Jan Webster
@janwebster.bsky.social
Anne Lister Codebreaker 🎩 Folkie.
Love history, nature, wild places, photography, singing, tea, Yorkshire 🇺🇦
Love history, nature, wild places, photography, singing, tea, Yorkshire 🇺🇦
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Square Chapel for the people
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.
Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Just back from seeing Inter Alia the brilliant new play by Suzie Miller, who wrote Prima Facie. Rosamund Pike was outstanding.
September 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just back from seeing Inter Alia the brilliant new play by Suzie Miller, who wrote Prima Facie. Rosamund Pike was outstanding.
Blue skies and sunshine today at Whitby.
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Blue skies and sunshine today at Whitby.
Cold and blustery at Whitby tonight, but a fine concert at the Spa.
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cold and blustery at Whitby tonight, but a fine concert at the Spa.
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Being able to spend time with these magnificent dinosaur birds the shoebill… 🥰
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July 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Being able to spend time with these magnificent dinosaur birds the shoebill… 🥰
🐦
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Personally I find this tribute to Rolf Harris in bad taste.
July 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Personally I find this tribute to Rolf Harris in bad taste.
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Adolphe Valette's 1910 painting of Albert Square, Manchester, alongside Emily Allchurch's 2015 photo recreation. #NorthernArt
July 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Adolphe Valette's 1910 painting of Albert Square, Manchester, alongside Emily Allchurch's 2015 photo recreation. #NorthernArt
Found this on a recent walk, how thoughtful.
May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Found this on a recent walk, how thoughtful.
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We made a parody song about #PamBondi and the #Qatar #jet being the latest in a pretty sorry state of legal affairs at the #DoJ. It's based off the fantastic #NikKershaw and #ChesneyHawkes's "The One and Only" - though of course, Pam Bondi was really the number two choice. 😘🎶
youtu.be/yYfWkPekNTI
youtu.be/yYfWkPekNTI
"Pamela Bondi" - Marsh Family parody of "The One and Only" sung by Chesney Hawkes (by Nik Kershaw)
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
May 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We made a parody song about #PamBondi and the #Qatar #jet being the latest in a pretty sorry state of legal affairs at the #DoJ. It's based off the fantastic #NikKershaw and #ChesneyHawkes's "The One and Only" - though of course, Pam Bondi was really the number two choice. 😘🎶
youtu.be/yYfWkPekNTI
youtu.be/yYfWkPekNTI
Haha!
May 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Haha!
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I recently had a chat with Gill about #AnneLister in the Pyrenees! Check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/5HfW...
#womenshistory #c19th #queerhistory #travel #research
open.spotify.com/episode/5HfW...
#womenshistory #c19th #queerhistory #travel #research
Anne Lister's Adventures in the Pyrenees. With Marlene Oliveira
History Out Loud · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I recently had a chat with Gill about #AnneLister in the Pyrenees! Check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/5HfW...
#womenshistory #c19th #queerhistory #travel #research
open.spotify.com/episode/5HfW...
#womenshistory #c19th #queerhistory #travel #research
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time fave Bee Gees songs, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!”
A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶
youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4
A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶
youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4
"You Were Not Supposed to Message It Through" - Marsh Family parody of the Bee Gees on #Signalgate
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time fave Bee Gees songs, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!”
A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶
youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4
A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶
youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4
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A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester | Dominic Jackson
#TeslaTakedown @northwestbylines.co.uk
#TeslaTakedown @northwestbylines.co.uk
Tesla Takedown (Gr Manchester edition)
A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Gr Manchester
northwestbylines.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester | Dominic Jackson
#TeslaTakedown @northwestbylines.co.uk
#TeslaTakedown @northwestbylines.co.uk
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open.substack.com/pub/stephenf... Striking passage from a rather wonderful lecture on AI by @stephenfry.bsky.social in September 2024 - even more true today (HT @jjn1.bsky.social )
March 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
open.substack.com/pub/stephenf... Striking passage from a rather wonderful lecture on AI by @stephenfry.bsky.social in September 2024 - even more true today (HT @jjn1.bsky.social )
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Fascinating.
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Fascinating.
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If you only read one thing today, this, by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, should be it:
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/13/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/13/p...
Populist Simplicity in a Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...
bylinetimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you only read one thing today, this, by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, should be it:
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/13/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/13/p...
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The petition is about to hit 25k signatures, please keep reposting www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
March 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The petition is about to hit 25k signatures, please keep reposting www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
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Think what you like of me, but Dominic Grieve is a damn decent cove.
There… said it.
There… said it.
Important to take the week as a whole. Statement from Dominic Grieve:
March 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Think what you like of me, but Dominic Grieve is a damn decent cove.
There… said it.
There… said it.
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America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
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NEW: Special episode of News Agents
Trump kicks Zelensky out of The White House. What happens to Ukraine now?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Trump kicks Zelensky out of The White House. What happens to Ukraine now?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
BONUS EPISODE: Trump kicks Zelenskyy out of The White House
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 28/02/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
NEW: Special episode of News Agents
Trump kicks Zelensky out of The White House. What happens to Ukraine now?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Trump kicks Zelensky out of The White House. What happens to Ukraine now?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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My musical tribute to the legendary singer and pianist Roberta Flack who has died at the age of 88.
Tribute to Roberta Flack
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
My musical tribute to the legendary singer and pianist Roberta Flack who has died at the age of 88.
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Now this! ⬇️
NEW: Extra #Ukrainecast 🎧
President Trump calls Pres Putin & Pres Zelensky and says negotiations have begun to end the war in Ukraine
With Frank Gardner, Vitaliy Shevchenko & me
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
President Trump calls Pres Putin & Pres Zelensky and says negotiations have begun to end the war in Ukraine
With Frank Gardner, Vitaliy Shevchenko & me
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ukrainecast - Trump calls Putin AND Zelensky to begin talks - BBC Sounds
The US president says negotiations to begin 'immediately'
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Now this! ⬇️