Shaun Ponsonby
@dukestking.bsky.social
I never use this platform, soz.
📖 Rainbows In The Rough available from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Yes, that's me with Brian Wilson. Rip 💔
📖 Rainbows In The Rough available from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Yes, that's me with Brian Wilson. Rip 💔
Pinned
I don't use this platform much - the idea of MORE social media makes me hit a wall
BUT...I've just had my first book published via @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, and I'm quite proud of it.
So, if you're up for it, you can get it here: shorturl.at/KaBKD
BUT...I've just had my first book published via @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, and I'm quite proud of it.
So, if you're up for it, you can get it here: shorturl.at/KaBKD
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🎁 Stuff the turkey. Then stuff your stocking.
Then get your hands on Rainbows in the Rough—queer memoir with a bite and a wink.
Read it before the in-laws arrive.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#GetStuffed #RainbowsInTheRough
Then get your hands on Rainbows in the Rough—queer memoir with a bite and a wink.
Read it before the in-laws arrive.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#GetStuffed #RainbowsInTheRough
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎁 Stuff the turkey. Then stuff your stocking.
Then get your hands on Rainbows in the Rough—queer memoir with a bite and a wink.
Read it before the in-laws arrive.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#GetStuffed #RainbowsInTheRough
Then get your hands on Rainbows in the Rough—queer memoir with a bite and a wink.
Read it before the in-laws arrive.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#GetStuffed #RainbowsInTheRough
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The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
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💅 Want to slip something a little spicy in their stocking?
This isn’t socks—it’s sass, sex, and social commentary in heels.
Rainbows in the Rough is the gift they’ll remember.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
This isn’t socks—it’s sass, sex, and social commentary in heels.
Rainbows in the Rough is the gift they’ll remember.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💅 Want to slip something a little spicy in their stocking?
This isn’t socks—it’s sass, sex, and social commentary in heels.
Rainbows in the Rough is the gift they’ll remember.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
This isn’t socks—it’s sass, sex, and social commentary in heels.
Rainbows in the Rough is the gift they’ll remember.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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If divorced dads whose kids don't see them could go back to dressing up in superhero outfits and climbing up buildings instead of ushering in fascism I think we'd all be better off quite frankly.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If divorced dads whose kids don't see them could go back to dressing up in superhero outfits and climbing up buildings instead of ushering in fascism I think we'd all be better off quite frankly.
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🎄 What’s long, fierce, and perfect for getting deep into on Christmas morning?
That’s right—Rainbows in the Rough.
Gift your loved ones something clever, filthy, and unapologetically queer.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
That’s right—Rainbows in the Rough.
Gift your loved ones something clever, filthy, and unapologetically queer.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎄 What’s long, fierce, and perfect for getting deep into on Christmas morning?
That’s right—Rainbows in the Rough.
Gift your loved ones something clever, filthy, and unapologetically queer.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
That’s right—Rainbows in the Rough.
Gift your loved ones something clever, filthy, and unapologetically queer.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
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The stand-up material of Ricky Gervais and Jim Davidson are pretty much the same.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The stand-up material of Ricky Gervais and Jim Davidson are pretty much the same.
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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🎁 Looking to get stuffed this Christmas?
Start with Rainbows in the Rough—full of memoir, queer fury, and pop icons to die for.
The only thing that hits harder than this book is your uncle’s eggnog.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#RainbowsInTheRough #CampChristmas
Start with Rainbows in the Rough—full of memoir, queer fury, and pop icons to die for.
The only thing that hits harder than this book is your uncle’s eggnog.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#RainbowsInTheRough #CampChristmas
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎁 Looking to get stuffed this Christmas?
Start with Rainbows in the Rough—full of memoir, queer fury, and pop icons to die for.
The only thing that hits harder than this book is your uncle’s eggnog.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#RainbowsInTheRough #CampChristmas
Start with Rainbows in the Rough—full of memoir, queer fury, and pop icons to die for.
The only thing that hits harder than this book is your uncle’s eggnog.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
#RainbowsInTheRough #CampChristmas
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🧛♂️ If pop culture was your first religion, this is your queer gospel.
Memoir as séance. Essay as exorcism.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Memoir as séance. Essay as exorcism.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🧛♂️ If pop culture was your first religion, this is your queer gospel.
Memoir as séance. Essay as exorcism.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Memoir as séance. Essay as exorcism.
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Got into Sananda Maitreya (FKA: Terence Trent D'Arby) right around the time he popped out for a 23 year cigarette, & I FINALLY got to see him 😍
Voice PRISTINE, charisma intact, he also cracked a joke which got the biggest laugh I've ever heard at a gig
We both had big grins on our faces all night
Voice PRISTINE, charisma intact, he also cracked a joke which got the biggest laugh I've ever heard at a gig
We both had big grins on our faces all night
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Got into Sananda Maitreya (FKA: Terence Trent D'Arby) right around the time he popped out for a 23 year cigarette, & I FINALLY got to see him 😍
Voice PRISTINE, charisma intact, he also cracked a joke which got the biggest laugh I've ever heard at a gig
We both had big grins on our faces all night
Voice PRISTINE, charisma intact, he also cracked a joke which got the biggest laugh I've ever heard at a gig
We both had big grins on our faces all night
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🕯️ Read it in the dark.
Rainbows in the Rough isn’t afraid of monsters, especially the ones inside us.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough isn’t afraid of monsters, especially the ones inside us.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🕯️ Read it in the dark.
Rainbows in the Rough isn’t afraid of monsters, especially the ones inside us.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough isn’t afraid of monsters, especially the ones inside us.
📘 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
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Your child is not the brother or sister of your pet dog. And you aren't the dog's mummy or daddy. Stop saying it you perverts.
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Your child is not the brother or sister of your pet dog. And you aren't the dog's mummy or daddy. Stop saying it you perverts.
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🎃 Ghosts of icons past. Queer hauntings. Camp memory.
Rainbows in the Rough is Halloween reading with lipstick and teeth.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough is Halloween reading with lipstick and teeth.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎃 Ghosts of icons past. Queer hauntings. Camp memory.
Rainbows in the Rough is Halloween reading with lipstick and teeth.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough is Halloween reading with lipstick and teeth.
📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
I went to see Graham Nash last night, and it was genuinely wonderful, but he had the oddest piece of merch I've ever seen:
A picture of Joni Mitchell, signed by Graham Nash.
It gave me "Video of West Country comedian Jethro, signed by Bono" vibes #AccidentalPartridge
A picture of Joni Mitchell, signed by Graham Nash.
It gave me "Video of West Country comedian Jethro, signed by Bono" vibes #AccidentalPartridge
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I went to see Graham Nash last night, and it was genuinely wonderful, but he had the oddest piece of merch I've ever seen:
A picture of Joni Mitchell, signed by Graham Nash.
It gave me "Video of West Country comedian Jethro, signed by Bono" vibes #AccidentalPartridge
A picture of Joni Mitchell, signed by Graham Nash.
It gave me "Video of West Country comedian Jethro, signed by Bono" vibes #AccidentalPartridge
Hey look! It's me and Wendy James!
We love Transvision Vamp. And she's still a bad ass 😎
We love Transvision Vamp. And she's still a bad ass 😎
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hey look! It's me and Wendy James!
We love Transvision Vamp. And she's still a bad ass 😎
We love Transvision Vamp. And she's still a bad ass 😎
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Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”
Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”
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🖤 Come for the nostalgia. Stay for the depth.
Rainbows in the Rough dances between heartbreak and high camp.
📖 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough dances between heartbreak and high camp.
📖 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🖤 Come for the nostalgia. Stay for the depth.
Rainbows in the Rough dances between heartbreak and high camp.
📖 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
Rainbows in the Rough dances between heartbreak and high camp.
📖 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/...
👤 @dukestking.bsky.social
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This headline seems to be missing some wording along the lines of "reluctantly realises he has no other choice than".
September 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This headline seems to be missing some wording along the lines of "reluctantly realises he has no other choice than".
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Reform party will eventually come after citizens, with parents who were born abroad, like myself. My friends and I have had this discussion for some time. Make no joke about it, if they get into power they will need to continue to enrage the British voting public, they need chaos to thrive.
September 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Reform party will eventually come after citizens, with parents who were born abroad, like myself. My friends and I have had this discussion for some time. Make no joke about it, if they get into power they will need to continue to enrage the British voting public, they need chaos to thrive.