Simon Talbot
@talbotpaul.bsky.social
will you please stop talking about fight club
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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Spot on.
Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Spot on.
Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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There is trolling, and there is whatever grandious name we should give to this:
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There is trolling, and there is whatever grandious name we should give to this:
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@rupertread.bsky.social quoting Báyo Akómoláfé; “There’s a sense in which we’re all still on a slave ship.”
Freedom, agency and rebellion, now and in history, on the BBC with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social - more in the post above. A most wonderful discussion.
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Freedom, agency and rebellion, now and in history, on the BBC with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social - more in the post above. A most wonderful discussion.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@rupertread.bsky.social quoting Báyo Akómoláfé; “There’s a sense in which we’re all still on a slave ship.”
Freedom, agency and rebellion, now and in history, on the BBC with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social - more in the post above. A most wonderful discussion.
@bayoakomolafe.bsky.social a
Freedom, agency and rebellion, now and in history, on the BBC with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social - more in the post above. A most wonderful discussion.
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Moral cowardice vs a moral revolution: who actually has agency and pulls the lever of power and history? @rupertread.bsky.social, co-founder of the @climatemajority.bsky.social is among some fascinating historians and writers arguing from very different vantage points. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
BBC Audio | Arts & Ideas | Influencing History
Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Moral cowardice vs a moral revolution: who actually has agency and pulls the lever of power and history? @rupertread.bsky.social, co-founder of the @climatemajority.bsky.social is among some fascinating historians and writers arguing from very different vantage points. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
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Billing is everything
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Billing is everything
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I really do not understand at what point we forgot that this is how it works.
People are championing and enforcing these immigration policies now who are *products of this immigration ladder of excellence themselves*.
Did they never eg speak to their parents/grandparents?
People are championing and enforcing these immigration policies now who are *products of this immigration ladder of excellence themselves*.
Did they never eg speak to their parents/grandparents?
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I really do not understand at what point we forgot that this is how it works.
People are championing and enforcing these immigration policies now who are *products of this immigration ladder of excellence themselves*.
Did they never eg speak to their parents/grandparents?
People are championing and enforcing these immigration policies now who are *products of this immigration ladder of excellence themselves*.
Did they never eg speak to their parents/grandparents?
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several of their children fought for Britain in WW2. one died, shot down in his Lancaster Bomber over Magdeburg. so don't tell me we haven't contributed.
the great-grandchildren are writers, businesspeople, academics, CEOs, musicians, publishers, a couple have OBEs for charity work.
the great-grandchildren are writers, businesspeople, academics, CEOs, musicians, publishers, a couple have OBEs for charity work.
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
several of their children fought for Britain in WW2. one died, shot down in his Lancaster Bomber over Magdeburg. so don't tell me we haven't contributed.
the great-grandchildren are writers, businesspeople, academics, CEOs, musicians, publishers, a couple have OBEs for charity work.
the great-grandchildren are writers, businesspeople, academics, CEOs, musicians, publishers, a couple have OBEs for charity work.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Listen, as I join with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social et al for Radio 4's round-table discussion, hosted by @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social, on how we mainstream action on #climate and other existential threats…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Arts & Ideas - Influencing History - BBC Sounds
Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Listen, as I join with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social et al for Radio 4's round-table discussion, hosted by @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social, on how we mainstream action on #climate and other existential threats…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
PhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
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New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
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The fine folk at Fabulous Films have given us an exclusive offer for our followers!
Head to FabulousFilms.com and use the case-sensitive code BAGPUSS20 to get a 20% discount off Bagpuss on DVD or Blu-ray!
Offer ends at midnight, Friday 12 December - get someone that saggy old cloth cat for Xmas!
Head to FabulousFilms.com and use the case-sensitive code BAGPUSS20 to get a 20% discount off Bagpuss on DVD or Blu-ray!
Offer ends at midnight, Friday 12 December - get someone that saggy old cloth cat for Xmas!
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The fine folk at Fabulous Films have given us an exclusive offer for our followers!
Head to FabulousFilms.com and use the case-sensitive code BAGPUSS20 to get a 20% discount off Bagpuss on DVD or Blu-ray!
Offer ends at midnight, Friday 12 December - get someone that saggy old cloth cat for Xmas!
Head to FabulousFilms.com and use the case-sensitive code BAGPUSS20 to get a 20% discount off Bagpuss on DVD or Blu-ray!
Offer ends at midnight, Friday 12 December - get someone that saggy old cloth cat for Xmas!
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UPDATE: As the Sheringham Bus Shelter stand-off enters its fifth day, protestors have been fenced in by Council contractors.
People care about their heritage, and the Council exists to serve the people. Perhaps they should try listening to them? Until then, it seems the occupation will continue! ✊🏻
People care about their heritage, and the Council exists to serve the people. Perhaps they should try listening to them? Until then, it seems the occupation will continue! ✊🏻
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
UPDATE: As the Sheringham Bus Shelter stand-off enters its fifth day, protestors have been fenced in by Council contractors.
People care about their heritage, and the Council exists to serve the people. Perhaps they should try listening to them? Until then, it seems the occupation will continue! ✊🏻
People care about their heritage, and the Council exists to serve the people. Perhaps they should try listening to them? Until then, it seems the occupation will continue! ✊🏻
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⚠️ Stand-off in Sheringham: Local campaigners have spent the past three nights camping out overnight in an extraordinary bid to save a 1950s Streamline Moderne style bus shelter in Norfolk, thwarting council contractors who attempted to demolish the structure at 2am.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
⚠️ Stand-off in Sheringham: Local campaigners have spent the past three nights camping out overnight in an extraordinary bid to save a 1950s Streamline Moderne style bus shelter in Norfolk, thwarting council contractors who attempted to demolish the structure at 2am.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BREAKING NEWS: Sheringham Town Council have just voted 6-5 to withdraw support for the planned demolition of their now nationally famous Bus Shelter!
A crucial victory for the local protesters who’ve staged a remarkable 8 day occupation of the shelter.
People power for modern heritage ✊🏻
A crucial victory for the local protesters who’ve staged a remarkable 8 day occupation of the shelter.
People power for modern heritage ✊🏻
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Sheringham Town Council have just voted 6-5 to withdraw support for the planned demolition of their now nationally famous Bus Shelter!
A crucial victory for the local protesters who’ve staged a remarkable 8 day occupation of the shelter.
People power for modern heritage ✊🏻
A crucial victory for the local protesters who’ve staged a remarkable 8 day occupation of the shelter.
People power for modern heritage ✊🏻
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How significant was David Lammy’s refusal to rule out a customs union with the EU? www.independent.co.uk/independentp...
How significant was David Lammy’s refusal to rule out a customs union with the EU?
The deputy prime minister and Wes Streeting, the health secretary, have hinted that Labour is tiptoeing towards reversing Brexit, writes John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How significant was David Lammy’s refusal to rule out a customs union with the EU? www.independent.co.uk/independentp...
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3¼/10 in John Clarke's Saturday Quiz in the i paper (answers in the paper or here later)
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
3¼/10 in John Clarke's Saturday Quiz in the i paper (answers in the paper or here later)
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Answers to the i paper quiz are here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
i Quiz answers
6 Dec 29 Nov 22 Nov 15 Nov 8 Nov 1 Nov 25 Oct 18 Oct 11 Oct 4 Oct 27 Sep 20 Sep 13 Sep 6 Sep 30 Aug 23 Aug 16 Aug 9 Aug 2 Aug 26 Jul 19 Jul 12 Jul 5 Jul 28 Jun 21 Jun 14 Jun ...
docs.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Answers to the i paper quiz are here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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EU to ‘push back petrol car sales ban to 2040’ www.thetimes.com/business/com...
EU to ‘push back petrol car sales ban to 2040’
Car bosses say that EU will delay the outlawing of new sales by five years, meaning the ban on the Continent would come a decade after the UK
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
EU to ‘push back petrol car sales ban to 2040’ www.thetimes.com/business/com...
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Angela Rayner will be back in cabinet, says Keir Starmer
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Angela Rayner will be back in cabinet, says Keir Starmer
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I admire this about the PM, from interview with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
December 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I admire this about the PM, from interview with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Starmer repeats the line from the Economist interview about being able to sleep at night if there is a Tory govt
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Starmer repeats the line from the Economist interview about being able to sleep at night if there is a Tory govt