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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The #bbcnews needs to stop publishing this gibberish. This is not news. I don’t give a toss what Roland Hughes thinks about this and I don’t want my licence fee funding it

BBC ‘news’ article speculating about the Royal family

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Clacton, just like Makerfield, is being used. At least Andy Burnham has already held a face-to-face surgery and plans to move No 10 functions to the North. Poor Clacton faces weeks of visits from various shades of right wingers with no hope of a working MP. Less grifting and more grafting needed

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Just waiting for the Manchester City charges to now be settled with stern words and a points penalty that still puts them in the Champions League…

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Fabulous birding trip taking in the New Forest and Sussex. Highlights were a pair of Hawfinch, several singing nightingales and the Knepp storks.

Two Canada geese in a chase low over water.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

There was a time when an orange baby would be given jaundice treatment. Now they make them President

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@thetimes.com why this ridiculous tabloid headline? The club was opened by King Charles who was its first member and William has as much involvement as Harry. #toadies #gutterpress

Headline in The Times today “Harry’s former polo club in row over mountains of soil

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Playing the tiniest violin today as Americans experience what non-Americans have been experiencing at US airports for months.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I’ve just discovered that the pain of single socks out of the wash is nothing compared to exploring the unique lids and containers in the Tupperware drawer

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

look after our communities and focus on getting the next generations to do the same it wouldn’t matter who was in Government … and we would be happier

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Can’t help but feel that if we all stop blaming someone else, work hard, stop suing everyone for compensation when shit happens, pay our taxes, only claim benefits we really need, stop waiting for someone to do the work

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Getting clearer and clearer that #reform is just a timeshare business. The billionaires are the shareholders but the 'members' are just customers signed up by a spiv salesman on big commission. Spoiler - no-one is building the timeshares.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Iran, Haiti, Canada, Mexico and a bunch of African countries have qualified. Ukraine, Denmark and Iraq could still get there. How do they feel about the well-known White House football supporter being awarded a ‘special’ FIFA Peace Prize on Friday at the World Cup draw?

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

“Morning Mist” watercolour and ink. Woke up this morning to a lovely view #art #watercolour

View through trees of a misty and with telegraph poles. All painted in greys

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Did I miss the moment when not telling 'journalists' and #kemi everything you know became a resigning matter?

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Not many people realise the derivation of the word 'gullible'. The OED define it as "those people who see #jonathangullis as an asset".

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Ravens” - watercolour. Sometimes inspiration comes very close to home. #art

Looking up through the roof of a sun room to blue sky, brightly lit tree and a few high-flying corvids. Bold colours

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

“Pitney Night Sky” - watercolour and ink #art #watercolour #sky

Night scene with moon shining through a cloudy sky of silver and indigo. Telegraph poles and wires silhouetted in the foreground

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

“Felicity” - pencil crayon on tracing paper. The tracing paper allows a finer texture and blending but it’s slower, gentler work too #art #portrait

Close up portrait of a baby looking up. Done in delicate pencil crayon

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#merlin has recorded Osprey, Bittern, Kingfisher, Hobby, Grey Wagtail, Sand Martin, four Gull Species, 8 wader species and common crane at my garden pond…. #cornell #privatereedbed #seeingisbelieving . I’ve seen three of these

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Looks like #arsenal are getting ready to host weddings

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

All this stuff about Britain is broken, all is terrible, there is no recourse, society is falling apart, if there was a war nobody would go, etc is beginning to irritate me. There are doubtlessly considerable problems. But I worry that the catastrophizing could turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Merlin has been reporting Firecrest in my garden for weeks and I've discounted it as an error. Well done @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I love that there so many little wonders of nature happening all around us - you don’t need Life On Earth. Came across hundreds of these Spindle Ermine caterpillars emerging this morning

Large numbers of yellowish spotted caterpillars wrapped in silk in a hedgerow

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

“The Middle Road” acrylic. I live in a beautiful part of Somerset and it’s nice to capture it at this time of year

A country Pointillist landscape. A country lane with hedges on either side dips down to the village below. It has low morning sunshine

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Looks like Canada and Australia can spot someone getting a little too interested in getting cosy with Trump - patriotism for the wrong country. Open your eyes Britain!

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Fabulous visit last week on a belting hot day at Steart. Something’s been predating the Avocets but there were still a few chicks to see

Flying Oystercatcher against background of water

Group of five flying avocets with fields in the background

Pair of avocets with two chicks on a scrape with clear reflections

Whitethroat singing at the top of a bush

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Am I missing something? Wasn't the US supposed to be the magic sauce making the #Ukraine war stop? #in24hours

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I’d love some critical feedback on this. It’s an acrylic painting of Pitney in Somerset. I’m tempted to stop but something’s not quite there for me but I don’t want to overdo it

A landscape pointillist painting in acrylics. A lane slopes away and there is a village in the middle distance in weak sunshine from the right

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Two of my favourite birds at #portlandbill this morning. Plenty of shiny, freshly-arrived chiffchaffs too. A beautiful place in the sunshine.

Male stonechat on a post with female two posts behind

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A tiny silver lining is that in the UK there was basic decency, common sense (and the men in dark suits) to stop the #truss madness. The dark cloud is likely to stop the orange peril. We rely on boredom, a new distraction or an impact on his personal wealth. But the trust is destroyed.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This is a really interesting piece by David Dimbleby. I lived through this but it is interesting to see in historical context www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along

Why the reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I’ve spent a lot of time with this painting and I need to call time. “Brunch” at the Old Dairy in Bower Hinton. Watercolour 33cm x 25cm

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If a business owner employing people on below living wage can’t make it work then in my opinion they don’t have a business. It’s already being subsidised by tax-payer funded in-work benefits

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The first swallows are around, blossom is on the trees, the birds are sing their hearts out and the nest boxes are getting attention. Spring is here

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I think America will quickly realise that we have been fighting America's wars with them for years - because that's what we signed up to. We don't have to do that now. We don't want to just drop bombs for economic reasons

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Chris Weston did his reputation no favours in the documentary last night. Defensive and refusing to acknowledge excessive greed in the past. Defended bonuses “to attract the best talent” while ignoring that the bonus-enriched talent of the past is what got us here. Maybe they aren’t that talented?

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Perhaps we can call it the USSR Union of States Stolen by Republicans #canada #panama #greenland

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I’m expecting to hear any day about an amazing round of 18 hole-in-ones playing left-handed at Mar-A-Lago

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There is something hopeful about painting a letter A - like the next 25 days are taken care of if I have no other inspiration - inktense, ink and watercolour #art #ink

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I don’t think the impact of #tariffs and interference are fully understood. There is real anger outside the US. We aren’t coming back when tariffs are lifted. We don’t want your cars, tourism, liquor … anything identifiable as funding the decisions. Not sure where this wealth is coming back from

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

You can almost hear the dry rasp as Liz Truss rubs her hands at the prospect that she’s not the only person to crash an economy in days

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Around this time of year five years ago I retired, Covid hit, and I concentrated on painting for my satisfaction for the first time in my life. This was my first piece - an obvious selfie with daffodils. Overworked at my kitchen table using a student watercolour set and I was hooked

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

When you’ve had enough sun, and it’s too early for wine (I know!), holiday painting is great. This one is an oldie from the #aberdyfi #art

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

“Lifeguard Station” - watercolour, ink and sand #art

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The US have ceased supporting #Ukraine - but they did and are therefore not impartial. Why would they have any interest or seat at a negotiating table? Unless the sole interest is trying to make money out of the terrible situation? Why would they have any say over Gaza?

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I used to doodle a lot as a child…. Still fun sometimes to just play with ink #art #doodle

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The price of failure for most workers is that they lose their job. Poor Murray Auchincloss has lead BP to failure and gets a bonus cut to £734k! The share price fell in 2024 but he got a £2.8m share-related payment. But the problem in the UK is apparently productivity and migrants #greed

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