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Kevin Ruck PhD
@kevinruck.bsky.social
Internal comms and employee engagement researcher, author and teacher.

Leadership listening advocate.

Co-founder of PR Academy.

Thames Path cyclist. Wine, Popart, Spurs. And The Clash: the future is unwritten...
Good to see works by British Pop artists, Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi in the Pop Forever Tom Wesselman exhibition in the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#Popart #contemporaryart
#Art
January 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Sunrise over low hanging mist above the Thames this morning.

#Nofilter #Thames #Mist #Sunrise
January 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Friday night wine is a Prophet's Rock 2022 Pinot Noir from central Otago in New Zealand.

17 months on French Oak.

A classic new world Pinot Noir. Strawberry aromas with well-balanced tannins and acidity.

#FridayWine #PinotNoir
January 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Negroni Medici at Casa Ciabattini restaurant in Florence.

With chocolate flakes on ice.

5 minute walk from Velona's Jungle, a fab apartment for a long weekend with @academyann
January 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Christmas pudding and vanilla ice cream with a drizzle of Pedro Ximenez.

Yummy!

From the wonderful Bodegas Toro Alba.
Don PX 1964.
January 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Getting blown along the coastal path by Trevose Lighthouse today. With @academyann.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Fizz reception at St. Reward.

Picture is by Henry Isreal.

English sparkling wine is Breaky Bottom, Sussex. Seyval Blanc grape. Cuvee Jack Pike. 2015.

#EnglishWine
#SparklingWine
December 29, 2024 at 11:51 AM
All the rides for 2024 are now done.

3162 miles.
225 hours.

Love a target! 3,000 miles was 500 up from 2023.

Same again for 2025?

#ThamesPathCycling
December 27, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Hove seafront this morning for a Boxing Day walk.
December 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Happy Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Another crazy and "entertaining" game at the Lane.
December 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Saturday evening wine is a classic Italian Gavi di Gavi offering pear, citrus and mineral flavours.

#ItalianWine
December 21, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Winter solstice walk. From Blackheath to the O2 via Greenwich Park.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Picked this Derek Boshier piece up a while back, so good to finally get it framed.

"Two people dancing in Mexican masks".
Dated 1983.

Boshier was an English artist who designed the Clash "Give 'Em Enough Rope" album cover and also worked with David Bowie.

#PopArt #DerekBoshier #TheClash
December 21, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Friday evening wine.

An English Pinot Noir Rosé from Crouch Valley in Essex.

"The Heretics" is a project to champion wine from England.

Paired nicely with a paella.

#EnglishWine
#Wine
December 20, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Saturday wine.

A Julien Brocard Grand Cru Chablis.

From a case that @academyann.bsky.social and I picked up from our Burgundy trip in 2023.

#Wine
#Chablis
December 14, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Brisk walk along the Thames Path to catch a bit of blue sky.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#ThamesPath
#BlueSkyInLondonInNovember
December 14, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Friday evening wine.

Ten year old Pegasus Bay Riesling from Waipaira Valley in New Zealand.

Classic Riesling aromas with some lovely orange zest notes.

#FridayEvening
#WineTasting #Riesling
#NewZealand
December 13, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Quiet on the Path this morning.

#ThamesPath #cycling
December 11, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Clash lyric for today:

"In these days the beat is militant,
Must be a clash, there's no alternative".

From "Kingston Advice" by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.

Written in 1980.

Arguably more resonant today than ever.

#TheClash #lyrics
December 10, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Weekend wine.

Orvieto Classico Superiore Luigi e Giovanna, Barberani 2021.

From Tuscany. Grechetto grape.

12% alcohol.

#ItalianWine
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Great light show at the Lane before the game.

And great start, going 2-0 up.

Then it all, predictably, unravelled!
December 8, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A treat to taste this rare Los Angeles Wine Company Bob Munda Ranch Lone Wolf 2019 red wine at Noble Rot Soho today.

Mission grape. Punchy tannins.
Black cherries, blackberry and funky spice.

Yummy!

With @academyann.bsky.social & @simoncavendish.bsky.social

#redwine
December 7, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Clash lyric for today:

"This is not free Europe,
Nor an armed force network,
This is Radio Clash using audio ammunition,
This is Radio Clash, can we get that world to listen?"

From "This is Radio Ckash". By Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon.

youtu.be/krl-2hgFrJU?...
The Clash - This is Radio Clash (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Have to respect Ange for going over to fans after the Bournemouth result.

He's explained it by saying:

"It’s on me but also whatever you’ve got to direct, direct it at me. And I’m listening. I’m listening, I’m looking, I’m understanding"

www.football.london/tottenham-ho...
Ange Postecoglou's wife told him off for something he did after Tottenham defeat
The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been going into further detail about his altercation with the fans after the defeat at Bournemouth
www.football.london
December 7, 2024 at 8:53 AM