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Robin Bennett

@robinfbennett.bsky.social
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Musician, Festival organiser and Green Party Councillor

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Deep Rest sounds quite a peaceful state
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Memorably captured in song by Tom Petty…
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ex-PM Starmer said, in response to Raise the Colours terrorising people, ‘I am supporter of flags’, ‘I’m very encouraging of flags. I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation’ and his family had ‘got St George’s flag in our flat’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Raise the Colours Oxfordshire organiser Ben Cullen head-butted a highways worker after police were called to McDonalds in Benson where highways staff were attempting to remove flags from lamp posts;
Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone for fear of attacks;
Highways staff working on streetlight maintenance, not flag removal, have been spat on and abused by RTC supporters;
Cullen and his partner Trudy Wells posted the office addresses and phone numbers of highways depots online, leading to comments suggesting “hanging council workers from those same lamp posts”;
RTC Oxfordshire fixed trackers to the vehicles used by highways staff, then used this to find out their home addresses – which have been published online, and repeated to staff with threatening messages;
Highways depots now have to remain locked at all times;
A highways contractor’s sponsorship of a children’s football club is being rethought after concerns that children could be targeted.
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Richard Leader @leader-music.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
On the show tonight... chat and Dreaming Spires session songs with Joe & @robinfbennett.bsky.social... On air from 8pm on 107 Meridian FM
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
recommended reading for today
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is a stunning piece of writing. As you put it - "Sometimes you come across a piece of writing at exactly the time you need to"
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
these guys seem totally reliable
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Aw, thanks Richard!
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
really interesting debate on the Rights of Nature Bill going in the House of Lords right now
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
perhaps an indicator of the shallow talent pool among the recent intake, who were chosen for ideological compliance...
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Causing A Scene @causingascene.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This upcoming Oxford music exhibition looks brilliant. It’s the starting point for a wider project - ‘City Stories 'Oxford's Music History.' Contribute your own memories, tickets, flyers, set lists, photos etc below. museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution
Poster for Sounds of the City. An Oxford music exhibition coming to the Museum of Oxford in July.
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
TVERC will be at the Nature Festival TOMORROW with fun games and activities to encourage everyone to notice the nature around them 🪲🌱🐞 See the full programme & join us tomorrow! thenaturefestival.org @morethanadodo.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.
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Richard Leader @leader-music.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Happy 14th Birthday Brothers in Brooklyn from The Dreaming Spires - #NowPlaying Everything All The Time on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @robinfbennett.bsky.social :)
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Dreaming Spires' debut LP came out 14 years ago this week, maybe a tune from that needs airing ;-)
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"mine's squeezier than yours"
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'm absolutely delighted that Cabinet has agreed to pilot a locally-led filtered Quiet Lanes policy to improve rural active travel. It's innovative and I'm so proud of my role in it alongside others. Do share, AT policy enthusiasts (short thread) mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/%28S%2803u25...
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Great to see my council (South Oxfordshire) is now on Bluesky, and also handing out capital grants for community buildings and projects...
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My son was asking me last week as we drove to Braziers why on earth narrow country lanes have a 60mph limit. It’s very strange!
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
although some of us get excited by things like new insulation for the roof of Berinsfield swimming pool... so not dull at all!
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Politics is actually dull but worthy. Get out if you don't want to be responsible for hard, invisible, extremely important things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform councillor Barry Martin quits after saying role was 'dull and boring'
Staffordshire Reform councillor Barry Martin has been the subject of a council complaints inquiry.
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
amazing breakthroughs in Cowley, after a long wait!
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
the 90s are trending in all aspects of culture...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If you fancy supporting local producers this weekend, consider heading to a local market - there's one in the county every day of the week. We made this directory of markets in Oxfordshire. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfordshire-...
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Oxfordshire Market Directory
Looking for fresh food, affordable clothes, or simply fed up with trudging round supermarkets? Oxfordshire’s markets might have the answer. We’ve taken a look at the history of the county’s markets i...
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I used to have to sort out the newspapers at 5.30am in my local Spa shop..
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I feel seen.
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
5 mins into this clip you can see me and Joe playing Vapour Trail with Mark Gardener, over 20 years ago! youtu.be/KNY1URQtPUk?...
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Mark Gardiner - Live at Truck 2004
YouTube video by NickCNickCNickC
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
where the hell am I supposed to park to have a pint? this is the nightmare all those urbanists want.
a narrow street with a pub on the corner
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We used to call the room immediately inside the door of the Bear “the office” back in the late 90s… not much work got done though
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Good time to re-up this 🎉
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
New reading material I’ve acquired direct from the authors… nice and varied!
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Climate + nature need joined-up solutions 🌿 Our Oxfordshire strategy with the Oxford Local Nature Partnership & the district councils shows a diverse habitat approach could boost carbon storage by 28% & offset ~20% of emissions in 30 years.
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Designing a carbon strategy that delivers for climate, biodiversity and resilient land use
Developing a high-integrity nature-based carbon sequestration strategy for Oxfordshire
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Guitar Minimums > Parking Minimums 7 is the bare minimum of guitars needed for that perfect wall of noise - Brian Jonestown Massacre Montreal 2022.
brian jonestown massacre on stage playing
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Causing A Scene @causingascene.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Inspirational BBC Radio 4 feature on Beaker, putting the Oxfordshire music scene, past and present, on the map. Catch them live at the Jericho Tavern on Friday 8th May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oxford indie band Beaker on returning after 25 years
Beaker first emerged from Oxford's 1990s music scene and have reunited more than 25 years later
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
And a tambourine, of course
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Worth noting that Donald Trump just announced the end of NATO and the Special Relationship in one tweet.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Government consultation on how to reorganise Oxfordshire’s councils closes tonight at 23.59. Three proposals have been put forward: a single council for the whole county, two councils covering north+city and south (‘Ridgeway’), and three councils covering north, an enlarged Oxford, and south.
Cheese, sliced into two (Jonny Gios at unsplash.com)
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I like the one halfway up the pub wall…
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
wow we are arriving at the exact situation every single person imagined within one second of seeing their first robot dog
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
this war is certainly becoming protracted
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
strong play for 'worst panel ever' there
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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 12/03/2026
This new Harry Enfield character is really shit!
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Robin Bennett @robinfbennett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Reminiscent of this…
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