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"...why adventure doesn't always mean having it all figured out." Join Ben Aitken and I at Whitby Lit Fest in November. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-road-les...

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A Road Less Travelled

Ben Aitken and Tom Sykes

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 10h

I don't know about you but it's enjoying these kinds of rights and freedoms in this country that really makes me want to fight and die in an unwinnable nuclear war against Russia, China or anywhere else where they censor people who disagree with their elites.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Feels like the right time to share this. "There's no beginning to your talents." youtu.be/1mO9oYXPoIc?...

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Jeffrey Archer - Clive Anderson Talks Back

YouTube video by jmvirgfb

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"European governments and militaries have really talked up this Russian threat to attack Europe, which is in my view almost entirely fantastical." youtu.be/bk79RbrczYw?...

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WE ARE BEING LIED TO: Washington Insider DROPS BOMBSHELL on Ukraine War

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Lindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Great news breaking that the Green Party conference has passed the 'Zionism is Racism' motion. #FreePalestine

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Lindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An excellent video by @declassifieduk from outside Labour Party conference. It's a disgrace they were denied accreditation for the 3rd year running. Shameful Trumpian behaviour from Labour youtu.be/8v_DDk4MKzk?...

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The Video Labour Tried to Stop Us Making

YouTube video by Declassified UK

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The right/centrist establishment's hysteria about the Russians clambering up the white cliffs of Dover is the analogue of the far right's hysteria about migrants in small boats invading Blighty. Both fantasies serve ruling-class agenda of imperialism, militarisation, profit extraction and austerity.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Re: the HE omnicrisis, if universities downsize perhaps even to the point of shutting down won't this rip the heart out of the economies of many UK towns and cities? Few pundits and no mainstream politicians are talking about this.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Intriguing couplet on a Southsea wall as I make my way to a writing retreat.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Was a pleasure to be interviewed for Exclusive Magazine about my novel Tangled Saviours. “I needed to think very hard about structure, most of all, and voice, to a lesser extent, to offer the reader something (hopefully) new and astonishing.” annecarlini.com/ex_interview...

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Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine

ExclusiveMagazine.com is an Online Entertainment Magazine for all your Music, Movies, Clubs, Books, Games and Contests and can also be found at AnneCarlini.com.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"By adopting this narrative, EU governments and officials seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for refugee children’s deaths. But the blame very much lies with them." aje.io/ma5qwr

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Who is responsible for the deaths of children at EU borders?

Thousands of children die or are harmed when fleeing for safety to and in Europe due to violent border control policies.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If Burnham-all was serious he'd stop arming the genocide too. As with everything else Neolib Labour does, this is a cynical ploy to claw back lost voters and try and prevent a repeat of the electoral damage done by Insurgent pro-Palestine candidates in 2024.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nowhere is the word "ethics" being more degraded than in the corridors of academic power. Want to push some completely unethical attitude/venture? Make sure you get "ethics" in your job title. Sounds respectable as if it transcends the grubby business of politics and ideology - except it doesn't.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Abedelraheem is currently completing his Master’s degree at the University of Portsmouth, while at the same time carrying the responsibility of supporting his family and rebuilding a stable life after the devastating circumstances they have experienced in Gaza. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

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Support Gaza Student + Family in Portsmouth | LaunchGood | LaunchGood

We're raising funds to continue housing Gazan Scholar and his family in Portsmouth

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There are many puzzles and complexities in politics. The reasons why Bomb 'em and Burnham won't make a blind bit of difference are neither puzzling nor complex. www.opendemocracy.net/labours-bigg...

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Labour’s biggest donors backed Burnham for PM, disclosures reveal

Scandal-ridden think tank Labour Together and its donors swung behind Burnham after Makerfield by-election

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As Roosevelt allegedly said about the dictator Somoza, "He's a son of a *****, but he's our son of a *****." So that's alright then.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How do you write about the risks and challenges of travel in a way that people actually want to read? How do we avoid putting readers off, causing offense to cultures and societies that are unfamiliar to us, or simply coming across like a moaner? intrepidtimes.com/travel-writi...

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Travel Writing Workshop - Tom Sykes - September 2026 - Intrepid Times

Exclusive workshop! Tim Leffel, author of Travel Writing 2.0, shares his wisdom for how to earn a living as a travel writer in 2025.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We’ll start by exploring how you select those experiences for uniqueness, conflict, drama, humour and suspense before getting into how you might structure your personal story. www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk/events/how-d...

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How Do I Write About Me? - The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre

Workshop – held in The Mendip Room on the ground floor of The Princess Theatre How Do I Write About Me? A Workshop on Memoir and Autobiography This workshop starts from the premise that everyone has h...

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you Graham and Emily at Leicester Library for hosting my talk. A small but worldly and chatty audience.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The man who imagined a city to represent his state of mind. Another cracker from esoterica channel Atrocity Guide. youtu.be/LlkziznE-WI?...

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The Imaginary City of Urville

YouTube video by Atrocity Guide

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Looking forward to appearing twice in the same afternoon at the Burnham Book Festival in October. Thankfully, the name refers to the lovely Somerset town of Burnham-on-Sea rather than to our new PM. www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk/events/the-y...

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The Years of Travelling Anxiously - The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre

This event will be held in The Mendip Room at The Princess Theatre on the ground floor. Over the last twenty years, writer and academic Tom Sykes has been lucky enough to travel all over the world. Bu...

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It seems that the UK is not unique in being so dumb and bigoted to commit a grievous wound to its HE system by making it even more difficult for foreign students to come here. share.google/Q6MmnU3FQC3w...

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Mohawk College faces $1.4M deficit after decline in international student enrolment

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"You can't be neutral on a moving train." Remembering the humanitarian greatness of Howard Zinn, whose A People's History of the United States changed my life as it did many others. youtu.be/QO1ReRjBpGc?...

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"The People's Historian": Dave Zirin's New Book Explores "Remarkable" Life of Howard Zinn

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A move almost as ill-judged as his appearance in The A-Team in the year nineteen hundred and eighty-six Anno Domini. novaramedia.com/2026/07/28/b...

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Boy George Releases Reggae Song Denying Israel’s Genocide

The lyrics say: “You say genocide, I say war. When you're attacked, it’s what the army is for.”

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Small Brains got rained on with someone else's 12-guage. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/7/25/the-show-must-go-on-trump-returns-to-rescheduled-white-house-press-gala

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?"

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In this disturbing era of nouns like "realism" and "pragmatism" deployed to justify war and the death drive, some need reminding that doing the opposite isn't hopelessly idealistic. It's easy not to sell someone weapons with which to commit genocide. You just don't sell them that stuff.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Follow the money to the sign that reads "Business as usual."

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

QFD (Quelle ****ing Surprise) as characters in Douglas Coupland's Generation X said to each other.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Self nails Burnham. Authentocratic posturing is not policy. It will not stop UK complicity in genocide or solve an unprecedented avalanche of domestic problems. youtu.be/wFbxQXoAsc8?...

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Will Self on Andy Burnham Hovis Nostalgia

YouTube video by Cromey

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

From Prof Paul Rogers: "A US assault on Iranian civil infrastructure will involve committing war crimes. This requires use of 2 UK air bases: RAF Fairford for deploying heavy bombers and RAF Lakenheath for deploying refuelling planes. One of Burnham’s first decisions will be whether to allow this."

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

People have been trying this with Labour for 100 years and getting precisely nowhere other than the total betrayal of working people (General and Miners' Strikes) and imperialist war and genocide (the Bengal Famine, Biafra, Afghanistan, Iraq and Gaza).

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

And not only did the party alleged to be the lesser of all the weevils arm and enable this, they directly participated in it too.

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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Unbelievable NATO Ambassador Calls Dropping 90 Bombs On Iran 'Peace Through Strength'. crooksandliars.com/2026/07/nato...

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NATO Ambassador Calls Dropping 90 Bombs On Iran 'Peace Through Strength'

Sure, Matt. And "we have always been at war with Eastasia" as well.

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Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sharing this again now Starmer's toast. "Starmer’s role as DPP involved enforcing Tory austerity and authoritarianism. When elected Labour leader, he expelled thousands of leftist members, cheer-led for Zionism and bent the knee to his party’s right wing." countercurrents.org/2025/09/chas...

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Chasing the Mirage of Progressive Labour | Countercurrents

In a Guardian op-ed published on 13th August this year, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves looked back positively at the Labour Party’s first year in power. She claimed that the…

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