Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Her mother Catherine acted at the Liverpool Playhouse, strange she didn't mention it or it was edited out. 000
Reposted by NickAndrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s the 55th anniversary of THE FRENCH CONNECTION. But rather than another post about how undeniably groundbreaking Friedkin's effort was, my latest Substack newsletter talks about another aspect of the film. The story of the real French Connection. andrewnette.substack.com/p/the-real-f...andrewnette.substack.comThe Real French ConnectionCorsican gangsters, ‘Air Opium’ and the story behind William Friedkin’s crime film 0158
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is very good, Andrew. Pantallaci has echoes of Tiny Ricardo in Le Carre's The Honourable Schoolboy. 100
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We have a lot of US owners in EPL, they have been the one's most shocked by the shenanigans. Chelsea's current US ownership self-reported the wrong doing under the Abramovitch regime. City thought they could bluster and legally bully their way through this. The hubris hits the fan. 000
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The current players were either part of the regime or signed to be part of it, knowing what was hanging over the club. 110
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I can understand your POV, but imagine how all the other clubs in this league feel, a bit like 50% of your fellow citizens feel when your president blatantly disregrads conventions, rules, laws. This wasn't a mistake it was premeditated. They deserve what's coming to them, on and off the pitch. 110
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As a young person, Whateley thought about following her parents into medicine...undertakers still rue the day. 000
Reposted by NickMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW | A corrective to the obituaries… HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...brokenbottleboy.substack.comHere lies Jeffrey ArcherThe death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan. 28365154
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ah! Fragrant Mary. I'd forgotten just how unctuous that summing up by the judge was. 120
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'. 14925
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also those local government officials in Manchester? Who knows? 000
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Foreign nationals can flit home, but the Gulf has lost its glister for the wealthy executive with Shaheds raining down. Best cut a deal if you don't want to end up on D Wing. 111
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Directors of the company submitting those accounts are in trouble and should be trying to do deals with HMRC/SFO right now. 240
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yet, the hubris, as you point out is them acting like a nation state (billions of barrels of oil) 120
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The thing is City is the UAE, that's why they have fought this all the way. This is so embarrassing already. 130
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Scripted tears, scripted response from key influences in the audience. No need for it. 120
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 396432562
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The apotheosis of the witch hunting, still in my record collection. 110
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That's interesting, the 1905 map below shows the 5 parkside villas that are now gone replaced in part by Bloomfield Gardens and a care home. It also shows substantial houses at the bottom of Linnet which are also gone. I've often wondered if a German bomber dumped its payload at the top of the lane. 010
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mongrel indeed, but I want nothing to do with their England, their Britain, their dead empire. 020
Reposted by NickGlenn @frackpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits. 626866
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Burnham is a classic greasy pole climber mistaken for a striker. He has no values of his own only those he adopts in the moment to achieve getting further up the pole. Now atop said pole, he sits contented and complacent. 060
Nick @nickoppi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Really magical dog walk this morning (not something I normally say) the park at its best. Listening to Nick Drake now and drinking tea. Good life! 110
