chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Jo Marie - I'm very sorry to hear this news and I'm appalled at how you learnt it. Rick n Roll - you put things so well. Hats off to you. 220
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'Blindingly clear' she says. Right, no need for evidence then. 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I take the issue to be whether it's a extant and good label for the many activities - 'sabotage, spying and terrorism' - that Russia has got some Westerners to do on its behalf. That's why I offered it to JD. 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In response to these attacks, Europe will . . . . ? 000
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good one, Danny. (I was about to upload it as well). 140
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This film on the Vichy regime has been receiving plaudits: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.com‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’ 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Anton, today's Guardian has a long piece on Russia's war on Ukraine's books. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.comIncinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian booksA Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks 011
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the playground we used to muse about John Peel's record collection. Details were sketchy but it was said to be the largest private collection in the UK. No matter - it was Aladdin's cave, catnip and the summer holidays all rolled into one. 120
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Strongly agree. I think of Goering's Baedeker Raids against cultural and historical sites in Britain. A vile but strategically futile campaign. 060
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Her arch opening move: "from an insular point of view, people don't seem to understand what I'm saying." Because of course it's the *insular* people who oppose her. Or something. 150
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bah! Very frustrating news, Jan. That gives you no idea when it'll reopen. Have to phone in advance to save another wasted journey. 110
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it" (Tet Offensive, 1968). 020
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026James, I've found an editorial from the Post on the 29th Jan. ('Thwarting Saddam Hussein'). It doesn't mention the letter though. I can send the PDF if you like. 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026State intervention to tell 'young people' what not to think. Hmm. 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Capybara still on the run. A fun read for your Wednesday: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.com‘I just saw this furry brown bottom disappear!’ In search of Samba – the fearless fugitive capybaraSix months ago, Samba made a brave, unprecedented escape from Marwell zoo. Her life on the lam continues today. We join the team hunting desperately to find her in the Hampshire countryside 120
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026'May your God go with you' - Dave Allen's sign-off line. Hadn't heard that in years; a very welcome return. 121
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Recall John Major's 1993 speech - 'Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs . . . .' Confected nostalgia. 000
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very sorry to hear you're going through all this. It's horrible and unfair. Stay strong. 110
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026With no exaggeration, Scotland's Einstein. (Einstein himself said 'The work of James Clerk Maxwell changed the world forever.') 010
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comThe black robin, once down to just a single breeding pair, wins NZ bird of the yearFondly known as the ‘goth’ of New Zealand’s bird world, the black robin now has a population of 350 adults thanks to a pioneering breeding programme 110
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026By a strange alchemy the article transmutes alleged differences in the quality of degrees into alleged differences in the quality of institutions. 040
chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Big Selling Author receives desk reject from Underpaid Expert. 000
