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Former mariner (R/O & ETO), and later housing blogger singleaspect.org.uk twelve years at sea with fond memories of Brasil, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and the US coasts, all in the late 1980s. So much has changed since then.

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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#MadeInChelsea #PennEstate Not quite so glamorous after all ...
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#Aalto www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Home is where the jellyfish glows: Finland finally warms to nature-loving modernist Alvar Aalto
His egalitarian homeland used to harbour reservation against the architecture star. But with 13 new Unesco listings and a new exhibition in Helsinki, Aalto’s work is finally getting the recognition it...
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@channel5bluesky.bsky.social #Palin #Philippines What a missed opportunity, to travel to the land of the nicest people on earth, the most cheerful people you will ever meet and look only for the misery. I sailed with these wonderful people for years and they deserve more than this misery show.
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#Smallboats This is a stupid idea, the RM wouldn't shoot unless shot at and that isn't going to happen. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage denies Reform would let troops shoot small boats after Jenrick’s ‘lethal force’ claim
Party leader says Jenrick’s comments ‘misconstrued’, after MP said Royal Marines would be allowed to fire at those on boats
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#ProfessorMichaelEdwards of #UCL died in early August. There is a page of thoughts and condolences for anyone who wishes to write something in his memory viing.com/v/rememberin...
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Celebrating Michael Edwards | Viing
Group gifts, made easy. One link, everyone signs.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The American tragedy. Twice over, Its response to war in Europe was hesitation followed by crucial involvement: now the world's foremost power is led by a latter-day Quisling, equal parts nasty & plain stupid 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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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@johnharris1969.bsky.social #Saxonvale I saw this and thought of you. "Selling off public land is a fraught business even for well-meaning councils. Under a 1972 law, public bodies are obliged to accept the highest price they are offered. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Sorry to hear ... 😬
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Free land for those who will build social homes on it. Is this the radical solution to the UK’s housing problem? | Phineas Harper
A bold south London initiative to give land to community groups rather than private developers could transform the system, says writer Phineas Harper
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#NorthernIreland Two steps forward one step back www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 😱
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Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned
Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road scheduled to take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appeal
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Profile banner shows the #PepysEstate from #Greenwich with Thames lighters foreground and the unaltered #AragonTower on the right where I lived for two years from 10/78 to 9/80. The attached sunrise image is the opposite view from the flat to Greenwich
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#70up Extraordinary programme and very moving. A swan song for the participants and in memorium for those who didn't make it to 70. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Like many observers my own life happens to have run in parallel with theirs which makes it all the more telling.
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70 Up review – a deeply moving conclusion for the 63-year-long TV experiment
The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegiac, thoughtful outing ever
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Single Aspect @singleaspect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Those who dig holes for others will eventually fall into one themselves" as told to me by an Israeli in 1994 while working on an Israeli ship. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... What goes around ...
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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