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Retired historian (Ancient Greece) and oboist. Deracinated Nottinghamian. Widower. Grandfather. European. Loves dogs, humour, movies, orchestras, wine.

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Farage looking for candidates to stand in the upcoming local elections.
#Farage #ReformUK

07.03.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 92 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This:

05.03.2026 08:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Posted: Name a better trio than onion, garlic, & ginger.
Reply: Investigation, Impeachment, Imprisonment 
Reply: Blood clot, announcement, champagne

Posted: Name a better trio than onion, garlic, & ginger. Reply: Investigation, Impeachment, Imprisonment Reply: Blood clot, announcement, champagne

๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿฅ‚

03.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Eastern Daily Press: Six planets to line up in the sky over Norfolk this weekend.

Eastern Daily Press: Six planets to line up in the sky over Norfolk this weekend.

Itโ€™s JUST over Norfolk. Tough titties to the rest of the planet.

26.02.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 115 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lloyds investigating after using staffโ€™s bank account data in pay talks CEO Charlie Nunn tells employees that issue โ€˜created some concernโ€™ but insisted โ€˜we definitely have listened to itโ€™

When Lloyds Bank have finished investigating Lloyds Bank's use of people's private data without explicit permission, I suggest Lloyds Bank investigates Lloyds Bank's investigation, just to check that it was fair, objective and unbiased.

16.02.2026 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Introducing the Sackbut
Introducing the Sackbut YouTube video by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"Eight pieces of โ€ฆ" ( #jazzsky series 37)

"Jazz" outside "Jazz": C

#6: Paลฟtyme wt good companye (?Henry8 Tudor c.1510)

7m ->7m40s

Phil Dale: sackbut (as 15th-18thc tb called north of Italy)

2020

For all Eu instrument (esp. brass) innovation ~Dale varies the tune. Improvisation normal in 16thc!

15.02.2026 13:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

16.02.2026 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well, now weโ€™re on our own. What the hell from the devilโ€™s GOP..

16.02.2026 02:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This:

11.02.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Please repost if you want the full restoration of our EU Freedom of Movement.

01.01.2026 14:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 106 ๐Ÿ” 100 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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06.02.2026 04:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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West Midlands Railway joins publicly owned Great British Railways The transport secretary says thousands of rail passengers will be using public services from Sunday.

West Midlands Railway joins publicly owned network

London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway will be publicly run from Sunday.

The two services, operated by West Midlands Trains (WMT), will join Great British Railways, the new publicly-owned body set to run the UK's rail network.

30.01.2026 12:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘

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Result!

24.01.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 204 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.

16.01.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 7126 ๐Ÿ” 957 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 341 ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.

11.01.2026 11:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 462 ๐Ÿ” 88 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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Fury as Peter Mandelson appears on BBC despite Jeffrey Epstein links The BBC has been met with fury after Peter Mandelson appeared on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme

Still refuses to apologise to Epsteinโ€™s victims . Heโ€™s one arrogant B. And shouldnโ€™t be anywhere near politics or TV .

11.01.2026 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ich bin ein Greenlander

07.01.2026 09:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Cambridge where a combination of an early start and freezing cold weather meant that I just about had King's College Chapel to myself this morning.

03.01.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 181 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Take a tent, the queues at customs will be enormous. ๐Ÿ˜‰

01.01.2026 10:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿ” How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...

Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿ” How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/chlorine...

30.12.2025 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thought experiment: put Farage in the Lords.

30.12.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 211 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Supporters of Nigel Farageโ€™s Reform UK held the most extreme views of any party backers, with 71% saying that having British ancestry was a prerequisite for someone to be truly British(Guardian 30.12). So that rules out the Royal Family

30.12.2025 00:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 654 ๐Ÿ” 168 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Lowest ratings ever for a CBS broadcast.
๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

30.12.2025 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 11229 ๐Ÿ” 2606 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1450 ๐Ÿ“Œ 434
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Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...

28.11.2025 07:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 185 ๐Ÿ” 83 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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19 Clips of Trump Demeaning Female Reporters in Last Few Months Trump reserves particular venom for the women who cover him.

A collage of abuse of reporters by #DementedDonaldTrump, this is what he does and it canโ€™t be tolerated. Call him out to his face, so what if he bans you from Air Force 1 or other press conferences, those pressers are worthless anyway. #DV1 #ProudBlue
www.meidasplus.com/p/19-clips-o...

19.11.2025 15:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 167 ๐Ÿ” 114 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Just a reminder of what a disgrace BoZo is.

02.11.2025 08:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 67 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I always respect the way an artist can sum up everything thatโ€™s going on in one photo.

27.10.2025 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 180 ๐Ÿ” 58 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism
BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism YouTube video by Switzerland

Am heutigen 28. Oktober begeht man in den USA, im Rahmen der kuriosen Feiertage, den Tag der wild wachsenden Nahrung (National Wild Foods Day) wie diese Seite (www.kuriose-feiertage.de/tag-der-wild...) zu berichten weiss. Ob dazu auch Spaghetti zรคhlen? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_...

28.10.2025 08:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Opposition parties need a leader, not just a platform, and here are my thoughts as to who will inspire and lead America into a true golden age of prosperity for all" writes Guy Anthony Ayres

The same is true for the UK as @bearlypolitics.co.uk wrote...

22.10.2025 07:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1