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Delighted to see buff.ly/qHvz4zt out. 3rd in my #vintaine series means you have three books following the archers for reading at the beach! The archers 10 years on finally march to Poitiers! #amwriting #amediting #war #Hawkwood #author #histfic @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @editorbritton.bsky.social
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This week at the museum:
🎨 Make Your Mark – Open until Sun 7 Dec
🖼️ The Time Is Now – Until 4 Jan
🌿 Quiet Mornings – Thu 13 Nov, 10–12
⚔️ Civil War Tour – Sat 15 Nov
🛡️ Medieval Mercenary Tour – Sat 15 Nov
Explore, reflect, create.
👉 www.museumofgloucester.co.uk/whats-on
🎨 Make Your Mark – Open until Sun 7 Dec
🖼️ The Time Is Now – Until 4 Jan
🌿 Quiet Mornings – Thu 13 Nov, 10–12
⚔️ Civil War Tour – Sat 15 Nov
🛡️ Medieval Mercenary Tour – Sat 15 Nov
Explore, reflect, create.
👉 www.museumofgloucester.co.uk/whats-on
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This week at the museum:
🎨 Make Your Mark – Open until Sun 7 Dec
🖼️ The Time Is Now – Until 4 Jan
🌿 Quiet Mornings – Thu 13 Nov, 10–12
⚔️ Civil War Tour – Sat 15 Nov
🛡️ Medieval Mercenary Tour – Sat 15 Nov
Explore, reflect, create.
👉 www.museumofgloucester.co.uk/whats-on
🎨 Make Your Mark – Open until Sun 7 Dec
🖼️ The Time Is Now – Until 4 Jan
🌿 Quiet Mornings – Thu 13 Nov, 10–12
⚔️ Civil War Tour – Sat 15 Nov
🛡️ Medieval Mercenary Tour – Sat 15 Nov
Explore, reflect, create.
👉 www.museumofgloucester.co.uk/whats-on
Happy republication day for PILGRIM'S WAR, out now in perfect time for Christmas! Follow the pilgrims on the 1st Crusade marching all the way to the Holy Land to save Jerusalem. But on the way they meet many enemies. buff.ly/kOYH2W9
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November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Happy republication day for PILGRIM'S WAR, out now in perfect time for Christmas! Follow the pilgrims on the 1st Crusade marching all the way to the Holy Land to save Jerusalem. But on the way they meet many enemies. buff.ly/kOYH2W9
Our friend Jim died less than a year after his MND diagnosis. If you have something to spare, please consider donating to this fund-raiser for others suffering from this horrible disease. socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
Fireteam Jimbo is fundraising on behalf of MND Association
As part of the Game Over MND campaign, Jimbo’s Rebel Alliance is taking on 80 hours of gaming to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA).
Over the course of 80 hours of gaming, ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our friend Jim died less than a year after his MND diagnosis. If you have something to spare, please consider donating to this fund-raiser for others suffering from this horrible disease. socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
For all those using LinkedIn, here's a nice one: LinkedIn will start scraping everyone's data to train AI in one week, according to the Reg. This article explains how to prevent them: theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
Highly recommend you do as I did and reject any data slurping!
Highly recommend you do as I did and reject any data slurping!
One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training
: Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
theregister.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For all those using LinkedIn, here's a nice one: LinkedIn will start scraping everyone's data to train AI in one week, according to the Reg. This article explains how to prevent them: theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
Highly recommend you do as I did and reject any data slurping!
Highly recommend you do as I did and reject any data slurping!
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As @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social & I predicted in @foreignaffairs.com back in the early days of DOGE. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social & I predicted in @foreignaffairs.com back in the early days of DOGE. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Don't expect much from me today - a particularly foul cold has come and got me! Dozing now so I can get up to London for a meeting this afternoon!
October 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Don't expect much from me today - a particularly foul cold has come and got me! Dozing now so I can get up to London for a meeting this afternoon!
One of those lovely days. Woke up, went Morris dancing with Tinner's Morris - and as soon as I got there, started sneezing. Yup, my first cold of the winter!
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One of those lovely days. Woke up, went Morris dancing with Tinner's Morris - and as soon as I got there, started sneezing. Yup, my first cold of the winter!
And happily, the tiles are getting laid on the new kitchen floor. Feels like it's been too long since we last had a floor in here!Irreg
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
And happily, the tiles are getting laid on the new kitchen floor. Feels like it's been too long since we last had a floor in here!Irreg
Nice little walk today - for once in a bit of sun (yeah, OK, it rained as well at times, but it was mostly glorious autumn weather!)
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Nice little walk today - for once in a bit of sun (yeah, OK, it rained as well at times, but it was mostly glorious autumn weather!)
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@gtconway.bsky.social is there no means to control the members of the military to prevent this kind of lawless military action? It seems unbelievable that the US Navy is killing people without any form of court to decide guilt or innocence. Just a missile as judge, jury and executioner!
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@gtconway.bsky.social is there no means to control the members of the military to prevent this kind of lawless military action? It seems unbelievable that the US Navy is killing people without any form of court to decide guilt or innocence. Just a missile as judge, jury and executioner!
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A day of tiling the floors. Loads more workmen in the house and all of them on their knees means rather more disruption again, but thank God, it means things are close to the end!
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A day of tiling the floors. Loads more workmen in the house and all of them on their knees means rather more disruption again, but thank God, it means things are close to the end!
One of those days when I receive a nice new surprise package:
audio versions of the latest Vintaine series story!
audio versions of the latest Vintaine series story!
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
One of those days when I receive a nice new surprise package:
audio versions of the latest Vintaine series story!
audio versions of the latest Vintaine series story!
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When is some elected republican member of congress going to stand up for this democracy? At the end of the day, will you be okay telling your grandchildren that you were complicit in the descent of this country into authoritarianism because you were scared of one man. Man up!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
When is some elected republican member of congress going to stand up for this democracy? At the end of the day, will you be okay telling your grandchildren that you were complicit in the descent of this country into authoritarianism because you were scared of one man. Man up!!!!
Two irritated hounds today after they didn't get the walk they had hoped for. Why? Well, I had to wait in for another delivery. Yesterday I ordered a lamp & paid for next day delivery. They just emailed to say it's on 48 hour delivery and only posted this afternoon! I want my next day cash back!
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Two irritated hounds today after they didn't get the walk they had hoped for. Why? Well, I had to wait in for another delivery. Yesterday I ordered a lamp & paid for next day delivery. They just emailed to say it's on 48 hour delivery and only posted this afternoon! I want my next day cash back!
Excellent morning delivering books to Okehampton for Torquay Library, meeting up with Jenny Kane, the fabulous writer of so many books, and then home to practice sketching a Christmas card, researching the 1st Crusade, and recording a new video. It's all go in this house!
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excellent morning delivering books to Okehampton for Torquay Library, meeting up with Jenny Kane, the fabulous writer of so many books, and then home to practice sketching a Christmas card, researching the 1st Crusade, and recording a new video. It's all go in this house!
Ah, bless. UPS wrote yesterday to say they'd deliver my package today. Again. And again they haven't. Because UPS has never, not once in 5 years, managed to deliver on the day they've promised.
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ah, bless. UPS wrote yesterday to say they'd deliver my package today. Again. And again they haven't. Because UPS has never, not once in 5 years, managed to deliver on the day they've promised.
I have to mention this again. My son & friends are fund raising for Motor Neurone Disease Assoc'n. A lovely guy, Jim, is suffering from it. It's a hideous disease; if you can help, it would be much appreciated. Link below.
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I have to mention this again. My son & friends are fund raising for Motor Neurone Disease Assoc'n. A lovely guy, Jim, is suffering from it. It's a hideous disease; if you can help, it would be much appreciated. Link below.
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
Busy times. Trying to get things done - planning, researching, plotting the next book, also sorting out medical checkups (nothing important, just checks) and thinking of a painting for Christmas cards. Past ones below. What to do this year?Dartm
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Busy times. Trying to get things done - planning, researching, plotting the next book, also sorting out medical checkups (nothing important, just checks) and thinking of a painting for Christmas cards. Past ones below. What to do this year?Dartm
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Woah we saw this sign earlier too — had no idea David Byrne himself was hanging out with us today in Philly at No Kings!
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Woah we saw this sign earlier too — had no idea David Byrne himself was hanging out with us today in Philly at No Kings!
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Huge turnout and great day at No Kings in Pasadena.
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Huge turnout and great day at No Kings in Pasadena.
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If you're curious what that costume looked like before the cops tackled her and arrested her for lewd conduct.....
October 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you're curious what that costume looked like before the cops tackled her and arrested her for lewd conduct.....
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There is a stink emanating from the House of Reps created by the refusal of Johnson to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Very reminiscent of the stench that rose from the Senate in 2016 when McConnell refused to hold a hearing re Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court.Someone please file a law suit.
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There is a stink emanating from the House of Reps created by the refusal of Johnson to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Very reminiscent of the stench that rose from the Senate in 2016 when McConnell refused to hold a hearing re Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court.Someone please file a law suit.
There are times - like when blatant spam messages come from such a safe company that they have state they're safe (such as those from Russia) - when you have to appreciate their honesty!
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
There are times - like when blatant spam messages come from such a safe company that they have state they're safe (such as those from Russia) - when you have to appreciate their honesty!