Reposted by NickGary @shamrocknroll84.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Outstanding show of solidarity from Turkish side Konyaspor in their friendly against the Palestinian national team. They showered the pitch in teddies to be donated to children and suspended the match at 89:59 with a message stating 'Until Palestine is free, the match has been postponed'. 13920
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Three Kings: Busby, Shankly and Stein tonight 10:00pm BBC Four. 000
Reposted by NickCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396402563
Reposted by NickGlenn @frackpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits. 726866
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sefton Park looking like moorland, early season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. 291
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Russian money for Brexit delivered by amoral Oxbridge toffs and a pathetic, weak and venal Labour party have brought us to "legitimate concerns" and mainstreaming racist thugs. 10 years and a country is wrecked. 051
Reposted by NickEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right. 40901503
Reposted by NickDavid Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Great, incidental moment in last night's 70 Up - Bruce, probably the most decent man in the show throughout is now an RNLI volunteer. Glad that got put out on mainstream TV. The best of us. And fuck Reform, the worst of us. 0484
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Do the women of Piddington have a calendar deal yet? A film slated? A musical scored? 000
Reposted by NickMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233441002
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Piddington could be the name of Roderick Spode's aide-de-camp in the Black Shorts. 192
Reposted by Nickrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This makes me so very, very angry. You're all a bunch of pathetic, cowardly bastards. And that includes you @andyburnham.bsky.social , Christians should have no say over the choices the rest of us make about our lives and deaths. Fuck you all. 6488
Reposted by NickZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs. 571693498
Reposted by NickSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They are also stopping road traffic - we are told that this is a serious act of "terrorism", entailing long prison sentences, when done for environmental reasons? 49850376
Reposted by NickJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt. 1312689711
Reposted by NickRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/09/2026One thing that I love about the film is how it captures a very distinct social setting and milieu. Lunch at Rules. G&Ts at Mark’s. A champagne reception at Oswald’s. Pints in a Shepherd Neame’s pub in Westminster. Discussion of Black Velvets over oysters by the sea. 50541140
Reposted by NickPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Chris Mason watching Channel 4 News. 491083208
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Apparently Odysseus is learning to drive the 4A, classics fans. 110
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Well he does have the look of a Norman about him. He'd be well up for a bit Harrying of the North before he covered it with data centres and private health clinics. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comBritish Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestryConcern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum 020
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So Burnham is showing himself to be an "external impediment" to a united Ireland. Did he get AI to read the Good Friday Agreement for him? Even Starmer wasn't that crass. 020
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Unfortunately, Isak is pre-exhausted www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comAndoni Iraola tells Liverpool’s forwards to ‘exhaust themselves’Andoni Iraola has said it is more important for Liverpool’s forwards to exhaust themselves than perform for 90 minutes as he prepares for an ‘emotional’ Premier League bow at Anfield 010
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The other day @rickburin.bsky.social heaped praise upon Phoebe Bridgers. So I listened and Rick is not wrong, he is very, very right, she is wonderful. 111
Reposted by NickJeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I’m sure someone’s already mentioned this but I’m told his business card simply read: I’m George Melly Who the fuck are you? 1215
Reposted by NickBruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026RIP Gary Dwyer (pictured with Paul Simpson in Liverpool, 1978). The Teardrops were a huge band for me, coming from punk and new wave but with a positive pop sensibility and, especially on 'Wilder', hinting at other influences that nagged at you to be explored. 914224
Reposted by NickDavid Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Island of strangers, but in a slightly different key. 131
Reposted by NickAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 05/08/2026What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it... 98557109
Reposted by NickJeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026For the 30th edition of Science & Magic I wrote about a Deaf School gig, time travel, my 19 year old self and unexpectedly dancing. Lots of great stuff as ever in this one and you can read and subscribe here: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-... 2187
Reposted by NickAlison Bianchi @alisonbianchi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Local landmark. Apparently Bowie lived on Fisher’s Lane, Chiswick in the 1960s 3113
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@dannykodicek.bsky.social Hi Danny, in a continuing search for all things Smiley, I came across this blog, if you haven't already seen it, featuring location info including your mum's work in TTSS. guinnessissmiley.blogspot.com/2025/11/port...guinnessissmiley.blogspot.comPortugal Locations (Part Two) - Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyA website devoted to Alec Guinness as George Smiley in the BBC productions of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley’s People 111
Reposted by NickJeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Wild Twin @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Winner of the TLS Ackerley Prize 2025 ‘This exceptional memoir…richly detailed and observant.’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune ‘A surging heart-song…’Iain Sinclair www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...littletoller.co.ukWild Twin by Jeff Young - Little Toller BooksWild Twin is the new memoir by the Costa Prize shortlisted author of Ghost Town. In this new book Jeff leaves Liverpool for the Europe of his dreams. 13212
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I think they need a Fat Comptroller www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukGrandkids of Thomas the Tank Engine author in HMRC court fight over huge tax billAlmost 30 years after Wilbert Awdry’s death, the managers of a trust ended up fighting HMRC in a bid to pay out less tax on the royalties 000
Reposted by NickPhloggingAnOrse @phlogginganorse.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recall going along to the official opening of a new supermarket where the ribbon was to be cut by Kevin Keegan. In awe, I managed to get near my then hero. At home, the day after or so, looking at a photo of Kev in the Echo while my mum dished up our tea I said "I've seen him in real life." 1/2 1184
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026In 1977, down and out at university, with my last £5 I got a train back home to watch us play St. Etienne in the ECQF. An injudicious pint in the Sandon meant I almost didn't get in 2 hours before KO. Fairclough's winner yes, but Keegan set the mood for the night. Inevitable and unforgettable. RIP 051
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026RIP Kevin Keegan, the greatest night at Anfield ever. Allez les rouges. 0154
Reposted by NickMartin McGrath @martinmcgrath.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Everybody will have their own redlines but, after nearly 40 years, this will be the end of my Labour membership... There is no economic sense to this - the cost of living argument is bullshit - and it is insane environmentally www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences. 0289
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Huge short game on the BBC's coverage of London Diamond League Athletics 000
Reposted by NickArchaeology Ireland Magazine @archiremag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Thomas Paine’s 'Rights of Man' sold more copies in Ireland than any other country, helping to shape political debate in the years leading up to the 1798 Rebellion. In the latest issue of History Ireland, Fergus Whelan examines his enduring influence in Ireland. historyireland.com/thomas-paine...historyireland.comTHOMAS PAINE, IRELAND AND THE IRISH GHOST - History IrelandBy Fergus Whelan Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, in 1737. He had worked as a staymaker and a customs officer before emigrating to the North American colonies in 1774, where he quickly foun... 34323
Reposted by NickRebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026So there, AI, Proust says you can never write a good book. 511936