excellent WeHaveWays livestream last night with @lmbd1418.bsky.social taking about her new book "Jungle Commandos". Fascinating. And the family connections too. Sigh..might be another vook to be bought this weekend..he he #WeHaveWays #WarWaffle
Brilliant news! Hmm chances of getting tickets? Considering im still in the queue for Oasis tickets #RadioHeadTour
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Radiohead to tour for first time in seven years
The revered band will play four nights at London's O2 Arena in November as part of a European tour.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Brilliant news! Hmm chances of getting tickets? Considering im still in the queue for Oasis tickets #RadioHeadTour
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Anyone else think "Band On The Run" by Wings is musical perfection???
September 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Anyone else think "Band On The Run" by Wings is musical perfection???
Thinking a lot about my Grandad today, Lance Corporal Bernard Edmund Palfrey, 5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Captured at the fall of Singapore in February 1942 he spent the remainder of the War as a POW. #VJ80
August 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thinking a lot about my Grandad today, Lance Corporal Bernard Edmund Palfrey, 5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Captured at the fall of Singapore in February 1942 he spent the remainder of the War as a POW. #VJ80
My Niece is off to university in Manchester. Worked very hard, struggled at times while making some tough choices, but she's done it!! Proud Uncle. She gets to study what she loves. #University
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My Niece is off to university in Manchester. Worked very hard, struggled at times while making some tough choices, but she's done it!! Proud Uncle. She gets to study what she loves. #University
"One of those people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to the places that we would not go on our own. His voyages were not made for riches or celebrity, but because such challenges as those are what fuels the course of being alive" Tom Hanks on the passing of Jim Lovell. #JimLovell
August 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"One of those people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to the places that we would not go on our own. His voyages were not made for riches or celebrity, but because such challenges as those are what fuels the course of being alive" Tom Hanks on the passing of Jim Lovell. #JimLovell
Yet again...former Reform MP being completely irresponsible in their social media posts.
BBC News - Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' - BBC News
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BBC News - Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' - BBC News
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Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants'
Rupert Lowe says he will donate £1,000 to charity but makes
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August 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yet again...former Reform MP being completely irresponsible in their social media posts.
BBC News - Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' - BBC News
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BBC News - Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' - BBC News
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Utter stupidity from thr Labour Minister!! Good grief does she know she is in Government!!?
BBC News - Homelessness Minister Rushanari Ali quits
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BBC News - Homelessness Minister Rushanari Ali quits
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Homelessness Minister Rushanari Ali quits
It comes after she increased rent on a house she owns within weeks of the previous tenants' contracts ending.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Utter stupidity from thr Labour Minister!! Good grief does she know she is in Government!!?
BBC News - Homelessness Minister Rushanari Ali quits
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BBC News - Homelessness Minister Rushanari Ali quits
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BBC News - Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
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The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
When the atom bomb was dropped 80 years ago, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
BBC News - Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
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Interesting article. Personally, having visited Italy several times September has always been a good month to visit, not just because of the lower temperatures but because of price too.
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British tourists ditch European summer breaks to avoid heatwaves and wildfires
Spring and autumn holidays in Greece and Turkey are growing in popularity, tour and resort operators say
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August 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Interesting article. Personally, having visited Italy several times September has always been a good month to visit, not just because of the lower temperatures but because of price too.
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Excellent day at the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Fascinating to leaf through typed minutes and 📝 documenting the "Battle of the Atlantic" #WeHaveWays #Archives
August 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Excellent day at the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Fascinating to leaf through typed minutes and 📝 documenting the "Battle of the Atlantic" #WeHaveWays #Archives
On a train to @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Looking forward to a day surrounding by primary sources! Happy Saturday people.
August 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
On a train to @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Looking forward to a day surrounding by primary sources! Happy Saturday people.
Great to see the Lanc from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight #WeHaveWays
July 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Great to see the Lanc from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight #WeHaveWays
LIONS!!!! LIONS!!!! LIONS!!!!
July 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
LIONS!!!! LIONS!!!! LIONS!!!!
Awful news about the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. Blimey what a legacy Black Sabbath have given the music industry. #Ozzy #BlackSabbath
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Awful news about the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. Blimey what a legacy Black Sabbath have given the music industry. #Ozzy #BlackSabbath