Rob McManus
@rfpmcmanus.bsky.social
Si hortum in bibliotheca habes nihil deerit
This is a great piece of journalism - dogged, determined and doing a great service to the local community
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is a great piece of journalism - dogged, determined and doing a great service to the local community
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I’d read a shopping receipt if Donald McRae wrote it, but writing about King Kenny?
Read the first six paragraphs. Childhood heroes will almost invariably let you down - but not King Kenny. A toweringly great footballer, a better man.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Read the first six paragraphs. Childhood heroes will almost invariably let you down - but not King Kenny. A toweringly great footballer, a better man.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough
Donald McRae talks to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, who has made a film about the Scot’s remarkable career in football
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’d read a shopping receipt if Donald McRae wrote it, but writing about King Kenny?
Read the first six paragraphs. Childhood heroes will almost invariably let you down - but not King Kenny. A toweringly great footballer, a better man.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Read the first six paragraphs. Childhood heroes will almost invariably let you down - but not King Kenny. A toweringly great footballer, a better man.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Forget about the dismembered corpse in the 19th arrondissement, Gilou, Torsten Bell is looking through the Argos catalogue again.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Forget about the dismembered corpse in the 19th arrondissement, Gilou, Torsten Bell is looking through the Argos catalogue again.
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Oh. My. Word.
Sparks on The Zig and Zag Show
YouTube video by daztraction
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October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Oh. My. Word.
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Had a train hit a wild boar once and have to turn back to Paris
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Had a train hit a wild boar once and have to turn back to Paris
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Holy shit! Walking round Madrid, furiously refreshing our phones. Huuuuuge congratulations to our beloved Eng-er-land! India IN India, is it? Absolute nails. #CWC25 🏏
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Holy shit! Walking round Madrid, furiously refreshing our phones. Huuuuuge congratulations to our beloved Eng-er-land! India IN India, is it? Absolute nails. #CWC25 🏏
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Just tried to go to a cafe, the doors were open so we went in. They said, Sorry, we don’t open until 10, can you wait outside please? I checked the time, it was 9.59.
That level of unwelcoming pettiness is not a place I want to spend any time.
That level of unwelcoming pettiness is not a place I want to spend any time.
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just tried to go to a cafe, the doors were open so we went in. They said, Sorry, we don’t open until 10, can you wait outside please? I checked the time, it was 9.59.
That level of unwelcoming pettiness is not a place I want to spend any time.
That level of unwelcoming pettiness is not a place I want to spend any time.
I shat the sheriff
A Day in the Lift
Change a letter, ruin a song.
Breaking The Lav
Breaking The Lav
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I shat the sheriff
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greatest book ever written
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
greatest book ever written
ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
Trump: I told Netanyahu, it's now time (for peace)
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
I know it’s big news but R4 Today has turned wholesale into Fox News this morning
October 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I know it’s big news but R4 Today has turned wholesale into Fox News this morning
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Mark Knopfler - A Fistful Of Ice Cream (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Mark Knopfler
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol
A ★★★★★ review of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I remember watching this the first time and being a bit baffled by it. It seemed weirdly theatrical, the Scotland unconvincing and clichéd, and I didn’t pick up on any chemistry between Wendy Hillier ...
boxd.it
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol
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I spoke to The Guardian's Steve Rose for this wide-ranging interview about identity issues: flags & patriotism, the far right & racism online + offline, control & compassion on asylum, and still looking for the common ground in polarised times
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Sunder Katwala on race, patriotism and flag-waving: ‘The far right is vocal and angry because it is shrinking’
The director of British Future has spent his career trying to find common ground when it comes to race and immigration. He describes his own experience of racism – and why he’s still hopeful for the U...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I spoke to The Guardian's Steve Rose for this wide-ranging interview about identity issues: flags & patriotism, the far right & racism online + offline, control & compassion on asylum, and still looking for the common ground in polarised times
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
I've been to a few exhibitions at the Weston recently and without fail they have been a) exceptional b) exceptionally understated. I'm sure this one will be the same.
If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
October 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've been to a few exhibitions at the Weston recently and without fail they have been a) exceptional b) exceptionally understated. I'm sure this one will be the same.
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The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)
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"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
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Great piece by Matt Chorley this. Also a really clever way of managing 'BBC bosses' desire to compete in the comment space' in a way that is good, informs readers and is Charter-compliant:
Why time matters for Tory MPs deciding Kemi Badenoch's future
For many Tory MPs looking at Kemi Badenoch's leadership, they are already wondering how much more time she needs to turn around the party's fortunes.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Great piece by Matt Chorley this. Also a really clever way of managing 'BBC bosses' desire to compete in the comment space' in a way that is good, informs readers and is Charter-compliant:
Share your favourite black and white movie
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Share your favourite black and white movie
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From Rasmus Jarlov, chair of Denmark’s Defence Committee:
September 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From Rasmus Jarlov, chair of Denmark’s Defence Committee:
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In the last 20 years, the greatest improvement in sport has been the growth of the women’s game in football, cricket and rugby. Long may it continue.
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In the last 20 years, the greatest improvement in sport has been the growth of the women’s game in football, cricket and rugby. Long may it continue.
September 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Good to see the entirely volunteer-run, no-ad, free-to-read @oxfordclarion.bsky.social included in @georgemonbiot.bsky.social’s list of proper local journalists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Good to see the entirely volunteer-run, no-ad, free-to-read @oxfordclarion.bsky.social included in @georgemonbiot.bsky.social’s list of proper local journalists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Oh, AI will know that with this demonstration he'll be starting from the unemployment line.
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Oh, AI will know that with this demonstration he'll be starting from the unemployment line.