Charlie Culliford
@cculliford.bsky.social
Wine drinker and occasional expert
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Before any nats start complaining about being ignored by Westminster I think it's worth remembering they're not capable of fixing a bridge about three miles away in west London either, it isn't personal
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Before any nats start complaining about being ignored by Westminster I think it's worth remembering they're not capable of fixing a bridge about three miles away in west London either, it isn't personal
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This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
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Ten years ago, Storm Abigail became the first UK storm with a name.
Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
Ten years of naming storms and saving lives
The Met Office’s storm-naming scheme marks its tenth year, transforming how Britain prepares for extreme weather
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ten years ago, Storm Abigail became the first UK storm with a name.
Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Britain’s Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism. Why? @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/b...
Britain’s Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism. Why? – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The Reform UK Leader’s rise is not an aberration but the predictable consequence of an industry that has restructured itself around virality, writes James Bloodworth
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October 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Britain’s Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism. Why? @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/b...
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TONIGHT! The Great North Wood in south-east London is the venue for what is probably my last performance of Sooz Kempner is Ugly. 8pm.
TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-norwo...
TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-norwo...
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TONIGHT! The Great North Wood in south-east London is the venue for what is probably my last performance of Sooz Kempner is Ugly. 8pm.
TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-norwo...
TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-norwo...
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🔴NEW🔴
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.
Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.
But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.
Our weekend exposé:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...
But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.
Our weekend exposé:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...
He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?
Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.
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Maria Ressa, "By design, social media platforms spread lies six times faster. If laced with fear, anger, hate, it goes viral. They change the way we vote"
This is how they got Brexit over the line in 2016
This is how they got Brexit over the line in 2016
September 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Maria Ressa, "By design, social media platforms spread lies six times faster. If laced with fear, anger, hate, it goes viral. They change the way we vote"
This is how they got Brexit over the line in 2016
This is how they got Brexit over the line in 2016
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The New Disney
By Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach, on free speech in the the USA under Trump
By Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach, on free speech in the the USA under Trump
September 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The New Disney
By Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach, on free speech in the the USA under Trump
By Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach, on free speech in the the USA under Trump
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A colleague gave a group of us a lift to a conference. The shape and vibration of the passenger seat brought me to climax. I asked to stop to use the toilet but it was too late. Not that anyone noticed but clitoral stimulation sat next to my team lead was pretty harrowing.
September 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A colleague gave a group of us a lift to a conference. The shape and vibration of the passenger seat brought me to climax. I asked to stop to use the toilet but it was too late. Not that anyone noticed but clitoral stimulation sat next to my team lead was pretty harrowing.
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Things to do over August bank holiday 5: take a trip on the Yorkshire railways yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/six-o...
Six of the best: Yorkshire railway journeys
Making time to relax, and watch the world go by: taking a train through Yorkshire’s beautiful countryside
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Things to do over August bank holiday 5: take a trip on the Yorkshire railways yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/six-o...
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
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Fun 🧵
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fun 🧵
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Amen.
Just heard that 'Tommy Robinson' and his myrmidons politely asked to leave a branch of Hawksmoor. There isn't an applause emoji big enough
June 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Amen.
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Since rail nationalisation is back in the news, here's an anti-nationalisation cartoon from the Sunday Pictorial in 1918.
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Since rail nationalisation is back in the news, here's an anti-nationalisation cartoon from the Sunday Pictorial in 1918.
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THIS THIS THIS THIS
Andor nails it — Many of Nazism's earliest supporters ended up in the camps. The man who wrote 'First They Came For' was an anti-communist Minister who cheered the incarceration of socialists. The poem is a warning about the dangers of supporting authoritarianism that you think works for you.
May 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
THIS THIS THIS THIS
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Five years ago today: Ludicrous novelty figure takes on me and Elmo.
December 12, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Five years ago today: Ludicrous novelty figure takes on me and Elmo.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Now THIS is a very thorough starter pack.
Highly recommend that you hit “follow all” on this lot. 👍
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Highly recommend that you hit “follow all” on this lot. 👍
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
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With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.