Arnie Booth
@arnieb.bsky.social
Officer, gentleman, Yorkshireman, Leeds fan.
great episode. i suppose the follow up would be one on the last great ancient Persian dynasty - the Sasanians.
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
great episode. i suppose the follow up would be one on the last great ancient Persian dynasty - the Sasanians.
Those hands are Meslier's hands....
March 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Those hands are Meslier's hands....
One of the best dramas I have seen in years. The acting and directing are off the scale good.
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the best dramas I have seen in years. The acting and directing are off the scale good.
I finished it last night - 2 things to say.
1) it is utterly brilliant
2) it is very challenging as well. I am still thinking about what it means.
1) it is utterly brilliant
2) it is very challenging as well. I am still thinking about what it means.
March 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I finished it last night - 2 things to say.
1) it is utterly brilliant
2) it is very challenging as well. I am still thinking about what it means.
1) it is utterly brilliant
2) it is very challenging as well. I am still thinking about what it means.
Fotmob gave the man of the match award to Cooper.
How many times has Meslier had a MofM award?
that was a simple and very cheap upgrade last summer.
How many times has Meslier had a MofM award?
that was a simple and very cheap upgrade last summer.
March 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fotmob gave the man of the match award to Cooper.
How many times has Meslier had a MofM award?
that was a simple and very cheap upgrade last summer.
How many times has Meslier had a MofM award?
that was a simple and very cheap upgrade last summer.
We would happily have taken 3 draws at kick off so all this good really.
WBA haven't lost against the top 4 so far.
WBA haven't lost against the top 4 so far.
March 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We would happily have taken 3 draws at kick off so all this good really.
WBA haven't lost against the top 4 so far.
WBA haven't lost against the top 4 so far.
Playing like that just before millwall really worries me. We just didn't look up for the fight at all
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Playing like that just before millwall really worries me. We just didn't look up for the fight at all
My parents are definitely centre right and they hate Trump with a passion.
I think his lack of grace and manners really don't play well here.
Interestingly they have warmed to Starmer over Ukraine.
I think his lack of grace and manners really don't play well here.
Interestingly they have warmed to Starmer over Ukraine.
March 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My parents are definitely centre right and they hate Trump with a passion.
I think his lack of grace and manners really don't play well here.
Interestingly they have warmed to Starmer over Ukraine.
I think his lack of grace and manners really don't play well here.
Interestingly they have warmed to Starmer over Ukraine.
Struijk and Bogle have both been part of woeful prem defences.
There are question marks about all of them.
There are question marks about all of them.
February 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Struijk and Bogle have both been part of woeful prem defences.
There are question marks about all of them.
There are question marks about all of them.
It does - the gap is huge now.
February 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It does - the gap is huge now.
Yesterday was the 1st day I felt a warm breeze in months.
February 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yesterday was the 1st day I felt a warm breeze in months.
I'd be interested in the polling soon. Reform's closeness to Trump always seemed like a Faustian bargain and Trump's appalling behaviour over Ukraine may be the devil calling in his favour.
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I'd be interested in the polling soon. Reform's closeness to Trump always seemed like a Faustian bargain and Trump's appalling behaviour over Ukraine may be the devil calling in his favour.
This is starting to look a lot like the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France in 1904 - we will give you Morocco if we get Egypt...
Russia and the USA are dividing the world into spheres of influence.
Russia and the USA are dividing the world into spheres of influence.
February 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is starting to look a lot like the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France in 1904 - we will give you Morocco if we get Egypt...
Russia and the USA are dividing the world into spheres of influence.
Russia and the USA are dividing the world into spheres of influence.
What is baffling is that under 3 points for a win, you can't draw your way to promotion. Winning 2 and losing 1 is much more valuable than drawing 3.
If we win on Monday, we go 8 clear of 3rd.
If we win on Monday, we go 8 clear of 3rd.
February 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What is baffling is that under 3 points for a win, you can't draw your way to promotion. Winning 2 and losing 1 is much more valuable than drawing 3.
If we win on Monday, we go 8 clear of 3rd.
If we win on Monday, we go 8 clear of 3rd.
I would have liked a goalkeeper as that is the biggest upgrade we can make. Other than that I think we are fine.
If BA gets injured then I think Gnonto or Rothwell can cover the 10 role fairly well.
If BA gets injured then I think Gnonto or Rothwell can cover the 10 role fairly well.
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I would have liked a goalkeeper as that is the biggest upgrade we can make. Other than that I think we are fine.
If BA gets injured then I think Gnonto or Rothwell can cover the 10 role fairly well.
If BA gets injured then I think Gnonto or Rothwell can cover the 10 role fairly well.
He played well today. He worked hard and supported attacks well.
Lovely finish to end a super move.
Lovely finish to end a super move.
December 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
He played well today. He worked hard and supported attacks well.
Lovely finish to end a super move.
Lovely finish to end a super move.
There was me thinking peregrine falcon!
December 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
There was me thinking peregrine falcon!
3 points
1) french will mean early Celtic/gallic.
2) not sure how easy it is to differentiate between AS genes and Danish genes.
3) Population has shifted and changed since 1066 eg thenblack death
1) french will mean early Celtic/gallic.
2) not sure how easy it is to differentiate between AS genes and Danish genes.
3) Population has shifted and changed since 1066 eg thenblack death
December 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM
3 points
1) french will mean early Celtic/gallic.
2) not sure how easy it is to differentiate between AS genes and Danish genes.
3) Population has shifted and changed since 1066 eg thenblack death
1) french will mean early Celtic/gallic.
2) not sure how easy it is to differentiate between AS genes and Danish genes.
3) Population has shifted and changed since 1066 eg thenblack death
Leeds is fairly unusual in probably being a Celtic place name rather than the usual Anglo Saxon /Norse origins.
December 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Leeds is fairly unusual in probably being a Celtic place name rather than the usual Anglo Saxon /Norse origins.
So 14 books - none were terrible, only 2 were disappointing. I am surprised I have read 3 books with a 19th century theme but they hung together very well. Bismarck's views were forged in 1848, and together with Disraeli he dominated the Congress of Berlin.
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
So 14 books - none were terrible, only 2 were disappointing. I am surprised I have read 3 books with a 19th century theme but they hung together very well. Bismarck's views were forged in 1848, and together with Disraeli he dominated the Congress of Berlin.
13) D Day - a bit of a slog accounting for the period from D Day to the fall of Paris. Bottom line the allies won as they had more men and more equipment.
14 Global Crisis - Tries to link the various world crises of the 17th century. Very big but I wasn't convinced.
14 Global Crisis - Tries to link the various world crises of the 17th century. Very big but I wasn't convinced.
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
13) D Day - a bit of a slog accounting for the period from D Day to the fall of Paris. Bottom line the allies won as they had more men and more equipment.
14 Global Crisis - Tries to link the various world crises of the 17th century. Very big but I wasn't convinced.
14 Global Crisis - Tries to link the various world crises of the 17th century. Very big but I wasn't convinced.
11) Bismarck - a survey of the key European statesmen of his age
12) after the ice - a survey of humanity in the 10,000 years after the end of the last ice age. Written 20 years ago and so inevitably dated now.
12) after the ice - a survey of humanity in the 10,000 years after the end of the last ice age. Written 20 years ago and so inevitably dated now.
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
11) Bismarck - a survey of the key European statesmen of his age
12) after the ice - a survey of humanity in the 10,000 years after the end of the last ice age. Written 20 years ago and so inevitably dated now.
12) after the ice - a survey of humanity in the 10,000 years after the end of the last ice age. Written 20 years ago and so inevitably dated now.
9) 1177BC - a survey of the bronze age world on the cusp of its demise
10) Echolands - a search for Boudicca
10) Echolands - a search for Boudicca
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
9) 1177BC - a survey of the bronze age world on the cusp of its demise
10) Echolands - a search for Boudicca
10) Echolands - a search for Boudicca
7) psychology of secrets - Andrew Gold's run in with cults and odd practices
8) the fall of Roman Britain - highlighted how different Britain was from the rest of the Roman Empire.
8) the fall of Roman Britain - highlighted how different Britain was from the rest of the Roman Empire.
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
7) psychology of secrets - Andrew Gold's run in with cults and odd practices
8) the fall of Roman Britain - highlighted how different Britain was from the rest of the Roman Empire.
8) the fall of Roman Britain - highlighted how different Britain was from the rest of the Roman Empire.
5) All the tea in China - the story of how tea became so important in Britain and how 1 man stole the secrets of growing tea.
6) Revolutionary Spring - Chris Clark's massive account of the 1848 revolutions
6) Revolutionary Spring - Chris Clark's massive account of the 1848 revolutions
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
5) All the tea in China - the story of how tea became so important in Britain and how 1 man stole the secrets of growing tea.
6) Revolutionary Spring - Chris Clark's massive account of the 1848 revolutions
6) Revolutionary Spring - Chris Clark's massive account of the 1848 revolutions