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@rogermilton.bsky.social
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Music, beer, telly, politics, books, photos of my dinner, cats, and prehistoric monuments.

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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o... Ooh, an Exeter band in The Guardian
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Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks
Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own band
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy 80th birthday to the amazing P. P. Arnold. Here she is with the Small Faces performing (If You Think You're) Groovy on French TV in 1968 youtu.be/gRb1fP846Io
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P P Arnold & the Small Faces : (If You Think You're) Groovy
YouTube video by Mr Kleeg
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Richard E. Grant youtu.be/nMzvIfo-P54?...
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Langkamer - Richard E. Grant (Official Video)
YouTube video by Breakfast Records
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Meanwhile back in Devon, pickled eggs at The Bridge...
A nearly drunk jar of ale with a half pint jar containing two pickled eggs on cocktail sticks beside it
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today in badly-worded headlines: www.scmp.com/news/people-...
South China Morning Post.
Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for recording wife's affair with robot vacuum.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thanks for the heads up! Hopefully this will stay on the iPlayer for a bit too.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wordle 1,894 2/6* ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Second day in a row I've got this in two!
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some photos
Photo of me pointing at the entrance sign to Miniatur Wunderland Framed photos of Rod Stewart and Larry Hagman, famous visitors on the wall The Millennium Falcon queues for take off at the model airport The Village People visiting The Blue Oyster Club
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A brief article about Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland. I had very little spare time on a recent work trip to Hamburg, but managed a quick scoot around it, it was brilliant fun. I'd have like to have seen a German take on Britain. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
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Inside the World's Largest Model Railway in Germany
Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland is a place of pilgrimage for railway modellers — and author Oliver Smith is one of them.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Not previously aware of this film, sounds good! She also pops up in the latest Ludwig (last night's viewing) and was in the Ballad of Wallis Island, which I rather liked.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Unfortunately my wife's alarm went off before I was able to spot them in the audience. Overall, it was rather a dull dream. Yes I had been drinking and did bump my head just before bed, and I am a Mojo magazine subscriber.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I followed to watch the show, but technical problems cut it short. We all had to move to another stage in the venue/palace. After some delays, it was decided that we would have to move back to watch on the original stage. Ian said we should look out for Rick (Wakeman) and Bob (Robert Plant)...
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Last night I dreamt I was near Katmandu, having dinner, a middle-aged Ian Maclagan was sat diagonally across from me when Kenney Jones appeared on a stage to set up his drums. I asked Ian if it would be ok to take a photo, he said yes, but got up to watch Kenney perform a solo to a backing tape...
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well the #eclipse didn't produce a temporary dip in temperature in the garden, but there was a notable dip in solar radiation if you look closely enough
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well that was a very pleasant hour and a bit out in Ludwell Valley Park in #Exeter. It was good to experience the #eclipse outdoors with other people. All my phone pics were rubbish, but I'm glad I took my colander along.
People sat on the side of a hill watching the partial eclipse Cresent patterns formed by a colander (out of sight) focusing sunlight onto a sheet of white paper
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Mind you, have you ever seen a cat get a round in? Tight bastards every one of 'em!
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wf...
Eclipse playlist
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Surely that poster should say these cats are barred 😜
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Luckily I found some glasses I picked up just 18 months ago
Phone photo of a partial eclipse shot through a pair of eclipse specs

Bexhill on Sea 29th March 2025
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I loved 'Mum', so I'm really glad to hear that it was special for the actors in it, and that people still stop them in the street to say how much they liked it too. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘There is no age-limit on love!’: Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their heart-melting TV romance
Ten years later, the actors are stopped in the street to talk about their chemistry in the fantastic BBC sitcom Mum. The pair open up about joy, naughtiness and Tinder swiping
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Wow, it's the first rain to be recorded on my garden weather station this month! #rain #Exeter
Graph showing daily rainfall amount in an Exeter garden in July 2026. The first rain falling on the 30th day of the month.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I love The Kinks, but must confess I don't know maybe a third of these, I've just never listened to their 70s and 80s stuff. Will definitely give the playlist a listen later... www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!
To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in between
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 22/07/2026
Historically accurate Odysseus is steering the ship from the foredeck with a ship's wheel that wasn't invented until the 1700s
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I like goals
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⚸ Gingersnapped 🐺🌕🎃 @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Morning all. Of all the many, many photographs I’ve seen this remains one of my all time favourites, like a Caravaggio painting. What a frame. Photograph by Chris Steele Perkins, Blackpool 1972.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I was completely oblivious to this until yesterday, three episodes in and I desperately need to hear the rest www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘There’s a murderer at my door’ – is this word-of-mouth hit podcast the new Baby Reindeer?
When Edd Hedges’s childhood bully stabbed his own mother then came after him, he worked out his trauma in an Edinburgh comedy show. Now, though, the podcast Wisecrack is asking the standup some diffic...
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Finally made it here, but only time for a swift half (Titanic plum porter - delicious)
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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56
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Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56
Her biographical animated feature, about growing up in Iran after the revolution, was nominated for an Oscar, making her the first woman nominated in that category.
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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Why do I have to go to the local news section to find this story? Where are the protests demanding an end to the epidemic of white Brits murdering minorities? Will there be a national debate on the ills of cocaine abuse amongst white men?
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Man who stabbed student to death in Cambridge is jailed for life
Chas Corrigan, 22, will serve a minimum of 22 years for the murder of Mohammed Algasim last August.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Crisp Lovers! This time next week @tedkessler.bsky.social embarks on Simon Williams’ crisp odyssey join them (there’s free crisps). Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Walthamstow. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985399454...
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UP THE PACKET: SIMON WILLIAMS’ CRISP ODYSSEY
The Affectionate Crunch! Man Writes Book About Crisp Packets. And Rock’n’Roll.
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James Skelly @jamesskelly.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We made a playlist of what @thecoral.bsky.social were listening to when we made 388. If anyone fancies something to listen to. open.spotify.com/playlist/2ZX...
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Encore?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/05/2026
Cupcakes, bunting and a bus stuck in the mud: the funeral of Martin Parr – in pictures
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Cupcakes, bunting and a bus stuck in the mud: the funeral of Martin Parr – in pictures
The photographer loved to record the small details of life, so it was only fitting that his family should organise a send-off inspired by his work. ‘Funerals can be really beautiful,’ says the person tasked with recording the event
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 26/05/2026
Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I love Google lens 😄
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Could it be a Class 175 DMU? www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Retired trains return to South West in £75 million surprise move
A £75 million deal is putting 26 retired diesel trains back on South West tracks—boosting reliability, comfort and nostalgia for passengers
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 24/05/2026
Yes, it’s hot. More than 10°C above normal for widespread regions of southern England. istheukhotrightnow.com
More than 10C above normal map
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Had a BBQ, first since 2024, not sure why, but didn't have one at all in 2025. I'm so rusty, I forgot to take a photo of the grill while the food was still on it...
Embers burning in a chimnea style BBQ, there is no food on the grill
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
#NowDrinking a Kalimotxo
Equal measures of red wine and coca cola, with plenty of ice. Who'd a thunk this is surprisingly drinkable!
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Forgot to take any photos of vintage tractors!
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today was mostly sunshine, cider, show jumping, and competitive sheep shearing at Devon County Show
Six sheep shearers on stage race to shear six sheep eachA horse and rider about to jump a fence
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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Highs of 33°C forecast this weekend
The Bank Holiday weekend will see an exceptional spell of warmth for May with a notable heatwave forecast.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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Belle and Sebastian write Scotland anthem after dramatic World Cup qualifier
Self-deprecating It Only Takes One Lion is partly inspired by team’s current song, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Evidently there are very tall women in Moldova. Quite liked that one actually.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 16/05/2026
Greece understands the assignment.
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tonight has been too much wine and two episodes of Rivals. Utterly ridiculous fun... 10,000 stars in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Rivals season two review – if I could give this exquisite bonkbuster 10,000 stars, I would
The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise
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Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Five stars in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Flight of the Conchords’ US reunion brings needed joy: ‘Grateful you accepted people from outside your country’
The New Zealand duo’s first performances in eight years showcase their signature wit and understated charm
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