Reposted by Mick SpicerNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh, & since I’m here, awkwardly doing this thing, lovely words from Rural & Rustic over on Insta … 0152
Reposted by Mick SpicerKirsty Hartsiotis @stroudstory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Beautiful weather at #Stroud Cemetery at the weekend for #31DaysOfGraves, taken during a tour about the cemetery designer, Robert Marnock, and how he used the surrounding landscape in his designs. There's more tree cover now, but Marnock loved trees. 0222
Reposted by Mick SpicerNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lovely stuff from Nature Bound Books! Ghosts of the Farm has been in the world a whole year. Highly Commended for @wainwrightprize.bsky.social for Nature Writing. natureboundbooks.co.uk 0225
Reposted by Mick SpicerMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hilarious 😆 6073683
Reposted by Mick SpicerBluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A third TV adaptation of a Bluemoose novel? Heavens to Murgatroyd. @thebookseller.com @northernfiction.bsky.social 0395
Reposted by Mick SpicerPhilip Hoare @philiphoare.bsky.social · 06/10/2026my three brothers - plus Bimbo the dog - on Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire, around 1960, I think 162
Reposted by Mick SpicerBluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Good morning. Many thanks to everyone who turned up last night @Hebden Lit & Sci at The Town Hall 100+ folk celebrating 20 years of Bluemoose Books. Magic! 1374
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A top lawyer who interviewed Andy Burnham before he became Prime Minister has called on the Labour leader to bring in German-style federalism to the UK Hamish Morrison has the exclusive 👇thenational.scot'German-style councils for Scotland? This is what Andy Burnham told me' 175
Reposted by Mick Spicerglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Following on from Wednesday's Autumn Equinox, today is Autumn Equilux with day and night being equal. A balanceof light and dark at dawn here in Glastonbury this morning as the sun rose behind St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. 15883126
Reposted by Mick Spicerpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Grasshopper Dream Cafe, built from two railway cars in Jeonseon, South Korea. 612251447
Reposted by Mick SpicerSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday. 14290572840
Reposted by Mick SpicerWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 870286168260
Reposted by Mick SpicerLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 391198436370
Reposted by Mick SpicerBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Welders, Sunderland shipyards, 1943. 683266561
Reposted by Mick SpicerDoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A film about the Epstein files would make Malcolm McDowell’s Caligula look like Mary Poppins. 19893832194
Reposted by Mick Spicerebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Seriously 🥺 35083292186
Reposted by Mick SpicerMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you can make 65,000 people sing in sync 33 years after your death, you're not just a singer but a legend. Original post 1253630827
Reposted by Mick SpicerPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Bankers' trade association, backed by UK's biggest banks, warns govt against higher tax on the industry. Shows how banks cooperate to advance common interests Silence on profiteering, branch closures, not investigating frauds, bailouts, subsidies, mega bonuses, dividends. Must tax obscene profitsnews.sky.comBritish banking giants deliver tax rise warning to new chancellorThe influential trade association UK Finance has told John Healey that industry tax rises in his autumn Budget would risk damaging Britain's international competitiveness in a letter obtained by Sky N... 35373193
Reposted by Mick SpicerM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026END CITIZENS UNITED....... 517152575417
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I posted this over a year ago and it deserves a repost. It's by Ernest Wallcousins and is from one of the 1930s weird fiction anthologies I own. It's the most dramatic illustration of an M R James story I've seen, especially of 'O Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad.' #SpookySunday #MRJames #ghosts 26519
Reposted by Mick SpicerMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Nearly all the extras in this iconic scene were French expatriates. Their tears during the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise were genuine— filmed at a time when the fate of France was still uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942) #MichaelCurtiz 31070841572
Mick Spicer @middelweald.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Big Chicken Choking our RiversWatching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ... 011
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026In the 19th Century, the ghost of the castle at Castle Acre, #Norfolk, uniquely (?) helped the exorcists who had been called in to get rid of it. The clergymen read out suitable verses of Scripture, with "the ghost also reading and keeping pace with them" until it was able to pass on. #SpookySunday 1529
Reposted by Mick SpicerRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Great success with the long lead this morning - after years of trying and failing to get #Sophiefromromania on the beach we struggled to get her off it 1462850141
Reposted by Mick SpicerCraig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Would anyone like to place a wager that an ICE agent will shock his own genitals with the new gloves? 9246325715
Reposted by Mick Spicerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Georgia O’Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932 #Womensart 31906252
Reposted by Mick Spicer💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 13/08/2026♥️💐 rest in power & paradise lovely soul 👑♥️💐🕊♥️🌿 15683071783
Reposted by Mick SpicerIan R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026'ParchedLands III - The Farm' Marks on Maps Oil : Oil pastel www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/post/terra 211320
Reposted by Mick Spicerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Joan Eardley, Summer Fields, 1961 #WomensArt 51313213
Reposted by Mick SpicerPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Attention él records aficionados and France Gall lovers: Jessica of @would-be-goods.bsky.social has curated a one-hour playlist for BBC6's Freak Zone which can be listened to 👇🏻 Freak Zone Playlist - Jessica Griffin - Pense à moi - BBC Sounds share.google/HF9oDO4mh2Qa...share.googleFreak Zone Playlist - Jessica Griffin - Pense à moi - BBC SoundsJessica Griffin of Would-Be-Goods picks an hour of music on the theme of Pense à moi. 2161
Reposted by Mick SpicerRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Great advice…. #BookSky 1073889982
Reposted by Mick SpicerFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 11/08/2026If you can't hide a crime scene, just pretend you are a victim... 414619
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Count Binface becomes a comic-book hero As his Clacton byelection clash with Nigel Farage approaches, the intergalactic candidate and his mission to take out the trash are being celebrated in an anthology by a host of graphic artists, writes David Barnett bit.ly/4hWOfsDbit.lyCount Binface becomes a comic-book hero | The ObserverAs his Clacton byelection clash with Nigel Farage approaches, the intergalactic candidate and his mission to take out the trash are being celebrated in an anthology by a host of graphic artists 24817
Reposted by Mick SpicerSkionar @skionar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/marcovis... Marco on the Eclipse - very interesting and preciseopen.substack.comWHEN THE SUN IS WOUNDEDThe Astrology and Magick of the 12 August Eclipse 072
Reposted by Mick SpicerJudith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The War of the Roses series - Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York and Marguerite of Anjou were key players during the era. author.to/juditharnoppbooks #HistoricalFiction #Bosworth #wotr #medieval #RichardIII 022
Reposted by Mick SpicerMonica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Directed by Terry Jones 70901112
Reposted by Mick SpicerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026God help journalism if these people ever get into power www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRichard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the GuardianReform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources 1021442380
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A charming advert for Bird's Custard from the back cover of a 1920s summer edition of The Strand Magazine. Many Bird's ads plugged all that cream and sugar as 'pure and nourishing' for kids. #ads #adverts #1920s 0162
Reposted by Mick SpicerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace. 475120203711
Reposted by Mick Spicerhamster @jurahamster.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Zum Memewoch empfehle ich leckere Frosch Focaccia meine Kerle😋🐸 1426322
Reposted by Mick SpicerTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/08/2026FREE ART BY MY MUM WITH SIGNED BOOKS. This is what I have left. If you are in the UK and want to grab any of these drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com asap with your address and I'll let you know how to pay (it's just p&p and the book cover price; art is totally free). 53610
Reposted by Mick SpicerMariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Remembering Robin Williams on the anniversary of his passing. His humor, kindness, and incredible talent continue to touch our hearts and inspire us every day. (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) 339103501853
Reposted by Mick SpicerThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Very odd illustration by the German artist Oskar Hoffmann showing a solar eclipse from the Moon. It was made in 1914 and the comet is simply described as 'von 1911'. I could Google it but I prefer human interaction - does anyone know what it was called? #WyrdWednesday #eclipse #astronomy 24114
Reposted by Mick SpicerDeborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 12/08/2026 214128273922
Reposted by Mick SpicerDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Dr. El-Sayed puts it plainly: “ICE has nothing to do with immigration.” I agree completely. 317136923858
Reposted by Mick SpicerMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Marion Stokes was afraid people would rewrite history, so she recorded over 800,000 hours of TV over 35 years. Original post 803496969
Reposted by Mick SpicerDr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri in the 1980 Broadway play ‘Amadeus’ 1246791740
Reposted by Mick SpicerZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Climate breakdown isn't a political negotiation. It's a scientic reality borne out in lives lost and wildfires. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefight helicopters, a cool space in every community and a maximum working temperature. 331264372
Reposted by Mick SpicerPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In which I learn that the ubiquitous zucchini courgette, a descendant of the Mesoamerican squash, only appeared on our tables in the late 19th century, thanks to the efforts of Italian horticulturists. 0151