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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Sports Personality Of The Year projections at MediaCity are really cool

Images of sporting heroes - in this case the England women’s football team - are projected onto the buildings at MediaCity

James West @westjames.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Why did nobody tell me Edge of Darkness is on iPlayer. I’ve not seen it since the original broadcasts, but am diving in now.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora in Northumberland - without and then with night mode on the camera

Bungalows behind a stone wall at night. It’s dark. There’s a faint red glow in the sky.

Bungalows behind a stone wall at night. It’s dark. There’s a bright red glow in the sky, with a pale green below.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Ambulance and 24 Hours in A&E are the two most life affirming shows on British telly. I’m always moved by the care and kindness shown to the people needing care in the episodes. #Ambulance #24HoursInA&E

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Halloween songs to get you in the mood for the arrival of trick or treaters open.spotify.com/playlist/146...

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Halloween 🎃

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Greek President has just strolled through the bar we’re in 🇬🇷

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I’d need mini Lego tiles to represent the Lego tiles. Maybe 1x1 instead of 4x4s and make the whole thing at quarter scale.

It’s a BBC mark 3 local radio mixing desk.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

If Zandvoort was in the UK we’d have built a gold course on the dunes. Which would be rubbish #f1

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Correcting people who say they’ve been to see the ocean when it’s the North Sea, Mediterranean or some other bit of sea that’s not an ocean.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

World’s best ice cream van

An old fashioned Mini converted into an ice cream van for Coxons sits facing the sea at Bamburgh beach.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Sport, eh?

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

V pleased with my mac n cheese

A huge dish of mac and cheese. Yes, that is a garlic baguette I chopped up and sprinkled on the top. It was delicious.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Elbow were great last night at the Castlefield Bowl. What a great venue on a summer night. #Elbow #Train

The crowd at Castlefield Bowl waving to a train. Guy Garvey on stage to the right can't quite believe what he's started.

Another train passes the Castlefield Bowl while Elbow are on stage. The sunlight is starting to fade and it's a beautiful evening.

Gut Garvey picked out by a spotlight as he gets the crowd involved in a sing along during the encore.

"One Day Like This" - Elbow finish off the set with this sing-along hit. Purple and orange lights on stage are captured on the screens of people's phones as they take pictures and videos of the finale.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Sorry if you tried to apply for this over the weekend and found the link was broken. It’s been fixed now and the closing date has been extended to Weds 2 July to give you time to get an application in.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

📻🚨If you love being in radio studios and want a job where you can pushing all the buttons on the mixing desk then have a look at this. Studio Directors are the beating ❤️ of BBC radio news programmes. Feel free to ask me anything about it careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Studio-D...

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Studio Director

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@blogmywiki.bsky.social 🚨 Graham Gouldman interview on Test Match Special 🚨

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Birch Services. Guess which way I’m heading when I leave?

Eight lanes of motorway traffic viewed from a footbridge overhead. On the left four busy lanes head towards Manchester. The four lanes on the right heading away from the city are much quieter

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🩸🅾️ Wigan - I am in you! 🩸 If you can, give blood.

Screenshot of a text message which says: Thank you so much for donating on 15/05/2025. Your donation has now been issued to Wigan Royal Infirmiary. Every donation counts.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

...in the middle of Aarstreet.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Great Manchester 10k Run before and after ☀️ 🏃‍♂️ #GreatManchesterRun

I’m outside in the sunshine in Manchester. I’m wearing sunglasses and an Orange McLaren baseball cap. I’ve just git off the tram ready to run 10k in the Great Manchester Run.

I’m wearing sunglasses and an orange McLaren baseball cap. I’m holding my finishers’ medal proudly in front of me. It’s round with a blue circle in the middle.

I’m a lot sweatier than the previous picture.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

All ready for the Great Manchester Run

A running top with my race number 10282 pinned onto it.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Look at Gail’s shop for some amazing Blackburn memories of the arcade and El Greco #Blackburn

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Lake Como, looking fine from the hotel window this morning #lagodicomo #lakecomo #como #timelapse

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There’s a metaphor trying to get out here

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Interesting @moderation.bsky.app has labelled my photo of Michelangelo’s David as “Adult content”. I mean yes there’s some marble 🍆 but it’s an amazing bit of renaissance art. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

👏🏻 Bravo Italy! The wine vending machine is fantastico! 🇮🇹 🍷 💶 💳

Photo shows a wine vending machine. Two rows of wine bottles are behind a glass panel. To the right are various buttons, a small touch screen and a card-reader.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Waiting for the train to Caserta #prosecco #train 🇮🇹

A green backpack at the left of the image sits atop a yellow case. A (small) bottle of Prosecco peels out of a side pocket of the backpack. The second class carriage of an Italian train is in the background

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Here in Free Trafford we can go to the tip without an appointment ♻️

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Just wish Amol had asked him what his favourite flavour of crisps is.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Really need a Cheryl based spin-off from This City Is Ours.

Scouse princess Cheryl from This City is Ours

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Got my Wet Leg tickets 💦 🦵🏻 🎟️

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A BBC branding executive dies every time the Ezra Collective say “Radio 6”

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I'm reasonably competent with technology and good with computers but the online documentation for erasing Mac hard drives and reinstalling Mac OS is a hot mess.

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Closing date on this is 1st April so there’s still time to apply or pass it on to anyone you think might be interested. Also time to ask me about it if you want to know more 📻 #radio #radiojobs

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📻 if you like mixing audio, especially live speech, have a look at this. We’ve some 6 month contracts for Studio Directors in Salford, so no need to move to that London. SDs are the beating heart of BBC Radio 5 Live - ask me if you want to know more, or tap here: careers.bbc.co.uk/job-invite/2...

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Studio Director

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Turning Japanese will be the big earworm from tonight’s episodes #totp

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Dance Yourself Dizzy is a banger #totp

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James West @westjames.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

However much Gary Davies is being paid to laugh at Mike Reid’s jokes, it’s not enough #totp

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