Paul Smith
@parvapower.bsky.social
Poetry, Music and a bit of rugby but only sometimes.
@elizabethalker.bsky.social
Just finished your book and streamed a lot of the music you reference. You have increased and broadened my enjoyment of music no end. Thank you.
Just finished your book and streamed a lot of the music you reference. You have increased and broadened my enjoyment of music no end. Thank you.
September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
@elizabethalker.bsky.social
Just finished your book and streamed a lot of the music you reference. You have increased and broadened my enjoyment of music no end. Thank you.
Just finished your book and streamed a lot of the music you reference. You have increased and broadened my enjoyment of music no end. Thank you.
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Orgreave has been a running sore for too long. “The SYP - a grand bunch of lads.” See also ‘Hillsborough’.)
July 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Orgreave has been a running sore for too long. “The SYP - a grand bunch of lads.” See also ‘Hillsborough’.)
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What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
June 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
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REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: No
April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: No
I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel any more contempt for Trump. But here we are. The French word is, I think, ‘branleur’.
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel any more contempt for Trump. But here we are. The French word is, I think, ‘branleur’.
@henrycporter.bsky.social
Just finished ‘The Enigma Girl’ - pretty much at a sitting. Loved it - gripping and humane and intelligent. Thank you very much indeed.
Just finished ‘The Enigma Girl’ - pretty much at a sitting. Loved it - gripping and humane and intelligent. Thank you very much indeed.
February 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@henrycporter.bsky.social
Just finished ‘The Enigma Girl’ - pretty much at a sitting. Loved it - gripping and humane and intelligent. Thank you very much indeed.
Just finished ‘The Enigma Girl’ - pretty much at a sitting. Loved it - gripping and humane and intelligent. Thank you very much indeed.
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“I am sorry my Vrbo property is full of sex toys, it’s because the police shot my dog” is now the king of all excuses
This is one helluva ride
February 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“I am sorry my Vrbo property is full of sex toys, it’s because the police shot my dog” is now the king of all excuses
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Finally made it over here as sick of my birding twitter being full of Reform UK! Please feel free to re...post (?) this so I can find some fellow Bristol/SW birders 👍👍
January 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Finally made it over here as sick of my birding twitter being full of Reform UK! Please feel free to re...post (?) this so I can find some fellow Bristol/SW birders 👍👍
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Roses are red
Violets are gay
Violets are gay
January 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Roses are red
Violets are gay
Violets are gay
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Takes a few seconds to vote. No need to tick boxes or add emails
This clickbait poll on Khan's knighthood was at 85/15, now it's down again to 73/27.
Set them straight. Link does not artificially inflate Express's traffic figures.
You can scroll down to see the results; no need to enter an email.
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Set them straight. Link does not artificially inflate Express's traffic figures.
You can scroll down to see the results; no need to enter an email.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
Do you agree with Sadiq Khan’s knighthood?
xd.wayin.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Takes a few seconds to vote. No need to tick boxes or add emails
The tradition of Radio 3 broadcasting the New Year’s Day concert from Vienna would be more honoured in the breach than the observance.
January 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The tradition of Radio 3 broadcasting the New Year’s Day concert from Vienna would be more honoured in the breach than the observance.
Geoff Wheel - another ex-rugby player dies from MND. Two blokes I played alongside, and in the same team, also died from it. One in his 30’s.
December 27, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Geoff Wheel - another ex-rugby player dies from MND. Two blokes I played alongside, and in the same team, also died from it. One in his 30’s.
I thought ‘Radio 3 Stoned’ might have provided a refuge from the music of John Rutter and similar Christmas schmalz. I was wrong.
December 22, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I thought ‘Radio 3 Stoned’ might have provided a refuge from the music of John Rutter and similar Christmas schmalz. I was wrong.
Just bought a replacement copy of ‘The Faber Book of Reportage’. It’s 700 pages of the finest factual writing from 400BCE to 1980’s. My previous copy fell apart from over-use. Highly recommend.
December 22, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Just bought a replacement copy of ‘The Faber Book of Reportage’. It’s 700 pages of the finest factual writing from 400BCE to 1980’s. My previous copy fell apart from over-use. Highly recommend.
Very few writers on ‘The Guardian’ seem to have heard of the subjunctive. Civilisation continues to crumble and I descend into old-gittery. I’ve lived too long.
December 22, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Very few writers on ‘The Guardian’ seem to have heard of the subjunctive. Civilisation continues to crumble and I descend into old-gittery. I’ve lived too long.
Waitrose special offer just before Christmas? Hot-cross buns. Obviously.
December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Waitrose special offer just before Christmas? Hot-cross buns. Obviously.
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You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
Guitar now strung. Thought I’d got through without laceration for what would have been only the third time ever. Just trimming the headstock and jammed the e into my thumb. The red pearl of incompetence duly appeared. Sigh.
December 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Guitar now strung. Thought I’d got through without laceration for what would have been only the third time ever. Just trimming the headstock and jammed the e into my thumb. The red pearl of incompetence duly appeared. Sigh.
I have been restringing guitars for nearly 55 years now. In all that time, I’ve managed to do it without drawing blood only twice. This post is a displacement activity. I hate doing it but am about to restring my OM. Wish me luck.
December 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I have been restringing guitars for nearly 55 years now. In all that time, I’ve managed to do it without drawing blood only twice. This post is a displacement activity. I hate doing it but am about to restring my OM. Wish me luck.
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 14, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Currently listening to Radio 3. Why is Christmas music (usually) so awful?
Thank God for Sounds.
Thank God for Sounds.
December 14, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Currently listening to Radio 3. Why is Christmas music (usually) so awful?
Thank God for Sounds.
Thank God for Sounds.