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Churchill thought much the same about America: "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Thirty days hath September April, June and no wonder All the rest eat marmalade Save Grandma who rides a bicycle.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Or you might consider Joseph Roth's journalism, beautifully translated by Michael Hofmann as "What I Saw", which gives insightful snapshots of Berlin life in the '20s and early 30's.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

How individual photographs were so expensive that you wouldn't waste a single shot off a roll of film. When you eventually took it in for processing it might have shots of last summer's holiday as well as Christmas.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

And for the Brits among us, how you would never pass a public telephone box without popping in and pressing 'Button B' to recover any unspent coins.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Good. He's getting nervous.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Come on America, you're better than this. It's time to put an end to this nonsense.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

FIFA must be so proud to be associated with such a legend.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

It is the poems you have lost, the ills From missing dates, at which the heart expires. William Empson

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

History says, Don’t hope on this side of the grave.  But then, once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave  of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme. Seamus Heaney

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A prominent member of the extended universe

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

How did he know about Trump?

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Well here's Sir George Onesiphorus Paul in Gloucester Cathedral.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The wonderful English conductor showing how it's done.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

You could be right, so take care. Wistman's Wood is reputedly frequented by pixies.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

In my very traditional prep school in the '50s we used "Pax", not as a surrender but a cessation of hostilities when things had reached a deadlock. I remember "Fains I" when spurning something, as opposed to "Bags I" when we wanted something.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

She's obviously not the villain that some people are alleging but still she did the honourable thing by resigning. Honour - a concept unknown to Trump and his henchmen.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

In the same way, there's only one lake in Scotland - the Lake of Menteith.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We shouldn't be talking about 'every truth' because that suggests there are multiple 'truths', all equally valid. We should be talking about 'the truth'.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Well, that certainly clarifies things for you.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Me too - and I'm pretty sure mother-fucker is American. One does wonder about Americans.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

It's a coded alert. Someone is trapped in there and is desperate for release.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Whereas to learn the word "deTrumpizing" would be a delight!

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Churchill wasn't wearing a suit either.

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Without values how do you decide what to shoot at?

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon has a really pronounced tilt

Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, floor plan showing tilt

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AndrewO @labotw.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Government by billionaires for billionaires. Only if war, famine, disease, poverty are bad for business will they support doing anything about them - with one or two rare exceptions.

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