Reposted by Sebastian DobsonQuiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way. 41715429
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/09/2026‘People who rescue rather than attack, who move in a physical, not a virtual, world, who don’t morally triage others. Who put themselves in danger without aiming to get famous or on television. Who risk their lives without being paid.’ Susannah Clapp on lifeboats: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukSusannah Clapp · At DungenessHere is an antidote to current traps and poisons. People who rescue rather than attack, who move in a physical, not a... 15525
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonElla Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon on the abuse of #RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth. #PatrioticPlatform #refugees #immigration #smallboats #channelcrossings 516972
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145121509
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏 541002570
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 27/08/2026‘I don’t remember when I first learned to make cyanotypes, but I had loved Anna Atkins’s prints for many years when I found myself in the grip of an obsession with her work, and with the possibilities of the process.’ Gaby Wood on Anna Atkins’s pioneering images. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukGaby Wood · Translucency: CyanotypesI don’t remember when I first learned to make cyanotypes, but I had loved Anna Atkins’s prints for many years... 0197
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonMatt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 27/08/2026When someone like Mladic dies, it does remind you that all the baddies will die one day. It may take a long time, they may outlive a lot of good people. But it comes for them (us) all. An unconventional way to start a speech at a Christening but I think I got away with it 1262454
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oh, goddammit. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 1121615
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this? 241183499
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonJames Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m a big fan of this photo of Madonna looking like a visiting lecturer who will absolutely not give you an extension on your modernist poetry essay just because you chipped your tooth on a Snickers bar. 11758119
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonSebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I know comparisons with the Nazis are not always helpful, but Musk’s fondness for peacocking in armour reminded me of this piece of Nazi kitsch. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...en.wikipedia.orgThe Standard Bearer (Lanzinger painting) - Wikipedia 021
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 06/08/2026‘Writing protohistory provides opportunities and pitfalls. Scandinavia, before the fifth century, is a perfect example of the opportunities: on the very furthest horizon of which the Graeco-Roman world was aware.’ Michael Kulikowski on ancient Scandinavia. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukMichael Kulikowski · Polar Bears in Rome: Roman ScandinaviaWriting protohistory – the narrative of times and places that don’t have a written history of their own, but are... 0144
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We wanted to understand how working-class Trojans felt about the abduction of Helen. So we talked to three drunk Greek soldiers at a dinner party in Aeaea. 1154158
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026So the same people who didn’t have a problem in 2019 with election literature in Chinese now want to outlaw election literature in Irish, Gaelic, and Cornish? 917558
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This makes the NKVD’s recruitment of Philby, Burgess et al. in 1930s Cambridge look positively amateurish. 010
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 29/06/2026RIP Penelope Keith Sheer class. 217437
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️ Perhaps a practice sketch, or simply for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago! From Deir el-Bahri, ancient Thebes, c. 1479–1425 BC 📷 The Met #Archaeology #Art 402287475
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonJason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Released 40 years ago today. Still the greatest day off. 375119051434
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/03/2026When Charlie Kirk died Nigel Farage gave a speech where he condemned the "quite despicable" comments about him and promised Reform candidates would "never, ever engage in such conversations" about its opponents. Will he be condemning Trump? 16359119
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026NEW | A rare positive edition of the newsletter… IN PRAISE OF JEREMY BOWEN His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/in-praise-...brokenbottleboy.substack.comIn praise of Jeremy BowenHis Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world. 1824986
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/03/2026‘As a couple, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have always been too stupid to understand the vulnerability of the institution that supports them, and they began wrecking it from the inside as soon as they met.’ Andrew O’Hagan on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, in the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukAndrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s FavouriteThe late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the... 325587
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonSebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026According to the Daily Mail, the first casualty of war is weight loss… 011
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonJo Caulfield @jocaulfield.bsky.social · 02/03/2026🏴 Witches of Scotland tartan 🏴 Scotland’s newest weave is more than just a pattern – it’s a long-overdue apology. The tartan commemorates the thousands of Scots, mostly women, persecuted under the Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736. Pic: Scottish Register of Tartans 16421
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I wonder how much Trump is charging the US government for the use of the Mar-a-Lago Donald T. Trump Situation Room™️? 010
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 22/02/2026this is absolutely fantastic 69217
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Same, Lady Gaga. Same. 331110892394
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269214042
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonMitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Inevitably a bunch of radio stations played I Got You Babe at 6am this morning. The really EVIL ones will play it again at 6am TOMORROW morning. 1587
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonXela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/02/2026@truant-cartoons.bsky.social 251835372
Reposted by Sebastian Dobsonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/01/2026friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there 610418405991
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Bloody hell. To balance incoherent ramblings on the Pretti shooting by Trump-supporting, UK resident Lionel Shriver, BBC World at One follows with mealy-mouthed ramblings on the Pretti shooting by Trump-supporting, UK-resident Jennifer Ewing of Republicans Overseas. 🤷 040
Reposted by Sebastian Dobson🩸 miharaikula 🩸 @miharaikko.rwrb.social · 21/01/2026such a lovely thing to think about 1759742250
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 21/01/2026how far is Davos from Dignitas 111286278
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonBevy Sue @bevysue.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Port Townsend Washington at the ICE/Gestapo protest yesterday. This one shattered me. Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf 351858553
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Lora Ries, “Director of Heritage’s Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation” (so good they named it twice), is commenting on the shooting of Renée Nicole Good on Radio 4’s PM and guess what? 🙄 bsky.app/profile/joeg... 000
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonLouise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality. 23152941901
Reposted by Sebastian Dobson Jaq - Art &c @jaqarts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996) One of 12 lithograph illustrations from his book "Building the Bridge" 1933 224434
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonFishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Us trying to find a post on our feed that isn't about a carnyx 👇media.tenor.coma woman is sitting on a couch looking at her phone with the bravo logo on the bottomALT: a woman is sitting on a couch looking at her phone with the bravo logo on the bottom 131058
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Hi @barstandardsboard.bsky.social, is it okay that one of your licensed practitioners is the head of compliance at a platform that is used for generating criminal content? 211741
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/01/2026As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise 1460388
Reposted by Sebastian DobsonTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Hoping to bring this energy into 2026 219953
Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025In 1992 I was once asked by a friend if I could spare an afternoon to show an American lady called Betty around Tokyo. I had a prior engagement, so nothing came of it. Turned out afterwards that said American lady was Lauren Bacall. 010