Rob Campbell
@robcampbell15959.bsky.social
Writer of fact & fiction, journalist and lecturer, PhD. Got a piece in Bath Short Story Award Anthology. Written a novel. Hon editor of The Devon Historian. For hire as coach/editor with accent on developing self-editing skills.
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all this #epstein stuff … the people involved are like magical creatures from a far planet. The rest of us just go to work, go home, see friends and family, have a beer, cook dinner … that kind of stuff.
February 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
all this #epstein stuff … the people involved are like magical creatures from a far planet. The rest of us just go to work, go home, see friends and family, have a beer, cook dinner … that kind of stuff.
some great analysis by the #Guardian of the Mandelson fiasco but why write that “MPs’ emotions can often be as infectious and overwrought as a boarding school in exam season” when 99.3% of Britons will not have witnessed such a thing?
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
some great analysis by the #Guardian of the Mandelson fiasco but why write that “MPs’ emotions can often be as infectious and overwrought as a boarding school in exam season” when 99.3% of Britons will not have witnessed such a thing?
just saw two police officers walking through Exeter city centre, and felt fairly sure they weren’t about to ask random brown people for passports or shoot anyone. That’s how it’s supposed to be. The state is our servant, not our master. (yeah UK is not perfect etc etc)
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
just saw two police officers walking through Exeter city centre, and felt fairly sure they weren’t about to ask random brown people for passports or shoot anyone. That’s how it’s supposed to be. The state is our servant, not our master. (yeah UK is not perfect etc etc)
went outside this morning and the sky was a strange colour, ie blue, and it wasn’t raining. Is there something weird going on?
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
went outside this morning and the sky was a strange colour, ie blue, and it wasn’t raining. Is there something weird going on?
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BBC New's BBC Verify with Ros Atkins
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
BBC New's BBC Verify with Ros Atkins
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
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Daily Express: 'WHAT A BLOODY CHEEK!' #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Daily Express: 'WHAT A BLOODY CHEEK!' #TomorrowsPapersToday
At what age do you ‘have a fall’ rather than just ‘fall over’? Asking for a friend, who bruised his hip and shoulder slipping over on a muddy path on the way back from the pub …
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 PM
At what age do you ‘have a fall’ rather than just ‘fall over’? Asking for a friend, who bruised his hip and shoulder slipping over on a muddy path on the way back from the pub …
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
gawd Chris Mason on R4 PM making a habit of letting analysis morph into comment.
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
gawd Chris Mason on R4 PM making a habit of letting analysis morph into comment.
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Born in Bristol in 1825, Henry Browne Blackwell (brother of Elizabeth) moved to America in 1832. As an adult he toured the USA with his wife Lucy Stone, advocating for women’s suffrage and the rights of women, arguing that no nation could be regarded as civilised until men and women were equal.
January 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Born in Bristol in 1825, Henry Browne Blackwell (brother of Elizabeth) moved to America in 1832. As an adult he toured the USA with his wife Lucy Stone, advocating for women’s suffrage and the rights of women, arguing that no nation could be regarded as civilised until men and women were equal.
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"Most people in the UK think net migration increased last year, when it more than halved".
Part of the problem is that "immigration" has been (deliberately) conflated with "small boats", & voters keep hearing those are rising.
Throttling work/student visas won't fix that
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Part of the problem is that "immigration" has been (deliberately) conflated with "small boats", & voters keep hearing those are rising.
Throttling work/student visas won't fix that
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Is UK immigration set for ‘net zero’?
Migration surge after Brexit and Covid lockdowns has eased while clampdown has slashed arrivals
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"Most people in the UK think net migration increased last year, when it more than halved".
Part of the problem is that "immigration" has been (deliberately) conflated with "small boats", & voters keep hearing those are rising.
Throttling work/student visas won't fix that
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Part of the problem is that "immigration" has been (deliberately) conflated with "small boats", & voters keep hearing those are rising.
Throttling work/student visas won't fix that
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
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The gap between gloom-ridden public perception and reality in the UK has now opened up like a Grand Canyon-style chasm. I personally don't see any way of bridging it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
London’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The gap between gloom-ridden public perception and reality in the UK has now opened up like a Grand Canyon-style chasm. I personally don't see any way of bridging it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lowest murder rate in London since records began.
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Lowest murder rate in London since records began.
I wish Trump would do a #parkrun He’d be baffled. Lots of people trying hard, supporting each other, volunteering, nobody pays or gets paid, and even if you come first you can’t crow about it because it’s not an actual race. That urge to invade somewhere just sort of slips away.
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I wish Trump would do a #parkrun He’d be baffled. Lots of people trying hard, supporting each other, volunteering, nobody pays or gets paid, and even if you come first you can’t crow about it because it’s not an actual race. That urge to invade somewhere just sort of slips away.
Hungry pub dog
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Hungry pub dog
I’m sitting in a pub in Devon with six people and only two us got the government’s loud weather alert on our phones, so we are kind of assuming we are the chosen ones
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I’m sitting in a pub in Devon with six people and only two us got the government’s loud weather alert on our phones, so we are kind of assuming we are the chosen ones
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
did a pub crawl on New Year’s Eve. Two pubs, home by 9pm. Will try harder next year, or not at all.
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
did a pub crawl on New Year’s Eve. Two pubs, home by 9pm. Will try harder next year, or not at all.
Still spaces on this workshop with me on Sat Jan 17. It’s at the #bristol Folk House so will be friendly and as much fun as #editing (fact/fiction/both) can be. No typewriters but, if you’re into them, check out the unusual keyboard on this one. Book now www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/contact-us
December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Still spaces on this workshop with me on Sat Jan 17. It’s at the #bristol Folk House so will be friendly and as much fun as #editing (fact/fiction/both) can be. No typewriters but, if you’re into them, check out the unusual keyboard on this one. Book now www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/contact-us
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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In the year since the dictator Assad was overturned, 3.2 million refugees have returned to Syria. Many more are waiting for the rebuilding of essential infrastructure, now underway. That’s quite a success story.
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In the year since the dictator Assad was overturned, 3.2 million refugees have returned to Syria. Many more are waiting for the rebuilding of essential infrastructure, now underway. That’s quite a success story.
Saw a tight flock of about twenty sheep being shifted back and forth across a hill by a small starling formation swooping a few feet above. Each time the sheep shifted, the starlings picked at the exposed grass. Then they’d swoop again, move the sheep, feed on whatever was there, and on it went…
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Saw a tight flock of about twenty sheep being shifted back and forth across a hill by a small starling formation swooping a few feet above. Each time the sheep shifted, the starlings picked at the exposed grass. Then they’d swoop again, move the sheep, feed on whatever was there, and on it went…