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Patrick @patchn6.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The small boats are bad, actually.

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Patrick @patchn6.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Over the past 20 years, Malcolm had 12 other convictions for burglary and attempted burglary and 10 for assault, including headbutting and biting part of a prison officer's ear off". A travesty Ashley Malcolm was free to do this. We don't imprison enough people.

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Burglar jailed for killing 86-year-old man at Hackney flat

John Burke suffered a "devastating and irreversible" brain injury after he was headbutted.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not quite as "unlucky" as the dozens of Labour councillors across the country who turned a blind eye to organised rape of children and / or actively worked against the investigations.

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A very old but favourite #painting. "Four Courts, No Trees" was painted because I love Dublin's Four Courts. When you can see it. Felt a pang when it sold. Not the best photo of it because this was painted over 30 years ago when I freely roamed the city, but you get the idea. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear

Landscape format in watery loose acrylics on mixed media paper. View across Dublin's River Liffey diagonally northeast to where the large dome-topped neoclassical building that is the Four Courts stands left of centre. It has a front-facing portico of Corinthian columns. On the triangular pediment above there are statues on the top central corner and each of the bottom corners. The wide dome is behind sitting on a wide cylindrical drum with columns and windows. Left and right of the portico are arched windows and more columns on the main central structure, with attached to either side is wall with arched openings and topped, like the central structure with a balustrade, as it screens off a courtyard to either side of the central structure. Both screening walls have a large central arch which are topped with carved sculptures. Columns, screen walls, and details are rendered in yellow with red being the colour of shadows and purple that of the sides of buildings facing into the courtyards. Touches of blue-grey are on the drum under the dome and parts of the tops of the central structure and the building to the right of the rights screening wall. The building to the left of the left screening wall is cropped out of picture. Distant buildings further away along the quay are suggestive strokes of yellow and orange. The river wall of magenta topped with a yellow balustrade runs in front of the Four Courts and the river reflects in a gently wobbly fashion the building above in slightly darker colours. An arched magenta bridge of 3 arches is down river with a loose suggestion of the distant skyline. Water that is not a reflection is rippling blue-grey with red highlights. The sky is a sunset pattern of scattered smokey pale blue grey clouds on top of yellow, orange and pink. Loose black outlines give shape to most forms. The curved magenta top of the near wall is in the bottom right corner. I took this photo before I signed the painting.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Every single one of my political opponents has no theory of mind for people who disagree with them" is one of the all-time great self-owns. I'd bet serious money this person barely ever meaningfully interacts with people on the right.

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

6 Cliff Way, Frinton on Sea 1935 RJ Page and Oliver Hill Image from Conway buff.ly/JSKmrdx

A black and white photograph of an art deco house on the Frinton Park Estate

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Something very striking about Bluesky is that there is an awful lot of sanctimony about rightwingers and racists, but horrific migrant crime stories are almost never mentioned. Here are two Afghan rapes reported just yesterday: www.dailymail.com/news/article... and www.gbnews.com/news/london-...

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is a great piece by Greg.

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Greg Daly @gregdaly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I think it’s been four years since I’ve last written anything for publication, life having taken a few turns over recent years, so it’s nice to be able to share my @plough.bsky.social debut: www.plough.com/articles/are...

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Are Moving Statues Spiritual Junk Food? | Plough

What drove thousands of Irish Catholics to visit a shrine in hopes of seeing a statue move?

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Guy who is so concerned about academics being mobbed on social media that he posts a highly misleading contextless clip of an academic on social media.

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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A fun thing about a total solar eclipse is that we might plausibly be the only place in the galaxy that has one. For the moon to be exactly the same size as the sun as seen from the planet is impossibly rare.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Separately from the politics and optics of this situation, it would be fascinating to tease out the principles concerning repentant ex-criminals entering public life. What is it about ex-fascists specifically, as opposed to e.g. ex-burglars, that permanently excludes them?

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

He was right the first time. His initial response was humane and civilised, unlike the maladjusted fanatics who have bullied him into apologising for not being gleeful that a husband and father of three died before his time.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dipping a toe into BSky, I see the long-running "Whst happened to all the centre-right people?" discourse is off yet again. My question, if this post actually reaches anyone interested in replying, is what counts as "acceptable" right & how is it different from "doesn't disagree with us too much"?

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UnHerd @unherd.com · 31/07/2026

‘As well as the ageing format, Live at the Apollo has another, unavoidable problem: it has become very uneven and often downright unfunny, as its contributors prioritise progressive political messaging over laughs.’ | Niall Gooch

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Live at the Apollo deserves to die

Another round of BBC cuts, and yet more familiar names on the chopping block. This time it’s Live at the Apollo, which has run for more than two decades and has given exposure to many up-and-coming…

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New Farm, Grayswood, Surrey 1932 Amyas Connell and Basil Ward Image from Conway buff.ly/kRzu0j5

A black and white image of a modernist house at New Farm, Grayswood, Surrey

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

97-10 Park Avenue, Ruislip, Hillingdon 1935 Amyas Connell and Basil Ward buff.ly/IyiTBOw

A colour photograph of a row of modernist houses in Ruislip

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Even leaving aside how simply unpleasant some people are, it’s a striking illustration of how effective mis (or maybe dis) information can be that some people still repeat false claims 30 years after they were first made up.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The "handcuffing women in labour" thing from Widdecombe's time at the Home Office is a lie, anyone who repeats it is a bad faith actor or too lazy / stupid to fact-check a propaganda smear.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 30/06/2026

Giving this a little bit of a payday bump. So overwhelmed by the support we've had - and every little extra makes a difference. Beyond the vehicle, we can fund drone detectors, unmanned evac vehicles and more. If you can spare anything at all, it is massively appreciated and will save lives.

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Greg Daly @gregdaly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It’s striking that even now the phrase being used is “previously purchased Studio Canal content”. Not “previously purchased licenses to view Studio Canal content”. If the words “purchase” and “own” mean anything they surely exclude this kind of shenanigans, and I’m not sure how it’s legal.

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Bowling Green Close, Putney Heath 1935 Wallis, Gilbert & Partners buff.ly/mSKao78

A colour photograph of a modernist house designed by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners in Putney Heath

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UnHerd @unherd.com · 20/06/2026

‘There is now a serious and fundamental divide between the national and post-national visions of Britain’ | Niall Gooch

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 14/06/2026

Bluesky - you raised funds to pay for a vehicle and then some. I wanted a way to acknowledge that... so you get to name it. Enter suggestions in the website below. The best* will go into a vote nearer the time. car.jmoxley.co.uk (Determined by me, so no "Carie McCarFace")

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Name the Car

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy paperback publication day to me.

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Marlowe @marlowe1939.substack.com · 19/05/2026

I don’t use Bluesky really, but as I have some former mutuals from the other place that are now only here, I thought I would share why I am worried about Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. marlowe1939.substack.com/p/im-worried...

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I’m worried about Andy Burnham

Judge him on his record? Ok then.

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

23 Strand on the Green, Chiswick 1966 Timothy Rendle www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/23-strand-on...

A colour photograph of a tall, white walled modernist house on the River Thames at Chiswick

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Pete @postliberalpete.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I wrote about how two religious revolutions inadvertently rewired how England and Ireland drink postliberal.substack.com/p/the-drying...

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THE DRYING OF THE ISLES

The specific historical conditions that produced the binge-drinking cultures of England and Ireland

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Pete @postliberalpete.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

New Substack from me. Ive written about the drinking cultures of England and Ireland. open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...

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THE DRYING OF THE ISLES

The link between religion and the drinking cultures of England and Ireland

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another Dublin #painting for you. "Grand Canal Dock" was painted ten years ago because I like the shapes of the buildings, both new and old. I do want to revisit it as a subject though, to do it better justice - and to paint it much larger. #art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #scape

Landscape format in acrylics on mat board. Under a pure blue into pale turquoise sky, the gradient getting lighter the closer to the horizon, buildings on the long sides, both left and right, face in to a rectangular dock where the water is rendered in blotchy blue and turquoise horizontal strokes except where there are boats or where reflecting the buildings. On the right are old tall industrial buildings in dark reds and purple, with a green modern 7-story building of apartments closest to the edge and the viewer. On the left side are modern buildings 4 storys high with large sections in red, white, cream and pink. At far end of the dock are some boats moored before a humpback green bridge with buildings beyond including a green very tall modern tower to the left and white tower to the right. Some more boats are moored along the left side in the middle distance. Water when reflecting the buildings is almost glass like except for a few light horizontal ripples. Signed bottom left in ultramarine blue, Liam Daly

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

77 Addington Road, West Wickham 1934 Designed by Kemp and Tasker for Morrell Builders Ltd

A black and white photograph of the front of an art deco house in West Wickham

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"Inishmore Horse". A special #painting for me. As an unpaid carer I don't earn much but wanted to give back. So with permission I used a friend's photo as reference, and donated half of the proceeds to the charity of their choice - the Down Syndrome Centre in Dublin's northside. #ArtYear #SpeirGorm

Landscape format in acrylics on canvas. In the foreground a grey horse is standing facing the viewer over the top of a dry stone wall at the bottom of a small hill. The horse's right side is in dark shadow and its left side in bright sunlight. Behind it is a rough lumpy scraggy small field rendered in ochre, green and touches of muted red, which rises up to where sitting at the top is a traditional white thatched cottage, its gable end on the left a brilliant white, and its front in soft blue shadow. The right end of the cottage is obscured by the body of the horse. The right edge of the field has a thick row of bushes and at the top of the field to the left of the cottage are two isolated green bushes. There is a slightly worn track in the grass to the left of the horse up to the cottage. The sky, which occupies the top half of the painting, is a dramatic combination of a light painterly teal with a massive bold purple smokey cloud coming in from the left edge from the top to the bottom of the sky. Only the tops of the craggy grey stones along the top of the wall are visible along the bottom of the painting, and more so towards the right directly in front of the horse. Signed bottom left, Liam Daly

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Untitled - Saskatchewan Winter Robert Newton Hurley 1969

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I think there is something to this post about "vice signalling" on the right; Matt Walsh for e.g. can be quite funny and entertaining but his comments about the victims of shootings in Minnesota are just cartoonishly unpleasant.

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

71 Whitney Drive, Stevenage 1966 Derrick Shorten newtownherts.weebly.com/whitney-driv...

A colour photograph of a modernist house on the outskirts of Stevenage

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is interesting. I agree that tax cuts per se shouldn't be a priority for Reform.

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Blogs of 2025: Our final blog of the year celebrated the 90th birthday of one of the finest modernist buildings in the country, the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/the-de-...

A colour photograph of the De La Warr Pavilion

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

St Thomas More, Hampstead 1969 Gerard Goalen www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/st-thomas-mo...

A colour photograph of the modernist St Thomas More church in Hampstead

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Niall Gooch @niallgooch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

No surprise he's been poor against Australia when he's got all this going on at home.

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