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James

@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 · 11/10/2026
Key piece of evidence against the concept of onomatopoeia.
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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 · 23/08/2026
(I think it's #17 if you can bear scrolling through the ads.)
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yoghurt has a long history in student political dissent. I was there in 1988 when our friend Ben impulsively threw his pot of yoghurt at Tory Education minister Ken Baker, visiting Leicester University. He was visited by Special Branch a few days later. share.google/S5MCKH5XfF97...
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End of an era in 31 smashing pictures of 1988 Leicestershire
The decade starts to come to a close on camera
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
And coffee. And Guiness.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hate to break it to you all, but those sheep and lambs will be sold for money and end up on our plates. They're not pets. Surely any working farmer would do the maths and take a good price as compensation.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
That's the conflict point: the disenfranchised, poor and entitled (everyone in the village basically), storm the Fete. Harrison's Rural Crime Squad are sent in. It's like Peterloo or #Ambridgeloo
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I think that might be the point of Darren Jones atm. Very sure his time will come though.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Not changed then. I went in 1980s. Thought it might have updated since then - 'This is the sort of smartphone Shakespeare might have used to research (insert name of play)if they'd been invented.'.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
844! Get in. #BBCProms
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
😆
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I had a problem with Kindle years ago and so launched the # #kindleswindle and started my personal boycott of the company. That showed them!
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
They're just normal, lovely people. Simple format really.
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a woman talking to a dog that says we 're just normal men on the bottom
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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
@sarahviola.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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a man wearing a wig and sunglasses has the number 6 and 7 on his chest
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
...and according to the news this morning, males have a 'sex arm' to select a mate through smell. Or something. #TheArchers #science
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We had a black and white TV anyway.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
And the retro-thrusters snapped off after a minor crash landing.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Didn't seem to make any difference to me when I upgraded. Out of interest, do you know why Proms announce the season so late? It's a real pain.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Egremont Russet: the apple that thinks it's a pear. The perfect compromise and the best thing about autumn. Ignore the 'it's a potato' imbeciles.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ahem. *both*
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
All + the bleakest, greatest opera.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Friday 13th vibes.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A bridge...if only.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
When we were house-hunting in Leicester in 1994, more houses didn't have central heating than did. In 2001 when moved to the Isle of Wight, we had to install central heating in the house we bought.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I live in a small seaside town. In many respects it's doing well, especially at the 'hobby' end of retail (I bought a £350 print last month), but at the necessity end, there's one (independent) shoeshop: shoe polish?- only black. Shoelaces? - none. I'm not driving 8 miles for polish and shoelaces.
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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 · 27/12/2025
I don't understand why it's not just like running any business. Appoint your family as directors and resign, leaving the business to the new directors? Pay any tax on profits you take on resignation. Happy to be explained why farms are different to factories.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
@sarahviola.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
@sarahviola.bsky.social
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The bunting?
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I remember it as a classic dramatic tension device - will she/won't she, with the audience all knowing she was making the wrong decision with head over heart. It was sad.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I spotted that maths reference too. Quite an odd line if it doesn't mean anything.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Isn't there also a subtle inference that he's fit (in the sense physically attractive and in good shape), but oblivious to it, hence the line 'why are we talking about my buttocks?' in Underwoods.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
From memory, she flitted between the two - they were cast as opposites and young Emma while excited by Ed's wilder side, thought she'd be better off with steadier Will. Ed's life was really chaotic and unreliable. The today Ed is quite different. ,
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Three of the characters are now nice. Apart from that, no.
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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 · 03/11/2025
According to Ruari they all have underfloor heating nowadays.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Nah. Let's get the plotters (Tom, Kate, Ruari, Jacob and Natasha) into a Scottish castle and do a Traitors, but with real murders. (And turn off the under-floor heating for fun.) Pretty sure Jakob will emerge the victory.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The fact she is somewhat rich seems to provide her with the power.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I'd only have a pint in The Bull with Chelsea, Brad and Tracy. Jakob maybe - he seems to see the madness that is Ambridge.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I was there tonight. Great show.!
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Head over parapet: it's a L3 language qualification, not an English A Level. I lived in Spain for 2 years in the 1990s, teaching English. I studied Spanish at night school and got a L3 (A Level = qualification) in that time. That enabled me to function reasonably well in a professional environment.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
They explode, shaking Ambridge to the core.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
They went out of fashion shortly after Desdemona's tragic murder.
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Pawel being murdered by Rob after he saw Adam and him kissing, dumping body in the Am, causing the blockage in the culvert which Flooded Ambridge to the Core. Every subsequent flood event a teaser that the remains will resurface. #misremembered
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
My friend's dog ate my son's Lego figure. He seemed to cope. Although, now I come to think about it...
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James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The real question, though, is what you do with the stupid string and paper tags on the herbal end of tea spectrum?
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