Neill Roberts
@robbo59.bsky.social
Retired teacher of English. Busy doing stuff. 📚 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
Full disclosure: no interest in pets, crypto and sport. Or Halloween. Or Christmas.
Full disclosure: no interest in pets, crypto and sport. Or Halloween. Or Christmas.
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Neill Roberts
@robbo59.bsky.social
· Sep 19
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.
But, while we can, say it anyway.
But, while we can, say it anyway.
Dear Donald
I think you’ve got enough to worry about. So do one.
Yours
The BBC
I think you’ve got enough to worry about. So do one.
Yours
The BBC
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Dear Donald
I think you’ve got enough to worry about. So do one.
Yours
The BBC
I think you’ve got enough to worry about. So do one.
Yours
The BBC
For what it’s worth …
We have very high expectations of the BBC, one such being that they will tell the truth.
We have very low expectations of Donald Trump, one such being that he will lie.
The BBC occasionally disappoints our expectations. Donald Trump never does.
#BBC
We have very high expectations of the BBC, one such being that they will tell the truth.
We have very low expectations of Donald Trump, one such being that he will lie.
The BBC occasionally disappoints our expectations. Donald Trump never does.
#BBC
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
For what it’s worth …
We have very high expectations of the BBC, one such being that they will tell the truth.
We have very low expectations of Donald Trump, one such being that he will lie.
The BBC occasionally disappoints our expectations. Donald Trump never does.
#BBC
We have very high expectations of the BBC, one such being that they will tell the truth.
We have very low expectations of Donald Trump, one such being that he will lie.
The BBC occasionally disappoints our expectations. Donald Trump never does.
#BBC
Two musical offerings.
A clavichord once played by Mozart; and a piano owned by Beethoven and subsequently Liszt.
Both in the wonderful National Museum in Budapest.
#Beethoven
#Liszt
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
A clavichord once played by Mozart; and a piano owned by Beethoven and subsequently Liszt.
Both in the wonderful National Museum in Budapest.
#Beethoven
#Liszt
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Two musical offerings.
A clavichord once played by Mozart; and a piano owned by Beethoven and subsequently Liszt.
Both in the wonderful National Museum in Budapest.
#Beethoven
#Liszt
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
A clavichord once played by Mozart; and a piano owned by Beethoven and subsequently Liszt.
Both in the wonderful National Museum in Budapest.
#Beethoven
#Liszt
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
Now, more than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Now, more than ever.
If you can, get vaccinated! I can’t understand why so many of my over-65 cohort haven’t done so yet. Come on guys - get those sleeves rolled up.
Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If you can, get vaccinated! I can’t understand why so many of my over-65 cohort haven’t done so yet. Come on guys - get those sleeves rolled up.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A couple of weeks ago I was reading the book. Now - on a trip unplanned at the time - I find myself in the National Museum in Budapest looking at this display of items relating to the events of ‘The Picnic.’ My wife says Fate; I say coincidence. Either way, incredible!
#HistorySky
#ThePicnic
#HistorySky
#ThePicnic
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A couple of weeks ago I was reading the book. Now - on a trip unplanned at the time - I find myself in the National Museum in Budapest looking at this display of items relating to the events of ‘The Picnic.’ My wife says Fate; I say coincidence. Either way, incredible!
#HistorySky
#ThePicnic
#HistorySky
#ThePicnic
I do try to be tolerant of other people’s concerns when they differ from my own. Honestly, I do.
But if your biggest concern today is the John Lewis Christmas advert, then you really need to Get A Life.
But if your biggest concern today is the John Lewis Christmas advert, then you really need to Get A Life.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I do try to be tolerant of other people’s concerns when they differ from my own. Honestly, I do.
But if your biggest concern today is the John Lewis Christmas advert, then you really need to Get A Life.
But if your biggest concern today is the John Lewis Christmas advert, then you really need to Get A Life.
That was rather splendid. The Hallé Orchestra and Choir performing ‘Harmonium’ - just awesome.
Very excited about going to see some of these pieces being performed by the Hallé Orchestra later this week, conducted by none other than the composer himself.
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
That was rather splendid. The Hallé Orchestra and Choir performing ‘Harmonium’ - just awesome.
A terrific read. Not just as the history of a key moment; but as a timely reminder that the worst oppression can be overcome through courage, hope and no small amount of cunning. And when enough good people come together to do the right thing.
#HistorySky
#BookSky
#MatthewLongo
#ThePicnic
#ColdWar
#HistorySky
#BookSky
#MatthewLongo
#ThePicnic
#ColdWar
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A terrific read. Not just as the history of a key moment; but as a timely reminder that the worst oppression can be overcome through courage, hope and no small amount of cunning. And when enough good people come together to do the right thing.
#HistorySky
#BookSky
#MatthewLongo
#ThePicnic
#ColdWar
#HistorySky
#BookSky
#MatthewLongo
#ThePicnic
#ColdWar
Very excited about going to see some of these pieces being performed by the Hallé Orchestra later this week, conducted by none other than the composer himself.
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Very excited about going to see some of these pieces being performed by the Hallé Orchestra later this week, conducted by none other than the composer himself.
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
#JohnAdams
#HalléOrchestra
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
Autumn is the most beautiful season. The clocks go back tonight, but it’s not winter yet.
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#nature
#Autumn.
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#nature
#Autumn.
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Autumn is the most beautiful season. The clocks go back tonight, but it’s not winter yet.
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#nature
#Autumn.
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#nature
#Autumn.
May they grow up as friends in a Ukraine without war.
An unexpected reunion of two friends at a train station.Illia&Nazar once lived together in Zaporizhzhia, but Russia’s war separated them
Their parents decided to surprise them:one boy thought he was going to Zaporizhzhia,while the other believed he was meeting his mother’s friends
📹mariia.tsapenko
Their parents decided to surprise them:one boy thought he was going to Zaporizhzhia,while the other believed he was meeting his mother’s friends
📹mariia.tsapenko
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
May they grow up as friends in a Ukraine without war.
If you voted for Brexit, then I nominate YOU to pay me what that has cost me. It’s only fair.
No crypto, thanks.
No crypto, thanks.
October 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you voted for Brexit, then I nominate YOU to pay me what that has cost me. It’s only fair.
No crypto, thanks.
No crypto, thanks.
Reposted by Neill Roberts
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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This book contains recipes (which should NOT be followed.) Mix equal measures of history, folklore, hagiography, mystery, tragedy, comedy - and you get a wonderful, heady feast.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#AntoniaLloyd-Jones
#HouseOfDayHouseOfNight
#FitzcarraldoEditions
#BookSky📚
#LiteratureInTranslation
#OlgaTokarczuk
#AntoniaLloyd-Jones
#HouseOfDayHouseOfNight
#FitzcarraldoEditions
#BookSky📚
#LiteratureInTranslation
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This book contains recipes (which should NOT be followed.) Mix equal measures of history, folklore, hagiography, mystery, tragedy, comedy - and you get a wonderful, heady feast.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#AntoniaLloyd-Jones
#HouseOfDayHouseOfNight
#FitzcarraldoEditions
#BookSky📚
#LiteratureInTranslation
#OlgaTokarczuk
#AntoniaLloyd-Jones
#HouseOfDayHouseOfNight
#FitzcarraldoEditions
#BookSky📚
#LiteratureInTranslation
Where are rainbows made? In The Cage at Lyme Park.
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
#rainbows
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
#rainbows
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Where are rainbows made? In The Cage at Lyme Park.
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
#rainbows
#LymePark
#NationalTrust
#Cheshire
#photography
#rainbows
I’m 65; and honestly, I do try really hard to avoid beginning sentences with, “Is it just me … ?”
But I can’t hold back any longer.
IS IT JUST ME OR HAS USING THE CAR’S INDICATORS BECOME OPTIONAL WHEN TURNING?! 🚘 😡
#driving
#cars
#IsItJustMe?
But I can’t hold back any longer.
IS IT JUST ME OR HAS USING THE CAR’S INDICATORS BECOME OPTIONAL WHEN TURNING?! 🚘 😡
#driving
#cars
#IsItJustMe?
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m 65; and honestly, I do try really hard to avoid beginning sentences with, “Is it just me … ?”
But I can’t hold back any longer.
IS IT JUST ME OR HAS USING THE CAR’S INDICATORS BECOME OPTIONAL WHEN TURNING?! 🚘 😡
#driving
#cars
#IsItJustMe?
But I can’t hold back any longer.
IS IT JUST ME OR HAS USING THE CAR’S INDICATORS BECOME OPTIONAL WHEN TURNING?! 🚘 😡
#driving
#cars
#IsItJustMe?
Always worth remembering: if being Worst UK Prime Minister of the 2020s was an Olympic event, Keir Starmer would finish outside the medals.
#UKPolitics
#UKPolitics
October 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Always worth remembering: if being Worst UK Prime Minister of the 2020s was an Olympic event, Keir Starmer would finish outside the medals.
#UKPolitics
#UKPolitics
Anyone else free for a straightforward shooting weekend?
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Anyone else free for a straightforward shooting weekend?
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Let’s hear it for secondhand/pre-loved bookstores. The chance of a rare find combined with a bargain … who can resist? And in many, like this one, a purchase is a charitable donation.
#BookSky📚
#SecondhandBooks
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#BookSky📚
#SecondhandBooks
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Let’s hear it for secondhand/pre-loved bookstores. The chance of a rare find combined with a bargain … who can resist? And in many, like this one, a purchase is a charitable donation.
#BookSky📚
#SecondhandBooks
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
#BookSky📚
#SecondhandBooks
#NationalTrust
#QuarryBank
Something to remember.
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Something to remember.