Duncan Stone
@drcricket.bsky.social
Author of 'Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket' now a property standards officer for an infamous Borough Council.
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Duncan Stone
@drcricket.bsky.social
· Nov 12
On #DifferentClass🏏📚
"A modern day John Arlott" - Lord Hain
"A book all #cricket lovers should read" - Mihir Bose
"the most invaluable contribution to cricket literature this century” - Tribune Magazine
“A worthy successor to Mike Marqusee" - Big Issue North
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"A modern day John Arlott" - Lord Hain
"A book all #cricket lovers should read" - Mihir Bose
"the most invaluable contribution to cricket literature this century” - Tribune Magazine
“A worthy successor to Mike Marqusee" - Big Issue North
repeaterbooks.com/product/diff...
Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Mistakes That I’ve Made Have Given Me The Strength
Not really an Ashes preview, but I thought it was as good a time as any to pick up the keyboard. It’s the Ashes Down Under. The pinnacle of the game in my eyes. The ultimate location for the …
beingoutsidecricket.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
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This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
This was a good post. Made contact with two folks who shared the same gigs ( #IronMaiden at Donnington and #DepecheMode in Paris ).
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was a good post. Made contact with two folks who shared the same gigs ( #IronMaiden at Donnington and #DepecheMode in Paris ).
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
Funny what you find when looking for a hat! #gigtickets
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Funny what you find when looking for a hat! #gigtickets
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Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
State school cricket: MCC president Ed Smith says 'better co-ordination' can help address 'digital addiction'
Cricket's stakeholders need to work together
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
State school cricket: MCC president Ed Smith says 'better co-ordination' can help address 'digital addiction'
Cricket's stakeholders need to work together
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Excellent stuff from the #Cricket Research Network on the future of Tests:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
Panel: The Men’s Ashes and the Future of Test Cricket
YouTube video by Cricket Research Network
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excellent stuff from the #Cricket Research Network on the future of Tests:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
The Keens Park Rangers ressies could have played all night and not scored. However, manager Liam saved the day with a sublime impression of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk falling off a paddle board.
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
"The Footballing Equivalent of the Liberal Democrats" - The KPR Match Report » Keens Park Rangers FC
If the pitch played better than it looked, KPR's first team flattered to deceive in what proved to be a frustrating goalless draw against visitors Staines and Lammas.After a solid win last week, KPR's...
keensparkrangers.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Keens Park Rangers ressies could have played all night and not scored. However, manager Liam saved the day with a sublime impression of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk falling off a paddle board.
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
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Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
i Sport: Old Trafford regeneration delayed by Chancellor’s U-turn ahead of budget #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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CfP open for @cricketacademic.bsky.social Conference @hugheshall.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk!
@rafnicholson.bsky.social @drcricket.bsky.social @bayfirth.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @russinthezone.bsky.social
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@rafnicholson.bsky.social @drcricket.bsky.social @bayfirth.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @russinthezone.bsky.social
idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers | Cricket Research Network Annual Conference | Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (overlooking Fenner’s Cricket Ground), February 26, 2026. Call ends November 21, 2025
What looms on the horizon for cricket in 2026? In England & Wales we are contending with new ownership of The Hundred teams and the threat of player strikes in the Men’s County Championship, while loo...
idrottsforum.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ooooh blimey. Much to digest.
#RentersRightsAct
#RentersRightsAct
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ooooh blimey. Much to digest.
#RentersRightsAct
#RentersRightsAct
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'The documentary, The Shadow Scholars, which will be available to watch on YouTube via Channel 4 from 30 October after premiering at several major film festivals, follows [Patricia] Kingori as she travels to Kenya, where the bulk of the essay writers live.
Worth watching with one's students. 1/3
Worth watching with one's students. 1/3
‘The Shadow Scholars’: inside the essay mills serving students
Academic who travelled to Kenya to meet those ghostwriting university work says practice is ‘completely reshaping our future’
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'The documentary, The Shadow Scholars, which will be available to watch on YouTube via Channel 4 from 30 October after premiering at several major film festivals, follows [Patricia] Kingori as she travels to Kenya, where the bulk of the essay writers live.
Worth watching with one's students. 1/3
Worth watching with one's students. 1/3
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Old Soviet joke:
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Old Soviet joke:
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
Memorabilia 12 inch / Soft Cell
YouTube video by Melancholy Rose
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Guardian obituary of the historian Gillian Tindall (1938-2025) whose histories of place - London, Paris, Chassignolles, Bombay - were created from the lives of their forgotten residents.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #Skystorians
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #Skystorians
Gillian Tindall obituary
Writer, historian and biographer who wove archaeology, social history, myth and religion into her work
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Guardian obituary of the historian Gillian Tindall (1938-2025) whose histories of place - London, Paris, Chassignolles, Bombay - were created from the lives of their forgotten residents.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #Skystorians
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #Skystorians
In Bad Arolsen #Germany. Home of #holocaust archive. Truly unsettling.
arolsen-archives.org/en/about-us/
arolsen-archives.org/en/about-us/
October 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
In Bad Arolsen #Germany. Home of #holocaust archive. Truly unsettling.
arolsen-archives.org/en/about-us/
arolsen-archives.org/en/about-us/
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If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry Rée's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
October 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry Rée's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...