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Simon Clark

@simonhul.bsky.social
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Sport & News Broadcaster - MA in History (17thC News Networks) - Photographer

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Press Association is proposing to close its office in Howden, East Yorkshire, with 140 journalists affected. Jobs would move 47 miles away to Leeds. The site has been a centre for sub-editors, production and TV listings production roles. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to PA proposal to close Howden hub
NUJ members at the Press Association have responded to the company’s proposal to close its northern hub at Howden in Yorkshire and transfer operations to Leeds.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
On this auspicious day I decided to post a picture of the plinth which denotes the location of the first football match in #Argentina  It is thought the game was introduced by English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sailors arriving in the port of Buenos Aires. #ENGARG
Concrete plinth on grass in front of the Buenos Aires Planetarium
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Best wishes to my fellow Tigers @HullCity heading to Wembley. Illness robs me of my place but I’m with you all the way from my hospital bed in Leeds Up the TIGERS 🐅
Simon raises thumb dressed in his amber and black Hull City jersey
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wembley. Bloody hell. Up the Tigers 🐅 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Millwall vs Hull City LIVE: Championship play-off semi-final text coverage, score updates & stats
Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats as Millwall take on Hull City in the Championship play-offs.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lots to unpick from #ATMARS but surely @UEFA must sanction Diego Simone. Constantly breaching tech-area protocols. Over to you Nyon x.com/bbcsport/sta...
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BBC Sport on X: "Not as many goals as last night, but another game full of drama in the Champions League😬 https://t.co/9yQg1lQtqk" / X
Not as many goals as last night, but another game full of drama in the Champions League😬 https://t.co/9yQg1lQtqk
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Passports on the Beach open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Passports on the Beach
The vessel is unmoored and we are on the way.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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Farce of Nature
It was all going swimmingly.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Day Fifty Five - Circumnavigation open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fifty Five - Circumnavigation
I thanked the cabin crew as I left the Boeing 777-200 which had flown me across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Day Fifty Four - Graves and Gravitas open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fifty Four - Graves and Gravitas
Unless you are flying from New York most transatlantic flights leave for Europe in the evening and mine is no exception.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Day Fifty Three - The Beeline open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fifty Three - The Beeline
It is the final full day of my world tour.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Day Fifty Two - A Troubled Past open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fifty Two - A Troubled Past
I had a plan, possibly the first of the whole trip.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Day Fifty One - Sweet Auburn
Just down the road from me is the birthplace of one Atlanta’s most important figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Day Fifty - Shortish open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fifty - Shortish
I passed through many time zones as we headed east across the United States.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Day Forty Nine - The Queen open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Nine - The Queen!
“Where shall I meet you?” It was my old buddy Neil.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Day Forty Eight - Boneyard open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Eight - Boneyard
My purpose for adding Los Angeles to this trip was to call in on an old friend.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Day Forty Seven - Eastwards open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Seven - Eastwards
There is no doubt about it.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Day Forty Six - Pacific Pearl open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Six - Pacific Pearl
Hooray, I thought as my eyes went skyward.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Day Forty Five - Emergency Alert! open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Five - Emergency Alert!
I had been following the weather forecast on what passes for news in Hawaii.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Day Forty Four - Windward open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Four - Windward
“You must do North Shore,” my wife Caroline urged before I left home shores.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Day Forty Three - Tora! Tora! Tora! open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Three - Tora! Tora! Tora!
If my motivation to complete this trip was attending the Australian Open today was another red letter day.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Day Forty Two - In Town open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty Two - In Town
My long overnight flight between the hemispheres had wiped me out so when I woke breakfast was the order of the day.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Day Forty One - Up North open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Forty One - Up North!
If there is one thing you do not want to read on a departure board an hour before an overnight flight, it is the word delayed.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Day Forty - City Lights open.substack.com/pub//p/day-f...
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Day Forty - City Lights
It is my final day in the southern hemisphere.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Day Thirty Nine - The Ocean open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Nine - The Ocean
I looked out of the window.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Day Thirty Eight - No Pain, No Gain open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Eight - No Pain, No Gain
Blue skies greeted me as I drew back the curtain of my sea facing room.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Day Thirty Seven - Bula open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Seven - Bula
The sky remained stubbornly unaltered as I lifted my gaze.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Day Thirty Six - Treaties and Treachery open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Six - Treaties and Treachery
The promised Auckland rain put in an appearance first thing and more or less hung around all day.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Day Thirty Five - Tomorrow’s Today open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Five - Tomorrow’s Today
The fiendish foul and their incessant crowing ensured I would not sleep through my early alarm.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Day Thirty Four - Tahiti Takeaway open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Four - Tahiti Takeaway
The hotel manager, Louis, invites me to dine with him at breakfast.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Day Thirty Three - Nana Moorea open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Three - Nana Moorea
It is time to say farewell to Moorea, nana in the native tongue.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Day Thirty Two - H2O open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty Two - H2O
It is my final day on Moorea, this tiny spot in the South Pacific and I am determined to make the most of it.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Day Thirty One - Magic Mountain open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty One - Magic Mountain
“You have unlimited mileage,” said Parea with a huge grin.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Day Thirty - Bounty open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirty - Bounty
We will never really know what caused the Mutiny on the Bounty but Hollywood has had a good go a telling us.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Day Twenty Nine - Transit of Venus open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Dat Twenty Nine - Transit of Venus
It must have been the cockerel crowing under my window.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Day Twenty Eight - Dateline open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Eight - Dateline
I awake to read terrible news from home.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Day Twenty Seven - The Garden of Eden open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Seven - The Garden of Eden
My poor legs did a lot of walking yesterday so today I have promised them a more sedate day.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Day Twenty Six - Midpoint open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Six - Midpoint
Today I am half way through my journey around the world.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Day Twenty Five - Under Sail open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Five - Under Sail
It is my first full day in Auckland and I have given myself no plan.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Day Twenty Four - By Air open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Four - By Air
It is time to move on and that means another flight, the shortest that will be taken on this trip.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Day Twenty Three - Caves, Canyons and Cascades open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Three - Caves, Canyons and Cascades
I awake after another solid sleep.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Day Twenty Two- Heroes open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty Two - Heroes
I am at the cricket or crekitt as it pronounced locally.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Day Twenty One - Upwards open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty One - Upwards
I am slightly cursing myself back in the motel room.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Day Twenty - King Arthur open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Twenty - King Arthur
I have a limit and for this trip it is two hours.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Day Nineteen - Far Side of the World open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Nineteen - Far Side of the World
I awoke ahead of the alarm clock.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Day Eighteen - Neighbours open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Eighteen - Neighbours
It is Australia Day today and in some quarters that is a bit controversial.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Day Seventeen - Peaches open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Seventeen - Peaches
Try as I might it was impossible to get a ticket for Carlos Alcaraz’s match.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Day Sixteen - Saints and Sinner open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Sixteen - Saints and Sinner
It was impossible to know when I reserved my seat for today’s session who I would be watching.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Day Fifteen - The Grand Slam open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Day Fourteen - The Bus and The Train open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Fourteen - The Bus and The Train
It was goodbye to Perth and I left thinking what a fine city it was.
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Simon Clark @simonhul.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Day Thirteen- Danger to Life open.substack.com/pub/simonhul...
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Day Thirteen - Danger to Life!
I love Australia for any number of reasons ranging from climate to sport.
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