Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 22hI’m in a traffic jam caused by a Westlife concert. Who knew they were still a thing? 270
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026City fans will say this doesn’t undo all the success they’ve had and the titles and trophies. But they know it does. At best it puts an asterisk by everything. At worst they lose the lot. 150
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#OriginalRollCall Saturday 26th September As our Indian summer continues… 29260
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If everyone on this train could stop yelling, that’d be great. Thanks 161
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s a banner day for the far right: a pointless and entirely stupid debate about Englishness and arrest for dangerous idiocy on the high seas. God help us if these dipshits ever get in. 040
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today in parenting. What am I - in Hamburg - going to do to help child 3 - in Suffolk - evict a robin from the house. 350
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You have to take joy where you can find it in this world. Today that’s the Spurs score. 031
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Imagine being asked the question, ‘where do you live?’ and having to answer, ‘Piddington’. 052
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#OriginalRollCall Wednesday 15th September 2026 Good morning ORCs. Early alarm call to head for Eurostar. 28 degrees here in Brussels yesterday in mid September, a good reminder of why I chose to work in renewables. Wishing you all a good day wherever it takes you on whatever you’re up to. 35450
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Feeling a little bereft to hear about the death of Ludek Miklosko. The word ‘legend’ is bandied around far too easily but applies here. Ludo was the keeper at West Ham when I had a season ticket at Upton Park in the 90s. He was a source of stability and quality when there was little of either. RIP 030
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026First #TenMinuteReadingClub report for a while. Rick pickings on the 7.25 to Liverpool St: Jane Eyre, John of John and The Battle of Britain. 010
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We’re getting the full September cricket experience today. Showers on and off… 020
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.maptap.gg September 6 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 69😁 Final score: 907. Never heard of country for #5 until today.maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 010
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Padova was worth the trip. Amazing botanical garden and basilica etc. But a very un-Italian low concentration of gelaterias, and it needs to have a serious word with itself. 140
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Beautiful corner - the Giusti gardens, offering stunning views back across Verona. Tranquility destroyed by Celine Dion on an eternal loop belting ‘it’s all coming back to me now’ from a neighbouring dance school. Lunch, and liquid therapy, beckons. 050
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fascinating - if somewhat incongruous - Dorothea Lange exhibition set among Verona’s excavated Roman ruins. This photo from the dust bowl migration years echoes through the decades, as does the shot of wartime Japanese storefront bearing words ‘I am an American’ taken before internment started 032
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026They bill the Arena ‘the most Italian place on earth’. It’s hard to disagree. 4100
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sitting in restaurant in Verona eavesdropping on conversation on next table and congratulating self on how much Italian I understand. Very belatedly realise that the language being spoken is Spanish. 🙄 4170
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Amid the horror of the rw press coverage of Jason Arday there has also been some thoughtful, excellent writing. Matthew Syed this weekend in the Times, and here @stephenkb.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comThe difficult truth about Jason ArdayFrom the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race 000
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Excellent article in the FT debunking a lot of the myths around Net Zero which has weaponised by the right and the fossil industry. Gift link: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How to stop global warminggiftarticle.ft.comHow to stop global warmingThe answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement 020
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Loved our cricket match today. Had to work really hard for a 60 run win. Loads of kids playing really well. Village cricket really is the best. 2150
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Cannot recommend Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe highly enough. It’s the perfect antidote to the cynicism and ugliness of the modern world. Two hours of love and joy. Never seen a Globe audience call a company back on stage for encore curtain call until last night. Theatrical magic. 010
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Lots of emergency vehicles on A12 in Suffolk this morning heading in the direction of Dunwich. 😢 251
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Very sorry to hear of the death of Franco Baresi. He was a genuine great and played in the best back four I’ve ever seen with Maldini, Costacurta and Tassotti. 000
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spain used to be the sleeping giants of world football. Since breaking their duck at the Euros in 2008, they’ve now won 5 of the last 10 tournaments. I wouldn’t bet against them at the next Euros. 031
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Brilliant modern portrait exhibition at Scottish NPG: delighted to find the great @damedenisemina.bsky.social alongside other cultural luminaries. 130
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The pace of every Velázquez has slowed recently. So I was very pleased to tick another one off at the National Gallery Scotland. Wonderful also to see The Skating Minister. 050
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Lovely day in Northumbria including a pint in Bamburgh and a trip to Howick Hall gardens. Wonderful temperatures! 020
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026‘This is a huge 15 or 20 minutes for both sides,’ says Alan Shearer. Well, thanks for the insight. 030
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Feel like CraigO may have blown all my sporting luck today for @somersetccc.bsky.social But hoping for another miracle. 110
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Loved finding this photo in the National Portrait Gallery today, taken in our local Suffolk pub by Lee Miller in 1944, showing cartoonist Giles and American musicians. 000
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Have this gorgeous goldfinch and at least three juveniles playing outside the window this afternoon. 180
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This excellent thread says all you need to know about Ann Widdecombe. 162
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026My Farage theory: he never believed it would go this far and that he could get within touching distance of power. He hasn't the work ethic, the ideology or the interest to be PM, and one way or another is going to find a way out of it. Whether that's this afternoon or at some other point. 050
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It’s always a bit of a shock to realise it’s July 7, and think back to the horror of that day, which I remember like it was yesterday. Thinking of those whose lives were blighted by that cowardly pointless act. 160
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Exciting delivery. Not even new, a 15-year old bat that’s been back to its maker for a refurb. Good as new and raring to go. 290
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just watched tourist stop random Japanese guy on street and ask him to take a photo. He obliges, but first it takes tourist an age to set up shot then asks for three retakes as not satisfied with photos. Patient, polite Japanese man obliges… 130
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Wednesday July 1 - welcome to July #OriginalRollCall Lovely evening in Tokyo having dinner with highly entertaining colleague. Very humid again today - a day for staying inside… and learning a new language. Wishing all ORCs a good day. 36421
Ben @benhunt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026If you’re not watching the Test match, now might be a good moment turn it on. 020
