PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My favourite new(ish) books that I read in 2025, Part 3 of 3. Great Uncle Harry by Michael Palin Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes by David Kynaston and Harry Ricketts. A Scandal in Königsberg by Christopher Clark 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My favourite new(ish) books that I read in 2025, Part 2 of 3. The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides The Racket by @conorniland.bsky.social A City on Mars by @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social Autocracy, Inc by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social 110
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My favourite new(ish) books that I read in 2025, Part 1 of 3. The Umbrella Murder by Ulrik Skotte The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale Patria by Laurence Blair Rivals in the Storm by @damiancollins.bsky.social 111
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025From what I remember of Kamfner's book, it's a post-WWII history of themes like denazification and the Economic Miracle. As is often the case, the title probably doesn't quite convey it's thesis. 130
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025His worst non-fiction list however, is a much-needed take down of some terrible and harmful grifters! 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Steve's yearly book reviews are the best there are. I too feel the 'worst' reviews are not in the spirit of his philosophy that people should read whatever they want, but still, they are useful in making us aware of what to avoid. 110
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Yes. Here the punctuation may cause confusion which would be an issue for B1. 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Two things can be true: 1. Taxes should be higher. 2. Labour will not be trusted, after promising not to put up taxes and then doing so. 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025You've never watched the "I'm terrible at dating" round on Richard Osman's House of Games then? 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Would've been much, much easier to accept if they had said it before the election, as many at the time were calling for. 040
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Surely a part of the problem is that there is such a thing as a "wealthy white town" 240
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025A positive for Ed is how the "chaos under Milliband" thing was shown as being so ridiculous. 122
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025One reason I like TRIH is because it reminds me of EXACTLY how history was taught at school. 010
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025On the flip side, he'd have the best defensive player in the league. 150
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Yep. And by the next GE it'll be '4 years ago's' chip paper. 010
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The AI bots over on X will have NO IDEA what this is about. 180
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Burnley? Ice cream? Well they can't say they weren't warned. iykyk 011
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Has anyone who has watched 24 Hours in Police Custody would know. 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Yes. And won't join the dots between a city's university going bust and that city's economy and culture being gutted. 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Tech bros think that the rest of us have the limited social skills that they do. 010
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025And what about people like me who don't drive? No punishment for us? 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I don't know. Brexit voter mostly don't have buyers remorse yet. It's hard for people to admit they've been conned. 050
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Great article btw. The social media thing is huge. Farage's Cameos are a big thing with young men too. 000
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Annecdotal, and not sure what it means, but: some of our local secondary schools recently put forward a group of 40 of the 'brightest' students to go on an open day to Oxford University. 37/40 students were girls. 200
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"Political journalism often follows mood music rather than the substance of policy" from @steverichards.bsky.social excellent Turning Points. 030
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024My favourite new(ish) books of 2024 - Part 2: One Fine Day by Matthew Parker Precipice by Robert Harris His Majesty's Airship by S.C.Gwynne Turning Points by @steverichards.bsky.social 2/2 021
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024My favourite new(ish) books of 2024 - Part 1: Spoon Fed by Tim Spector Little Englanders by @alwynturner.bsky.social Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark Pushing Door Marked Pull by James Graham 1/2 122
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I always tried to read it cover to cover, which took up most of the week (in between, of course, work, family etc). 100
PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I subscribed many, many years ago and can totally relate to this. 100
