Lost in History 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦
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Rejoin. Historian. Likes Doctor Who, hockey, rugby & history & flags. Really should be writing. Quokka Facts. He/him. 🏴🇪🇺
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Started something with Discworld I have never done before.
I am planning on running them all on Audible.
In publication order, from Colour of Magic to Shepherd's Crown.
I am planning on running them all on Audible.
In publication order, from Colour of Magic to Shepherd's Crown.
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Me, British Dad: In America tomato sauce is ketchup, aubergine is an egg plant and Rocket is Arugula
5yo: I wanna go to space in an Arugula
Me: *rubs temples*
5yo: I wanna go to space in an Arugula
Me: *rubs temples*
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Me, British Dad: In America tomato sauce is ketchup, aubergine is an egg plant and Rocket is Arugula
5yo: I wanna go to space in an Arugula
Me: *rubs temples*
5yo: I wanna go to space in an Arugula
Me: *rubs temples*
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Today we’ll be discussing whether the English Commonwealth from 1649 was radical or conservative, and asking why Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament in 1653? Of course I’ll be playing a clip of Richard Harris doing just that from Cromwell (1970)!
youtu.be/a9DHOnUngxQ
youtu.be/a9DHOnUngxQ
Cromwell Richard Harris Closing Speech
YouTube video by 70Cliff
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today we’ll be discussing whether the English Commonwealth from 1649 was radical or conservative, and asking why Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament in 1653? Of course I’ll be playing a clip of Richard Harris doing just that from Cromwell (1970)!
youtu.be/a9DHOnUngxQ
youtu.be/a9DHOnUngxQ
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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Once again the rest of us are paying the price for a fall out on the right.
Davie was part of the tory four in charge of the BBC News Division.
Why are we now acting like he was some effete, limp wristed, raging lefty who walked around the BBC sipping on a Kale Smoothie?
Why are we now acting like he was some effete, limp wristed, raging lefty who walked around the BBC sipping on a Kale Smoothie?
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Once again the rest of us are paying the price for a fall out on the right.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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The BBC is ours. It's ours to love. Ours to criticise. Ours to shout at when we feel in the mood.
And if Farage thinks that the way to win favour with voters is to stand around cheering as Trump takes down the BBC for $1 billion of personal enrichment then he's a bigger fool than anyone thought.
And if Farage thinks that the way to win favour with voters is to stand around cheering as Trump takes down the BBC for $1 billion of personal enrichment then he's a bigger fool than anyone thought.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The BBC is ours. It's ours to love. Ours to criticise. Ours to shout at when we feel in the mood.
And if Farage thinks that the way to win favour with voters is to stand around cheering as Trump takes down the BBC for $1 billion of personal enrichment then he's a bigger fool than anyone thought.
And if Farage thinks that the way to win favour with voters is to stand around cheering as Trump takes down the BBC for $1 billion of personal enrichment then he's a bigger fool than anyone thought.
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Farage has always been Trump's bitch on heat.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Farage has always been Trump's bitch on heat.
National Anthem: Ukraine - Ще не вмерли України ні Слава ні Воля
YouTube video by Ian Berwick
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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🇵🇱🇪🇺 Polish PM Tusk: Putin has tools that can destroy the European Union as an organization, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon.
These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.
These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🇵🇱🇪🇺 Polish PM Tusk: Putin has tools that can destroy the European Union as an organization, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon.
These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.
These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
Canada is talking about joining Eurovision.
The government proposed this in the Budget, so that CBC/Radio-Canada can afford it.
youtu.be/vDigyCs8C_E?...
The government proposed this in the Budget, so that CBC/Radio-Canada can afford it.
youtu.be/vDigyCs8C_E?...
Why it would be a big deal for Canada to compete in Eurovision
YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Canada is talking about joining Eurovision.
The government proposed this in the Budget, so that CBC/Radio-Canada can afford it.
youtu.be/vDigyCs8C_E?...
The government proposed this in the Budget, so that CBC/Radio-Canada can afford it.
youtu.be/vDigyCs8C_E?...
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It’s called the Overton window which has currently been bricked up left, right and centre and now just brings borrowed light from Moscow to the Nazi memorabilia in the east wing extension of Nigel’s mansion.
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s called the Overton window which has currently been bricked up left, right and centre and now just brings borrowed light from Moscow to the Nazi memorabilia in the east wing extension of Nigel’s mansion.
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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Prescott's claims that the BBC has a pro-trans bias are even flimsier than you might imagine. He thinks all positive stories about trans people represent bias unless some ghoul from Sex Matters is invited to say that they are awful actually. Crackpot green-ink stuff
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Prescott's claims that the BBC has a pro-trans bias are even flimsier than you might imagine. He thinks all positive stories about trans people represent bias unless some ghoul from Sex Matters is invited to say that they are awful actually. Crackpot green-ink stuff
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Reminds me of the time Ceausescu + wife got booed, and what the Rumanian people did to them next😋
Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reminds me of the time Ceausescu + wife got booed, and what the Rumanian people did to them next😋
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Lawyers for Donald Trump say the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary Trump: A Second Chance? by Friday (i.e. remove it from iPlayer etc) or face a $1bn lawsuit. I hope the BBC doesn't cave in to this legal sabre-rattling.
Trump threatens BBC with legal action over edit of speech in documentary
Leaked BBC report said film had ‘completely misled’ viewers by splicing two parts of January 6 speech together
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lawyers for Donald Trump say the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary Trump: A Second Chance? by Friday (i.e. remove it from iPlayer etc) or face a $1bn lawsuit. I hope the BBC doesn't cave in to this legal sabre-rattling.
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My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
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Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA