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@jrchumphries.bsky.social
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Boring weirdo. (Son's view.) All my views are my own. Not his. Or my employer's. Mainly classical music, concrete buildings, politics, The Archers. Hodgkin Lymphoma Club, Isle of Wight (no you don't need a passport, yes it is the most expensive...)

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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WAR IN SPACE klaxon @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Chris Morris Declares War on The Day Today
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com thanks so much for the Escape Route recommendation of Pereira Maintains as entry level Tabucchi. Amazing book.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
844! Get in. #BBCProms
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The swifts are back! #swifts
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Loved #TheArchers Truth and Lies. Definitely a better format than the actual soap. Line up the miserable, unpleasant, selfish and spoilt characters one-by-one and confront them with their faults. (Except Brad. And Chelsea. And Tracy.) Include their pets too, with a Johnny Morris style voice.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
A small victory! onthewight.com/rydes-former... @c20society.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
@sarahviola.bsky.social you could do this at work, but with racehorses playing the viola.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
@sarahviola.bsky.social works with cats too, I've read.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@c20society.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@c20society.bsky.social 25/00884/FUL | Proposed render to all elevations of building and to the curtilage wall adjacent to west elevation; alterations including colour of existing window... Natwest Bank St Thomas Square Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2PL share.google/xJTojRVWnuH4...
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25/00884/FUL | Proposed render to all elevations of building and to the curtilage wall adjacent to west elevation; alterations including colour of existing windows and window dec...
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@c20society.bsky.social there's a planning application to modify the only modernist building in our town. It's good to see a disused building brought back to life, do you have a view on the use of Cork cladding to exposed concrete panels which kind of make the building what it is? Link to follow.
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25/00884/FUL | Proposed render to all elevations of building and to the curtilage wall adjacent to west elevation; alterations including colour of existing windows and window dec...
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
8085 #bbcproms
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Making my trip to Brussels this week to drink beer and eat chips seem a bit trivial.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
@djhutch.bsky.social hello! Do you know about the Starter Packs? You can rebuild networks from The Other Place really easily.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Let us remember Thomas Becket on his feast day at his best: unencumbered with excommunication and politics, smoking a cigarette, arm in arm with Elisabeth Taylor.
Richard Burton on the set of Becket (1964) in full ecclesiastical garb, accompanied by Elisabeth Taylor. He is smoking a cigarette and the film set is visible in the background.
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Jimbobbers ✌︎㋡ @jimbobbers.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Good old Viz. They kinda called it.
Roger Mellie sat next to his producer Tom. Tom is saying “They want you to do Master Chef”
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🚨URGENT - PLEASE SHARE Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor. It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏 www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Let’s see @bsky.app do its thing. Please share. Let’s help Lilian’s heartbroken family find her a stem cell donor match. It’s simple to register www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...
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Request a swab kit to register as a stem cell donor
Request a swab kit to register as a stem cell donor
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 23/11/2024
WIN a set of Brutalist #Christmas cards Repost and follow me to enter I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tomorrow (Sunday 24 Nov) gailmyerscough.co.uk
Christmas cards featuring brutalist buildings in the snow. Forton Services, Barbican, Trellick Tower and Birmingham Central Library.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
@quietriotpod.bsky.social interesting section on IHT and farmers. I was struck by this in our local paper in which demonstrators don't mention IHT, but seem proud of the food bank. What are they actually demonstrating against?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/11/2024
Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So glad you're here. I can now delete my X account!
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Socialist Opera Singer @operasocialist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
On a day when the media are focused on farmers, there's been another nail in the coffin for opera in the UK. Today it's been announced that the chorus at Welsh National Opera will be reduced by a third and the redundancies will begin in December. @wearethemu.bsky.social #equity #savewno
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Brave new world that has such people in it… Hello BlueSky. The world is scaring me & I’d like to get off…
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
#fungusfriday is a thing?! Allows me to platform my pic from last Saturday, which I thought no-one would be interested in.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Back in the God's (Proms Planner always seems to chuck me up here when there's a choir) for #bbcproms 42. Amazing evening. It's not the memorising, it's how that enhances the performing and in the last movt, how the staging enhances the meaning. #Aurora
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
@mattdawhit.bsky.social fancy seeing you here!
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Not the greatest photo, but look carefully and you can see sunset in West and Moonrise in East. And my friend Sandy. Tennis on Down, #isleofwight. #sunset
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Iain Moore @iainmoore.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
This is awful - a book like heartstopper would have made my school life a thousand times better. And there is really clear guidance on this from CILIP, endorsed by Arts Council - find it here: www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-an... www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
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Heartstopper among titles targeted as 53% of school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, study says
"I feel frightened, intimidated," one school librarian has said on her fear of stocking LGBTQ+ books
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
They live among us @sarahviola.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
In the spit and sawdust this morning. #bbcproms
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
Bit of an ear bleed this one. (Altitude, not music.) #bbcproms #warrequiem
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
#bbcproms? Rude not to really.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
Just finding my way round here. Like flitting to a different party - good to see others here are the ones I'd hoped to see.
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