Reposted by JoelTaylorhackJoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Took a silly amount of time to write this, but a new piece by me on how the anti RNLI protesters don't know Britain at all joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/critics-of...joelbtaylor.substack.comCritics of the RNLI don’t know BritainEvery coastal community knows the sea doesn’t judge 084
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 23hWell that didn’t go too badly apart from the brief moment in the Gershwin when nervousness took over me and left hand shook uncontrollably But first public performance in at least 30 years 100
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In a moment of madness, I somehow agreed to take part in a local concert today This, for the first time in over 30 years I’m playing the piano on a stage to hundreds of people this afternoon And I’m a bit terrified 140
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If he’s half as good as his da he’ll be very good indeed Steve Harmison’s delivery to Michael Clarke is probably my favourite ball of my life, knot just for its match significance but I heard it on the radio whilst frying a steak on a Trangia as I camped with my wife 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s excellent but unbelievably grim Read a lot on it a few years ago and struggled to know how witnesses continue And they were, of course, very damaged Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb is excellent on Kagame’s corruption and atrocities too 120
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I know the charges aren’t new But I do feel it’s outrageous that Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church for the worldwide Anglican community, charges £18 to enter, or even walk around 020
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Took a silly amount of time to write this, but a new piece by me on how the anti RNLI protesters don't know Britain at all joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/critics-of...joelbtaylor.substack.comCritics of the RNLI don’t know BritainEvery coastal community knows the sea doesn’t judge 084
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is hopeless twaddle I’m agraid from the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhy Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City mattersThe prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football. 120
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When picking up a red apple, does anyone, apart from me, twirl it from one hand to another like a finger spinner readying the first ball of an over? 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Imagine being wooed by Mnangagwa "...some say [Victoria Falls] is shared between Zimbabwe and Zambia, but that is not true" "If you are proposing love to a girl, you do not court her from behind but from the front. Victoria Falls faces Zimbabwe and has its back to Zambia" Just wants an argument 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maybe Elliot Anderson should have stayed at Forest 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Had wondered what the most stupid take might be today Jury still out but this must be near the top 181
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It seems to have lost its senses in a desperate bid to be ‘balanced’ It’s very disappointing 041
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This could be very exciting for London media The CNJ would be an excellent independent voice www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the mediaGreen energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra 013
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well this is an extremely important, if utterly depressing, read 0141
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a few months time, I turn 50 (somehow) & have just managed to arrange few days of escape with the family on Holy Island Randomly, I've picked up a Paul Theroux book of essays; the first chapter includes this segment from one of his own novels and it's really cheered me up 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026yep, think that's the only sensible way forward 100
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My oldest daughter is turning 14 in a week or so She wants to get her ears pierced and I can't think of a decent reason to say no, other than I don't like the thought of it Instead, I'm going to emphasize how it's her decision and she will have to take full responsibility They grow up too quickly 100
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You mean all those saying an early election would happen were talking nonsense? No, I won’t believe it 111
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've struggled with Newport because of it's exceptionally awful station But it is slowly going up in my estimation 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For such an apparently clever chap, this interview doesn't seem wise archive.ph/YAHADarchive.ph 001
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026no chance of an effective system ever getting up and running Will be a gift to organised crime and, I fear, petty pilfering will be encouraged too 0160
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is very sad to hear Mark Doyle's reports from Rwanda and Sierra Leone in the 1990s were extraordinarily brave and excellent pieces of reporting in the worst possible circumstances www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukVeteran BBC Africa correspondent Mark Doyle diesDoyle was best known for reporting on African conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, notably in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026With her plan to block the jobless from buying cigarettes and alcohol, Badenoch appears to have picked a policy designed to give organised crime and other crimes a boost 2287
Reposted by JoelTaylorhackHoratio Clare @horatioclare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Come and talk about the story of our times: refugees, migrants, the small boats and how we can help, not hate each other. Cambridge library, 2pm Saturday www.library.live/calendar/we-...library.liveWe Came by Sea, with author Horatio Clare — Library.LiveAuthor/broadcaster Horatio Clare discusses his book and highlights stories of kindness and refuge in the UK. In conversation with Dr James Gardom of Pembroke College. 2175
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026you appear to be right, my tired, glasses-less eyes, misread first thing this morning Still, however, inexplicable reporting 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Feel this is devalued by a lack of Two Brothers' Mushroom and Wild Garlic flavour www.theguardian.com/food/2026/se...theguardian.com‘They smell of urinal cakes!’: 100 unusual crisp flavours, ranked – from truly awful to totally scoffableMove over ready salted, salt and vinegar and cheese and onion. Gourmet crisps are everywhere, but which are actually worth trying? 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026But the sketches themselves are satire It’s self defeating censory 120
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is stupid Almost as though the BBC doesn’t understand satire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayerThe corporation said it had included "the ones that still work today and not the ones that don't." 110
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026William Rees-Mogg has a great deal to answer for 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I know I shouldn’t but I’m finding what’s happening at Spurs endlessly funny 000
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Very sad to hear of Stephanie Cole’s death Cabin Pressure all the way this evening 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I cannot recommend the museum enough, it was marvellous 010
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Well, @jonnelledge.bsky.social we had a holiday in Denmark this year which included a trip to an excellent train museum run by volunteers in the town of Struer The first thing our guide said to us was Lord Palmerston’s remarks on the Schleswig-Holstein question 110
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026if you put it like that, it sounds fantastic! 020
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Another reminder, if one was needed, that Michael Palin continues to bring joy into the world www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...thetimes.comMichael Palin: ‘I confess to trying some powder in Studio 54’He has a reputation for being the least provocative of the Monty Python team. But behind the affable exterior, Michael Palin, 83, is a man full of surprises 020
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My 11 year-old is a curious child She left for school today at 6.01am so she could try water polo This really wasn't what I expected 151
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is one of the most stupid comment pieces I've ever read www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...thetimes.comLabour class unit mustn’t gentrify trade jobsIf middle-class children are ushered towards vocational subjects, which careers will be left for the working-class kids? 100
JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Struggling to find Ben Delo’s convictions on the BBC Nor, indeed, his pardon from Donald Trump which is even more damning 002