@petekirby.bsky.social
Writer & artist living at the end of a dirt track with wife, daughters & dogs.
Well said @sachinnakrani.bsky.social. Behold the brilliance of @donmcrae.bsky.social & Jill Mead - the Bonnie & Clyde of broad sheet features.
A typically great @donmcrae.bsky.social interview with champion jockey Oisin Murphy in today’s Guardian, with what is, without doubt, the best/coolest-photograph-alongside-an-interview I’ve seen in my 18 years here. Was a joy in my role as print editor yesterday helping put this together.
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Well said @sachinnakrani.bsky.social. Behold the brilliance of @donmcrae.bsky.social & Jill Mead - the Bonnie & Clyde of broad sheet features.
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Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.
What’s the odds on Trump landing in his chopper, firing Bradley, installing himself as captain, falsely accusing Europe of cheating, and only winning after a crowd invasion on the last singles match?
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What’s the odds on Trump landing in his chopper, firing Bradley, installing himself as captain, falsely accusing Europe of cheating, and only winning after a crowd invasion on the last singles match?
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The Brits have such a way with words. You know. Those things with letter that help you define and say stuff about things.
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Brits have such a way with words. You know. Those things with letter that help you define and say stuff about things.
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
Think yourself lucky. This slackarse effort this afternoon was planet Earth’s most lethargic rainbow of all time.
September 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Think yourself lucky. This slackarse effort this afternoon was planet Earth’s most lethargic rainbow of all time.
It sadly shows how mypoic Starmer’s radar is. He’s incapable of striding ahead of the past and the present to forge a future.
"Bad judgement" is a very considerable understatement. Mandelson's relationship with the Putin-linked oligarch Oleg Deripaska & his lobbying activities for Peter Thiel's predatory big-data firm Palantir should also have been massive red flags.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
September 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It sadly shows how mypoic Starmer’s radar is. He’s incapable of striding ahead of the past and the present to forge a future.
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🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
#ItsOurNature
#ItsOurNature
www.wwf.eu
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Real people walking around saying to other people - “more of this please”.
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Real people walking around saying to other people - “more of this please”.
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Never judge a book by its cover!
August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Never judge a book by its cover!
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The banner that the statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett is holding reads: "COURAGE CALLS TO COURAGE EVERYWHERE".
#PalestineAction #ProtestIsNotACrime
(Photo & reportage: @tom-d.bsky.social)
#PalestineAction #ProtestIsNotACrime
(Photo & reportage: @tom-d.bsky.social)
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The banner that the statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett is holding reads: "COURAGE CALLS TO COURAGE EVERYWHERE".
#PalestineAction #ProtestIsNotACrime
(Photo & reportage: @tom-d.bsky.social)
#PalestineAction #ProtestIsNotACrime
(Photo & reportage: @tom-d.bsky.social)
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pass it on, and press it
August 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
pass it on, and press it
That’s too kind @nickmotown.bsky.social
I would rather shit a pincushion whilst drinking an earwax smoothie.
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
That’s too kind @nickmotown.bsky.social
If Yvette Cooper was still in opposition, she’d be outraged at this. Power destroys morality. Why can’t they separate the motive from the act? As @kneecapceol.bsky.social proved, the case falls apart once it moves up the legal ladder.
It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If Yvette Cooper was still in opposition, she’d be outraged at this. Power destroys morality. Why can’t they separate the motive from the act? As @kneecapceol.bsky.social proved, the case falls apart once it moves up the legal ladder.
Please consider this. For her sake. For Gaza’s sake. For humanity’s sake.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
She spoke up for Gaza...
Now the US is sanctioning her. Join the letter of solidarity -- let's stand with Francesca Albanese.
secure.avaaz.org
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Please consider this. For her sake. For Gaza’s sake. For humanity’s sake.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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In case you've forgotten, this is what pure #goodness looks like. Soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre, were killed in a car wreck July 3. Liverpool FC announced it will pay the two remaining years of Diogo Jota’s contract in the amount of £14.5 million to his wife and their three children.
July 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In case you've forgotten, this is what pure #goodness looks like. Soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre, were killed in a car wreck July 3. Liverpool FC announced it will pay the two remaining years of Diogo Jota’s contract in the amount of £14.5 million to his wife and their three children.
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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Snorkelling building:
June 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Snorkelling building:
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As he was saying - as I was saying. ⬇️
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As he was saying - as I was saying. ⬇️
Moronic money merchants running Dartington Hall Trust taking imbecilic short term view with long term visionary food growing forest garden. Make them think again. Make them think.
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Destruction of the World-Renowned Dartington Forest Garden
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May 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Moronic money merchants running Dartington Hall Trust taking imbecilic short term view with long term visionary food growing forest garden. Make them think again. Make them think.
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🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...