Andrew Craig
@andrewcraig.bsky.social
Co-editor of Head In The Clouds: The Best Stories From 50 Years of Free Flying. Get it from xcmag.com or your local bookshop. Paraglider pilot, cyclist. Krypton Factor champion 1992, twice Mastermind semifinalist, winner on The Chase. Former BBC journalist
The Great Reform Act of 1832 vs Maroon 5. O tempora, O mores. #Mastermind
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Great Reform Act of 1832 vs Maroon 5. O tempora, O mores. #Mastermind
It looks to me as if navigating with one of these must have been staggeringly difficult.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It looks to me as if navigating with one of these must have been staggeringly difficult.
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
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Alice Sullivan, a leading gender-critical researcher, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Maddox Prize for her landmark review into how sex is recorded in publicly funded research. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky
https://ow.ly/7vkp50X4ztK
https://ow.ly/7vkp50X4ztK
Sullivan Review author shortlisted for Maddox Prize
UCL professor Alice Sullivan who led review into how biological sex is captured in data collection is vying for Nature-led award
ow.ly
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Alice Sullivan, a leading gender-critical researcher, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Maddox Prize for her landmark review into how sex is recorded in publicly funded research. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky
https://ow.ly/7vkp50X4ztK
https://ow.ly/7vkp50X4ztK
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Wonder if the Azerbaijani fans here are so devoted to their team they'd describe themselves as "Qarabag for life".
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wonder if the Azerbaijani fans here are so devoted to their team they'd describe themselves as "Qarabag for life".
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Your boyfriend may be French, but is he *this* French
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Your boyfriend may be French, but is he *this* French
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Get me a mixed metaphor and make it a big one.
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Get me a mixed metaphor and make it a big one.
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Went hunting with my buddy
We'd had a drink or three
He took a bead on a deer he'd seen
But the deer turned out to be me
I was within shotgun range of Jesus
Been here my whole life
And if Dick Cheney's been hunting with you
Then you've been there too
We'd had a drink or three
He took a bead on a deer he'd seen
But the deer turned out to be me
I was within shotgun range of Jesus
Been here my whole life
And if Dick Cheney's been hunting with you
Then you've been there too
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Went hunting with my buddy
We'd had a drink or three
He took a bead on a deer he'd seen
But the deer turned out to be me
I was within shotgun range of Jesus
Been here my whole life
And if Dick Cheney's been hunting with you
Then you've been there too
We'd had a drink or three
He took a bead on a deer he'd seen
But the deer turned out to be me
I was within shotgun range of Jesus
Been here my whole life
And if Dick Cheney's been hunting with you
Then you've been there too
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This is one of those days when we all drown in breaking news - but if you can stomach it: Here is an attempt to step back from the noise and provide a synthesis of where America stands, one year after Trump’s election, and what might be next.
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is one of those days when we all drown in breaking news - but if you can stomach it: Here is an attempt to step back from the noise and provide a synthesis of where America stands, one year after Trump’s election, and what might be next.
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
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Oxford Congestion Charge: a friend timed their bus journey from Redbridge P&R to Folly bridge and it took 4.5mins during peak hour this morning. The quickest ever! The Iffley Road, however, was less congested but still lots of traffic; St. Clements was pretty clear.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Oxford Congestion Charge: a friend timed their bus journey from Redbridge P&R to Folly bridge and it took 4.5mins during peak hour this morning. The quickest ever! The Iffley Road, however, was less congested but still lots of traffic; St. Clements was pretty clear.
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We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
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The Final Chase - Wednesday 28th October 2015
YouTube video by The Chase
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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"The disappearance of street football is not inevitable. It is a design problem, a policy question, and a cultural decision"
Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing
'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'
#StreetFootball
Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing
'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'
#StreetFootball
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"The disappearance of street football is not inevitable. It is a design problem, a policy question, and a cultural decision"
Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing
'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'
#StreetFootball
Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing
'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'
#StreetFootball
Clive Myrie is starting to stress the prepositions. "... bought FOR Nightingale." The disease is spreading. #Mastermind
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Clive Myrie is starting to stress the prepositions. "... bought FOR Nightingale." The disease is spreading. #Mastermind
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
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Great Yews, Wiltshire, a place I used to enjoy visiting, I suppose we all trespassed doing so, no idea really it was a place many locals visited.
Having I suppose argued why we should be aware of business costs and the motives of people owning
designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/C...
Having I suppose argued why we should be aware of business costs and the motives of people owning
designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/C...
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Great Yews, Wiltshire, a place I used to enjoy visiting, I suppose we all trespassed doing so, no idea really it was a place many locals visited.
Having I suppose argued why we should be aware of business costs and the motives of people owning
designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/C...
Having I suppose argued why we should be aware of business costs and the motives of people owning
designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/C...
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If you live in Caerphilly, are eligible to vote and want to stop the march of an English far-right fascist party that hates Wales (but wants to use us for a boost, before erasing us), then you have one job today: go & vote for Plaid Cymru.
Abstain/vote for another party & you are enabling fascists
Abstain/vote for another party & you are enabling fascists
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If you live in Caerphilly, are eligible to vote and want to stop the march of an English far-right fascist party that hates Wales (but wants to use us for a boost, before erasing us), then you have one job today: go & vote for Plaid Cymru.
Abstain/vote for another party & you are enabling fascists
Abstain/vote for another party & you are enabling fascists
There are no human rights; there are only the civil rights that we decide to give each other.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
There are no human rights; there are only the civil rights that we decide to give each other.
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We've published a short listicle of eyewitness points about camps and factories in 2018-2019, as delivered by an anonymous camp employee to a journalist during that period: blog.shahit.biz/2025/06/01/1...
Very short read, but insightful.
Very short read, but insightful.
10 small insights into Xinjiang camps and factories (2018-2019)
A brief summary of takeaway points from a conversation between a former camp employee and a journalist, originally held off the record but now reproduced here in a very basic form.
blog.shahit.biz
June 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We've published a short listicle of eyewitness points about camps and factories in 2018-2019, as delivered by an anonymous camp employee to a journalist during that period: blog.shahit.biz/2025/06/01/1...
Very short read, but insightful.
Very short read, but insightful.
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X-Scotia hike-and-fly to return in 2026 – Glencoe is to host the 2026 X-Scotia hike-and-fly race, which will take place over the first weekend of May 2026 – xcmag.com?p=123798?utm...
X-Scotia hike-and-fly to return in 2026
Glencoe is to host the 2026 X-Scotia hike-and-fly race, which will take place over the first weekend of May 2026
xcmag.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
X-Scotia hike-and-fly to return in 2026 – Glencoe is to host the 2026 X-Scotia hike-and-fly race, which will take place over the first weekend of May 2026 – xcmag.com?p=123798?utm...
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social One of your country cousins standing watch over the River Chelmer.
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social One of your country cousins standing watch over the River Chelmer.
Andrew's autumn odyssey, day two: strava.app.link/E0CwtPoPnXb
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October 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Andrew's autumn odyssey, day two: strava.app.link/E0CwtPoPnXb