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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Also the white cover non-fiction always good. Greyhound by Joanna Pocock is about her two journeys across USA by long distance buses, 17 years apart. Brings out a lot of how American life has changed
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Try Dorothy Tse - Owlish or City Like Water - strange and wonderful
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nils Lofgren’s version is great too
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great to learn about her, thank you. But the year 1989 in the post must be a mistake. If it was 1889, was she then only 11 when she came looking for a job? - that would be quite something
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Please come to Oxford
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live Yes Eagles Beach Boys Allman Brothers Band Doobie Brothers Little Feat Crosby Stills Nash and Young Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Humble Pie Steve Miller Band UK, mainly mid/late 70s
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I would like to claim F Blundell as a relative! How widespread was sending goods on approval? Seems today like a way for the vendor to lose through non-returns and customers disappearing.
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Looking forward to the Oxford event this evening
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Great talk in Oxford a few nights ago by @katrina-van-grouw.bsky.social with previews of the new The Unfeathered Bird book out early next year. Owl ears, woodpecker tongues and superb bird anatomy drawings
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
April come she will - Simon and Garfunkel 4th July Asbury Park (Sandy) - Bruce Springsteen January Sky - Lindisfarne December 1963 (Oh what a night) - Four Seasons It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Tickets booked for Oxford
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry Rock and Roll Suicide - David Bowie Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die - Jethro Tull Rock and Roll is Here To Stay - Danny and the Juniors Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll - Bob Seger
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke Sunday Girl - Blondie Lazy Sunday Afternoon - Small Faces Friday on My Mind - Easybeats Saturday Night at the Movies - The Drifters
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Many thanks for the labour of love in putting together the list. Striking how only a handful of books appear twice, and none more than that
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The Cat Crept In - Mud Tiger Feet - Mud A Horse With No Name -America Chestnut Mare - Byrds The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
What complicates it is that every council seems to have different rules. In South Oxfordshire we are fortunate - all our home recycling goes unsorted in one bin, no problems.
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This was a great talk - full of fascinating insights. I had not realised how colonialism led much of of what we have left of extinct species being in museums in Europe and USA - not where the animals lived
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Excellent news - I’ll be there
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Such an eerie haunting song. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood’s voices fit the song and each other so well. And on Some Velvet Morning too
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
May give Adrian Tchaikovsky an idea for another Children of… book
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Not vanished completely - read over Christmas, loved it, will be passing on to daughter
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Boatman Cryptics @boatmancryptics.co.uk · 14/11/2025
It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them: boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
Boatman - the first 50 reportedly makes a great present or holiday read, exemplified by this image of the book opened to show the story behind the Shipping Forecast puzzle, on display on Brighton beach.

Reviewing Boatman - the first 50, Alan Connor (The Guardian's crossword editor and the brains behind many of BBC2’s quiz programs) says: "This is one to savour. Boatman's puzzles are witty and ingenious. It is an extraordinary pleasure to read how his unique mind works. The first 50 is a book I never knew I needed in my life. Gift it to yourself and to the word-lovers in yours".

Hugh Stephenson (Alan’s predecessor at The Guardian) says: "This is a unique book of crosswords" and Henry Morris: "a Boatman crossword is like a theme park. Each daunting line is a rollercoaster ... He scares you witless. But you can't wait to do it all over again".Boatman - the second 50 contains another 50 puzzles from The Guardian, with five bonus puzzles previously only available online and including puzzles, solutions and the ideas and stories behind them, exemplified by this image of the book opened to show one of the stories, which is accompanied by a picture of a large cow.

Reviewing Boatman - the second 50, Gyles Brandreth says: "If you want a fiendish crossword, you want the best - which means you want Boatman, because he is the best" and Brian Bilston: "Cracking crosswords - each puzzle a delightful daily workout for the brain and a welcome tonic for the soul".
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FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
BSA Young Sociologist of the Year writing competition www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
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BSA Young Sociologist of the Year Competition
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Frankie and Benjy Mouse are insulted by this comparison
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Some SFF: Cities of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
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jonoblundell.bsky.social @jonoblundell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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LCID @labourcid.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Our reaction to Spring Statement 👇
Statement reads:

The Chancellor's decision to accelerate the aid cuts is a further blow to Britain's international role. 

We are all kept safer and stronger by balancing defence, diplomacy and development - we regret that this government is moving in the wrong direction.
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LCID @labourcid.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Our response to the announcement on cutting overseas aid 👇
Text statement from LCID which reads:

After the Tories hollowed out Britain’s defences, only Labour can be trusted to rebuild our national security. As internationalists, we believe in Britain’s global role and the need to stand up to Russia and stand with Ukraine. We agree that the UK should spend more on defence but not at the expense of our overseas development budget.
 
However, the decision to slash aid spending by 40%, to its lowest level since the 1990s, will see the world’s most vulnerable pay the price. Such a severe cut will see fragile states made more fragile, poor people made poorer, and the impacts of climate change made harsher.

In the poorest parts of the world, we risk seeing our adversaries advance and seeing forced global migration accelerate.
 
In turn, this cut will see threats to our international security grow – not shrink.

In a time of geopolitical upheaval, this is the moment for the UK to stand tall and project our values in all corners of the world - through the balance of defence, development and diplomacy.

We urge the government to think again.
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