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Chris

@missingintheslips.bsky.social

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Trying to watch more cricket than I write about. 🏏 Seeing two books through the presses. One is about Nancy Sharp [https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4]. C.L.R. James and John Arlott both get a mention in the other one [https://tinyurl.com/465bnwzv].

https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4].

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 8h

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

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Surrey Cricket @kiaoval.com · 9h

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Surrey County Cricket Club and SSE Energy Solutions work to create sustainability leaders of tomorrow - Kia Oval

Surrey have joined forces with long-term partner SSE Energy Solutions to empower local schoolchildren to become sustainability champions.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 10h

It’s that kind of respect for its audience that makes ICC events so special.

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Tony (Dystopian Butter) @adalehunt.bsky.social · 11h

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Armchair Cricket Podcast @armchair-cricket.bsky.social · 11h

Take a bow King, what a time to hit a maiden ODI 50!

Thanks to her power and Mooney's timing, PAK have taken 56 runs off the last 5ov!

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Irish Society for Archives @irisharchives1970.bsky.social · 11h

🚨Location Change: This talk will now be held at the Irish Architectural Archive! We hope to see you there!

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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 13h

Beth Mooney explaining the situation to Garth: Don’t hit it in the fucken air. Don’t let a straight one through. Don’t advance down the pitch and miss it. Fucken simple, Kim. #CWC25 🏏

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TodmordenTweets and HebdenHashtags @todmordentweets.bsky.social · 18h

*Important*

We are trying to reach the large mailing list of of the award-winning Disability Support Calderdale who had their email account hacked.

The hackers are emailing from the account, looking to prey on vulnerable people asking for £200 in vouchers.

#Todmorden #HebdenBridge #Calderdale

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 14h

You can potter while listening to the cricket. Perfect.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Great news for both of them, but I do hope we get to see something of them in Essex colours for a while.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Now with alt text

An open letter to the Rt Honourable Robert Jenrick MP
By email
7 October 2025
Dear Robert,
I write to express my dismay and disappointment in your comments about Handsworth which are being reported on the BBC today. As the Bishop of Birmingham, I work closely with people in communities across the West Midlands, and I am regularly in Handsworth. Your comments about a perceived failure of integration, which appear to have been made after a brief visit to the area, are entirely wrong and I reject them.
I recently visited St. Michael's CofE Primary Academy to congratulate them on their
'Outstanding' Ofsted result, achieved partly because of their energetic approach to ensuring full integration of children and families in this wonderfully diverse community with many shared values, supporting young people studying, playing and growing together. Across the road from St. Michael's Primary is the Sikh Nishkam Centre who are a major contributor to social cohesion in Handsworth, working hard towards the wellbeing of the wider community. Last week I visited the Shree Geeta Bhawan Hindu Temple where I was warmly welcomed by British Hindu's proudly serving their community and working hard to contribute to the wellbeing of wider local society. Our many local Church of England churches are full of people committed to working together to ensure that Handsworth is a safe, inspiring and hopeful place to live and work.

Comments like those you have made have the potential to generate anxiety and stir up division. They can feed into a harmful narrative that provides fuel for a fire of toxic nationalism. It is deeply unhelpful for politicians to make such comments and I encourage you to think about how your rhetoric might contribute towards unity rather than stoking division. I warmly invite you to return to Handsworth where I would be delighted to introduce you to a wide range of local residents who are entirely committed to the flourishing of their community and the wellbeing of its people.
Yours sincerely,
+Nichad Binfham
The Rt Revd Dr Michael Volland
Bishop of Birmingham
Co-signed by:
Mr Philip Hynan
Headteacher, St. Michael's Church of England Primary Academy, Handsworth
Ajit Singh
Managing Director, Nishkam Civic Association (NCA), Handsworth
Acharya Dharm Dutt Vasistha
Head Priest, Shree Geeta Bhawan, Handsworth

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

It is! I know all about jazz because I once listened to A Love Suprem.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds quite plausible, mind.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I had missed that, but now you’ve told me, so I might as well have driven!

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GrumpyGirdle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿〓〓🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇦🇵🇸🐈‍⬛📚🌊 @grumpygirdle.bsky.social · 1d

Mind you, I'd ban Jude the Obscure for being so fucking miserable.

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Banned Books Week 2025 Blackwell's

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Rode to work this afternoon and was a few minutes early so I took a detour on my bike down an old gravel road to this view. Another annoying side effect of bike riding: nature. It’s almost intolerable.

Grasses gently blowing in the foreground in front of a tidal inlet at high tide with marshes and then trees in the background.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Some time ago @kentremendous.bsky.social recommended a basic test for anything in life, from launching a new cereal to, say, building a new data center was to answer the question “Will it make Mookie [Betts] happier?” After last night’s bottom of the ninth inning, this still seems safe advice.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn’t checked, just saw the comments. Duh.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

There are some surprisingly light trail shoes out there, but it looks as if Brooks Ghosts are getting the votes.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Go for trail running shoes and look at the lighter options if you are mainly road running. I really like Salomon, but I imagine most brands will offer something suitable. Brooks probably offer some suitable road running shoes. Good luck finding a pair.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

I wasn't expecting this degree of tension when I committed to listening to the England innings.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1d

May start using this still of Ed Davy when I'm next coaching passing skills. Excellent base pass; drive up through the hips, bent knee, arms following through towards the target...

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

This is not working out quite as planned in terms of how to use my time.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

More time for your bike when you get home, though.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

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