Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sacred Harp folks are Good People, and there’s nothing quite like singing some fire and brimstone in harmony with 180 others in a Victorian ballroom. This weekend’s UK Convention was quite a thing, and I’m delighted to have been there, and proud to have played a tiny part in making it happen. 2150
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If His Majesty’s Government don’t go after these ‘activists’ with the same enthusiasm, nay, *glee*, that they pursued priests and grannies for [checks notes] holding up some pieces of paper, then it’s either because they’re frit, or they are complicit. 022
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellOwler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Children are 3x more likely to be killed in a collision with an SUV than a normal-sized car. Why the hell are we still allowing them as everyday cars? 221
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Consider the crocodiles of the river - they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto, even Solomon in all his glory… 230
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We could have been a couple of years into a Greater Manchester clean air zone by now, but our then Mayor bottled it in a staggering act of political cowardice. 021
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Stop considering it. Just ban them. Do it now. Disposable barbecues are (a) useless as BBQs, take ages, food often still raw in middle, (b) environmentally horrible, (c) incredibly good at starting massive fires. There is no good argument for them. Bin them off www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comBurnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UKPM to look at imposing restriction in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough 321058239
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton 19972941572
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Downing Street's press release for Burnham's "emergency" Cobra meeting on the drought didn't even mention climate, with the Prime Minister blaming the growing numbers of wildfires on disposable barbecues. He's since appeared on GB News this afternoon to talk about migrant camps 2451466514
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 18/07/2026wp.me/p15p2Q-hd0wp.mePenguin Liberation Front Official Communique #2 Falklands/Malvinas do not belong to Argentina or Trump. Penguins must ruleNeither Falklands or Malvinas but a Penguin Republic 18th July For updates contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social FALKLAND ISLANDS MUST BE A PENGUIN REPUBLIC With England playing and los… 143
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026My grate frend @sundayseasongs.bsky.social gone done a thing. Even if opera isn’t exactly your thing, there’s history, tea, folk song and cats…and if at least one of these isn’t up your street then God, Jed, I don’t even wanna know you: 120
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026If any candidate for the GM Mayoralty stood on this platform they’d get my first preference vote in a heartbeat: 130
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I have a library card, which lets me borrow books and also let myself in secretly to the library after it’s shut. My local library’s blueprints sank on the RMS Titanic, and I learned today our library service is twinned with the one in Melbourne, Australia. Libraries are incredible! 010
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Won’t someone spare a thought for the people of the Manor of Northstead, tho? 000
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Campaigning in Greater Manchester today and just running through some life lessons... 311176296
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Only managed one legit ‘lock-in’ in my life, but it was as an impoverished student in Brighton with Brian Behan (brother of the more famous Brendan) standing me pints of Guinness all evening because I worked in the public library and he was one of our regular borrowers, so it’s a story I retell. 040
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Great Northern! (cc. @tarsociety.bsky.social, @aransome.bsky.social &c.) 031
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Magisterial analysis of Andy Burnham by Jennifer Williams the FT's Northern correspondent (27 June) who has covered him for 10 years & a good joke 'A Blairite, A Brownite & a Corbynite walk into a bar 'what will you be having Mr Burnham?.' asks the bartender. She reports Burnham 'hates' the joke. 0197
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-Jellthekiduknow @thekiduknow.bsky.social · 27/06/2026A perfect movie youtu.be/9XtdjSU9560?...youtu.beDon't you know the meaning of propriety?YouTube video by Philip Downs 1111
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026static.klipy.comGroucho Marx's Iconic EyerollAlt: Groucho Marx gratuitously rolling his eyes 031
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The LSSC are a great bunch, this is an incredibly important set of causes and if you are anywhere near That London you should all rock up on the 16th and empty your wallets in their general direction: 010
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-Jellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. 2123253
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellMetal-Aged Mom @metalagedmom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Watching episode of ER from 2001. Dr. Chen & Dr. Carter are trying to diagnose an unconscious preschooler. Carter: “Could be measles.” Chen: “Measles? Have you ever seen measles?” Carter: “No, have you?” Chen: “Of course not, nobody’s seen measles.” So far backwards in such a short time. 204109452407
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Spot on. For (city of) Manchester folks the link is here: www.manchester.gov.uk/the-council-... Others apply through your local council or via postal-vote.service.gov.uk/before-you-s...postal-vote.service.gov.ukBefore you start – Apply for a postal vote – GOV.UK 010
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It’s possible (if unlikely) that I’m the only voter in Greater Manchester to have missed the passage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, but PSA: we get two votes in the upcoming mayoral by-election, meaning you can vote for the candidate you really want *and* stop the fash 110
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Remembering Alan Turing, born on this day 1912 in London. 318046
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I grew up in the Other Place, but nonetheless can endorse the truth of this message… 110
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Any reference to a sealed train = an excuse to post my favourite political cartoon… 1115
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Cars do kill children. And the world has not been improved by the fact kids can’t play in the street. 5438
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It might not be the eponymous “Great Northern”, but it’s easy to see why Dick Callum was enraptured by these charismatic birds (cc @aransome.bsky.social, @tarsociety.bsky.social) 193
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 11/06/2026wp.me/p15p2Q-bSLwp.meBernie Grant elected as an MP 11th June 1987. His first Commons speechBernie Grant entered Parliament at the June 11th 1987 General Election. Below is his maiden speech made, appropriately, in a debate on a Tory Local Government Bill on July 6th 1987. The themes… 0113
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It is a truth universally acknowledged that most of the best people on this site reveal themselves at some point to be Dorothy L Sayers stans: discuss 000
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellFolk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Only a few hours left to vote for your favourite British butterfly species 🦋 britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/co...britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.ukComma - Britain’s Favourite ButterflyWith its ragged wings and mottled colours, the Comma is a master of disguise. But will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 1144
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 01/06/2026an hour after this was posted, a labour minister told parliament that customers should "alert member of staff" if a trans person walks into the "wrong toilet" 28819318
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026An aircraft with a sting in the tail, clearly: 010
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This is a cat checkpoint: hand over the most recent cat photo on your phone BOOP BOOP 120
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026In my line of work I’ve had plenty of conversations with teens about this issue - the thing that comes up again and again is their concern about older generations’ irresponsible use of social media, and who’s going to police *that*. 051
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026My son’s great grandfather was one of those 4,000 Basque children. Number 3227, to be precise: 020
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026“At one point these songs would have been sung all over the country”, says @tommckinney.bsky.social of RVW’s folk song suite…I’ve heard at least two of them sung in pubs *this week* - join us sometime at the Gas Lamp (3rd Sunday, one of the best acoustics in Manchester) if it’s not past your bedtimetommckinney.bsky.socialTom McKinney (@tommckinney.bsky.social)Breakfast on BBC Radio 3. Monday to Friday, 6.30-9.30. I'm here for birds, music, birds, all things radio, birds, mountains, birds and birds. 010
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026"King Cnut can't win here!" 2374
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Loser Orban, more like 1187
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026My relationship to organised religion is definitely *complicated* these days, but singing Sacred Harp in a Salford boozer was the perfect start to the Easter weekend (even if singing ‘hallelujah’ on Maundy Thursday was a bit jarring to the former church chorister in me) 070
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Whooper swans are to evolution what Concorde was to engineering: discuss. 251
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 22/03/2026After all, did not our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ enter Jerusalem astride a giant oviparous lagomorph? 010
Reposted by Owen Sedgwick-JellDr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 15/03/2026Please for the love of everything check that you and your kids are up to date on their vaccinations. No matter how old they are.bbc.co.ukTwo people die after University of Kent meningitis outbreakEleven people in the Canterbury area are also seriously ill in hospital, the BBC understands. 12928
Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy International Women’s Day to all who celebrate… 010