Angela Powers
@angepowers.bsky.social
Writer - teacher - optimist. Ex BBC and Sky Sports reporter, now news and sports journalism lecturer at University of Lancashire. Sam Fender fan, Abba tragic, love a good Bloody Mary
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Someone noted the other day that one of my very favorite movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, came out in 1981. It was set in 1936, 45 years earlier. A film premiering today that is set 45 years ago is set in....1981.
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Someone noted the other day that one of my very favorite movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, came out in 1981. It was set in 1936, 45 years earlier. A film premiering today that is set 45 years ago is set in....1981.
Post an image that always makes you laugh
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Post an image that always makes you laugh
Terribly sad news. An ordinary woman thrust into the public spotlight through the tragedy of what happened to her husband, who went on to do extraordinary things. A force for good. RIP Helen, Warrington is proud of you x
Baroness Helen Newlove has died aged just 63 after a short illness
Baroness Helen Newlove has died aged just 63 after a short illness
BARONESS Helen Newlove has sadly died aged just 63 following a short illness.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Terribly sad news. An ordinary woman thrust into the public spotlight through the tragedy of what happened to her husband, who went on to do extraordinary things. A force for good. RIP Helen, Warrington is proud of you x
Saved all week for a quiet Sunday browse. It’s too late for me now, isn’t it?
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Saved all week for a quiet Sunday browse. It’s too late for me now, isn’t it?
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Locals in a wealthy Cheshire village have objected to plans for a riding school to help deprived children, so comedian @jasonmanford.bsky.social went to a meeting to speak up for the ‘children who grow up surrounded by concrete and chaos, who’ve never seen a field that wasn’t forbidden, fenced off’.
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Locals in a wealthy Cheshire village have objected to plans for a riding school to help deprived children, so comedian @jasonmanford.bsky.social went to a meeting to speak up for the ‘children who grow up surrounded by concrete and chaos, who’ve never seen a field that wasn’t forbidden, fenced off’.
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This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
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Reminder that back in July Katie Lam wrote an article for the Sun on Indefinite Leave to Remain and the Conservatives' proposals.
It contained a number of blatant lies and the Sun published a detailed retraction.
It contained a number of blatant lies and the Sun published a detailed retraction.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Reminder that back in July Katie Lam wrote an article for the Sun on Indefinite Leave to Remain and the Conservatives' proposals.
It contained a number of blatant lies and the Sun published a detailed retraction.
It contained a number of blatant lies and the Sun published a detailed retraction.
Aw… lovely new track out today by the brilliant Sam Fender, with Elton John on piano, called ‘Talk to You’ about a lost friendship. Does have a Bobby Jean vibe about it. Which is er… similar in subject matter. #springsteen #samfender #eltonjohn
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Aw… lovely new track out today by the brilliant Sam Fender, with Elton John on piano, called ‘Talk to You’ about a lost friendship. Does have a Bobby Jean vibe about it. Which is er… similar in subject matter. #springsteen #samfender #eltonjohn
Straight out of church to #totp #myforbiddenlover
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Straight out of church to #totp #myforbiddenlover
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
People Watching is a great, eclectic, melodic album with some genius tracks especially TV Dinner, Wild Long Lie and Remember My Name. Deserved winner #mercuryprize #SamFender
October 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
People Watching is a great, eclectic, melodic album with some genius tracks especially TV Dinner, Wild Long Lie and Remember My Name. Deserved winner #mercuryprize #SamFender
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One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five to speak to customer services,
Six to return to the main menu,
Seven to hear those options again
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five to speak to customer services,
Six to return to the main menu,
Seven to hear those options again
November 25, 2024 at 5:12 PM
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five to speak to customer services,
Six to return to the main menu,
Seven to hear those options again
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five to speak to customer services,
Six to return to the main menu,
Seven to hear those options again
Bring back books… it’s our only hope. A frightening but fascinating read jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bring back books… it’s our only hope. A frightening but fascinating read jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Arts degrees are only “worthless” because tech cunts revalued the highly desirable product of freelance artists at close to zero, cos it made running the digital supply pipes look cheaper on the spreadsheets. Pay properly for the arts, and see how worthless artists are.
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Arts degrees are only “worthless” because tech cunts revalued the highly desirable product of freelance artists at close to zero, cos it made running the digital supply pipes look cheaper on the spreadsheets. Pay properly for the arts, and see how worthless artists are.
Blue Lights series 3 … terrific watch. Makes you feel despair and hope in equal measure. Top drama #bluelights #bbc #iplayer
October 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Blue Lights series 3 … terrific watch. Makes you feel despair and hope in equal measure. Top drama #bluelights #bbc #iplayer
That’s such a dignified response from Paul Wellens. Well done to Hull KR. It sets up a potentially historic Grand Final. #rugbyleague is still a great spectacle 👏👏
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
That’s such a dignified response from Paul Wellens. Well done to Hull KR. It sets up a potentially historic Grand Final. #rugbyleague is still a great spectacle 👏👏
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Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.
September 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.