Olwen Ringrose 🏴🎼🧶🐈
@olwenringrose.bsky.social
Singer Songwriter (Faith inspired folk with a touch of jazz). Making ends meet by supporting churches and charities with communications and design.
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
Strong 'live, laugh, love' vibes.
Plus it would look slightly better if it was painted directly onto the wall rather than looking like it's printed on 3 sheets on A4 and blue-tacked on.
Plus it would look slightly better if it was painted directly onto the wall rather than looking like it's printed on 3 sheets on A4 and blue-tacked on.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Strong 'live, laugh, love' vibes.
Plus it would look slightly better if it was painted directly onto the wall rather than looking like it's printed on 3 sheets on A4 and blue-tacked on.
Plus it would look slightly better if it was painted directly onto the wall rather than looking like it's printed on 3 sheets on A4 and blue-tacked on.
The little spark of joy I felt when this unexpectedly popped up on my podcast feed last night - 🥳
This podcast has been a little light in the darkness recently - fascinating and entertaining with lots of culture and really thought provoking. Plus Alex is the BEST story-teller.
This podcast has been a little light in the darkness recently - fascinating and entertaining with lots of culture and really thought provoking. Plus Alex is the BEST story-teller.
🏛️ PODYSSEY SEASON 2 - All the details! 📜
What. Where. When.
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What. Where. When.
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Podyssey Season 2 - All The Details
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 04/11/2025 · Bonus · 9m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The little spark of joy I felt when this unexpectedly popped up on my podcast feed last night - 🥳
This podcast has been a little light in the darkness recently - fascinating and entertaining with lots of culture and really thought provoking. Plus Alex is the BEST story-teller.
This podcast has been a little light in the darkness recently - fascinating and entertaining with lots of culture and really thought provoking. Plus Alex is the BEST story-teller.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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🚨 Saeema Syeda, of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), said the poll shows:
"It's a manufactured panic, pushed by some politicians and parts of the media to distract from what actually matters to people.
https://bit.ly/4oekHXR
"It's a manufactured panic, pushed by some politicians and parts of the media to distract from what actually matters to people.
https://bit.ly/4oekHXR
'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests
The cost of living, health, crime, and housing are much higher on people's lists of personal worries, a YouGov survey has suggested.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
Until our charger gets fitted next week, I am having to spend time in Starbucks while my car charges, so it costs me in tea and cakes as well as electricity. Long drive tomorrow, so need a full battery. Moving to electric is going to take some getting used to.
October 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Until our charger gets fitted next week, I am having to spend time in Starbucks while my car charges, so it costs me in tea and cakes as well as electricity. Long drive tomorrow, so need a full battery. Moving to electric is going to take some getting used to.
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Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!
1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...
1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!
1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...
1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Misogyny is alive and well at Sky News in the 21st Century I see...
Click through to the article and you even get her husband's name first
October 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Misogyny is alive and well at Sky News in the 21st Century I see...
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I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
I have no interest in golf, but I am enjoying the overnight score in the Ryder Cup. All that uncouth behaviour from the home fans seems to be getting it's cumuppance 😁
September 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I have no interest in golf, but I am enjoying the overnight score in the Ryder Cup. All that uncouth behaviour from the home fans seems to be getting it's cumuppance 😁
A friend's teenage daughter has made an animated video for one of my songs. It's got a live premier on Youtube at 8pm tonight, so if you're free for 4 mins at 8pm, you can join the live and send some encouragement to her in the chat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPtU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPtU...
Not Going to Listen
YouTube video by Olwen Ringrose
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September 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A friend's teenage daughter has made an animated video for one of my songs. It's got a live premier on Youtube at 8pm tonight, so if you're free for 4 mins at 8pm, you can join the live and send some encouragement to her in the chat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPtU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPtU...
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A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media:
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media:
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Farage's proposal here would crash the economy. An economy already struggling as a result of Brexit. Not only are the numbers false but it takes rights away from migrants who have lived and worked in the UK for years. Many who have British partners and children born in the UK.
Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Farage's proposal here would crash the economy. An economy already struggling as a result of Brexit. Not only are the numbers false but it takes rights away from migrants who have lived and worked in the UK for years. Many who have British partners and children born in the UK.
Nearly Monday. Let's hope the world this coming week is less 🦇💩 crazy and altogether depressing than last week. Not sure I'm particularly optimistic about that, but surely it can't be any worse? If the autocrats and racists could just pipe down and give us all some respite, I'd really appreciate it.
September 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Nearly Monday. Let's hope the world this coming week is less 🦇💩 crazy and altogether depressing than last week. Not sure I'm particularly optimistic about that, but surely it can't be any worse? If the autocrats and racists could just pipe down and give us all some respite, I'd really appreciate it.
Not one to listen to within earshot of kids due to discussions about sexual violence against women and girls, but well worth a listen for the grown ups. These are always educational and entertaining in equal measures and stay in the mind for the rest of the week as you mull things over.
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
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Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not one to listen to within earshot of kids due to discussions about sexual violence against women and girls, but well worth a listen for the grown ups. These are always educational and entertaining in equal measures and stay in the mind for the rest of the week as you mull things over.
Minute Cryptic - 2 September, 2025
"Anonymous tip: awesome puzzle book finally sent around to stores" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Fluke.
"Anonymous tip: awesome puzzle book finally sent around to stores" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Fluke.
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Minute Cryptic - 2 September, 2025
"Anonymous tip: awesome puzzle book finally sent around to stores" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Fluke.
"Anonymous tip: awesome puzzle book finally sent around to stores" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Fluke.
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Headed up by no other than the snake oil salesman Farage the Brexshit mouthpiece.
August 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Headed up by no other than the snake oil salesman Farage the Brexshit mouthpiece.
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
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"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
August 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb