Chris Brooke
@chrisbrooke.bsky.social
"an already elusive subject is considered here from a variety of oblique angles"
A flying visit to Oxford, so I popped in to see the cat.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A flying visit to Oxford, so I popped in to see the cat.
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
It must be awkward to win "Think Tanker of the Year" when absolutely everybody who hears about it will assume that it is rhyming slang.
Ahead of tonight's Smart Thinking Awards, we're delighted that @danihpayne.bsky.social has been nominated for Think Tanker of the Year!🎉
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It must be awkward to win "Think Tanker of the Year" when absolutely everybody who hears about it will assume that it is rhyming slang.
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In all honesty I wish I had a more useful psychic superpower, preferably one that worked on the horses
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In all honesty I wish I had a more useful psychic superpower, preferably one that worked on the horses
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One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
Part of the comedy of the present situation is that the person with the clearest pathway to No 10 right now is Ed Miliband, who is also unlikely to take it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Part of the comedy of the present situation is that the person with the clearest pathway to No 10 right now is Ed Miliband, who is also unlikely to take it.
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Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
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The “reading out very obvious bullshit WhatsApp messages from brazen liars on the Ten O’Clock News” situation has developed not necessarily to Britain’s advantage
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The “reading out very obvious bullshit WhatsApp messages from brazen liars on the Ten O’Clock News” situation has developed not necessarily to Britain’s advantage
This is great fun.
(Nigel Biggar does not come out of it especially well.)
(Nigel Biggar does not come out of it especially well.)
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is great fun.
(Nigel Biggar does not come out of it especially well.)
(Nigel Biggar does not come out of it especially well.)
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Part of the complexity in this instance is that the people briefing about the other guy challenging their guy never actually wanted their guy. Their guy was a way to get the other guy who they really wanted & who they are now briefing against, making their guy look weak and embattled.
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Part of the complexity in this instance is that the people briefing about the other guy challenging their guy never actually wanted their guy. Their guy was a way to get the other guy who they really wanted & who they are now briefing against, making their guy look weak and embattled.
Bounce, DG.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bounce, DG.
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In a demoralizing world it does warm the heart to see an eighty seven year-old lady repeatedly burn the world’s richest man to a crisp in a manner that clearly gets right under his skin and provokes him to flailing, compensatory exertions that only affirm the point she was making.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In a demoralizing world it does warm the heart to see an eighty seven year-old lady repeatedly burn the world’s richest man to a crisp in a manner that clearly gets right under his skin and provokes him to flailing, compensatory exertions that only affirm the point she was making.
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Definitely overcomplicate it. Tom Holland steps out of the car, says my name's Bondjamesbond, raises an eyebrow, says "were you expecting someone else?", embarks on complex chase sequence ending in him being torn apart by crocodiles. Idris Elba steps out of the shadows…
don't overcomplicate it lads. Idris Elba steps out of the car, says my name's Bondjamesbond, raises an eyebrow, says "were you expecting someone else?", on with the fun.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Definitely overcomplicate it. Tom Holland steps out of the car, says my name's Bondjamesbond, raises an eyebrow, says "were you expecting someone else?", embarks on complex chase sequence ending in him being torn apart by crocodiles. Idris Elba steps out of the shadows…
Lieutenant LEONARD STOPFORD BROOKE, 110th Squadron RAF, reported missing 25th September 1918, later unofficially reported killed in action, Western Front, aged 23. He's one of only a very small number of Allied servicemen buried in Germany, at Bad Bergzabern Cemetery. My great uncle.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Lieutenant LEONARD STOPFORD BROOKE, 110th Squadron RAF, reported missing 25th September 1918, later unofficially reported killed in action, Western Front, aged 23. He's one of only a very small number of Allied servicemen buried in Germany, at Bad Bergzabern Cemetery. My great uncle.
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My dad and Remembrance
I’ve written previously of my dad’s attitude to Remembrance.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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English Catholics in 1678:
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
English Catholics in 1678:
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Neither is Cromwell... what??
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Neither is Cromwell... what??
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Happy retirement Michael D. We’ve been very lucky to have him (and the dogs!) during the last 14 years. As someone who became a citizen during his term of office, he’s the kind of President who reminds you why it’s good to live in a republic.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy retirement Michael D. We’ve been very lucky to have him (and the dogs!) during the last 14 years. As someone who became a citizen during his term of office, he’s the kind of President who reminds you why it’s good to live in a republic.
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Deme Kasimis responds to Paul Sagar's paper, "The Macedonianism of Fear: Aristotle vs Rawls" here at the #MondaySeminar.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Deme Kasimis responds to Paul Sagar's paper, "The Macedonianism of Fear: Aristotle vs Rawls" here at the #MondaySeminar.
No way did he get all the way through The Count of Monte Cristo in just three weeks. They should keep him in jail at least until he has finished his book.
France’s Sarkozy freed from prison after 3 weeks as he awaits appeal on.ft.com/3X7zlo9
France’s Sarkozy freed from prison after 3 weeks as he awaits appeal
Former president granted conditional release while contesting Libyan financing conviction
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November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
No way did he get all the way through The Count of Monte Cristo in just three weeks. They should keep him in jail at least until he has finished his book.
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Hey look I made the local news! These were some inspiring and drive. young journalists from @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hey look I made the local news! These were some inspiring and drive. young journalists from @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
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Wait Italy did what?
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wait Italy did what?