Kev McVeigh
@kevmcv.bsky.social
Reader, dilettante, intermittent blogger, agitator.
"McVeigh is an extreme example" - Paul Kincaid
"McVeigh is an extreme example" - Paul Kincaid
Yeah all those Saxons, Angles, Jutes, vikings, Normans, Huguenots, Dutch, Hanoverians, etc
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Yeah all those Saxons, Angles, Jutes, vikings, Normans, Huguenots, Dutch, Hanoverians, etc
I've written my first review in ages. Theodora Goss' thoughtful and thought provoking collection Letters From An Imaginary Country
almostwisdomreviews.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/l...
almostwisdomreviews.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/l...
Letters From An Imaginary Country – Theodora Goss.
The imaginary country (or occasionally just a city,) has long been a device in SFF. Separate, in this context, from the secondary world of Westeros or Discworld which have no link to our world, the…
almostwisdomreviews.wordpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I've written my first review in ages. Theodora Goss' thoughtful and thought provoking collection Letters From An Imaginary Country
almostwisdomreviews.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/l...
almostwisdomreviews.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/l...
Why did 61 thousand people boo JD Vance at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
Because that's the maximum capacity of the venue.
Because that's the maximum capacity of the venue.
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Why did 61 thousand people boo JD Vance at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
Because that's the maximum capacity of the venue.
Because that's the maximum capacity of the venue.
A gate in the woods with no wall or fence either side of it is surely some mysterious portal. @simonguy.bsky.social ?
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A gate in the woods with no wall or fence either side of it is surely some mysterious portal. @simonguy.bsky.social ?
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Of course the elite who harm women and children for fun also plan and execute heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity including genocides at unimaginable scales for their day jobs!
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
February 3, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Of course the elite who harm women and children for fun also plan and execute heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity including genocides at unimaginable scales for their day jobs!
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
We must connect the dots on how personal and political are inextricable.
#Epstein
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Also can I just please point out about the racist discourse about Odyssey casting: this woman is quite literally the eighth wonder of the world and if anyone thinks that this face would NOT launch a million ships, please go to specsavers and get your eyesight tested immediately.
February 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Also can I just please point out about the racist discourse about Odyssey casting: this woman is quite literally the eighth wonder of the world and if anyone thinks that this face would NOT launch a million ships, please go to specsavers and get your eyesight tested immediately.
A photo I'd forgotten
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A photo I'd forgotten
It seems to be #StandingStoneSunday so here's the remarkable and hardly mentioned Beaghmore complex in Co.Tyrone
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It seems to be #StandingStoneSunday so here's the remarkable and hardly mentioned Beaghmore complex in Co.Tyrone
Anna Meredith
Rock Goddess
PINS
Haiku Salut
Loose Articles
Un:Procedure
Chambers
Lovely Eggs
Bellatrix
Hazeldine
Glissando
Hermes Experiment
This Is The Kit
Long Nights
Delgados
Bathymetry
Jane Weaver
Goldfrapp
Warpaint
Hannah Peel
Bjork
Patti Smith
Janis Ian
Nadine Shah
Keeley Forsyth
Just 25
Rock Goddess
PINS
Haiku Salut
Loose Articles
Un:Procedure
Chambers
Lovely Eggs
Bellatrix
Hazeldine
Glissando
Hermes Experiment
This Is The Kit
Long Nights
Delgados
Bathymetry
Jane Weaver
Goldfrapp
Warpaint
Hannah Peel
Bjork
Patti Smith
Janis Ian
Nadine Shah
Keeley Forsyth
Just 25
5 female fronted bands you've seen live...
The Delgados
Jane Weaver
I Break Horses
Molly Nilsson
Elastica
( I am surprised /appalled how hard I found this. And will regret not getting tix for Bikini Kill in Brighton in early 2000s until the day I die)
The Delgados
Jane Weaver
I Break Horses
Molly Nilsson
Elastica
( I am surprised /appalled how hard I found this. And will regret not getting tix for Bikini Kill in Brighton in early 2000s until the day I die)
This thread I like. Straight off the top of my head…
Lydia Lunch
Babes in Toyland
Venus Tropicaux
Žen
Maarja Nuut
Lydia Lunch
Babes in Toyland
Venus Tropicaux
Žen
Maarja Nuut
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Anna Meredith
Rock Goddess
PINS
Haiku Salut
Loose Articles
Un:Procedure
Chambers
Lovely Eggs
Bellatrix
Hazeldine
Glissando
Hermes Experiment
This Is The Kit
Long Nights
Delgados
Bathymetry
Jane Weaver
Goldfrapp
Warpaint
Hannah Peel
Bjork
Patti Smith
Janis Ian
Nadine Shah
Keeley Forsyth
Just 25
Rock Goddess
PINS
Haiku Salut
Loose Articles
Un:Procedure
Chambers
Lovely Eggs
Bellatrix
Hazeldine
Glissando
Hermes Experiment
This Is The Kit
Long Nights
Delgados
Bathymetry
Jane Weaver
Goldfrapp
Warpaint
Hannah Peel
Bjork
Patti Smith
Janis Ian
Nadine Shah
Keeley Forsyth
Just 25
Just seen the covers are now up for the new editions of Judith Moffett's brilliant Holy Ground Trilogy coming from @patrickswenson.bsky.social Fairwood Press in April, June & July. They're very striking. I already have 2 older copies of the first two but might be tempted by a matched set.
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Just seen the covers are now up for the new editions of Judith Moffett's brilliant Holy Ground Trilogy coming from @patrickswenson.bsky.social Fairwood Press in April, June & July. They're very striking. I already have 2 older copies of the first two but might be tempted by a matched set.
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
After researching at irregular intervals over the last few years I can now announce that my typical drive home from the office takes about the same time as listening to 'He Loved Him Madly' by Miles Davis.
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
After researching at irregular intervals over the last few years I can now announce that my typical drive home from the office takes about the same time as listening to 'He Loved Him Madly' by Miles Davis.
Ticket booked for @janeweaver.bsky.social at Brewery Arts Centre
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Ticket booked for @janeweaver.bsky.social at Brewery Arts Centre
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Reminder in the face of all the angry gaslighting propaganda.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Reminder in the face of all the angry gaslighting propaganda.
So Trump made a rambling, inaccurate, insulting speech at Davos. So what?
Thats what he does. What angers me is that none of those "leaders" present showed leadership by calling him out, standing up to say "this is lies" "you're wrong" "stfu".
Until that happens Trump will Trump.
Thats what he does. What angers me is that none of those "leaders" present showed leadership by calling him out, standing up to say "this is lies" "you're wrong" "stfu".
Until that happens Trump will Trump.
January 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
So Trump made a rambling, inaccurate, insulting speech at Davos. So what?
Thats what he does. What angers me is that none of those "leaders" present showed leadership by calling him out, standing up to say "this is lies" "you're wrong" "stfu".
Until that happens Trump will Trump.
Thats what he does. What angers me is that none of those "leaders" present showed leadership by calling him out, standing up to say "this is lies" "you're wrong" "stfu".
Until that happens Trump will Trump.
It's just occurred to me why knowledge of other cultures matters: imagine if Troy had known about piñatas. 🤣
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
It's just occurred to me why knowledge of other cultures matters: imagine if Troy had known about piñatas. 🤣
Keeley Forsyth is probably the most intense, visceral, remarkable musical artist I've seen. It's her birthday today (and mine) so check out her bleak, stirring songs.
If you're as weird as me, lying down in the dark is the best way to enter these songs.
If you're as weird as me, lying down in the dark is the best way to enter these songs.
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Keeley Forsyth is probably the most intense, visceral, remarkable musical artist I've seen. It's her birthday today (and mine) so check out her bleak, stirring songs.
If you're as weird as me, lying down in the dark is the best way to enter these songs.
If you're as weird as me, lying down in the dark is the best way to enter these songs.
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Reading William St Clair's Trelawny: The Incurable Romancer I get the feeling he really didn't like Trelawny but I've seen this described as the definitive biography.
It's not a bad book, there are aspects to Tre that other biographers gave less emphasis, which is interesting. 1/2
It's not a bad book, there are aspects to Tre that other biographers gave less emphasis, which is interesting. 1/2
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Reading William St Clair's Trelawny: The Incurable Romancer I get the feeling he really didn't like Trelawny but I've seen this described as the definitive biography.
It's not a bad book, there are aspects to Tre that other biographers gave less emphasis, which is interesting. 1/2
It's not a bad book, there are aspects to Tre that other biographers gave less emphasis, which is interesting. 1/2
"It's not Jolene's fault your man's so pathetic"
-- Rebecca Lucy Taylor, A Complicated Woman
-- Rebecca Lucy Taylor, A Complicated Woman
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"It's not Jolene's fault your man's so pathetic"
-- Rebecca Lucy Taylor, A Complicated Woman
-- Rebecca Lucy Taylor, A Complicated Woman
Here's the weather forecast by Derbyshire's finest instrumental dream-pop-post-folk-neo-everything trio Haiku Salut @haikusalut.bsky.social
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youtu.be/q_tQhgIocOU?...
Haiku Salut - Cold To Crack The Stones
YouTube video by haikusalut
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January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Here's the weather forecast by Derbyshire's finest instrumental dream-pop-post-folk-neo-everything trio Haiku Salut @haikusalut.bsky.social
youtu.be/q_tQhgIocOU?...
youtu.be/q_tQhgIocOU?...