alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 08/08/2026see also (nowhere called Britain at all) 100
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@nytimes.com Stop referring to the UK as Britain - it holds no meaning - You may feel its a corrective for anachronistic hubris but Britain does not exist. You have Great Britain - as opposed to little Britain (Brittany) or the British Isles (inc. Ireland) but the correct word is probably the UK 510
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026people spouting lies on debt burden with no challenge #bbclaurak 020
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The Windsock in Dunstable still sticks in the mind, now sadly demolished mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day... 010
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 05/05/2025they should bring back the Euston Arch 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 13/04/2025that's lifting almost a third of all tariffs on imports from China 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 04/04/2025he always seems a lot like Lex Luthor 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/03/2025though when the BBC do try and represent the experience and suffering Palestinians in Gaza, and do so well, people like you jump down their throat 200
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sarv-e Abarkuh - the oldest tree in Iran en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarv-e_... 050
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 02/03/2025@therestpolitics.bsky.social the death of Gene Hackman draws our attention to Lex Lother, Superman's arch rival. His caricature criminal persona is truly one for our times, containing elements of Musk & Trump. Zelensky's courage even make him somewhat Supermanish dcau.fandom.com/wiki/Lex_Lut... 020
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Statue of Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov in Ashgabat - Former leader of Turkmenistan - 'He was one of the world's most totalitarian, despotic, and repressive dictators.' Wikipedia 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov - Former leader of Turkmenistan - 'he was one of the world's most totalitarian, despotic, and repressive dictators.' Wikipedia 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 11/02/2025and the legendary Yugo (this is a sports version) 110
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 03/02/2025along with the National Theatre you could count Lansdun's other work such as SOAS library which has similar concrete textured with wood 010
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 02/02/2025@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social UK exports to the US nosedived after #brexit So much for global Britain (source NYT) @therestpolitics.bsky.social 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 24/01/2025the Ferdowsi Museum in Tus, near Mashhad, Iran, is a much overlooked example 020
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 15/01/2025yes partially good news that hopefully the exterior will be mainly preserved like the pub on Plymouth Grove in Manchester that became a Chinese restaurant but lost its interiors 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 15/01/2025yes partially good news that hopefully the exterior will be mainly preserved like the pub on Plymouth Grove in Manchester that became a Chinese restaurant but lost its interiors 000
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 04/01/2025screenshot from a search on the train line this morning - I was n't meaning to get in an argument - just to say there are cheaper tickets available - what you said was not completely correct 100
alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The Trafford Park Hotel is in urgent need of TLC 121