Ian Hennessey
@ged-ben.bsky.social
Artist, cyclist, calendar event sec at Audax UK, chair of Exeter Wheelers CC
A beer and a hill. New Year wanderings.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A beer and a hill. New Year wanderings.
Is this the correct way to serve Guinness 0%?
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Is this the correct way to serve Guinness 0%?
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In Newport South Wales on November 4 1839 Chartists nearly succeeded in sparking a revolution. The crack regiment of the British Army shot 22 dead
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Newport 4th November 1839: 22 Chartists demanding the vote shot dead by the army
Newport 4th November 1839: 22 Chartists demanding the vote shot dead by the army It is 186 years on 4th November since the Newport Rising in South Wales. The events of that day may have had a revol…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In Newport South Wales on November 4 1839 Chartists nearly succeeded in sparking a revolution. The crack regiment of the British Army shot 22 dead
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The Times on the Green Party. The Have Yachts to the Have Nots
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Times Editorial on the Green Party: The Have Yachts v The Have Nots
Times Editorial on the Green Party: The Have Yachts v The Have Nots Its unusual for the Times to publish an Editorial on anything even vaguely on the left without rubbishing. Its Editorial on the G…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Times on the Green Party. The Have Yachts to the Have Nots
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Straight to the point by @martinrowson.bsky.social @theguardian.com the 100% accurate depiction of Morgan McSweeney in particular. Enquiries into what he is hiding in his beard continue
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Martin Rowson on ructions in the Labour party – cartoon
Diane Abbott is the latest Labour MP to be suspended as Keir Starmer attempts to reassert his grip on backbenchers
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July 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Straight to the point by @martinrowson.bsky.social @theguardian.com the 100% accurate depiction of Morgan McSweeney in particular. Enquiries into what he is hiding in his beard continue
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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125 years ago in 1900 the Labour Representation Committee was formed. As Zara Sultana, Jeremy Corbyn & others announce a new left grouping the debate about how to effectively represent working class interests continues
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The Labour Party was founded 125 years ago in 1900. Its foundation provided as many questions as answers..
125th anniversary of the start of the Labour Party. Can it be done again? 125 years ago on 27th and 28th February 1900 a meeting took place at the Memorial Hall in Farringdon St to form the Labour …
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July 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
125 years ago in 1900 the Labour Representation Committee was formed. As Zara Sultana, Jeremy Corbyn & others announce a new left grouping the debate about how to effectively represent working class interests continues
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kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/t...
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a key part of a movement that can defeat Reform was on the streets in central London on 17th May. More than half a million..
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London 17th May 2025. Half a million plus march for Gaza
There have been regular London demonstrations for Palestine and Gaza and against what has become an Israeli genocide since October 2023. They have been regular not weekly and there has been very li…
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May 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
a key part of a movement that can defeat Reform was on the streets in central London on 17th May. More than half a million..
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‘Inequality, oligarchy and factor mobility are the three central targets of populist insurgencies. Where such insurgencies divide into right and left is over the weight they attach to each element.’
Perry Anderson on neoliberalism, populism and regime change: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Perry Anderson on neoliberalism, populism and regime change: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Perry Anderson · Regime Change in the West?
Where amid this turmoil does neoliberalism stand? In emergency conditions it has been forced to take measures –...
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April 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‘Inequality, oligarchy and factor mobility are the three central targets of populist insurgencies. Where such insurgencies divide into right and left is over the weight they attach to each element.’
Perry Anderson on neoliberalism, populism and regime change: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Perry Anderson on neoliberalism, populism and regime change: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Penguin Liberation Front Communique. Trump Tariffs Must Go; Trump Must Go
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Penguin Liberation Front Communique on Trump Tariffs
4th April Penguin Liberation Front Communique Where we stand We support the right of self-determination for penguinsWe believe in peaceful co-existence between penguins, albatross and humansWe clai…
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April 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Penguin Liberation Front Communique. Trump Tariffs Must Go; Trump Must Go
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Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitary arrest’
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitrary arrest’ Novara Media has reported…
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitrary arrest’ Novara Media has reported…
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitary arrest’
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitrary arrest’ Novara Media has reported that police broke into the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster on 27th March and arrested six campaigners were meeting to discuss climate change and Palestine. The Quakers noted that it was the first time in living memory that anyone had been arrested in a Quaker Meeting House.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitary arrest’
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitrary arrest’ Novara Media has reported…
Police force way into Quaker Meeting House & arrest campaigners. Historian E P Thompson on the right of ‘freedom from arbitrary arrest’ Novara Media has reported…
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David Lammy was right to say Netanyahu’s government is likely breaking international law. Is Starmer blind to the atrocities being committed or is he rolling over for Trump? I don’t know which is worse.
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
David Lammy was right to say Netanyahu’s government is likely breaking international law. Is Starmer blind to the atrocities being committed or is he rolling over for Trump? I don’t know which is worse.
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Beryl
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🚴♀️ As we gear up to unveil this year’s 100 Women in Cycling tomorrow, let’s celebrate a true trailblazer: Beryl Burton. A 2x World Road Race Champion, 5x World Pursuit Champion & record-holder for 50 years, Beryl broke barriers for women in cycling.
👉 Read more: www.cyclinguk.org/article/brit...
👉 Read more: www.cyclinguk.org/article/brit...
December 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Beryl
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Phone finger sketches
November 12, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Phone finger sketches
Phone finger art. Finger sketches.
September 7, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Phone finger art. Finger sketches.
Some more introductory photos
September 7, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Some more introductory photos
Some introductory photos.
September 7, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Some introductory photos.