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Rob Q

@robq42.bsky.social
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History and Politics teacher in his 50s. Writer of textbooks and exams. Lover of comics and science fiction. Player of guitar and appreciator of music too. All views my own (unless otherwise stated).

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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Makes you wonder what USA would be now if the French had withdrawn their support, demanded Washington be replaced and told the Americans to surrender to the British? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia
US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh come on 2026. Now you are taking the p@£#! BBC News - Pope Leo to have surgery after lump found on lung www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pope Leo XIV to have surgery after nodule found on lung
The 71-year-old pontiff said the nodule was identified "at a very early stage".
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Perhaps the hurry is because it's a voter supression method that shpuld never have been implemented in the first place??? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham faces questions over push to scrap photo ID voting requirement
Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculation
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History Today @historytoday.com · 08/10/2026
It has been 60 years since the Aberfan disaster of 1966, but memories of corporate failings and injustice persist. 🔓 This article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
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After the Aberfan Disaster
It has been 60 years since the Aberfan disaster of 1966, but memories of corporate failings and injustice persist.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In my ongoing quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax, I’ve written a short poem. I do hope you like it. 🤞 If so… please repost. Thank you. x
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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
David McKee was such a gentle man. I always feel lucky that I knew him. Through Mr Benn he showed us how to live our lives. There is a moral to every adventure that are even more important in today's world. Be more Benn!!
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This has gone straight on my Christmas list! 😍😍😍
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Waiting for God. Both hilarious and a great role model for how to behave when we all reach that stage in our lives. Another great actor leaves us www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84
Cole, described as an ‘extraordinary talent’, also appeared in Waiting for God, Tenko and had an extensive theatre career
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 13/09/2026
On this Breakaway day, our thoughts are with Commander John Koenig's teams on Moonbase Alpha. Today marks 27 years since the Moon left Earth's orbit, taking with it the last of the Eagles that hadn't yet exploded… It was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999 (1975-1977).
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OR the econony is failing young people by reducing entry levels jobs and forcing older people to stay in work longer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price | Simon Jenkins
Obsessed with exams, devoid of vocational training: there is a total mismatch between schools and life beyond their gates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Seamus Heaney died on this day 2013.
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ffs world give us a break! RIP the sweet transvetite from Transylvania (but also hilarious in Clue) www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou...
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well said! 👏👏👏
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
As a History teacher, I endorse this message!
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just read and absolutely loved this. National Treasure seems inadequate when describing Miriam Margolyes! www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – a...
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I second this. Horrified to also discover that I live too close for comfort to one of these sights and work near another.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bin Day cometh.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In 1976 Jim Callaghan instructed Denis Howell, minister for drought, to do a rain dance. It rained next day, but too much: a week later he was minister for floods. Later he became minister of state for snow.
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Jodrell Bank isn’t a museum – it’s a place where science happens every day The funding cut threatening the observatory has caused a public outcry and reinforced the site’s image as the spiritual and practical home of astronomy ✍️ @teresa-anderson.bsky.social bit.ly/3UneUVN
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Jodrell Bank isn’t a museum – it’s a place where science ...
The funding cut threatening the observatory has caused a public outcry and reinforced the site’s image as the spiritual and practical home of astronomy
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
As someone who grew up in a faded northern seaside town I cannot express how much this speaks to me 😀 youtu.be/ujHphnnDaGg?...
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Clacton Express: Binface 2026
YouTube video by Count Binface
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I bet when they released it they had no idea it woukd still be relevant decades later 😂😂😂
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bendigedig! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast
Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ssen it. Loved it. Read a lot of comics in my life (and still going) but Spiderman is the first character I can remember (1970s Marvel UK reprints) followed by a few original Fantastic Four bought in Birkenhead Market.
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reggae Britannia, a fascinating documentary about how this wonderful rebel sound changed British music forever. youtu.be/ISL96z47-1o?...
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BBC4 Britannia - Reggae Britannia (2011) Dir. Jeremy Marre
YouTube video by Play For Forever
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Go #CountBinface 🥰🤣
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Harry McNally @harrymcnally.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Lyrically . I dont think this gets any better ? Its Englishness , Its Ray Davies , its absolutely glorious . Well done Billy
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Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Billy Bragg - song - 2003
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"Chester offers glorious proof of how a long-term commitment by local government to the redemptive power of culture can transform a place"
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Building cathedrals of culture
A visit to Chester proves the redemptive power of culture
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Your new favourite book is waiting for you… - Michael
Never judge a book by its movie
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sad to hear about Kevin Keegan. Loved watching him at Anfield as a kid. He was the first sportsman I was aware of as a celebrity. Once sat next to him in Manchester airport while he interviewed a potential player. As he was leaving he came over and thanked me for not interrupting. What a guy!
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Kevin Keegan, Liverpool legend and former Newcastle manager, dies aged 75
Kevin Keegan, the former England and Newcastle manager who was a member of Liverpool’s serial champions in the 1970s, has died aged 75
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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HAL @sperrympe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 100th birthday Mel Brooks!
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Already rewatched - nust as good as it was first time round. Smiling, dancing Robert Smith is a sight to behold!
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/06/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
As a Politics teacher I would just like to point out this is absolute bollocks. It would be more accurate to say "here is a rule we just made up because it suits our political agenda".
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nostalgia is a great comforter until faced with hard facts. Climate change doesn't care what newspaper editors and columnists think about it. Great thread on the facts about 1976 compared to today...
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Peter Hook & The Light @peterhookthelight.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
En-Ger-Land kick off their 2026 World Cup campaign tonight! Throwback to June 4th at Manchester Academy when John Barnes joined us on stage to perform his iconic ‘World In Motion’ rap live… Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (Photos by Richard Ahern.)
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Responsible for some of the images that fired my childhood imagination. RIP Brian Johnson.
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Got my copy - my weekend listening is sorted!
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP David Hockney. Love his landscapes
Colourful David Hockney painting looking from a hillside down onto a plain.
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
You know that Hegseth bloke? The American with opinions about us and how we live and what we should do. I mean, I'm a polite chap, I have no wish to offend, but mate. Fuck off.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The night sky of Mars reveals a stunning view that challenges our understanding of the universe. What secrets does it hold for humanity?
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I just did a Brenda from Bristol (2017 election) "Oh no, not another one!" The character of Giles was one of my favourites in Buffy, probably because he was the one I identified with the most. Anthony Head RIP www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72
British actor starred on the West End before finding international fame in the 90s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Grown up
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Never knowingly right about anything 🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wes Streeting calls for national insurance cut and North Sea drilling
Labour leadership hopeful says NI reduction for firms could ‘incentivise’ hiring, particularly of younger people
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Rob Q @robq42.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
youtu.be/mGgMZpGYiy8?...
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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
YouTube video by TheCureVEVO
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