@furiousoldtrout.bsky.social
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Coming next November 12 - 15th, 2026. And, even though we say so ourselves, this is going to be spectacular!
The preparation for Venice Noir 2026 is now under way. We promised you bigger, better and bolder. Watch this space! November 12 to 15 2026 in some of the most iconic locations in the world's most beautiful city.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Coming next November 12 - 15th, 2026. And, even though we say so ourselves, this is going to be spectacular!
If you think you having a difficult time (as you well might be) read this ....
It's Stand Up To Cancer, so here's the things I wrote about having the biggest kidney tumour the hospital had ever heard of, and making dumb jokes about it.
Give what you can. Could be you, next time #SU2C
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Give what you can. Could be you, next time #SU2C
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Russell Jones's Week Moment: My Cancerversary
15 years after the removal from his kidney of the biggest tumour in Stockport, Russell Jones commemorates the agony and reflects on the heroism of the NHS doctors and nurses who saw him through
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you think you having a difficult time (as you well might be) read this ....
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Reform UK Ltd. The People’s Party. The party that speaks to the ‘regular man in the street’. Here’s September’s image from the new CWS/John Heartfield calendar, featuring those ‘regular man in the street’ billionaire Reform donors.
See link in pinned post.
See link in pinned post.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reform UK Ltd. The People’s Party. The party that speaks to the ‘regular man in the street’. Here’s September’s image from the new CWS/John Heartfield calendar, featuring those ‘regular man in the street’ billionaire Reform donors.
See link in pinned post.
See link in pinned post.
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Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
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It's also spitting in the faces of British voters, telling us they've no right to make up their own minds. We should simply follow whatever the Mail and the rest dictate. As a former national journalist I have to say I've never seen such shocking behaviour.
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's also spitting in the faces of British voters, telling us they've no right to make up their own minds. We should simply follow whatever the Mail and the rest dictate. As a former national journalist I have to say I've never seen such shocking behaviour.
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Large sections of the UK media have been trying to dethrone and delegitimise Labour ever since the UK electorate decided by a huge margin to trust them over the Tories. I have a number of issues with Labour but this is a scandal, a disgrace, and the work of foreign entities in the main.
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Large sections of the UK media have been trying to dethrone and delegitimise Labour ever since the UK electorate decided by a huge margin to trust them over the Tories. I have a number of issues with Labour but this is a scandal, a disgrace, and the work of foreign entities in the main.
Well done @nation.cymru
Read this.
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Well done @nation.cymru
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Do consider becoming a member. It’s always a great read - and also independent local reporting is fundamental to the health of our politics and places. (I’ve been a longtime supporter and am a small investor.)
These are our six campaign pledges - the things we will do next year if we manage to add 1,000 new members. They were chosen by our readers because they’re things we believe will make Manchester better.
Share them and join the campaign 🙏
manchestermill.co.uk
Share them and join the campaign 🙏
manchestermill.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Do consider becoming a member. It’s always a great read - and also independent local reporting is fundamental to the health of our politics and places. (I’ve been a longtime supporter and am a small investor.)
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
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My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Last night was Fish Friday. With, of course, mushy peas. Cheers @caroline-venezia.bsky.social & @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social Lovely to meet you at last. Alla prossima ...
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last night was Fish Friday. With, of course, mushy peas. Cheers @caroline-venezia.bsky.social & @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social Lovely to meet you at last. Alla prossima ...
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#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
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www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
This has broken me.
I've had this in the drafts for a while. One month after she went seems like a good time to publish. ❤️
The Unbearable Weight of Small Absences
This morning my dog Jingles wasn’t in the kitchen while I was making coffee.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This has broken me.
Despite the shortage of cells, this man seriously merits a dank corner of whichever HMP can find one for him.
Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Despite the shortage of cells, this man seriously merits a dank corner of whichever HMP can find one for him.
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Reading Room | Bishopsgate Institute
The Reading Room is separate to the Researchers’ Service, so if you’d like to look at our special collections and archives, you’ll need this instead https:
www.bishopsgate.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
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In Wales? Thinking of voting Reform?
These are the people you’d be voting for.
These are the people you’d be voting for.
This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.
October 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In Wales? Thinking of voting Reform?
These are the people you’d be voting for.
These are the people you’d be voting for.
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There must be a lot of decent journalists caught up in this wondering what to do. The Times has plenty but the paper's editor is clearly a Farage Fan boy and determined to hold the line. Never seen anything like it in my lifetime and I was on the Times under Murdoch for nearly ten years.
August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There must be a lot of decent journalists caught up in this wondering what to do. The Times has plenty but the paper's editor is clearly a Farage Fan boy and determined to hold the line. Never seen anything like it in my lifetime and I was on the Times under Murdoch for nearly ten years.
Anything recommended by none other than PC Watson Himself gets my vote. My Hero.
August 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Anything recommended by none other than PC Watson Himself gets my vote. My Hero.
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Help urgently needed for a UK shelter concentrating on sick and disabled kitties.
Apparently you can't just record yourself screaming as a description, so I have relunctantly written some actual words about the problems we're facing as a rescue
Donate to Help! Everything is terrible and we are drowning, organized by Holly Brockwell
Hello! I'm Holly-the-Perpetually-Exhausted, owner of Holly's Merry Mo… Holly Brockwell needs your support for Help! Everything is terrible and we are drowning
www.gofundme.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Help urgently needed for a UK shelter concentrating on sick and disabled kitties.
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11-year-old wildlife campaigner Amaya Edwards saw a seal that had been killed by a flying ring. Now she’s leading a campaign to ban them from beaches and she won’t stop until real change happens.
Read her short article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Read her short article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The danger of flying rings to seals: a young campaigner’s advice
A flying ring killed a seal I saw – now I’m campaigning to stop them being sold
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
11-year-old wildlife campaigner Amaya Edwards saw a seal that had been killed by a flying ring. Now she’s leading a campaign to ban them from beaches and she won’t stop until real change happens.
Read her short article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Read her short article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
'Twas fantabulosa.
August 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
'Twas fantabulosa.
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Opening this up in case anyone might be interested - Jason’s a very fine writer who, like many others, fell foul of the Unbound collapse.
Open question to agents: how many would be genuinely interested in helping an unagented ex-Unbound author find a new publisher for a book, given that all the work on it has really been done, it just needs a new home willing to actually promote it?
August 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Opening this up in case anyone might be interested - Jason’s a very fine writer who, like many others, fell foul of the Unbound collapse.