Mike Elrick
@elrick1.bsky.social
Hillwalker, book lover, cineaste, Mahlerite, Aberdeen FC supporter.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If you can strip Andrew of his titles, you can remove Bettison's Knighthood. #hillsborough #justiceforthe97
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you can strip Andrew of his titles, you can remove Bettison's Knighthood. #hillsborough #justiceforthe97
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Government In A Nutshell: my SKETCH of Keir Starmer - who wants to know who's running the country - and Kemi Badenoch, who now thinks Rachel Reeves should resign for NOT raising tax rates.
thecritic.co.uk/gove...
thecritic.co.uk/gove...
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Government In A Nutshell: my SKETCH of Keir Starmer - who wants to know who's running the country - and Kemi Badenoch, who now thinks Rachel Reeves should resign for NOT raising tax rates.
thecritic.co.uk/gove...
thecritic.co.uk/gove...
Zarah Sultana due to speak at the Your Party conference. Is it now Jeremy Corbyn's turn to boycott the event? That's how it works, right?
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Zarah Sultana due to speak at the Your Party conference. Is it now Jeremy Corbyn's turn to boycott the event? That's how it works, right?
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Zarah, if you're looking for support in stopping the witch hunts, I know just the guy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Zarah, if you're looking for support in stopping the witch hunts, I know just the guy.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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A very big tree has fallen. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A very big tree has fallen. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
'Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.'...........Oh the irony...Brexit, UKIP.... lives in rural France #CompleteChancer
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
'Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.'...........Oh the irony...Brexit, UKIP.... lives in rural France #CompleteChancer
A braw day in the hills of rugged Ardgour yesterday. The snow has largely gone but it was still a full on day with stunning views across Loch Linnhe to Ben Nevis, Glencoe and north to Knoydart and Glen Shiel.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A braw day in the hills of rugged Ardgour yesterday. The snow has largely gone but it was still a full on day with stunning views across Loch Linnhe to Ben Nevis, Glencoe and north to Knoydart and Glen Shiel.
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watched Train Dreams. Based on Denis Johnson novella about an itinerant logger/labourer, played by Joel Edgerton. in early 20th century Pacific Northwest.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
A spare, haunting, poignant meditation on a life, love, loss, grief and tragedy. Very Terrence Malick. Five stars.
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So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
My contempt for Boris Johnson has only deepened after publication of the Hallett COVID Inquiry report. Lazy, incompetent, asleep at the wheel in Downing Street. Slow hand clap for all the arseholes who thought he was a 'good laugh' and voted Tory accordingly.
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My contempt for Boris Johnson has only deepened after publication of the Hallett COVID Inquiry report. Lazy, incompetent, asleep at the wheel in Downing Street. Slow hand clap for all the arseholes who thought he was a 'good laugh' and voted Tory accordingly.
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Went to put something in my car, to be confronted by a winter wonderland..Blimey
Wishing that Hugh McIlvanney and Patrick Barclay were still with us to write about last nights' Scotland win for the ages..
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wishing that Hugh McIlvanney and Patrick Barclay were still with us to write about last nights' Scotland win for the ages..
Somehow Scotland contrived to win a game of football with Grant Hanley on the pitch.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Somehow Scotland contrived to win a game of football with Grant Hanley on the pitch.
Mads Mikkelsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Karen Blixen, Niels Bohr, Soren Kierkegard - your boys took a helluva beating...#Scotland
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Mads Mikkelsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Karen Blixen, Niels Bohr, Soren Kierkegard - your boys took a helluva beating...#Scotland
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it's almost like tariffs increase prices
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
it's almost like tariffs increase prices
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Shopping trolleys mating in the wild. Asda, Bridge of Dee. Aberdeen.
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Shocked to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke at 56 — I didn’t even know she was ill. I always enjoyed reading her reviews and features: she brightened any page of the paper.
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Shocked to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke at 56 — I didn’t even know she was ill. I always enjoyed reading her reviews and features: she brightened any page of the paper.
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Spotted in Asda wine aisle...Yoga...Pinot Grigio....clearly aimed at the pilates pisshead demographic. Cunningly disguised in a gym-like water bottle.
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good to see that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are screening Godard's Breathless at the end of the month.