Lee Wellbrook
@leewellbrook.bsky.social
Retired IT professional, part-time mandolin player, left-leaning atheist, full-time grandfather, father and husband. Eternally pissed off and grumpy with the state of the world.
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in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
Tonight’s vinyl session seems to have a theme of women who have been known to enjoy a tipple or two….
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Tonight’s vinyl session seems to have a theme of women who have been known to enjoy a tipple or two….
Methinks he doth redact too much….
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Methinks he doth redact too much….
So here’s a new one - unhurtful racism.
I’ll put that over there in the big box along with the unwet water, the unhot fire and the undark night…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll put that over there in the big box along with the unwet water, the unhot fire and the undark night…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So here’s a new one - unhurtful racism.
I’ll put that over there in the big box along with the unwet water, the unhot fire and the undark night…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll put that over there in the big box along with the unwet water, the unhot fire and the undark night…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Vinyl night - it’s slightly shambolic, loose-limbed, rambunctious rock’n’roll time….
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Vinyl night - it’s slightly shambolic, loose-limbed, rambunctious rock’n’roll time….
Having enjoyed Hamilton tremendously, I am so looking forward to when Lin-Manuel Miranda gets around to turning the Trump-Musk spat in to a musical….
June 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Having enjoyed Hamilton tremendously, I am so looking forward to when Lin-Manuel Miranda gets around to turning the Trump-Musk spat in to a musical….
Strong Welsh theme to tonight’s vinyl selections…
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Strong Welsh theme to tonight’s vinyl selections…
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“This is the nature of nationalist populism, whether it wears a red cap in Michigan or a turquoise rosette in Runcorn. It is expert at turning grievance, division and nostalgia into votes. But when it comes to governing, it will always fail.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: he can rage, but he can’t govern | Jonathan Freedland
Americans are beginning to worry about their future amid a shrinking economy, warnings of empty shelves – and the president’s failed promises, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“This is the nature of nationalist populism, whether it wears a red cap in Michigan or a turquoise rosette in Runcorn. It is expert at turning grievance, division and nostalgia into votes. But when it comes to governing, it will always fail.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Currently spinning chez Wellbrook - you never forget your first guitar hero….
April 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Currently spinning chez Wellbrook - you never forget your first guitar hero….
It’s been some years since I last played this - damn, it stands the test of time (and I can even forgive Phil Lynott’s difficulty in understanding whereabouts in town the jailbreak might be taking place).
April 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s been some years since I last played this - damn, it stands the test of time (and I can even forgive Phil Lynott’s difficulty in understanding whereabouts in town the jailbreak might be taking place).
Are you finding that Truth Social and X are just a little too staid and moderate for your liking? Do you need a big dollop of right wing unhinged batshit craziness in your life? Have we got the product for you…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Are you finding that Truth Social and X are just a little too staid and moderate for your liking? Do you need a big dollop of right wing unhinged batshit craziness in your life? Have we got the product for you…..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here’s an idea.
Instead of Canada becoming the 51st State, how about we make America the 11th Province of Canada and install Mark Carney as President?
Instead of Canada becoming the 51st State, how about we make America the 11th Province of Canada and install Mark Carney as President?
April 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Here’s an idea.
Instead of Canada becoming the 51st State, how about we make America the 11th Province of Canada and install Mark Carney as President?
Instead of Canada becoming the 51st State, how about we make America the 11th Province of Canada and install Mark Carney as President?
Current platter spinning chez Wellbrook….
April 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Current platter spinning chez Wellbrook….
So this is on the menu today, for precisely 50% of the band….
April 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So this is on the menu today, for precisely 50% of the band….
Dear media people - please stop with trying to analyse the tariff lunacy as if there’s some kind of masterful strategy or logical plan that sits behind it. Call it out for what it is - the spiteful vengeance of a crazed, demented, unintelligent old man with mob boss pretensions.
April 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dear media people - please stop with trying to analyse the tariff lunacy as if there’s some kind of masterful strategy or logical plan that sits behind it. Call it out for what it is - the spiteful vengeance of a crazed, demented, unintelligent old man with mob boss pretensions.
From The Guardian:-
“The US is about to discover the one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.”
“The US is about to discover the one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.”
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
From The Guardian:-
“The US is about to discover the one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.”
“The US is about to discover the one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.”
From the judge in the Marine Le Pen case:-
“The court took into consideration, in addition to the risk of reoffending, the major disturbance of public order if a person already convicted... was a candidate in the presidential election”.
If only the US courts had a similar level of backbone…..
“The court took into consideration, in addition to the risk of reoffending, the major disturbance of public order if a person already convicted... was a candidate in the presidential election”.
If only the US courts had a similar level of backbone…..
March 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
From the judge in the Marine Le Pen case:-
“The court took into consideration, in addition to the risk of reoffending, the major disturbance of public order if a person already convicted... was a candidate in the presidential election”.
If only the US courts had a similar level of backbone…..
“The court took into consideration, in addition to the risk of reoffending, the major disturbance of public order if a person already convicted... was a candidate in the presidential election”.
If only the US courts had a similar level of backbone…..
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Tonight's the night: our spring Science Café is here. We're Going Back to the Moon with Radishes on Prozac and Good Things in Small Packages :-)
Join us at Otley Courthouse, 7.30pm, Thursday 27th for just £6 (under 18s free). Full info:
Join us at Otley Courthouse, 7.30pm, Thursday 27th for just £6 (under 18s free). Full info:
Science Cafés
Otley Science Café: 3 diverse topics, time for questions, informal atmosphere, bar open. Sit back and enjoy!
otleysciencefestival.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Tonight's the night: our spring Science Café is here. We're Going Back to the Moon with Radishes on Prozac and Good Things in Small Packages :-)
Join us at Otley Courthouse, 7.30pm, Thursday 27th for just £6 (under 18s free). Full info:
Join us at Otley Courthouse, 7.30pm, Thursday 27th for just £6 (under 18s free). Full info:
Latest charity shop booty (£5 in Oxfam) - looking forward to giving it a spin later this evening.
March 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Latest charity shop booty (£5 in Oxfam) - looking forward to giving it a spin later this evening.
Just saw a headline pop up on the news screen in the train carriage I’m travelling on - “Museum burglars found guilty of cage fighter murder plot”.
At no point in that sentence did I know what the next word was going to be…
At no point in that sentence did I know what the next word was going to be…
March 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just saw a headline pop up on the news screen in the train carriage I’m travelling on - “Museum burglars found guilty of cage fighter murder plot”.
At no point in that sentence did I know what the next word was going to be…
At no point in that sentence did I know what the next word was going to be…
The candles are lit, the Malbec is poured and I’m feeling like I’m back in 1972 as I’m spinning this on the turntable at the moment.
Now, where did I put my cheesecloth shirt and my army surplus greatcoat…?
Now, where did I put my cheesecloth shirt and my army surplus greatcoat…?
March 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The candles are lit, the Malbec is poured and I’m feeling like I’m back in 1972 as I’m spinning this on the turntable at the moment.
Now, where did I put my cheesecloth shirt and my army surplus greatcoat…?
Now, where did I put my cheesecloth shirt and my army surplus greatcoat…?
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Here comes the spring Science Café: Thursday 27th, 7.30pm with Radishes on Prozac, Good Things in Small Packages and Returning to the Moon all on the menu, all for £6 (under 18s free).
Come and join us at Otley Courthouse for entertainment and education.
otleysciencefestival.co.uk/science-cafes/
Come and join us at Otley Courthouse for entertainment and education.
otleysciencefestival.co.uk/science-cafes/
Science Cafés
Otley Science Café: 3 diverse topics, time for questions, informal atmosphere, bar open. Sit back and enjoy!
otleysciencefestival.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here comes the spring Science Café: Thursday 27th, 7.30pm with Radishes on Prozac, Good Things in Small Packages and Returning to the Moon all on the menu, all for £6 (under 18s free).
Come and join us at Otley Courthouse for entertainment and education.
otleysciencefestival.co.uk/science-cafes/
Come and join us at Otley Courthouse for entertainment and education.
otleysciencefestival.co.uk/science-cafes/