Oliver Bradley
olibradley.bsky.social
Oliver Bradley
@olibradley.bsky.social
Centrist dad
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I sincerely love how the BBC solidifies the canon of British culture. Like to me Chris Rea is the Road to Hell because I was living in Kent when the M25 opened, but also and of course youtu.be/H0WiwB1Cjbg?...
Does Bob Mortimer Follow Chris Rea's Egg-Cracking Advice? | Would I Lie To You?
YouTube video by Would I Lie To You?
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December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.

And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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I'd hoped normal service might resume today. I woke up with a tight 600 words mentally typed out on the suspension of the US-UK technology deal. The subject line included a terrific pun.

Then, I went for a walk in Sydney.
I'm exhausted
And this was a fairly light day
www.linestotake.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
New Coke: A Warning from History
If, like me, you’re British then your knowledge of New Coke is likely to be (a) it was a massive failure, (b) everyone hated it, (c) it was a terrible business decision, and, if your go-to re…
excelpope.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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"I was confident that Ryanair would match your public spiritedness by refunding you the £100 fee as a goodwill gesture. I was naive."

Some epic shithousery from Ryanair here, impressive.
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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'She's only sorry she got caught and called out'
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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This is INCREDIBLE: My headteacher at primary school was v into trains and arranged a trip for the school and chartered a tube train for it. IT MADE THE NEWS. And i'm pretty sure my brother @olibradley.bsky.social is in the clip (at 50 seconds) .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgNFwyOVyI
Stanburn Middle School, Train Hire | Thames News
YouTube video by Thames News
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October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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"Of course, like around two-thirds of British Jews, I am a Zionist. What about the history of Jews in Europe would make me not see the case for a Jewish lifeboat outside of it?"

100 per cent agree with this excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/14d4...
Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews
Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive
www.ft.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Bravo.
October 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Repost for Irish Film Classifications by Damien Owens, because it's just come up in FB memories and it's still *brilliant*.
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Alert the media, General Boles has produced a new composition that will stop all the wars - I call it "England"

Bidding will start at £100,000
September 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Seems like the day to post this.
That Mitchell and Webb Look - Diana Assassination
YouTube video by Tr3Vel0cita
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August 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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In conversation with the tax dude.

on.ft.com/4m4fhOf
FTAV Q&A: Dan Neidle
[FREE TO READ] The hyperactive tax lawyer on tax lawyering, Zahawi, SLAPPs, and how he would reform tax in the UK if he were in charge
on.ft.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Oh mate
August 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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This is really excellent on our understandings of - and the reality of - intergenerational inequality.
My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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This had 7,000 viewers on stream at one point! The level of interest in this story is (understandably) *wild*.
The full episode of last night's The Oz Katerji Show interview with @jamesrball.com about Trump and the Epstein Files is now online on YouTube, watch on the link below and please do like & subscribe and help the channel keep growing!
youtu.be/1NhQWKdZRQQ
Trump and the Epstein Files - with James Ball
YouTube video by Oz Katerji
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July 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Reflections on the Raynor Winn affair and why it matters. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
The Salt Path not taken?
And would it matter if it wasn't?
open.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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I laughed so hard I dropped my phone into the abyss under the ottoman
July 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.

I am CRINE.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Rylan’s facial expressions are marvellous here.
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM