Manny Coulon
@mannyc.bsky.social
Entrepreneur. Change manager. Project manager. Ex physicist with geek tendencies.
Chair of Culture Coventry (Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry Transport Museum, Lunt Roman Fort). Trustee at CV Life.
Owner of an anxious 5yr old choc Labrador rescue 🐕
Chair of Culture Coventry (Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry Transport Museum, Lunt Roman Fort). Trustee at CV Life.
Owner of an anxious 5yr old choc Labrador rescue 🐕
CityFibre contractors have been installing fibre broadband in the village and were working on the telegraph pole outside the house today. Of course our landline has now gone down...
Aptly, the contractor doing the work is....FFS 🤦♂️🤣
Aptly, the contractor doing the work is....FFS 🤦♂️🤣
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
CityFibre contractors have been installing fibre broadband in the village and were working on the telegraph pole outside the house today. Of course our landline has now gone down...
Aptly, the contractor doing the work is....FFS 🤦♂️🤣
Aptly, the contractor doing the work is....FFS 🤦♂️🤣
Sunday mouse anyone? No? Just Owly then... 🦉😋
Those are quite the eyes... 👀
Those are quite the eyes... 👀
December 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sunday mouse anyone? No? Just Owly then... 🦉😋
Those are quite the eyes... 👀
Those are quite the eyes... 👀
If this rain carries on much longer, I may have to consider wearing the old diving drysuit to walk the dog tomorrow...
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If this rain carries on much longer, I may have to consider wearing the old diving drysuit to walk the dog tomorrow...
Exactly this
Rejoining Erasmus is unambiguously good news - and a rare example of a policy that particularly benefits the young.
And no, it is a not a "betrayal" of Brexit. It's the kind of sensible, grown-up arrangement between the UK & the EU that many Brexiters said they wanted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And no, it is a not a "betrayal" of Brexit. It's the kind of sensible, grown-up arrangement between the UK & the EU that many Brexiters said they wanted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027
The UK left in December 2020 as part of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU negotiated by Boris Johnson.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exactly this
Absolute corker of a sunrise this morning (before the rain set in! 🤦♂️😅)
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Absolute corker of a sunrise this morning (before the rain set in! 🤦♂️😅)
I love this local tradition. The village elves have been at it again.
This year, the Lord John Scott statue has been dressed up as Chase from Paw Patrol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This year, the Lord John Scott statue has been dressed up as Chase from Paw Patrol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I love this local tradition. The village elves have been at it again.
This year, the Lord John Scott statue has been dressed up as Chase from Paw Patrol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This year, the Lord John Scott statue has been dressed up as Chase from Paw Patrol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yay. Earliest sunset of the year today, so it gets later every day from now on 🤓😊
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yay. Earliest sunset of the year today, so it gets later every day from now on 🤓😊
The UK's bewildering exercise is self harm continues...although now, even more perplexingly, the level of harm is being quantified 🤷♂️🤦♂️
"If growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this."
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The UK's bewildering exercise is self harm continues...although now, even more perplexingly, the level of harm is being quantified 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Productive rainy afternoon. Gin sorted. Hic 😋
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Productive rainy afternoon. Gin sorted. Hic 😋
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm obviously not Bakeoff material, but what these mincemeat twists lack in looks, they make up in taste 😋
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm obviously not Bakeoff material, but what these mincemeat twists lack in looks, they make up in taste 😋
Brilliant pulling apart of a BS budget sob story in the gutter rag Telegraph
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Brilliant pulling apart of a BS budget sob story in the gutter rag Telegraph
Reposted by Manny Coulon
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Manny Coulon
Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
Reposted by Manny Coulon
Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
Looks nice, but... 👀🫣🤣
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Looks nice, but... 👀🫣🤣
Wonderful early start to the Christmas season with an excellent production of Sleeping Beauty at @belgradetheatre.bsky.social in #Coventry. Brilliant fun.
I hope the set recovers by tomorrow 🫣🤣
I hope the set recovers by tomorrow 🫣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Wonderful early start to the Christmas season with an excellent production of Sleeping Beauty at @belgradetheatre.bsky.social in #Coventry. Brilliant fun.
I hope the set recovers by tomorrow 🫣🤣
I hope the set recovers by tomorrow 🫣🤣
Reposted by Manny Coulon
How can the arts help our young people? 🎨🎭
1 in 4 youths in the UK report mental health difficulties by age 19.
Research finds that engaging in artistic activities leads to an increase in youth wellbeing, a mood boost equivalent to an unemployed adult moving into work.
pbe.co.uk/publications...
1 in 4 youths in the UK report mental health difficulties by age 19.
Research finds that engaging in artistic activities leads to an increase in youth wellbeing, a mood boost equivalent to an unemployed adult moving into work.
pbe.co.uk/publications...
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
How can the arts help our young people? 🎨🎭
1 in 4 youths in the UK report mental health difficulties by age 19.
Research finds that engaging in artistic activities leads to an increase in youth wellbeing, a mood boost equivalent to an unemployed adult moving into work.
pbe.co.uk/publications...
1 in 4 youths in the UK report mental health difficulties by age 19.
Research finds that engaging in artistic activities leads to an increase in youth wellbeing, a mood boost equivalent to an unemployed adult moving into work.
pbe.co.uk/publications...
Reposted by Manny Coulon
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
Reposted by Manny Coulon
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
Today's weather summary in one pic 👀🫣
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Today's weather summary in one pic 👀🫣