Paul Roberts
@paulhroberts.bsky.social
married, 2 sons, 2 granddaughters, used to work in housing & health, watches football - #CTID @ManCity - and runs/cycles. Μαθαίνω Ελληνικά. Tavronitis/Whitefield
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“David Bowie’s The Jean Genie, a one-page advert in Melody Maker, November 25, 1972.”
- via Glam Slam
- via Glam Slam
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“David Bowie’s The Jean Genie, a one-page advert in Melody Maker, November 25, 1972.”
- via Glam Slam
- via Glam Slam
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It does!
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It does!
Different ways to attract attention...
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Different ways to attract attention...
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Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You have got to be joking - this, I'm afraid, is typical of Liverpool, the entitlement. It really isn't that controversial - just watch Robertson's reaction to the goal, sheepishly walking away, tells you everything
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You have got to be joking - this, I'm afraid, is typical of Liverpool, the entitlement. It really isn't that controversial - just watch Robertson's reaction to the goal, sheepishly walking away, tells you everything
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"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim."
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim."
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
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Only people who have only ever known peace and safety; who have zero sense of the chasm that yawns beneath us, would pull stunts like this. Like the generals who plunged us into WW1 because they wanted baubles like their granddads.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Only people who have only ever known peace and safety; who have zero sense of the chasm that yawns beneath us, would pull stunts like this. Like the generals who plunged us into WW1 because they wanted baubles like their granddads.
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he...
[wtf?]The Blogs: The Name 'Palestine' Literally Just Means 'Land of Israel' in Greek | Micah Ben David Naziri | The Times of Israel
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The Blogs: The Name ‘Palestine’ Literally Just Means ‘Land of Israel’ in Greek
From the blog of Micah Ben David Naziri at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he...
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Meet Tahoma the bobcat for National Cat Day! 🐾
He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱
He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Meet Tahoma the bobcat for National Cat Day! 🐾
He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱
He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Orogenesis
Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...
Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Orogenesis
Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...
Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...
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Huge crowd at Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester, early 20th century. Not sure what the occasion was.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Huge crowd at Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester, early 20th century. Not sure what the occasion was.
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Can one mourn both Jewish and Palestinian victims? I wonder what is happening that we think this is even a question? To mourn the dead on both sides is surely not incompatible with political commitment – but an intelligent commitment, not a stupid one."
"In Greece, one sees how difficult many people find it to get their heads round the difference between Jews and Israelis as if they are the same thing or as if you can assume a political position from an ethnicity or a nationality," says historian Mark Mazower.
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‘After October 7, 2023, words became highly charged’ | eKathimerini.com
The Greek edition of renowned British historian Mark Mazower’s new book, “On Antisemitism: A Word in History,” will be released this week by Alexandria Publications.
www.ekathimerini.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Can one mourn both Jewish and Palestinian victims? I wonder what is happening that we think this is even a question? To mourn the dead on both sides is surely not incompatible with political commitment – but an intelligent commitment, not a stupid one."
In Prestwich Library other day, 5 days after the Crumpsall synagogue attack, & I saw some books about local people, 1 of whom was Chaim Ferster. In it was a picture of him receiving the MEB in 2016. My dad received his MEB at the same ceremony. I spoke to Chaim, who showed me his Auschwitz tattoos
October 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In Prestwich Library other day, 5 days after the Crumpsall synagogue attack, & I saw some books about local people, 1 of whom was Chaim Ferster. In it was a picture of him receiving the MEB in 2016. My dad received his MEB at the same ceremony. I spoke to Chaim, who showed me his Auschwitz tattoos
Back in the day, when I had 'staff' to design my motivational posters
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Back in the day, when I had 'staff' to design my motivational posters
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
(This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing)
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‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
(This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing)
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
(This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing)
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‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
(This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing)
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Devastation after the Christmas Blitz, Manchester, 24 December 1940 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Devastation after the Christmas Blitz, Manchester, 24 December 1940 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
This post and the responses are exactly what the Internet and social media should be all about
I'm sorry, but those of you who don't put a space either side of an em-dash are savages.
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This post and the responses are exactly what the Internet and social media should be all about
Run & a dip, followed by omelette and coffee
September 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Run & a dip, followed by omelette and coffee
Tyki in proper guard dog mode has to be calmed down
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Tyki in proper guard dog mode has to be calmed down