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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pleased to see my book on sale at Newcastle Library next to one about the great local hero Thomas Bewick. Hope he would have liked the cover image of small boy falling in love with football as stadium and angel loom #football #bewick

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

'No complacency' is what I used to message my son Ewan when our team Newcastle took the lead - and then began to defend. It became a motto for football, and life, as his illness worsened. Now, after his death, it's the title of the book I've written about keeping the faith, whatever happens #england

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Deeply ironic story brewing if VW close Zwickau factory in face of Chinese competition. Once home of Trabi then meant to symbolise united German prosperity in electro-mobility era. I found pro petrol populists mobilising #vw @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Crossing Continents - Driving Against Net Zero - BBC Sounds

How populists are driving against the politics of Net Zero.

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Thank you Henry Corbett for this review of my book "for those who would like a window into the world of football together with profound insights into grief, community, and the changes in our world in the past 50 years"

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And I would like to say herzlichen Dank to Carmen, Chris and the inspirational football and grief project which I was delighted to include in my book. I had a great day with them and fans of @altona93.bsky.social and @dulwichhamletfc.bsky.social @hernebooks.bsky.social @getfootballnewsgermany.com

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Harry Pearson @camsell59.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

During the hydration break I had a dehydration break

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Every June 17th I think of the uprising in East Germany in 1953. Much less known than Hungary in 1956 or Czechoslovakia in 1968 but the first time brave Cold War Europeans confronted Soviet tanks @johnkampfner.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Maybe World Cup hydration breaks are a cunning attempt to prepare us for the time when, as data centres and climate change kick in and insufficient reservoirs empty, we'll all be allowed 3 minutes of drinking water in every 45? @msidouglas.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'Too important to give it up ...' Find out what 'it' is on the IG link below (the file's too large to post direct on Bluesky). @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @hernebooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DZmsh5d...

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I've written a very personal take on what it's been like 'Bearing Our Stripes' in the last few Toon rollercoaster decades as part of this out now: hernebooks.com/product-page...

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My obituary in the Times today of the great Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu who once wrote ‘the football life is a harsh, deceitful, sometimes ungrateful, sometimes wonderful life’. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

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Mircea Lucescu obituary: footballer and coach who rivalled the greats

Polyglot Romanian coach who captained his country, endured Ceausescu’s rule and won trophies across Europe while navigating the egos of the game, dies aged 80

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chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Wrote this as a kind of continuation of the running conversation I had with my son Ewan before he died. About what football has meant to me, and him, and the people and world around us. Looking forward to hearing what readers think.

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