Chris Dent
@chrisat5.bsky.social
Recently retired Architect / Planner
Nonconformist, normally seen cycling slowly or staring at buildings
Lives in Devon
Nonconformist, normally seen cycling slowly or staring at buildings
Lives in Devon
"paralyzing cowardice" by the BBC. (See further down this thread)
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"paralyzing cowardice" by the BBC. (See further down this thread)
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Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Quaker climate activist faces deportation
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
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Big Jim's bike trip to Braemar.
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Big Jim's bike trip to Braemar.
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
Inspiring thread …. Worth reading in full and also listening to his recordings
at www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
at www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Inspiring thread …. Worth reading in full and also listening to his recordings
at www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
at www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.
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I used to work on the Homeless Outreach Team in Exeter.
A couple of weeks ago I bumped into a couple who were my clients 7 or 8 years ago and was absolutley delighted just to see they were still alive.
Of course, they were still homeless, but the bar is so low.
Radical change is needed.
A couple of weeks ago I bumped into a couple who were my clients 7 or 8 years ago and was absolutley delighted just to see they were still alive.
Of course, they were still homeless, but the bar is so low.
Radical change is needed.
The shocking news that 21 homeless people died in Exeter last year shows the massive challenges faced by Exeter's hard-working homelessness charity St Petrock's.
There's only so much one organisation can do, however brilliant. And St Petrock's is brilliant.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
There's only so much one organisation can do, however brilliant. And St Petrock's is brilliant.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
21 homeless people died in Exeter last year
Our thoughts with all those impacted
www.devonlive.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I used to work on the Homeless Outreach Team in Exeter.
A couple of weeks ago I bumped into a couple who were my clients 7 or 8 years ago and was absolutley delighted just to see they were still alive.
Of course, they were still homeless, but the bar is so low.
Radical change is needed.
A couple of weeks ago I bumped into a couple who were my clients 7 or 8 years ago and was absolutley delighted just to see they were still alive.
Of course, they were still homeless, but the bar is so low.
Radical change is needed.
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Quaker statement in response to Manchester synagogue attacks on Yom Kippur.
We offer our love, support and solidarity with the Jewish community, in Manchester and beyond, following the horrifying antisemitic attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
We offer our love, support and solidarity with the Jewish community, in Manchester and beyond, following the horrifying antisemitic attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Quaker statement in response to Manchester synagogue attacks on Yom Kippur.
We offer our love, support and solidarity with the Jewish community, in Manchester and beyond, following the horrifying antisemitic attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
We offer our love, support and solidarity with the Jewish community, in Manchester and beyond, following the horrifying antisemitic attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
I saw this in Topsham and highly recommend it. Entertainment and education combined in a fun night out.
Joining @regmeuross.bsky.social Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Suntou Susso this weekend for Stolen From God. Hope to see you at one of these dates.
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I saw this in Topsham and highly recommend it. Entertainment and education combined in a fun night out.
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As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour.
Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quaker Week 2025: Love Your Neighbour - a call for compassion in a divided world
As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour.
www.quaker.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour.
Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Golden opportunity for my old mate Nigel Byles to make his political comeback.
I'm 1987 he formed the Let's Have Another Party Party and stood in Exeter. He achieved a creditable 1.2% swing against the sitting Tory but sadly his 209 votes weren't enough to guarantee the next party.
I'm 1987 he formed the Let's Have Another Party Party and stood in Exeter. He achieved a creditable 1.2% swing against the sitting Tory but sadly his 209 votes weren't enough to guarantee the next party.
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Golden opportunity for my old mate Nigel Byles to make his political comeback.
I'm 1987 he formed the Let's Have Another Party Party and stood in Exeter. He achieved a creditable 1.2% swing against the sitting Tory but sadly his 209 votes weren't enough to guarantee the next party.
I'm 1987 he formed the Let's Have Another Party Party and stood in Exeter. He achieved a creditable 1.2% swing against the sitting Tory but sadly his 209 votes weren't enough to guarantee the next party.
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Clarendon House is a rather confused 1960s build which I still mentally think of as the DSS.
ICYMI // Proposals to replace Clarendon House with 297-bed student accommodation complex submitted for approval
Final proposal for up to 10-storey Paris Street roundabout redevelopment comes after nearly two years of informal public consultations.
exeterobserver.org/2025/09/12/p...
Final proposal for up to 10-storey Paris Street roundabout redevelopment comes after nearly two years of informal public consultations.
exeterobserver.org/2025/09/12/p...
Proposals to replace Clarendon House with 297-bed student accommodation complex submitted for approval - Exeter Observer
Developer Zinc Real Estate arrives at final proposal for up to ten storey Paris Street roundabout redevelopment after nearly two years of informal public consultations and meetings with city councillo...
exeterobserver.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Clarendon House is a rather confused 1960s build which I still mentally think of as the DSS.
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We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds
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Great to see these lads out in Dublin today.
September 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great to see these lads out in Dublin today.
Thank you @bjennings90.bsky.social for reminding us that today is opening day of this grotesque sales event happening at ExCel in London.
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thank you @bjennings90.bsky.social for reminding us that today is opening day of this grotesque sales event happening at ExCel in London.
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We have applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, saying the ban has undermined our freedom of religion.
Quakers have a long history of non-violent action against injustice and oppose war and violence of any kind.
Quakers have a long history of non-violent action against injustice and oppose war and violence of any kind.
Quakers apply to intervene in Judicial Review of the proscription of Palestine Action
Quakers in Britain has applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, saying the ban has undermined their freedom of religion.
www.quaker.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We have applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, saying the ban has undermined our freedom of religion.
Quakers have a long history of non-violent action against injustice and oppose war and violence of any kind.
Quakers have a long history of non-violent action against injustice and oppose war and violence of any kind.
Excellent work @hughbon.bsky.social
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
September 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Excellent work @hughbon.bsky.social
Thank you.
Thank you.
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ICYMI // Exeter City Council disregards national planning policy and Environment Agency criticism to approve Riverside Valley Park flood zone heat plant plans.
Our long read here:
exeterobserver.org/2025/08/17/e...
Our long read here:
exeterobserver.org/2025/08/17/e...
Exeter City Council disregards national planning policy and Environment Agency criticism to approve Riverside Valley Park flood zone heat plant plans - Exeter Observer
Five gas boilers to provide 80% of “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields plant generation capacity for distribution to institutional consumers through privately-run 13-mile underground network expect...
exeterobserver.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ICYMI // Exeter City Council disregards national planning policy and Environment Agency criticism to approve Riverside Valley Park flood zone heat plant plans.
Our long read here:
exeterobserver.org/2025/08/17/e...
Our long read here:
exeterobserver.org/2025/08/17/e...
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This made my day today.
Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This made my day today.
Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
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On Tuesday 26th August tear gas canisters were fired near Ramallah Friends School and a parent was fired on by a sniper while trying to reach the school gates.
Nobody at the school was injured but the children were left shaken and their families anxious.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Nobody at the school was injured but the children were left shaken and their families anxious.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn dangerous Ramallah Friends School incursion
On Tuesday, 26 August, the Israeli army carried out a dangerous incursion outside the gates of the Quaker Ramallah Friends School in the occupied West Bank.
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
On Tuesday 26th August tear gas canisters were fired near Ramallah Friends School and a parent was fired on by a sniper while trying to reach the school gates.
Nobody at the school was injured but the children were left shaken and their families anxious.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Nobody at the school was injured but the children were left shaken and their families anxious.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
"Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace"
We are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge facing the threat of further violence and intimidation.
Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quaker statement on asylum seeker harassment
One year on from the riots in the summer of 2024, we are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge in our nation facing the threat of further violence and intimidation. As our book of tea...
www.quaker.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace"
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Thank you @richardabetts.bsky.social for letting me plug the #StopRosebank campaign at #BeautifulDays
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you @richardabetts.bsky.social for letting me plug the #StopRosebank campaign at #BeautifulDays
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Great to see @slowwaysuk.bsky.social on page 9 of todays Guardian
July 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Great to see @slowwaysuk.bsky.social on page 9 of todays Guardian
Replacement bus services are a real nuisance for cyclists using the train service. Axminster or Yeovil to Misterton (where Crewkerne station is located) is hilly and with main roads difficult to avoid....grhh
Crewkerne station in Somerset is closed until further notice because the ground is so dry that the railway embankments can't support trains running at normal speeds
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
July 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Replacement bus services are a real nuisance for cyclists using the train service. Axminster or Yeovil to Misterton (where Crewkerne station is located) is hilly and with main roads difficult to avoid....grhh