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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jun 26

Sorry 617 Squadron, sorry Barnes Wallis, sorry Operation Chastise. Y'all just aren't on Trump's level 🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 26

Hegseth: "President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history, and it was a resounding success."

Move over D Day!

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · Jun 24

Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Fun fact, the text book for that GCSE History of Medicine module was written by the late Ian Coulson of Kent VCH. There’s always a VCH link if you look hard enough.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · May 25

Ironically, if that happens, I then need to cheer for a Chelsea win in the Europa Conference final. It’s a funny old game 😂

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · May 25

Know that feeling. Keeping everything crossed for a Forest win today to keep Chelsea in 7th

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · May 18

A couple of pics from our visit to the Devil’s Arrows this week. #standingstonesunday

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · May 12

I'm not a huge consumer of podcasts, but this one is excellent. If you're into 20th century urban planning and the more 'out there' proposals for the post-war reconstruction of Britain, this is likely to be very much your thing!

Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · May 12

I'm the first guest on an excellent new podcast series by Ewan Cameron on utopian design. I'm chatting about Geoffrey Jellicoe's provocative Motopia scheme.

You can find Brave New Worlds on any podcast platform, and here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/7n99...

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · May 12

I'm the first guest on an excellent new podcast series by Ewan Cameron on utopian design. I'm chatting about Geoffrey Jellicoe's provocative Motopia scheme.

You can find Brave New Worlds on any podcast platform, and here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/7n99...

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Apr 15

Now, I’m not saying Historic England should bring out a line of Action Figures but I’m certainly not saying they shouldn’t 😂😂😂

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Apr 10

In a functioning world, the SEC would be looking very closely at the positions taken by Trump’s stock portfolio over the past 10 days. Anyone who sold stock before the tariff announcement, bought it back at the dip and sold it again after the tariff pause, made a ton of cash!

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Apr 3

Lost? Or discarded in a wild, frustrated rage?

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Apr 3

They called it Project 25 for a reason….

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Mar 22

It’s clearly the very rare albino ghost from Pac Man.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Mar 14

The kids are in bed, the wife is still too hungover to function properly, so I’m downstairs on my own, watching junk on the tv, drinking an espresso martini and mainlining After Eight mini eggs. So much winning!

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Mar 6

So it’s World Book Day today and for once we were organised enough to put in some effort. Corey was desperate to go as Roz the Wild Robot from the @peterbrownstudio.com novel which he loved us reading to him. A couple of balloons and a bunch of papier mache later…. #worldbookday

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Mar 1

One small piece of analysis missing from recent events is that Trump has also killed the entire spy/espionage genre of fiction/tv. How can a writer produce something gripping about turning assets, tradecraft, covert operations when the Kremlin control the actual President?

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 31

Can’t believe @chrisgpackham.bsky.social does a #foxoftheday and I’ve never sent in the photo of this handsome fella peeking in through my patio doors. That wrong has now been righted.

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Deniz Opal @selzero.bsky.social · Jan 24

The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).

Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).

Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 29

Interesting that the Lib Dem’s aren’t making headway. Partly of course the massively disproportionate amount of coverage Reform get based on only 5 MPs. Also suspect that Lib Dem’s not being bold enough on key areas of difference, namely Europe.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 12

These are two of the ones me and Marcus are currently working on. 1778 and 1785

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Andy Woodruff @awoodruff.bsky.social · Jan 8

Me filling out an online dating profile

Image of a building on an old Sanborn map, labeled “stable - used also for lard storage”.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 6

It would also be remiss not to mention Elizabeth Williamson’s Pevsner work on Docklands www.abebooks.co.uk/978014071096...

London Docklands: An Architectural Guide (The Buildings of England) - Williamson, Dr Elizabeth; Pevsner, Nikolaus: 9780140710960 - AbeBooks

This definitive guide to the buildings of the Docklands follows the River Thames from Tower Bridge to the Essex marshes on the north bank, and from London to Bermondsey on the south. An essential comp...

www.abebooks.co.uk

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 3

It looked rather striking from the other side, coming in off the Lincoln Way piazza. RIBA Pix have a nice view of it shortly after it opened. www.ribapix.com/Pub-and-smal...

Pub and smaller shop, Lincoln, Corby New Town, Northamptonshire

Buy Pub and smaller shop, Lincoln, Corby New Town, Northamptonshire by Corby Development Corporation Architects Department from the RIBApix online shop. Ref RIBA63848

www.ribapix.com

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 3

Farage has also underestimated quite how unpopular Musk is over here. ‘Because Elon says it’s good’ moved the needle in the states, it won’t here and his brand is only likely to get more toxic the more mad his pronouncements get. Dumping on Starmer via X only excites those who’d vote Reform anyway.

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 3

How many are still open? Open hearth was closed when we were there, Corby Candle too I think. Pluto long gone and Corinthian too. Think the Maple Leaf was also closed - has Canada Square gone altogether now?

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