Stephen Bowen
@am-espresso.bsky.social
"Fetching up at a border to seek asylum is not illegal"
Musician, writer and the lover of reading and book collecting.
I have an interest in International Law, Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees and Asylum. Pro-European, supporter of the ECHR. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺
Musician, writer and the lover of reading and book collecting.
I have an interest in International Law, Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees and Asylum. Pro-European, supporter of the ECHR. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺
Working in the staff restaurant or in the atrium - yeah, I remember it well!
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Working in the staff restaurant or in the atrium - yeah, I remember it well!
Well pointed out. (retired civil servant).
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Well pointed out. (retired civil servant).
Both paperbacks and hardbacks are fine. But I don't just read books i collect them, so anything electronic is a no no. And of course, electronic devices will never have that evocative smell of a book.
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Both paperbacks and hardbacks are fine. But I don't just read books i collect them, so anything electronic is a no no. And of course, electronic devices will never have that evocative smell of a book.
He doesn't, as usual.
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
He doesn't, as usual.
America started out so well, freedom, democracy, etc, now it's a shit show. A long way from Europe, thankfully.
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
America started out so well, freedom, democracy, etc, now it's a shit show. A long way from Europe, thankfully.
Breaking News - King George VI is dead.
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Breaking News - King George VI is dead.
Absolutely bonkers!
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Absolutely bonkers!
2025 is a year that will live in infamy!
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
2025 is a year that will live in infamy!
Beautiful! There are few gifts more treasured than a book.
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Beautiful! There are few gifts more treasured than a book.
I bet Faraud is not in Clacton either.
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I bet Faraud is not in Clacton either.
Sadly, you're absolutely right. And that stat you mention, which I think I saw in a Law Society report, needs to be more widely promulgated.
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Sadly, you're absolutely right. And that stat you mention, which I think I saw in a Law Society report, needs to be more widely promulgated.
A major problem is that too few people really understand the purpose of the ECHR. All they hear is loud voices from bloody Reform UK and the Tories banging on about small boats. It makes my blood boil!
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A major problem is that too few people really understand the purpose of the ECHR. All they hear is loud voices from bloody Reform UK and the Tories banging on about small boats. It makes my blood boil!
There's too much emphasis on ownership. I want a government committed to building more social housing.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
There's too much emphasis on ownership. I want a government committed to building more social housing.