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Mike Pullen

@mikepullen1969.bsky.social
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Welsh, rugby, cricket, Wattbike addict, Crohn’s sufferer, Wednesday bins. Usually tired

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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 2h
Anyone who was unable to get beyond the paywall. Here it is in all it’s gory detail.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 4h
IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 13h
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 13h
The retention & recruitment part of this is quite something. Losing your two marquee South Africans and giving it all to Rugby Jesus seems…..unwise Inside Harlequins’ crisis … and why club will be in doom cycle for years www.thetimes.com/article/0202...
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Inside Harlequins’ crisis … and why club will be in doom cycle for years
Saturday’s 48-0 drubbing by Gloucester brought into focus how poor signings and coaching churn have left one of English rugby’s grandest clubs bottom of Prem
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 17h
One minute you are innocently looking at a news item, the next….
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 18h
Roy of the Roasters
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 21h
The waspish Times obituary, from the damning comments of the fragrant one onwards, is better than anything he ever wrote. Jeffrey Archer obituary: MP, peer and multimillion-selling author www.thetimes.com/article/edca...
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Jeffrey Archer obituary: MP, peer and multimillion-selling author
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, politician with a ‘gift for inaccurate précis’ who became a prolifically successful writer, dies aged 86
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 22h
Damned by the words of his own wife is quite the start to an obituary. It doesn’t get any better for him from there…. Jeffrey Archer obituary: MP, peer and multimillion-selling author www.thetimes.com/article/edca...
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Jeffrey Archer obituary: MP, peer and multimillion-selling author
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, politician with a ‘gift for inaccurate précis’ who became a prolifically successful writer, dies aged 86
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s what they would have wanted
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Between writing sessions
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Classic Kemi
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Greenland sharks can live for up to 400 years making them the second longest living shark after Ma'a Nonu
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So much disturbing 70s kids tv content.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seem to recall there being a revival in interest around his singing career a while back, so I probably did have a dip into it then.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Glastonbury are missing a trick if they don’t get him for next summer
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The definitive version.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jake White favourite for the Fiji head coach job. Bloke just loves a new blazer
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dr Who - The Green Death
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday
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Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes: Dismissive Gesture
ALT: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes: Dismissive Gesture
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First half of Saracens v Sale then.…..At least we are 40 minutes closer to the end of it
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Michael Scott Says 'This Is The Worst' in The Office
ALT: Michael Scott Says 'This Is The Worst' in The Office
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These franchise names are really getting out of control
"Glasgow Warriors and Ulster butt heads in this URC matchup from Scotstoun Stadium."
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Chippy tea?
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“I call it Kemistry”
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David Brent: Get The Guitar
ALT: David Brent: Get The Guitar
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When that’s the headline you know you‘re in the upper reaches of sporting ignominy
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Illtud Dafydd @illtuddafydd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
La Rochelle players running the bar at the club's bodega after their 38-13 win over Clermont #Top14
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep still doing it, though one just say as you normally would has since been heard
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quins look so bad not even the return of Rugby Jesus will save them
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Call me Bill @williamshuttoh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When you're watching old OXO adverts
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wondering now if they randomly added a diacritic to his name when he signed his contract
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Most notable feature of Gloucester v Quins so far, the inability to pronounce the name Morgan
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rob Hunt will have earned himself a big Sunday lie in for Dragons. Keeping him fit for the season a key for their campaign.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The referee in the Lions v Ospreys game
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amol Rajan: That's right, 8.5m people tuned in to see me!
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I do like how dipping your toe in slightly warmer water occasionally, suddenly becomes a bold cutting edge organisation
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For anyone unable to open the link the EPCR stuff is
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Venter stuff is the least interesting part of this piece. The EPCR stuff in the 2nd half is much more interesting. TRIGGER WARNING: Contains the word ‘premiumise’ Brendan Venter puts a cork in his job as Saracens ‘wine consultant’ www.thetimes.com/article/1a75...
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Brendan Venter puts a cork in his job as Saracens ‘wine consultant’
Saracens fail in attempt to dodge media duties for South African boss, whose new job title is ‘head of culture and technical director’
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If Dr Gwyn is on comms, none of it will be positive or complimentary.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Contains pictures from the greatest computer / arcade game of all time Daley Thompson: Mind games, broken keyboards — my 50 years as record holder www.thetimes.com/article/194a...
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Daley Thompson: Mind games, broken keyboards — my 50 years as record holder
From fooling Jürgen Hingsen to silencing Wimbledon stars and starring in his own computer game, the decathlon legend reflects on an extraordinary sporting life
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LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rubio's about to issue a statement.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thought I‘d managed to dodge the worst symptoms of the cold, but this morning
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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
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Grumpenstein’s Monster @maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jim Cunt
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tales from rugby’s ’third half’…. How sober pole vaulter became a bon viveur Lion — thanks to Gladiators star www.thetimes.com/article/97de...
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How sober pole vaulter became a bon viveur Lion — thanks to Gladiators star
Former England lock Steve Bainbridge can still deadlift 225kg and says he never regrets choosing rugby over athletics after revelling in antics of amateur era
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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