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Neill Roberts

@robbo59.bsky.social

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Retired from teaching - but not life.📚 East Cheshire - it’s the south-west of the north.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 19h

John Paul Jones.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 19h

That book is terrific!

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 22h

Same applies to incorrect.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Always good to see: Denise Dutton’s bronze statue of Mary Anning at Lyme Regis, Dorset. Crowdfunded, after a campaign begun by a local mother and daughter; @profaliceroberts.bsky.social was a patron. Beautiful fossil details - and Mary’s dog Tray. #WomenInSTEM #MaryAnning #LymeRegis #Dorset

Denise Dutton’s statue of Mary Anning and her dog, Tray, at Lyme Regis, Dorset. They stride purposefully towards Black Ven, where Mary discovered many of her fossils.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And … if you’ve want to eat a three-course meal during a movie, DO IT AT HOME!

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That could equally describe the Tangerine Tyrant.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

James Jamerson - can’t believe he hasn’t been mentioned. If you’ve ever danced to Motown, you’ve danced to James Jamerson.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

‘Primeval and Other Times’ by Olga Tokarczuk. Wonderful.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whoever wins the Nobel Prize in Literature this week will be in the very best company. Epic but intimate, brutal but heartwarming, realistic but mystical - it contains multitudes. #OlgaTokarczuk #AntoniaLloydJones #FitzcarraldoBooks #NobelPrizeInLiterature #BookSky📚 #LiteratureSky

Cover of ‘Primeval and Other Times’ by Olga Tokarczuk.’ UK paperback edition from those wonderful people at Fitzcarraldo Books.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And speaking of fortunes, later tonight on ‘The Archers’, Eddie Grundy will be revealing his plans for selling this year’s Christmas turkeys …

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am now, and I have always been … someone who couldn’t give a toss about glorified guessing games.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Stand by for action!

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Splendiferous!

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Capcom on Apollo XI?

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Montaigne’s Essays. Pieces fell into place.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Born in Wales, Welsh mother, English-born father, Scottish grandmother. I guess I fail Suella’s definition of ‘English.’ But, then, she fails my definition of ‘sane.’

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eyes of the World - Grateful Dead

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cheshire, England 🇪🇺

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Can’t wait for the ‘most overrated ‘ follow-up thread.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To be blunt, I couldn’t give a shit about who is and who isn’t a traitor. It just doesn’t matter.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sympathy for the Devil Trampled Underfoot

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Physical Graffiti - the pinnacle of Zep’s achievements.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you haven’t read anything by Fosse yet, English language readers, this might be a good place to start. Hypnotic, elliptical, unique; but also recognisable and universal. Recommended. #JonFosse #DamionSearls #FitzcarraldoEditions #BookSky📚 #LiterarySky

Cover of ‘Scenes From A Childhood’, by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls. (UK paperback edition, by those wonderful people at Fitzcarraldo Editions.)

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am one of those who enjoy the grumpy, even cynical side of Larkin. But I also love the occasional flashes of a softer centre, as seen here (and in ‘An Arundel Tomb’, for example.)

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Et moi!

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Much underrated. #VernonScannell #FarewellPerformance #Poetry

Photo of ‘Farewell Performance: Collected Later Poems’ by Vernon Scannell. Cover shows a photograph of the poet.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I used to be an English teacher. When Macbeth goes off to be crowned King of Scotland at Scone, a classroom riot was guaranteed. Eventually someone would ask how I would pronounce it … and the looks on their faces when I said ‘Skoon’…

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Love this - Betjeman at his sharpest!

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Milk Cocoa Treacle tarts Wholemeal bread Macaroons Hot rolls Crumpets Layer cake Strawberry flavoured yogurt Rock cake Pork pie ‘Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)’ by Benny Hill.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m scone/gone too - but isn’t it astonishing that one small baked item can generate not one but two points of argument? And that people who are open-minded and tolerant about just about everything else declare these are Hills They Will Die On? Truly, two shibboleths in one.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👏

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guitar played by Vic Flick, who did the same - very distinctively - for ‘Dr No.’

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Blasphemy. I bet you even pronounce it to rhyme with ‘cone’ and ‘stone.’

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As long as you put the cream on first.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No fuel like an old fuel. Sorry.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Proust can keep his madeleines. For me, it’s iced gems. #gbbo

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In ‘decide’, -cide means to cut. In the others, it means to kill. The root wood - caedere - has several meanings.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh, Mr Hansen, that’s a belter of an album. #Beck #RideLonesome #MusicSky

CD of ‘Ride Lonesome’ by Beck.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the greatest albums ever. Sir Duke As Pastime Paradise

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stand By Me - John Lennon

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dark Side of the Moon. Just gets stronger.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

… all of the people, all of the time.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Book, always.

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Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Grateful Dead - Rocking the Cradle 1978. Pop-up cardboard pyramids? An eclipse? What more could you want?!

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welcome back, The Great British Bake Off. That first 2026 show was … sumptuous. #gbbo

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Garth Hudson.

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Mellow Yellow - Donovan

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What do you get when you cross an oddity with a travesty? #TheOdysseyMovie

Neill Roberts @robbo59.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Saw Zeppelin then, so Pink Floyd.