Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The glories of Gloucestershire. There are many. Just make sure to avoid the hell-hole that is Moreton-in-Marsh, an overflowing car park posing as an Olde Worlde wonder for Instagrammers. 8551
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Only French people of an older generation will know what this is. And jump out of their skin again. The stuff nightmares are literally made of. 000
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 02/10/2026From Etihad's "RESPONSE TO CLAIMS RAISED ABOUT STATE-OWNED AIRLINES" filed with the US gov. in 2015. "The assertion that the Abu Dhabi government paid for Etihad’s sponsorship of English Premier League football club Manchester City is [...] false". 1611522
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Phew...but sorry! You know you can get this from Chanteroy? 120
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trust Romano to lend Man City his X megaphone. 2523528
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just: bravo. @lilithwittmann.bsky.social deserves every single investigative journalism award that'll be given this year, doing work that has and will continue to have huge impact. The piece we're about to publish on @josimarfootball.bsky.social couldn't have been done without her work. #hero 114124
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You want your heart to sink? Look at this. Auctioning your baby's name...to a gambling company. Bonnie Blue did it. Sad, desperate, tragic beyond words. Via @stevemenary.bsky.social. 11365
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The London sky is putting on quite a show this morning. 826519
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What Louis-Sébastien Mercier said of Louis XVI's Paris sounds like a description of 21st century London. "Despite the frenzy of new buildings, rents haven't come down, palaces are empty, while the poor fight over haylofts and garrets." 1224
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Brief encounter on the river, Duke's Meadows, Chiswick. 1221
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The riverside houses of Barnes Bridge, looking like they'd have liked posing for Pieter de Hooch. 4350
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Bertie Wooster spoke for us all in "The Code of the Woosters". 2576
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From steeple-chaser Maurice Herriott's obituary in todays's Times. Belgium's Gaston Roelants won gold in Tokyo 1964, ahead (and by some distance) of the Englishman. 0231
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This makes Aston Villa the *seventh* English club to take on 100% illegal Asian-facing sports betting operator 8Xbet as an official partner for the 2026-27 season. 613935
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I must explore this. Have you heard this album? 100
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Blast from the past. Just found this rummaging in storage space. Dave Gregory and I were part of Martin Newell's backing band. It was...something else. Martin and I could write a book about that week; in fact, I am. 2300
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New column for Eurosport (en français) on the Premier League's Théâtre de l'absurde, in which Eugène Ionesco and Maurice Ravel get a passing mention; as do Luka Vusković and Jean-Paul van Hecke. www.eurosport.fr/football/pre... 0101
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social: former Chairman of Fifa’s governance committee Miguel Maduro explains why Fifa statutes should normally ensure that Gianni Infantino cannot be a candidate in the 2027 Fifa presidential elections. josimarfootball.com/2026/09/03/f... 0213
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It might be time to re-consider the rule which enables clubs to claim 100% profit on sales of home-grown players. It only seems to encourage said clubs to sell the footballers who are the purest and most relatable expressions of their identity. 1922229
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Clouds giving a decent show over the fields of Picardy. 3320
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Adieu Noël Godin, the man who earned our affection and gratitude for his multiple "entartages" of the likes of Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Luc Godard, Bernard-Henri Lévy and other insufferables. #famousbelgians 3150
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Not being that much of a stats nerd, I might be wrong here, but isn't that pass accuracy percentage - 91.7%- among the highest recorded by AFC in the PL? 4480
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Here we are at Ken Brake's studio, August 2011, just after recording my string arrangements for "Leopards" and "A Boy In Darkness" with the Covent Garden String Quartet - Sue Bowran, Geraldine Bereen, Theresa Whipple and Abigail Trundle. David is second from left, Andy Poole second from right. 0100
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This book arrived this morning. Now thinking of David Longdon, as I do most days, beautiful singer, beautiful man, beautiful friend, taken away from us so cruelly, so young. 1121
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I give you Robertson, NSW. It is huge. It also looks like a giant turd. 061
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The curious tombstone of William Bacon of the Salt Office, d. 1787, killed by "thunder & lightning" while standing at his window, which greets visitors to St Mary-at-Lambeth church. 4231
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Amidst all the ugliness, a haven of joy and beauty: the exhibition devoted to the Benton End school at the Garden Museum next to Lambeth Palace, curated with so much love, care and imagination - when the paths of Cedric Morris, Lucian Freud, Elizabeth David and Beth Chatto intersect. A must-go. 0373
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Summa Mycologica has landed. #fungifriends 0261
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Gianni Infantino still hasn't returned the medal of the Order of Friendship which Putin pinned on his jacket at the Kremlin. 108016
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Really concerning news about Qatar 2022 whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais, who was abducted by the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) today. This message was sent by his family. Abdullah was meant to testify on allegations of forced labour at the 2022 WC at a US hearing on 20 August. 05018
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Guys - Gianni - I have a column to finish, could you just ease up a bit? No words anymore. Gianni Cash*'s gone mad. *(c) Henry Winter, speaking on radio earlier. 6738
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 30/07/2026(Via @gdunbarap.bsky.social ) #scottishwit 213018
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/07/2026New UEFA statement. "UEFA knows there is significant and growing opposition to FIFA’s scheme. FIFA cannot continue to use our sport to enrich themselves and their friends. We can grow the game correctly. It’s time to prioritise associations, clubs, leagues, players and fans" 17766132
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Delighted to see that Andrea Pirlo was booted out of contention for the Italy job, which has returned to Roberto Mancini, as Pirlo has been a cheerleader for some of the most appalling gambling operators around, not only Russian sportsbook Fonbet, but also 1Xbet, who are even worse. 516112
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A familiar endgame theme. How do White secure the promotion of at least one of their pawns? The first move of the sequence is intuitive and "natural", the second one far less so; and rather lovely too. 3140
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Oh, wait, Gianni Infantino has had another idea. 10568
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Richard Dadd sketched this haunting "Crazy Jane" when confined to Bedlam in 1855; one of many arresting works currently gathered at the Royal Academy in one of the first exhibitions devoted to this tormented genius. 0476
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/07/2026GM David Howell (black) chose one of his recent blitz games as the centrepiece of his new column in the Sunday Times, and it is easy to see why. The first move of his mating combination is spectacular, but most decent players will at least consider it in their calculations. The second? Not so. 3150
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 24/07/20262025 AFCON final hearing date set by CAS: 8 October 2026. No decision as to whom will be given the title will be taken on that day. 2243
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Buses in the headlines at the moment. A bit obsessed with them myself right now, after discovering the 16-mile long *Cambridgeshire Guided Busway*, built on a decommissioned rail track, which is...well, judge for yourself. Still giddy with excitement! 9865
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In the new edition of @privateeyenews.bsky.social. 0233
