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Gary @shamrocknroll84.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Outstanding 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'.
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Mark @markenello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brilliant 👏🏻😂
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Three Kings: Busby, Shankly and Stein tonight 10:00pm BBC Four.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, 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...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Glenn @frackpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sefton Park looking like moorland, early season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
Mist over park landscape of trees and shrubs
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Russian 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.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The 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.
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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great, 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.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do the women of Piddington have a calendar deal yet? A film slated? A musical scored?
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: 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
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Piddington could be the name of Roderick Spode's aide-de-camp in the Black Shorts.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dominik Boom Boom Szoboszlai
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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This 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.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They 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?
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I 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.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Never doubted the lad
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/09/2026
One 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.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Chris Mason watching Channel 4 News.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Apparently Odysseus is learning to drive the 4A, classics fans.
A new bus driver being instructed by a mentor.
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The first twelve Bird Dreams.
Twelve collages on card displayed on a wooden staircase. The collages are made from paper, ink, paint, crayon and pastel and resemble tarot cards, perhaps
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well 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...
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So 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.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Unfortunately, Isak is pre-exhausted www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Andoni 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
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Baby Niagara this morning
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The 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.
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’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?
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Count Binface is better dressed though
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Early morning canopy
Canopy of fir trees
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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
RIP 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.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Island of strangers, but in a slightly different key.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
KASIA! Magnifique! #tdffemmes
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Rain
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What 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...
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For 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-...
A picture sleeve copy of Deaf School’s Taxi and a folded white handkerchief
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Grumpenstein’s Monster @maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Alan partridge saying I MIGHT AS WELL SAY THIS NOW, CONCACAF HAS PULLED
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Alison Bianchi @alisonbianchi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Local landmark. Apparently Bowie lived on Fisher’s Lane, Chiswick in the 1960s
Plaque on a railway bridge on Fishers Lane, Chiswick featuring a picture of David Bowie (now damaged) with an inscription. Apparently there’s no verified source of the quote. 

“Its not the politicans who will end oppression, its the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their hearts.
David Bowie, 1947 - 2016”
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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...
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Portugal Locations (Part Two) - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A 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
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Wild 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...
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Wild Twin by Jeff Young - Little Toller Books
Wild 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.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I think they need a Fat Comptroller www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Grandkids of Thomas the Tank Engine author in HMRC court fight over huge tax bill
Almost 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
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PhloggingAnOrse @phlogginganorse.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I 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
Kevin Keegan at full speed playing for LFC in 1973.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In 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
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
RIP Kevin Keegan, the greatest night at Anfield ever. Allez les rouges.
Kevin Keegan scores v St. Etienne European Cup quarter final 1977
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Bravo!
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Martin McGrath @martinmcgrath.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Everybody 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...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Huge short game on the BBC's coverage of London Diamond League Athletics
A woman commentator wears a pair of shorts left over from the production  of It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
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Archaeology Ireland Magazine @archiremag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thomas 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...
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THOMAS PAINE, IRELAND AND THE IRISH GHOST - History Ireland
By 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...
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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So there, AI, Proust says you can never write a good book.
“So it is that a well-read man will at once begin to yawn with boredom when one speaks to him of a new "good book," because he imagines a sort of composite of all the good books that he has read, whereas a good book is something special, something un-foreseeable, and is made up not of the sum of all previous masterpieces but of something which the most thorough assimilation of every one of them would not enable him to discover, since it exists not in their sum but beyond it.”
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