Mike Owen
@mikeowen.bsky.social
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Here's Thomas Mann (L), with a Paul Ehrenberg, painter, violinist, Mann's muse and mostly unrequited lover. Off on a bike ride.
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Here's Thomas Mann (L), with a Paul Ehrenberg, painter, violinist, Mann's muse and mostly unrequited lover. Off on a bike ride.
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Last night there was a vigil for the first cycling fatality of the year on London's streets. I was there. Here are some thoughts (no paywall).
If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Last night there was a vigil for the first cycling fatality of the year on London's streets. I was there. Here are some thoughts (no paywall).
If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
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More 20th anniversary Look Around You (2) February celebrations. This remix is fantastic, and always makes me get a bit teary eyed.
Saline.
Write that down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyd1...
Saline.
Write that down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyd1...
Look Around You - Remix - Music Video
YouTube video by TheDarkGl0ve
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
More 20th anniversary Look Around You (2) February celebrations. This remix is fantastic, and always makes me get a bit teary eyed.
Saline.
Write that down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyd1...
Saline.
Write that down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyd1...
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Remembering the late 🇫🇷 French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor #FrançoisTruffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) born #OnThisDay in Paris
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remembering the late 🇫🇷 French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor #FrançoisTruffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) born #OnThisDay in Paris
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Legend Grady Daniels paved his own way forward creating a bike that was uniquely his.
Maybe 2026 is your year to finally build your dream bike?
Maybe 2026 is your year to finally build your dream bike?
February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Legend Grady Daniels paved his own way forward creating a bike that was uniquely his.
Maybe 2026 is your year to finally build your dream bike?
Maybe 2026 is your year to finally build your dream bike?
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My mate Stef and the amazing @xobikes.bsky.social (plus their new barbers' shop)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bike mechanic scheme reduces prison leaver reoffending
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
My mate Stef and the amazing @xobikes.bsky.social (plus their new barbers' shop)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Right, I remember when we officially left the EU, it was the day before my 35th birthday, exactly six years ago and I assumed this was a vintage Express cover from 2020. No. This is today's. These cunts got EVERYTHING they want and they're STILL miserable because their insides are rotten.
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Right, I remember when we officially left the EU, it was the day before my 35th birthday, exactly six years ago and I assumed this was a vintage Express cover from 2020. No. This is today's. These cunts got EVERYTHING they want and they're STILL miserable because their insides are rotten.
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Humphrey Spender.
Mass Observation.
The aim was to record the ordinary lives of ordinary people in order to counteract the stereotypes of the same that held sway in the British media of the time. Photographers were dispatched to make visual records of British communities.
Mass Observation.
The aim was to record the ordinary lives of ordinary people in order to counteract the stereotypes of the same that held sway in the British media of the time. Photographers were dispatched to make visual records of British communities.
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Humphrey Spender.
Mass Observation.
The aim was to record the ordinary lives of ordinary people in order to counteract the stereotypes of the same that held sway in the British media of the time. Photographers were dispatched to make visual records of British communities.
Mass Observation.
The aim was to record the ordinary lives of ordinary people in order to counteract the stereotypes of the same that held sway in the British media of the time. Photographers were dispatched to make visual records of British communities.
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Burnley F.C, by Paul Slater, 1997.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Burnley F.C, by Paul Slater, 1997.
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The Midwest...somewhere. 🇺🇸
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The Midwest...somewhere. 🇺🇸
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We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 PM
We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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From Martin Amis’ brilliant new photobook, Reverie.
Signed copies available here: www.photobookjunkies.com/product/mart...
Worldwide shipping 🌎
Signed copies available here: www.photobookjunkies.com/product/mart...
Worldwide shipping 🌎
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
From Martin Amis’ brilliant new photobook, Reverie.
Signed copies available here: www.photobookjunkies.com/product/mart...
Worldwide shipping 🌎
Signed copies available here: www.photobookjunkies.com/product/mart...
Worldwide shipping 🌎
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"You are helping by cycling when you can"
British WWII propaganda poster
ca. 1940
🧵
British WWII propaganda poster
ca. 1940
🧵
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"You are helping by cycling when you can"
British WWII propaganda poster
ca. 1940
🧵
British WWII propaganda poster
ca. 1940
🧵
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"I catalog
only the captains and the ships they brought"
The Iliad
translated by Emily Wilson
"I catalog
only the captains and the ships they brought"
The Iliad
translated by Emily Wilson
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"There is no wildness, chaos or funkiness, not here, or much of anywhere in industrialised Europe."
Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne.
"There is no wildness, chaos or funkiness, not here, or much of anywhere in industrialised Europe."
Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne.
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"Fasten off invisibly and weave in yarn ends."
(One of Mum's books is closest.)
"Fasten off invisibly and weave in yarn ends."
(One of Mum's books is closest.)
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"I catalog
only the captains and the ships they brought"
The Iliad
translated by Emily Wilson
"I catalog
only the captains and the ships they brought"
The Iliad
translated by Emily Wilson
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January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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I couldn't find a bike photo of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, so one of his kids fixing a flat two days before the moon launch will have to do.
#BicycleBirthday Buzz Aldrin
Born January 20, 1930
#BicycleBirthday Buzz Aldrin
Born January 20, 1930
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I couldn't find a bike photo of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, so one of his kids fixing a flat two days before the moon launch will have to do.
#BicycleBirthday Buzz Aldrin
Born January 20, 1930
#BicycleBirthday Buzz Aldrin
Born January 20, 1930
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It was quite Dutch-style roundabouty in Chichester this morning.
Running very well in my view.
Running very well in my view.
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It was quite Dutch-style roundabouty in Chichester this morning.
Running very well in my view.
Running very well in my view.
Tour de France - Bracchi’s in Treorchy are tendering to do the Feed Station, just figuring out how many chairs they’ll need and if they can borrow them from the Con Club.
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Tour de France - Bracchi’s in Treorchy are tendering to do the Feed Station, just figuring out how many chairs they’ll need and if they can borrow them from the Con Club.
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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
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#OTD 14 January 2005, @esa.int's #Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon #Titan; humankind's only landing (to date) in the outer Solar System, the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made, and also the first landing on a moon other than our own 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
#OTD 14 January 2005, @esa.int's #Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon #Titan; humankind's only landing (to date) in the outer Solar System, the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made, and also the first landing on a moon other than our own 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
A good and important read www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they have noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM
A good and important read www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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Maggie Smith, during rehearsals for the lead role in Ingmar Bergman's version of Ibsen's “Hedda Gable”, 19th May 1970, by Anthony Armstrong Jones, NPG.
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Maggie Smith, during rehearsals for the lead role in Ingmar Bergman's version of Ibsen's “Hedda Gable”, 19th May 1970, by Anthony Armstrong Jones, NPG.