Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social
Semi-retired freelance journo, ex-editorial "consultant"* to conservation NGOs. Currently immobilised by orthopaedic boot. Busy with books & BFI subscription.
*Facilitating stakeholder engagement by correcting grammar & spelling.
Will edit for food.
*Facilitating stakeholder engagement by correcting grammar & spelling.
Will edit for food.
If you look hard you can see the strings Putin's pulling.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you look hard you can see the strings Putin's pulling.
Outdoor tomatoes from the allotment, 5th Nov: Moneymaker & Sungold still producing. One last courgette on what I thought was a dead plant. Buff-tailed (I think) Bumblebees on the borage & Phacelia flowers. Late lettuces weirdly undamaged by molluscs (I'll regret saying that).
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Outdoor tomatoes from the allotment, 5th Nov: Moneymaker & Sungold still producing. One last courgette on what I thought was a dead plant. Buff-tailed (I think) Bumblebees on the borage & Phacelia flowers. Late lettuces weirdly undamaged by molluscs (I'll regret saying that).
Wait until they find out some raptors can carry away whole SUVs.
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Wait until they find out some raptors can carry away whole SUVs.
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Just arrived. Postage free & with a discount from Blackwells.
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Just arrived. Postage free & with a discount from Blackwells.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/22/r...
"Council tax bills are set to go up in 8 of the 10 Reform-led authorities. “I never once, in the entirety of the English county election campaigns, said we could cut council tax,” said Nigel Farage last week. Which makes these election flyers rather awkward…"
"Council tax bills are set to go up in 8 of the 10 Reform-led authorities. “I never once, in the entirety of the English county election campaigns, said we could cut council tax,” said Nigel Farage last week. Which makes these election flyers rather awkward…"
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/22/r...
"Council tax bills are set to go up in 8 of the 10 Reform-led authorities. “I never once, in the entirety of the English county election campaigns, said we could cut council tax,” said Nigel Farage last week. Which makes these election flyers rather awkward…"
"Council tax bills are set to go up in 8 of the 10 Reform-led authorities. “I never once, in the entirety of the English county election campaigns, said we could cut council tax,” said Nigel Farage last week. Which makes these election flyers rather awkward…"
I don't drive, but this the view from my window -which also steals my light. Nobody asked me, & I've never had the chance to vote about this. And yes, the wheels are up on the pavement -there's a white line allocating part of the pedestrian walkway to parking.
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I don't drive, but this the view from my window -which also steals my light. Nobody asked me, & I've never had the chance to vote about this. And yes, the wheels are up on the pavement -there's a white line allocating part of the pedestrian walkway to parking.
The view from my downstairs window. They are allocated a chunk of the pavement, but still take up so much of our narrow Victorian street that drivers of similar vehicles have to slow down to pass between. The one directly in front will probably sit there stealing our light for the rest of the week.
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The view from my downstairs window. They are allocated a chunk of the pavement, but still take up so much of our narrow Victorian street that drivers of similar vehicles have to slow down to pass between. The one directly in front will probably sit there stealing our light for the rest of the week.
Crossover month. Greenhouse tomatoes still doing well; even the outdoor plants still producing a few. No sign of blight. 2nd lot of courgettes, sown late June. Leeks finally getting to a good size, better late etc, & more kale -Tuscan, Red Russian, Pentland Brig -than we can keep up with.
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Crossover month. Greenhouse tomatoes still doing well; even the outdoor plants still producing a few. No sign of blight. 2nd lot of courgettes, sown late June. Leeks finally getting to a good size, better late etc, & more kale -Tuscan, Red Russian, Pentland Brig -than we can keep up with.
Either-way-up heads.
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Either-way-up heads.
Andrea at CABS said “this is the biggest ever series of raids on illegal trappers here in Cyprus. Usually the authorities organise a token raid at the end of the season to make it look like they are taking serious action"
Fundraiser for CABS will be closing soon.
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Fundraiser for CABS will be closing soon.
donorbox.org/help-stop-il...
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Andrea at CABS said “this is the biggest ever series of raids on illegal trappers here in Cyprus. Usually the authorities organise a token raid at the end of the season to make it look like they are taking serious action"
Fundraiser for CABS will be closing soon.
donorbox.org/help-stop-il...
Fundraiser for CABS will be closing soon.
donorbox.org/help-stop-il...
"Richard Tice confirms Reform abandoning firm commitment to most of £90bn tax cuts in 2024 manifesto"
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Richard Tice confirms Reform abandoning firm commitment to most of £90bn tax cuts in 2024 manifesto"
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Heads by Spitting Image.
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Heads by Spitting Image.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
"Sources have identified the location as Nathan Gill’s Strasbourg office, and the diary schedule of ‘NG’ on the calendar behind him on the wall definitively places this photograph in mid-December 2018."
"Sources have identified the location as Nathan Gill’s Strasbourg office, and the diary schedule of ‘NG’ on the calendar behind him on the wall definitively places this photograph in mid-December 2018."
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
"Sources have identified the location as Nathan Gill’s Strasbourg office, and the diary schedule of ‘NG’ on the calendar behind him on the wall definitively places this photograph in mid-December 2018."
"Sources have identified the location as Nathan Gill’s Strasbourg office, and the diary schedule of ‘NG’ on the calendar behind him on the wall definitively places this photograph in mid-December 2018."
Should be someone standing between them with "I" on their glass.
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Should be someone standing between them with "I" on their glass.
More police than saddos w/ banners at this demo. Any idea when & where it was taken, & also where they are based? Their website is a bit shy on geographical details.
tpointuk.co.uk/contact/
tpointuk.co.uk/contact/
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
More police than saddos w/ banners at this demo. Any idea when & where it was taken, & also where they are based? Their website is a bit shy on geographical details.
tpointuk.co.uk/contact/
tpointuk.co.uk/contact/
I'm off to Epping with a Bible wrapped in a Union Jack & a box of matches. Looking forward to your support, Robert.
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I'm off to Epping with a Bible wrapped in a Union Jack & a box of matches. Looking forward to your support, Robert.
From Kent-set Great Expectations:
"He pretended that his Christian name was #Dolge—a clear Impossibility—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him ...wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding."
victorianweb.org/art/illustra...
"He pretended that his Christian name was #Dolge—a clear Impossibility—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him ...wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding."
victorianweb.org/art/illustra...
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
From Kent-set Great Expectations:
"He pretended that his Christian name was #Dolge—a clear Impossibility—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him ...wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding."
victorianweb.org/art/illustra...
"He pretended that his Christian name was #Dolge—a clear Impossibility—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him ...wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding."
victorianweb.org/art/illustra...
The problem is Cambridge is surrounded by Cambridgeshire, where the thinking on transport is very different to that in the city. Viz Bristow pledging to reopen Mill Rd bridge.
"Cambridge brand" is right. Monetised for all it's worth these days, as pic below shows. ("Masters in all day comfort"...)
"Cambridge brand" is right. Monetised for all it's worth these days, as pic below shows. ("Masters in all day comfort"...)
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The problem is Cambridge is surrounded by Cambridgeshire, where the thinking on transport is very different to that in the city. Viz Bristow pledging to reopen Mill Rd bridge.
"Cambridge brand" is right. Monetised for all it's worth these days, as pic below shows. ("Masters in all day comfort"...)
"Cambridge brand" is right. Monetised for all it's worth these days, as pic below shows. ("Masters in all day comfort"...)