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Brian Kennedy-McCrea

@bkmcc.bsky.social
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He/Him, Husband, Father, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸Retired after 20+ years in Child Protection. Totally Autistic!! Mega-Fan of Doctor Who, Star Trek & Lego Passion for Learning Languages 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇵🇹 & Love History in all forms.

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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What I have never understood about the claims of Russian Interference in elections is that they are generally so bad at it. If they had screwed the Scottish Independence referendum and split up the UK, the UK today would not be as strong as it is. I hate Putin but would’ve loved Independence.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The magna carta is historically influential and incredibly interesting, but utterly pointless in a modern world. Anybody who quotes it as if it's still relevant today or claims to enact their rights under it is, without exception, an idiot.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Sitting in Scotland watching @jimmykimmel.com monologue and wondering who the pissy Queen, Lindsey Graham, is? Someone needs to get that man a husband and calm him down. Makes me sad that another gay man can act like that but I never understand how any gay person could be a conservative.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Exciting new #DoctorWho figures for me today. Been wanting these for a while. Such a shame Eaglemoss went out of business, loved their figure collection. I am looking forward to Master Replicas new figures in 2026.
A picture of 2 statuettes of Doctor Who monsters. 1 is of the Cleaner Robot from Paradise Towers and the other is a green alien in green robes called Monarch from the story, Four to Doomsday.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
For all my American followers. Please watch and Share. This is perfect for fact checking the Insane Mango.
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Hugo Ruaud @hugord.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Ouvertement climatosceptique, l’administration Trump sabre dans les fonds et les bourses destinés aux études et aux recherches environnementales.
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Aux Etats-Unis, les sciences du climat en voie d’extinction
Ouvertement climatosceptique, l’administration Trump sabre dans les fonds et les bourses destinés aux études et aux recherches environnementales. Sous pression de cette offensive, des étudiants et des...
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Both votes SNP
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenterIn a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B
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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Weekend catch-up: BBC bosses have forced Robin Ince to step down from Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage over his social media posts backing pro-trans and other progressive causes. dlvr.it/TPp5MB
Robin Ince
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Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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Not Lost, but Gone Before
You probably already know that Sophie Kinsella died this week, and that we were friends.
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 13/12/2025
Columna | “Mi mente sólo genera conceptos, no imágenes', me dijo. No es una enfermedad, no interfiere con la inteligencia, se estima que entre el 1% y el 5% de la población podría verse afectada, quienes la portan se llaman 'afantas”, por Leila Guerriero social.elpais.com/e_k…
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Paul Harper @paulharper.mu.social · 13/12/2025
Shameful on the part of the BBC who are supposed to represent the *whole* of Britain, not just the bits its right-wing management thinks it should. I'm rapidly getting to the point where I no longer care if the BBC dies.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives. Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity. We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
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Scottish Child Payment | Food Insecurity | Deprivation
New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Interesting Scottish history fact
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OBoogie @oboogie.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
U.S. pals: Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army. There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I would like to deport Noem to an oubliette in a forgotten castle in France. My other thoughts would get me banned however I am sure you can use your imaginations.
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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
What MSN didn’t tell you.. Tribunal ruled Peggie harassed Dr Upton Peggie shared racist jokes, was then 'untruthful' about it Peggie gave evidence not credible or reliable Peggie accused others of lying, tribunal disagreed It was not unlawful for a trans person to use a single-sex changing space
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This company is amazing.
Screenshot of homepage of kiwi.com
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BlueDragonLandlady @ms-lupin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Trying to find a maker of interesting kits for children - would be a present for a small girl aged 5 but very good at making and colouring. Thinking of a little toy shop or house to make, paper or wood. I got her a theatre before along those lines and she loved it. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
WHY is there no REFERENDUM on rejoin? We DO NOT live in a democracy.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 07/12/2025
Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres. Get in quick. Details in link. Please share :)
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HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS
Visit the post for more.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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two women standing next to each other with one wearing a jacket that has chinese characters on it
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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 07/12/2025
Absolutely love to see the Prime Minister chucking stigmatising language like ‘nuts’ around.
Observer front page featuring the PM and “the Greens are nuts”.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A picture of a black cat lying on a striped blue, grey & white jumper.
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WHO @who.int · 03/12/2025
Yes Pearl, we agree! Persons with disabilities need to be involved in making decisions within the health sector. This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, learn more and help push for truly inclusive health systems 👉bit.ly/3SJBjbW #HealthForAll
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
And there it is! Over 100,000 signatures. 💥
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
You can be on the side of Rowling, Putin and Trump, or you can be on the side of, you know, normal cool people. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Looking for a fun yet inexpensive Christmas gift for the #DoctorWho fan in your life? I have lots of art prints for sale, check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂 www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
Doctor Who art prints by Scott Gray.
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Bleeding Cool @bleedingcool.com · 28/11/2025
HBO's Last Week Tonight-hosted auction, John Oliver's Junk, set a new record for a Bob Ross original painting, fetching over $1 million. / #LastWeekTonight
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HBO's Last Week Tonight-hosted auction, John Oliver's Junk, set a new record for a Bob Ross original painting, fetching over $1 million. / #LastWeekTonight
HBO's Last Week Tonight-hosted auction, John Oliver's Junk, set a new record for a Bob Ross original painting, fetching over $1 million.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Woohoo, got my Christmas present ordered.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
perfect column on Nigel Farage's racist, schoolboy past, by @hugorifkind.bsky.social. "The boy haunts the man." www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Was Nigel Farage a bit of a Nazi? Only he knows
The Reform leader was a teenager when he made crass remarks but we’re entitled to ask a would-be prime minister what lay behind them
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen: Dolly Parton Fleetwood Mac Blondie Tinita Tikaram Belle and Sebastian
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I keep forgetting to say - on the blog I wrote about being called a contrarian for doing history, why misunderstandings of the "Dark Ages" ignore materialist circumstances and also just, you know, any history at all whatsoever. share.google/0iFkShpPuOKA...
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On contrarian history
Unfortunately, though I have made the world’s best booty shorts and deployed them with great skill and aplomb, there are still those in our society who refuse to heed my message, and also to learn …
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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
So, we all know that the second recording block of Shada was cancelled due to strike action - but the sets were planned out in full... What would it have looked like? Wonder no more! TC6, 19th November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
A CG recreation of the TARDIS interior from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows the central console in a grey room with roundels on the walls and a blue CSO cloth used as the TARDIS' scanner screen. The K9 robot dog prop sits on the floor.A CG recreation of the Krarg spaceship interior from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows grey walls with a yellow chain pattern, and grey columns. At the front is a monitor screen, with Skagra's grey mind-stealing sphere on a dais in front of it.A CG recreation of the Krarg spaceship corridors from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows grey walls with a yellow chain pattern, and grey columns. The corridor sweeps around to the right. In the foreground, an out-of-place wooden door is embedded into a wall: the entrance into Chronotis' TARDIS.A CG recreation of the set layout from Doctor Who's Shada, from above. It shows several sets: the TARDIS interior, with an adjoining workship area, Chris Parson's laboratory, and the composite Krarg spaceship set, with control room, corridors and a Krarg generation vat.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
RIP Jimmy Cliff
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a man in a yellow shirt is standing in a field and says i can see clearly now
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Given what I have seen recently about cuts in England, it is only a matter of time before, rightly, English people complain about things offered in the other 3 countries. That’s when the independence conversation really begins as WM claws back powers to appease. #Independence
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Do I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Just finished @davidolusoga.bsky.social documentary Empire. Superb and pivotal for people to see. My only criticism would be that it was not given enough time to explore the subject more. We live our privileged lives on the backs and bones of so many.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Is everyone else getting all excited every hour that passes in case there is a big announcement? I am counting on 6pm being the big reveal ( or being very disappointed 😢) #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Happy Doctor Who day!
Tom Baker's Doctor Who drawn in the style of a classic tarot card for some reason…
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Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I want poetry to be as accessible as possible, and I don't believe there should be a financial barrier to art, so I'm offering three pieces for free, forever 1. The Vow, on love 2. Eulogy, on loss 3. My collaboration with Simba, who work with families going through miscarriage or baby loss 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Watched this earlier thanks to @joshsnares.bsky.social recent video highlighting it. This doesn’t even look animated, so polished and the tension is building already despite not really knowing why. Great music too. Can’t wait until Episode 2.
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Colin Baker @oldsixie.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Happy Doctor Who Day everyone 62 years of Gallifreyan fun and frolics! 👍👏🩷
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
On Doctor Who Day, let’s have your favourite Earth-2 Doctor.
A picture of actor, Arthur Hughes sitting in a stool wearing Jeans, a white T-shirt and a brown sleeveless cardigan.
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Brian Kennedy-McCrea @bkmcc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Great question. I think it would be Murder on the Orient Express as it is a good choice when learning a new language given the simple, dialogue heavy text. I have read it in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian & German. My most read English only is A Murder is Announced.
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