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Cantwara Maegth; Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain! (tw)It! 🤪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13h
Stolen Sycamore Gap sapling mystery continues. This saga is never ending. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Stolen Lake District Sycamore Gap sapling mystery continues
Cumbria Police says it has closed its investigation after exploring all lines of inquiry.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 13h
Evolution of terrestrial anatomy revealed by a derived stem tetrapod🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... New data on the enigmatic Early Carboniferous Westlothiana lizziae, widely cited as the earliest terrestrially adapted stem amniote.
Pelvis and hindlimbs of Westlothiana, NMS G.1990.72.1.
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Bill Lukens @paleosol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today the #JMU Sed/Strat class begin our experiments with meandering river cutoffs using the EmRiver Em3 stream table. @emriver.bsky.social ⚒️🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRj...
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Meandering River Cutoff Experiment 9/30/26
YouTube video by JMUSedStrat
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Very humid today- was 22C+ outside at 8am!
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These bastard British billionaires who say the country is finished or who are moving abroad - remove their citizenship!
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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Environmentalists' positions on removing carbon dioxide from air are increasingly split: the US National Resources Defense Council says "There is no longer a plausible route to climate stability without carbon dioxide removal", while many argue against carbon capture. www.nrdc.org/resources/en... 🧪
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Environmental Leadership Can Shape the Future of Carbon Removal
There is no longer a plausible route to climate stability without carbon dioxide removal; environmentalists must advocate for environmentally and socially responsible CDR growth.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@philipcball.bsky.social @brianclegg.bsky.social
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham talking of electoral reform - REFORM THE BLOODY HOUSE OF LORDS!!! Stop using it as a patronage system. In fact, abolish titles all together. Then land reform...!!!
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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BEHOLD: the first-ever glowing cuttlefish! 🧪🦑🧪🦑 It's the first successful insertion of a gene into a cephalopod, opening up new ways of studying them. It took @tessamontague.bsky.social years—and 1000s of tries—to pull it off. @sarareardon.bsky.social has the story: www.science.org/content/arti...
Glowing red cuttlefish on a black background
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MinCup26 SEMI-FINALS!!! It's showdown of the soft and cubical as coppery #Cuprite and salty #Halite compete for a spot in the finals! Both are worthy, but only one can have your vote. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of a translucent deep red cube of cuprite within swooping matte blue-green crystal blades and a scattering of  translucent white halite cubes in a nest of golden yellow spiky crystals.
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Text your friends and family. Send the vote link. Post on other social media sites. Call in favors. Don’t forget the vote link! One vote per person! Time to 👇🏼
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No. They predate the Tethys ocean by hundred of millions years! Good question!
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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 29/09/2026
Wake up and smell the coffee on #NationalCoffeeDay! Here are some of the compounds that give coffee its distinctive aroma: www.compoundchem.com/2015/02/17/c... ☕️ #ChemSky 🧪
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It happens with fire, it happens with flood... weather extremes rise & we do bugger all as a society to reduce our impact. #climate
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Aviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @johnvaillant.bsky.social
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Lives will be lost unless UK does more to combat wildfires, committee chairwoman says
Baroness Brown says there must be better training and planning, after a record year for wildfires in England and Wales.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Temperatures to hit 26C in burst of late September warmth
Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ooor maybe he WILL say & do something to address the climate elephant in the room, as we have temperatures of 25c at the end of September...
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Paul Kingsley @paulkingsley7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Literally Attacking Science 🧪 “A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
... ... Is that what Burnham says about the climate crisis???
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EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu · 28/09/2026
🌽Summer crops had less time & water to grow during 2026’s exceptionally hot and dry summer. #JRC forecasts now put EU soybean yields 15% & grain maize yields 8% below the five-year average. Grassland growth also deteriorated across much of western & central Europe. link.europa.eu/MXTqjg #SciComm🧪
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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It was a simple question, but it stopped APS member Jordan Rhymes in her tracks. She explains in the September issue of #TPhysMag how that query reminded her why she chose a #Physiology career in the first place: ow.ly/hata50ZRccM #WomenInScience #ScienceCareer #ScienceInspiration 🧪
Portrait of APS member Jordan Rhymes.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The neolithic monument buried beneath a county town. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The neolithic monument buried beneath Dorchester town centre
Radio Solent's Steve Harris investigates Dorchester's open secret that lies under the modern town.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Miss Morison's Ghosts
Paranormal events for two English ladies in 1901 France.
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Jorge Ginés 🎃👻🇪🇺 🌍🛰️ @lithospheric.jorgegines.com · 26/09/2026
The treasured 'eternal snow' on this tropical island is about to disappear forever 🧪⚒️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua's 'eternal snow' on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever
Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now I have sadly given up the old 3G Alcatel button phone I find new problems I did not know I had - turning on RCS 'chat' when your number does not 'verify'... grrr... I hate bloody technology!
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wanna know more about Babylon, the ancient city featured in one of Taylor Swift's new songs she released today? @livescience.com has you covered! 🏺
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Ancient Babylon, the iconic Mesopotamian city that survived for 2,000 years
Babylon is known for Hammurabi's laws and its hanging gardens.
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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
APS member Desmond Moronge began his career as a pharmacist in Kenya. So, it's only fitting on #WorldPharmacistDay that we explore his journey from pharmacology to #Physiology. Check out his interesting story in this month's #TPhysMag: ow.ly/tttx50ZO3Nj #MedicalJourney #ScienceInMedicine 🧪
APS member Desmond Moronge leaning up against a large version of the APS logo.
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Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fall's in the air! These tiny acorn fossils were found near Cape Blanco, Oregon and are at least 15 million years old. #FossilFriday🧪 🏛️

A small specimen box with a tag of handwritten text with the genus name and a piece of light beige rock (about 1.5 inches in diameter) with a tiny tiny print of an acorn in the center. A close up on the rock with a tiny tiny print of an acorn. From this close, it looks almost like an inked stamp.
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is so much disinformation about the "Super El Nino" floating around the internet b/c mentioning any sort of mechanism that affects weather seems to start a shouting match. So here's a good video that gives you JUST the info you need in under 2 minutes.
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 25/09/2026
How do herbivorous insects coordinate detoxification pathways to counter plant defenses and diversify host use? This study identifies a pathway driving furanocoumarin detoxification in Helicoverpa, providing insights into toxin tolerance and host range variation. 🧪 #AcademicSky buff.ly/6LxF1gl
Comparative schematic of the CYP6AE19–UGT33 detoxification cascade mediating xanthotoxin metabolism in H. armigera and H. assulta.
In H. armigera, dietary xanthotoxin is efficiently metabolised through a sequential Phase I–Phase II pathway. CYP6AE19 first catalyses O-dealkylation to produce xanthotoxol or aromatic-ring hydroxylation to generate 5-hydroxyxanthotoxin. These hydroxyl-containing intermediates are then glucosylated by UGT33 enzymes to form xanthotoxol glucoside and 5-hydroxyxanthotoxin glucoside, thereby increasing their hydrophilicity and promoting detoxification. In H. assulta, HsCYP6AE19 lacks detectable activity towards xanthotoxin, and only a subset of HsUGT33 enzymes show weak glucosylation activity towards xanthotoxol and 5-hydroxyxanthotoxin, indicating attenuation of this coordinated P450–UGT detoxification cascade.
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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Promo! Thomas Campbell appeared on the JRE conspiracy circus to suggest that *modelling* electrons as dimensionless particles shows that they *are* dimensionless particles. However, models can be useful while not capturing all aspects of a system. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHjG... ⚛️🧪
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 25/09/2026
#CitizenScience photographs contain a vast and underused record of species interactions. This Community Page by Bradley Allf, Robert Dunn &co introduces Who Eats Whom, an interactive, searchable food web created from photographs uploaded to #iNaturalist. 🧪 #ecologySky buff.ly/pvY2fex
Examples of observations submitted to Who Eats Whom.
A. Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) feeding on a Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii) by Scott Veirs (PSEMP.net). B. South African giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) feeding on Duiker-Berry (Sclerocroton integerrimus) by MJ Botha. C. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) feeding on a Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus) by Jody Shugart. D. American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) feeding on a Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) by Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez. E. Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus) feeding on bluebottle fly (Calliphora sp.) by Mirko Schoenitz.
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 25/09/2026
#TrendingNow | This Consensus View proposes a new nomenclature system for #Dengue virus and presents free online tools to identify and track lineages of potential epidemiological and/or clinical importance. #ICYMI #MicroSky 🧪 buff.ly/RvG35oz
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A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus
Dengue virus (DENV) is causing increasingly larger and more widespread epidemics, which makes it critical to track the virus using genomic surveillance, but there is currently no suitable system to…
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Where is the wet autumn??? @metoffice.gov.uk
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just finished Anthony Scaramucci's All the Wrong Moves #booksky 💡📚 If you are/sare not American - & are interested in having a future that is a democracy not authoritarian oligarchy like Russia, this book explains how the US got here & suggests ways out of the mess www.scaramucci.net
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Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony is a businessman and thought leader with broad interests and a restless mind. He is the founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, the global alternative investment manager that inv...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 23/09/2026
#TrendingNow | Soil #biodiversity is critical for supporting the health of life on Earth. This Essay discusses the importance of #soil biodiversity in the face of #GlobalChange, and the major knowledge gaps precluding its conservation for future generations. #ICYMI #OneHeath 🧪 buff.ly/t45717B
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Soil biodiversity and function under global change
Soil biodiversity is critical for supporting the health of humans, animals and the environment. However, global change threatens our soil ecosystems. This Essay discusses the importance of soil…
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In the 19 years I worked at UCL I never took one sick day. Some people seemed to think the days were extra leave. Seriously.
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Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work adviser says
Relying on text and email means sick workers disengaged and were less likely to work again, says Sir Charlie Mayfield.
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DeniseG @denisegutzmer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plague Split into Three New Branches in the Late 1400s, and Researchers Suggest Drought May Have Played a Role The plague resurfaced repeatedly in different parts of Europe over several centuries as it may have established new reservoirs in wild rodents. 🧪 www.natureworldnews.com/articles/733...
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Plague Split into Three New Branches in the Late 1400s, and Researchers Suggest Drought May Have Played a Role
Ancient DNA shows the plague split into three branches around 1450 to 1500, possibly aided by drought, and may have settled into wild rodent reservoirs.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why aren't the biotech companies standing up against this heinous assault on science? Fewer grants have been awarded this year. Biotech is heavily dependent on the NIH Less research = less innovation = reduced pipeline of future therapeutics 🧪 www.drugdiscoverynews.com/the-nih-fund...
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The NIH funding crisis that could reshape biotech for years to come | Drug Discovery News
The NIH budget survived a proposed 40 percent cut, but falling grant numbers could still have lasting consequences for drug discovery.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It remains very dry in Norfolk - rain that was due this week has failed to materialise. This is an extended dry period taking in last year as well.
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love that the wonderful local author Alan Garner, a writer whose work is embedded in the landscape, has been so inspired by the telescope www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... #radioastronomy #astronomy
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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Bronze Age Man of Jodrell Bank
His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Friends in ocean science and conservation, I write a column for SCUBA Diving Magazine called organizations divers should know. It aims to make the ocean research, education, advocacy, and policy space more accessible by highlight awesome organizations, the work they do, and how people can help. 🧪🌍🦑
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The PM programme with Evan Davies is at @jodrellbank.bsky.social talking about the attempts to save it from the funding vandals... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - PM, Two small boats reach UK without detection
The Home Secretary orders a review after the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 23/09/2026
Bluesky has a feed of art inspired by science. With zero AI. #academicsky #medsky #ArtHistory #nature 🐡🎨🧪
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@HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#booksky 💙📚
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seasoned-citizen.bsky.social @seasoned-citizen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hoover Institution Are we living in the new Dark Ages? Journalist James Marriott joins Russ Roberts on EconTalk to explore whether the decline of reading threatens rational thought, democratic culture, and the gains of the Enlightenment—and whether reading can make a comeback. fb.watch/v/3sZmDxwPz/
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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
David Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe lamenting the decline of once-mighty empires
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David Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe lamenting the decline of once-mighty empires
Our cartoonist on Manchester United’s billionaire joint-owner showing a startling lack of self-awareness * Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works * And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...
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