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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm very glad to hear it, because as one of the small band of ultra-special, lovely folk on here, you deserve happiness from wherever you can find it xxx

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Marvellous images all, thank you.

Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just haven't the vocabulary to describe how that image makes me feel. It made me turn off Radio 3, put the tablet on 'landscape' and just fall into the scene. Low-lying mist does it every time for me & yet again you've created something that has stopped me in my tracks. I'm so glad you're here.

I love a game of I spie! Get that aga fired up! 😋😋😋

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I'm ahead of you on this one. E'en now, an army of consultants and focus groups are determining the imminent crowdfunding strategy to raise sufficient monies for squadrons of drones to seek out said shed (that's easy for you to say) & report back any sightings of tea and cake. And pies. I like pies.

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Morning all. The new arrival is still in hiding but I'll post a photo of him when I can.

@mirandakitten.bsky.social I thought you'd appreciate this admirable state of affairs.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Would there be room for everybody?

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@imcmillan.bsky.social Not sure when you're next out & about but for travel listening I recommend Composer Of The Week on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social with the blessed Donald Macleod on Cyril Scott; new to me but composer of some sublime pieces of early 20th c. music.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@imcmillan.bsky.social I seem to know less & less these days, but one thing of which I'm certain is that I couldn't have had a happier weekend than I did thanks to you, @yeoflittlefaith.bsky.social, colleagues & guests at Contains Strong Language. It was unsurpassed soul, interest & entertainment.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@imcmillan.bsky.social I saw this on my way back today. I've been going to Stockport for over 50 years and never knew of this till I saw it by chance; by the brilliant Alan Boyson in 1965 (he did the famous 3 Ships mosaic in Hull).

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No better example than tax-dodging multi-billionaire Radcliffe, lamenting that this country is so deficient it can't even run an empire any more. Utterly sickening.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@imcmillan.bsky.social You probably have much to listen to already, but part of your journey westward could be soundtracked by The Essay, which is all about the impact of John Coltrane's music on musicians such as Steve Reich, Archie Shepp, etc. Very interesting stuff.

Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It sounds like the person buying the energy drinks was then subject to spontaneous combustion. I hope the shop's fire certificate is up-to-date.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Please. Not before the 9 pm watershed.

Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

That reminds me of St. Enodoc in Cornwall, where John Betjeman & his family are buried.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@ineeddirection.bsky.social Ey up Missus, long time no text. Hope all's as well as can be with you and yours, dear comrade xxx

Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You're probably well aware of this but the B-side of his version of 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' is a cracker. 'Don't Mind If I Cry' is a top drawer piece of Beat Ballad Heaven. I seem to recall you're tidying the shed or some such next week, so perhaps it's one for the Obit show(s)?

Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A great humanist. Like so many of (to me) your radio triumphs (the talks with Michael Longley foremost among them), and other gems such as Petroc Trelawny's river & canal journeys, I really wish I could listen to it again, whenever I need a fillip. Enjoy your forthcoming out and aboutery.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I guess it doesn't batter anymore....

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel". (Oscar Wilde)

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So many books to read So many places to see Just in my mind.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The former site of a small shrine to the actress Margaret.

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Hey hey hey! Thanks Darrell, great to hear from you!

Thank you so much Rose, it's lovely to hear from you. xx

No apology needed my lovely!

Thank you so much, Anne, it is today; I just like getting my thanks in early, otherwise I end up forgetting!

Birthday Gratitude Haiku If any person ever made me feel splendid, my dear friend Ken did.

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Thank you, Ken, it's always nice to hear from you.

Very much appreciated my dear chap.

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Thank you so much dear chum!

Thanks a million to folk on here that have sent birthday cards and good wishes. Perhaps being 70 won't be so bad after all......

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thank you my lovely friend, I've just opened my cards. I DO love hedgehogs! xxxx

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@gidcoe.bsky.social The Empire Theatre, Liverpool. My mates in Que Bono won a battle of the bands contest there. A judge was Ian Gillan, who afterwards was so intoxicated, he tripped and flew over a burger trolley in an almost perfectly executed somersault. Skill, or luck? Reader, you decide....

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm old enough to remember Thatcher saying, in that nauseatingly supercilious and patronising voice of hers, "There is no such thing as society". I thought then that it was a dangerous thing to say, but I'd no idea in my worst nightmares how that ethos would come to play out from then till now.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@mirandakitten.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social I thought I should let you know that after a short (24 hour) illness, Joseph went to the vet's this afternoon, was found to be suffering from a type of pericarditis and had to be put to sleep. 'Heartbroken' doesn't begin to tell the story.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I love her even more, if that were possible.

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Ian McFee @ianm45.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I hope you had a happy, albeit tiring, day. I've only just seen your message but I hope you get chance to see Bettany Hughes' Lost World's on Channel 4. Best to you both.