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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 19h

I think this may be even better.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 19h

I watch the hell of this.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not sure the Conservatives want to associate themselves with a leader who harried the north...

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@marcmorris.bsky.social I have just finished The Norman Conquest as I gear up for teaching it to my new Year 7s. Incredible, funny, supremely detailed, scrupulously fair, always engaging: I loved it. Thank you. ☺️

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really wanted to see this (and the first), but the forces of Gaullism have not reached as far as South Somerset. 🙁 The nearest showing is in Bath! Glad it was good. Out of interest, where do you rank Finney in The Gathering Storm? That was the one I really *remember* from childhood.

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026

Josh Babarinde MP: "Our volunteer lifeboat crews. These are people who put their lives on the line for us" 👏 "Anyone who should get in their way is pathetic, unpatriotic, and un-British. We're a country that prides ourselves in bringing people together."

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 23/09/2026

To be fair to the BBC, they did show this on the main Breakfast report.

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Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Careful dear, we can almost see Uranus."

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great list! I quite like the Pappano/LSO recording from March too.

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Lotti @lottinewstead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Gustav Holst was born otd, 21 September 1874. He came from a musical family and studied composition at the Royal College of Music, where he developed a lifelong friendship with Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I look forward to this being applied to approving planning applications for housing and reservoirs. (I'm by no means an instinctual YIMBY but we are poor on this).

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For me, "doing better" for the Lib Dems means doing more with the MPs they already have. The key question here is "why should you want a large bloc of Lib Dem MPs"? When there are 72 of them, & liberal-democracy is in crisis, they have both an opportunity & an obligation to give a better answer.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every time I see John Bercow is on yet another 'celebrity' gameshow.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I so agree - a visionary and so much of British music (and others as you say) owes so much to him. But Warlock's rude description of the Pastoral appears to be the established view - pleasant music but nothing better than that.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One Liverpool seat (Liverpool Scotland) consistently elected an Irish nationalist MP from 1885 onwards. The best bit: he represented the seat from 1885-1929, i.e. after the Treaty. Ended up as Father of the House.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm so jealous - the Tallis Fantasia is breathtaking. Glad to hear you had a wonderful time. 😀

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I wonder if any Warner Bros executives are Labour members and live in the seat...

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My school didn't offer History GCSE (I know, I know), so I learned it myself. School gave me time on my timetable, and a teaching assistant with a History degree checked my coursework, and paid for me to sit the exam, but I learned the subject myself. My guess would be something like that.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 31/08/2026

💷Immediately fund teacher pay awards ⏰Properly enforce legally mandated working hours 🏠New guidance on flexible working 🔺Introduce reasonable limits on overtime The government must listen and introduce our emergency package of 'back to school' measures before it is too late.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A lot of people hate Bolero but I actually quite like it.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's (almost) my one year anniversary on Classical Connections today! I am on from now until 3pm. You can listen on 107.1FM in the Glastonbury area, ask your smart speaker to 'play GWS Radio' or go to gws-radio.org.uk and click Listen Live. Hope to see you there!

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GWS Radio – Community Radio Glastonbury, Wells, Street

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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Man attempts a series of jobs before passing the state bar in Louisiana, and then goes on holiday to France.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Will Lammy make it past the members?

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I remember talking to a fellow Jew who worked at the US embassy a while back, they had some involvement with pro-peace initiatives I’ll never forget them saying “if it gets to a point where nobody will even listen to each other anymore, we are beyond f*cked” Reminded of their words today

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

On this day, we remember Ralph Vaughan Williams, who died 68 years ago. His works continue to speak with extraordinary warmth, humanity and imagination -from The Lark Ascending to his symphonies, choral music and operas. His music remains alive, resonant and appreciated 🎶

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Once made an appointment to give blood. They had to reschedule so the person in charge texted. Whilst responding, I accidentally sent them a picture of former SDP leader David Owen. I had to pretend it was a photo of my granddad.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My column this week is the product of my frustration at a series of myths that I think have grown up at Westminster that provide comfort to the various parties (not all of which I had space to grumble about) to avoid confronting the real choices we actually have:

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Austerity denial and the mystery of Britain’s shrunken state

There is a ready supply of explanations on offer at Westminster

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Your occasional reminder that the main villain in the Take On Me video (who pursues Morten Harket with a pipe wrench) is played by Philip Jackson, who was Chief Inspector Japp in Poirot.

An image showing Philip Jackson as both Chief Inspector Japp in Poirot, and also the villain in the animated video for Take On Me by a-ha.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A-Levels should also say it is desirable too - most sixth forms/colleges don't, despite the fact that it is good grounding for A-Level Politics.

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, I think it was much more in my head than in reality. 😔 Apologies! There's Norman Lamb and rap, of course...

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wasn't Philip Hammond a punk or something when he was younger?

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Lotti @lottinewstead.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Antonio Salieri was born otd, 18 August 1750. If you know him mainly as the jealous rival who supposedly poisoned Mozart, you’ve met the fictional version of Salieri rather than the real one. In reality, he was one of the most successful musicians in Europe. 1/4

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I've seen this pop up a few times on iPlayer and every time I think it's an adaptation of Gyles Brandreth's diaries.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Oh, I see the mistake, but this theater is actually showing the new “Avengers: Domesday”, it’s a detailed account of land holdings and tax disputes in the Marvel Universe…

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Tom @th1991.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Social Democratic Party (1981-88).

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