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Luke Stephens
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Mainly here for #MUFC.
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Former England, Stoke, Leicester, Luton and Chelmsford City footballer, Frank Soo, to be awarded posthumous honorary England cap. Soo was the first player of Asian descent to play for England, making his debut against Wales in 1942. Further details - www.thefa.com/news/2025/se... #sportshistory
September 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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I think the current madness pervading the Right in this country is far, far deeper and wider than the grand illusion of Corbynism was for the left between 2015 and 2019.
July 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The Sycamore Gap Tree had a 'cameo' in 28 Years Later. It was recreated using CGI to show both the alternate timeline in the movie and as a tribute. Can't decide how I feel about this, but shows that even in death, the tree is abstracted from nature.

www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/2527209...
Oscar-winning director reveals why Sycamore Gap Tree is included in hit film
"It had already been destroyed by the time we came to film, so we recreated it for the same reasons that you see the Queen in this… all the…
www.hexham-courant.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Feels like quite a few people have been waiting their whole lives for the moment when being openly racist in print is no longer career ending and are determined to make the most of it.
June 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Luke and I wrote a paper!

Two years ago, the Sycamore Gap Tree was cut down in the dead of night. Responses to this "act of vandalism" made us think about the role of nature in ontic space, and dualism between human and non/human allows for destruction of nature.

academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
June 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM