Ian McKenzie
@ianalexmac.bsky.social
Occasional posts here on Shakespeare (esp. The Globe productions), football (Hibernian FC, Maidenhead United & Geneva Servette FC) and sundry topics. Delighted to have escaped X!
Seriously? This isn’t a proper tournament with truly competitive teams if this sort of result is possible.
August 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Seriously? This isn’t a proper tournament with truly competitive teams if this sort of result is possible.
Given the gulf in class in the Women’s Rugby World Cup between the small number of top nations & a larger number of developing nations why not structure it with Cup & Plate competitions? Otherwise, why should the ‘wee teams’ bother turning up just to be try-fodder for the big teams?
August 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Given the gulf in class in the Women’s Rugby World Cup between the small number of top nations & a larger number of developing nations why not structure it with Cup & Plate competitions? Otherwise, why should the ‘wee teams’ bother turning up just to be try-fodder for the big teams?
Why waste a full article of nonsense in The Daily Telegraph @telegraphnews.bsky.social when the answer to your question can be succinctly summarised in one word - Brexit.
August 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Why waste a full article of nonsense in The Daily Telegraph @telegraphnews.bsky.social when the answer to your question can be succinctly summarised in one word - Brexit.
Windsor & Eton FC play at Stag Meadow in Windsor Great Park on land leased from The Crown (that’s your actual Royalty not the local pub!). Success of the men’s & women’s 1st teams & the growth in the age group teams means there’s an urgent need for an all-weather pitch chng.it/yK6wLq6fYx
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August 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Windsor & Eton FC play at Stag Meadow in Windsor Great Park on land leased from The Crown (that’s your actual Royalty not the local pub!). Success of the men’s & women’s 1st teams & the growth in the age group teams means there’s an urgent need for an all-weather pitch chng.it/yK6wLq6fYx
For any fellow Hibees reading this post, I highly recommend this newly published & thoroughly researched biography of Canon Edward Joseph Hannan & his seminal role in the the founding of Hibernian FC 150 years ago on August 6, 1875 @hfcsupporters.bsky.social
www.thirstybooks.com/bookshop/edi...
www.thirstybooks.com/bookshop/edi...
Edinburgh's First Hibernian: The Mission of Edward Joseph Hannan — Thirsty Books
Without this Irish priest’s work with the Old Town poor all those years ago, there would not be a Hibernian Football Club. - PAT STANTON, HIBERNIAN LEGEND Edinburgh’s First Hibernian is th...
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August 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
For any fellow Hibees reading this post, I highly recommend this newly published & thoroughly researched biography of Canon Edward Joseph Hannan & his seminal role in the the founding of Hibernian FC 150 years ago on August 6, 1875 @hfcsupporters.bsky.social
www.thirstybooks.com/bookshop/edi...
www.thirstybooks.com/bookshop/edi...
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🙌 | We’ve teamed up with Zenith Coins to give a lucky fan the chance to win one of the club’s limited edition 150th anniversary match coins.
All you have to do is follow us and share this post before kick off tomorrow to be in with a chance of winning.
Good luck! 💚
#AlwaysHibs | #ClubTogether
All you have to do is follow us and share this post before kick off tomorrow to be in with a chance of winning.
Good luck! 💚
#AlwaysHibs | #ClubTogether
July 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🙌 | We’ve teamed up with Zenith Coins to give a lucky fan the chance to win one of the club’s limited edition 150th anniversary match coins.
All you have to do is follow us and share this post before kick off tomorrow to be in with a chance of winning.
Good luck! 💚
#AlwaysHibs | #ClubTogether
All you have to do is follow us and share this post before kick off tomorrow to be in with a chance of winning.
Good luck! 💚
#AlwaysHibs | #ClubTogether
Not that @thedailytelegraph.bsky.social is hypocritical or anything but now it is all for benefit scroungers!
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Not that @thedailytelegraph.bsky.social is hypocritical or anything but now it is all for benefit scroungers!
Do my eyes deceive me or is that David Archer moonlighting as the medical director of an Imperial hospital on Coruscant in Season 2, Episode 11 of Andor? @thearchers.wiki
June 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Do my eyes deceive me or is that David Archer moonlighting as the medical director of an Imperial hospital on Coruscant in Season 2, Episode 11 of Andor? @thearchers.wiki
Congratulations to Borehamwood on their return to the NL after one season. Here’s hoping Maidenhead United can follow their example in the season ahead🤞
May 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Congratulations to Borehamwood on their return to the NL after one season. Here’s hoping Maidenhead United can follow their example in the season ahead🤞
I am not a reader of the Daily Tory/ReformGraph but am amazed that, judging by this recent headline, the former newspaper (now Reform propaganda sheet) has belatedly realised what a catastrophic error Brexit is…
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I am not a reader of the Daily Tory/ReformGraph but am amazed that, judging by this recent headline, the former newspaper (now Reform propaganda sheet) has belatedly realised what a catastrophic error Brexit is…
‘Harris isn’t Paris’ - a great script line from the excellent Gaelic Noir drama An t-eilean (The Island) on BBC Alba in the final episode this evening. The rugged landscape & the glorious beaches were a delight to see in all four episodes. Well worth a watch.
February 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
‘Harris isn’t Paris’ - a great script line from the excellent Gaelic Noir drama An t-eilean (The Island) on BBC Alba in the final episode this evening. The rugged landscape & the glorious beaches were a delight to see in all four episodes. Well worth a watch.
…meanwhile in the parallel universe that is The Daily Telegraph and its rapidly diminishing aging Tory readership - I mean - WTAF?
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
…meanwhile in the parallel universe that is The Daily Telegraph and its rapidly diminishing aging Tory readership - I mean - WTAF?
Does anyone know where I might find the world’s tiniest violin?…
January 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Does anyone know where I might find the world’s tiniest violin?…
Watching the Tamworth v Tottenham FA Cup game. Strikes me that the officiating is blatantly biased in favour of the Premier League club. How Dragusin didn’t get a second yellow and sent off in the first 90 minutes for persistent fouling is incomprehensible.
January 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Watching the Tamworth v Tottenham FA Cup game. Strikes me that the officiating is blatantly biased in favour of the Premier League club. How Dragusin didn’t get a second yellow and sent off in the first 90 minutes for persistent fouling is incomprehensible.
Judging by what I am reading from the Oxford Farming Conference, farmers want (1) yet more public subsidy (now they yearn for the sunny uplands of the days of EU CAP subsidies after supporting Brexit) & (2) no inheritance tax on their land & agricultural assets largely built on taxpayer subsidies 🤷♂️
January 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Judging by what I am reading from the Oxford Farming Conference, farmers want (1) yet more public subsidy (now they yearn for the sunny uplands of the days of EU CAP subsidies after supporting Brexit) & (2) no inheritance tax on their land & agricultural assets largely built on taxpayer subsidies 🤷♂️
First X & now Meta are to remove virtually any constraints on what contributors post. The time is overdue for them to be regulated as publishers, not as tech platforms that abdicate responsibility for ‘user generated content’ - social media can’t go on being the digital equivalent of the Wild West.
January 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
First X & now Meta are to remove virtually any constraints on what contributors post. The time is overdue for them to be regulated as publishers, not as tech platforms that abdicate responsibility for ‘user generated content’ - social media can’t go on being the digital equivalent of the Wild West.
Judging by the plethora of Musk missives targeting the UK political classes it seems we are re-entering the Shakespearean era of political discourse once again - "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".
January 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Judging by the plethora of Musk missives targeting the UK political classes it seems we are re-entering the Shakespearean era of political discourse once again - "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".
Just enjoyed watching Andy Musgrave get on the podium in 3rd place in a highly competitive 20km cross country freestyle ski race in the 19th Tour de Ski. There must be something special about Scottish sports stars with the name Andy!
December 31, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Just enjoyed watching Andy Musgrave get on the podium in 3rd place in a highly competitive 20km cross country freestyle ski race in the 19th Tour de Ski. There must be something special about Scottish sports stars with the name Andy!
In the parallel universe that is The Telegraph, the Jacob Rees-Moggs of this world are desperately hoping their paid propagandist gigs at GBnews will save them from the ignominy of sending their kids to state schools…like the other 93% of school age children.
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December 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
In the parallel universe that is The Telegraph, the Jacob Rees-Moggs of this world are desperately hoping their paid propagandist gigs at GBnews will save them from the ignominy of sending their kids to state schools…like the other 93% of school age children.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/best-p...
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/best-p...
Hibernian FC end the calendar year with 24 points after 20 games & a more respectable mid-table position in the Scottish Premier League; Maidenhead United end the calendar year with 23 points after 24 games & remain mired in the relegation battle in the National League. Onwards & upwards in 2025🤞
December 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Hibernian FC end the calendar year with 24 points after 20 games & a more respectable mid-table position in the Scottish Premier League; Maidenhead United end the calendar year with 23 points after 24 games & remain mired in the relegation battle in the National League. Onwards & upwards in 2025🤞
Halfway through the National League season & Maidenhead United are struggling with only 20 points from 23 games. Realistically going to need 30 points from the remaining 23 games of the season🤞#indevwetrust
December 22, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Halfway through the National League season & Maidenhead United are struggling with only 20 points from 23 games. Realistically going to need 30 points from the remaining 23 games of the season🤞#indevwetrust
If there were any lingering doubts that the @telegraphnews.bsky.social has completed its editorial journey from a venerable newspaper to a right-wing pastiche of @vizcomic.bsky.social, here is this evening’s lead story…
December 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
If there were any lingering doubts that the @telegraphnews.bsky.social has completed its editorial journey from a venerable newspaper to a right-wing pastiche of @vizcomic.bsky.social, here is this evening’s lead story…
Normally, when your team is down to 10-men you take a point from a draw but not today. Maidenhead United played an excellent second-half with 10-men & deserved all 3 points but it wasn’t to be. The Ref was far too lenient on the Solihull Moors play-acting at every tackle. Anyway, a precious point!
December 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Normally, when your team is down to 10-men you take a point from a draw but not today. Maidenhead United played an excellent second-half with 10-men & deserved all 3 points but it wasn’t to be. The Ref was far too lenient on the Solihull Moors play-acting at every tackle. Anyway, a precious point!
An excellent interview with Peter Griffin, Chairman of Maidenhead United. Makes clear that the only obstruction to ensuring the club’s survival is RBWM council who have no vision or strategy for improving football & athletics facilities for the town.
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Griffin could be forced to sell Maidenhead United if headway isn't made on ground move
Peter Griffin has told Maidenhead United fans he may be forced to sell the club in the coming years if headway isn’t made on a ground move in the borough.
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 2:48 PM
An excellent interview with Peter Griffin, Chairman of Maidenhead United. Makes clear that the only obstruction to ensuring the club’s survival is RBWM council who have no vision or strategy for improving football & athletics facilities for the town.
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maid...
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maid...
Funny how when these stories of trading difficulties come up (increasingly frequently) the narrative is about ‘new EU rules’ & mysteriously no mention is made of this is exactly the Brexit the nation apparently(?) voted for - being treated as a 3rd country by the EU27.
news.sky.com/story/britis...
news.sky.com/story/britis...
British businesses stop shipping to Northern Ireland due to updated rules
As part of the single market, EU laws still apply in Northern Ireland meaning regulations meant to improve product safety is stopping some deliveries.
news.sky.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Funny how when these stories of trading difficulties come up (increasingly frequently) the narrative is about ‘new EU rules’ & mysteriously no mention is made of this is exactly the Brexit the nation apparently(?) voted for - being treated as a 3rd country by the EU27.
news.sky.com/story/britis...
news.sky.com/story/britis...