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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 2h

A common term of endearment in Nottingham is 'duck', so thank you autocorrect for changing it to 'fuck' everytime I type it, including today, when I sent a message to a police office friend...

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 21h

Ah yes! That's the bookshop. Absolutely lovely guy who ran it. Only expected to be there an hour but ended up spending the day ambling around chatting.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 1d

There's a lovely new fostering awareness film being launched nationally, and I'm an extra in it for 0.002 seconds, in the top right of this shot (and my son is the one in the oversized cap).

Anyway, if you can, you should consider fostering.

youtu.be/OnIjPpyDaR8?...

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 1d

Eight years ago today I went to Southwell Minster to interview a bookshop owner and took this pic in the graveyard. Stuck it on Twitter, and it went viral for years in various forms. I still see it, shorn of connection to me, doing its stuff, living its best life out in Internetland.

Tombstone in Southwell Minster graveyard with the bas relief 'WTF 1620'

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 1d

Got lost earlier going to a meeting about maps.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 1d

Friend has given me a bunch of old New Yorker mags and waded through a Phish-length article about Phish that made them sound incredible, so listened to some and now I can never trust anything in the New Yorker ever again

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 2d

Yep!

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 2d

Just interviewed (or rather helped a student interview) Dominik Diamond, who I thought might be a little terrifying. Turns out he's an extremely lovely, fascinating man who gave up his time to help a student Journo. Top man.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 2d

Once accidentally caused a rumour that Sean Bean had died / became good friends with the son of the guy who invented the Kenwood Chef food mixer.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 2d

I once went to a press thing with Clegg when he was Deputy PM. He spoke for a 30-40 mins and when finished I looked down at my notes and there was nothing there. Nothing. He'd said nothing at all, and I'd just drawn some trees instead. It was probably zen, but worse.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 3d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 3d

Today's office, talking to an audience of 250 students and the brilliant @mattzki.bsky.social about how podcasts have grown and morphed over the years. Huge amount of student engagement and questions, and genuinely enlightening for all (well, definitely me)

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 5d

UK: Liz Truss hahaha
France: tiens mon Kronenbourg 1664

Breaking news alert regarding the French Prime Minister resigning after less than a month

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 5d

Chutney!

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 5d

I once commissioned him to write this: nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/life-du...

He's a lovely bloke.

Life During Lockdown #2 Michael Eaton - Nottingham City of Literature

The second in our series of guest blogs from writers under lockdown features Michael Eaton

nottinghamcityofliterature.com

Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 5d

Hang on, that's the wonderful Michael Eaton. Once took Quentin Tarantino to see the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest amongst many other picaresque adventures

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

She is stunning: we have behind in EVERY GAME this season bar one, and gone onto win. Her half time team talks must be something.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

Forest Women just got their first home win in WSL2, in a fantastic dominant game which saw them hit four back, including two long range crackers, after conceding. Now third in a tough league.

If you want some joy in Garibaldi Red, this is your place...

#NFFC

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

I get students to bring in news stories that they've noticed, to discuss in class. Invariably: "Sweet K-Star has beef with Rolly Bumpers, snaps 0.5 vid that they lack rizz" while I have something about the Chancellor's fiscal headroom. Tower of Babel.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

OGS to NFFC. Just putting this down for future reference.

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

Dearly want to: a real wonderful band. Unfortunately a energy sapping cold has made that impossible

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6d

It's a wonderful problem to have

Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote a long thread about Oxjam Beeston but somehow deleted it, so here's a pic of where I'm sitting drinking coffee

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 7d

1865 (who I do a bit of work on the women's game for) really deserves to win this, so clock here, scroll down to 'Club Content Creator' and give them a vote. Takes 20 secs, makes us all happy.

1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast @nottm-forest.bsky.social · 18d

We are excited to announce that 1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast is a finalist the Best Club Content Creator -Premier League Category for the Football Content Awards 2025!

You can vote for us using this link: zurl.co/HUFk2

❤️🌳

#NFFC

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 8d

Thing is, in most of these we've played well, attacked well and had loads of chances.

It maybe that Ange IS a great manager, but had a hex put on him by some crazed demon and is cursed to never captain a winning team.

Or he could just be dogshit about defence.

Premier League News @plnews.bsky.social · 8d

Ange Postecoglou has failed to win any of his first six games in charge of Nottingham Forest.

Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest
Swansea 3-2 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Real Betis 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Sunderland
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Midtjylland

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