Simon Ricketts
@simonicity.bsky.social
Ubiquitous planning lawyer.
Arts; culture; politics; simonicity blog.
Personal views.
Not much football because Saints FC.
Arts; culture; politics; simonicity blog.
Personal views.
Not much football because Saints FC.
Re: reggae - do you find the older you get the heavier the dub needs to be? Tonight Adrian Sherwood plus live band (inc Doug Wimbish on bass) at the Barbican supported by African Head Charge blew anyone else out the park. 🔈🔊🔉
February 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Re: reggae - do you find the older you get the heavier the dub needs to be? Tonight Adrian Sherwood plus live band (inc Doug Wimbish on bass) at the Barbican supported by African Head Charge blew anyone else out the park. 🔈🔊🔉
This Women’s Freeski Big Air (🤷♂️) commentary pair are so fantastic they need their own prog.
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This Women’s Freeski Big Air (🤷♂️) commentary pair are so fantastic they need their own prog.
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Pride beat Prejudice 3-1, will now go on to play Sensibility in the semi-final.
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Pride beat Prejudice 3-1, will now go on to play Sensibility in the semi-final.
Hemel Hempstead woman wins gold! 🥇
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Hemel Hempstead woman wins gold! 🥇
New blog post, Don’t Be An April Fool: Written Reps Planning Appeals Are About To Get Faster But Also Riskier
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Don’t Be An April Fool: Written Reps Planning Appeals Are About To Get Faster But Also Riskier
You need to know how the rules are changing from 1 April 2026 for the 94.7% of appeals that proceed by way of written representations. There are traps for the unwary: whether for appellant, local p…
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February 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
New blog post, Don’t Be An April Fool: Written Reps Planning Appeals Are About To Get Faster But Also Riskier
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Islington Assembly Hall tonight & I’ve just realised 30 years late what a great live band Kula Shaker are, how underrated Crispian Mills is as a guitarist and how much of a sucker I am for all that psychedelic lighting. Didn’t catch name of guest vocalist but shout-out to her as well…
February 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Islington Assembly Hall tonight & I’ve just realised 30 years late what a great live band Kula Shaker are, how underrated Crispian Mills is as a guitarist and how much of a sucker I am for all that psychedelic lighting. Didn’t catch name of guest vocalist but shout-out to her as well…
I’ve walked past this sign so many times but have only just read it properly. Threatment? 😬
February 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I’ve walked past this sign so many times but have only just read it properly. Threatment? 😬
In what should be a huge acronym face-off I’ve agreed to be on a CPA panel on CPO & AI, hosted by TLT. 21.4.26 RSVP
www.compulsorypurchaseassociation.org/the-cpa-annu...
www.compulsorypurchaseassociation.org/the-cpa-annu...
The CPA Annual Shaping Tomorrow Event 2026
www.compulsorypurchaseassociation.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 AM
In what should be a huge acronym face-off I’ve agreed to be on a CPA panel on CPO & AI, hosted by TLT. 21.4.26 RSVP
www.compulsorypurchaseassociation.org/the-cpa-annu...
www.compulsorypurchaseassociation.org/the-cpa-annu...
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More and more the world is being damaged by wealthy, powerful, yet ignorant buffoons.... Musk, Bezos, Trump, Dyson, and now this Monaco-based, non tax-paying clown.
Starmer demands apology from Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe over ‘offensive and wrong’ immigration comments
Starmer demands apology from Sir Jim Ratcliffe over ‘offensive’ immigration comments
Founder of chemicals giant Ineos, which received £120m in UK aid last year, said immigration is ‘costing too much’
www.independent.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 AM
More and more the world is being damaged by wealthy, powerful, yet ignorant buffoons.... Musk, Bezos, Trump, Dyson, and now this Monaco-based, non tax-paying clown.
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Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!
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What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
Outrageous. Anyone considering visiting the US under this administration takes their life in their hands.
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Outrageous. Anyone considering visiting the US under this administration takes their life in their hands.
Mi cyaan believe it: white album sleeve previously vg cond.
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Mi cyaan believe it: white album sleeve previously vg cond.
#nowplaying Xoo Multitudes by Yellow Magic Orchestra. Went to see them in 1980 just after this album came out, just to see support act Comsat Angels. Didn’t get YMO at all. At the time I bet we thought we were open to new sounds from far places, not so at all.
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
#nowplaying Xoo Multitudes by Yellow Magic Orchestra. Went to see them in 1980 just after this album came out, just to see support act Comsat Angels. Didn’t get YMO at all. At the time I bet we thought we were open to new sounds from far places, not so at all.
February 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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They've updated the pic.
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
They've updated the pic.
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I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
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In the middle of a Supreme Court hearing on disguised employment in limited liability partnerships, one of the judge's phones starts playing a The Rest is History podcast episode which kicks off with an unimprovably spirited impression of Jimmy Carter
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
In the middle of a Supreme Court hearing on disguised employment in limited liability partnerships, one of the judge's phones starts playing a The Rest is History podcast episode which kicks off with an unimprovably spirited impression of Jimmy Carter
Four guitarists & a flute: Midlake at the Electric Ballroom tonight 👍
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Four guitarists & a flute: Midlake at the Electric Ballroom tonight 👍
That mass of disclosed emails, mostly deliberately illiterate grunts to denote the sender’s busyness, is a uniquely indelible record of how networks of power, & the sense of impunity it brings, work. Pre-email, this was in person & on calls, now conveniently disappearing messages on whatsapp etc.
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
That mass of disclosed emails, mostly deliberately illiterate grunts to denote the sender’s busyness, is a uniquely indelible record of how networks of power, & the sense of impunity it brings, work. Pre-email, this was in person & on calls, now conveniently disappearing messages on whatsapp etc.
Took me a while to get round to reading it but this book will resonate for a long time. The horrors perpetrated by Pinochet and his friend a Nazi war criminal. An international hunt for facts and justice versus time passing & politically convenient compromises. Much to apply to contemporary events?
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Took me a while to get round to reading it but this book will resonate for a long time. The horrors perpetrated by Pinochet and his friend a Nazi war criminal. An international hunt for facts and justice versus time passing & politically convenient compromises. Much to apply to contemporary events?
Latest David Olusoga A House Through Time is astonishing in the depth of its research & human stories revealed of WW2 occupants of apartment block in London & Berlin. Some become nazis, their neighbours holocaust victims, & so many lives destroyed. But the records & (now beautiful) homes remain.
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Latest David Olusoga A House Through Time is astonishing in the depth of its research & human stories revealed of WW2 occupants of apartment block in London & Berlin. Some become nazis, their neighbours holocaust victims, & so many lives destroyed. But the records & (now beautiful) homes remain.