Paul
@paul08.bsky.social
Football, Cotswolds, History, MotoGP, travel
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November 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
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October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Absolutely wonderful. As a fan of Cheers since first broadcast, I enjoyed this.
Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
Where nobody knows your name...
Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely wonderful. As a fan of Cheers since first broadcast, I enjoyed this.
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Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
Where nobody knows your name...
Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
joelmorris.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
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My latest blog post, Mosaics underfoot, is not what it seems, you'll need to read it to find out why...
#Roman #Mosaics #Cirencester #Iotd
jhm.scilla.org.uk/2025/09/22/m...
#Roman #Mosaics #Cirencester #Iotd
jhm.scilla.org.uk/2025/09/22/m...
Mosaics underfoot
Walking through the Corinium Museum is not just a walk through history; it is a pilgrimage into the very nature of human experience. These mosaics remind me that we are connected to the past not ju…
jhm.scilla.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My latest blog post, Mosaics underfoot, is not what it seems, you'll need to read it to find out why...
#Roman #Mosaics #Cirencester #Iotd
jhm.scilla.org.uk/2025/09/22/m...
#Roman #Mosaics #Cirencester #Iotd
jhm.scilla.org.uk/2025/09/22/m...
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For #mosaicmonday a stunning 6th century Byzantine mosaic ceiling of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna.
Read about Byzantium and it's rich history & culture here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology
Read about Byzantium and it's rich history & culture here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology
September 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
For #mosaicmonday a stunning 6th century Byzantine mosaic ceiling of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna.
Read about Byzantium and it's rich history & culture here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology
Read about Byzantium and it's rich history & culture here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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My contribution to this evening’s Locally Sourced Comedy ‘B’ themed raffle.
From 7.30pm at Little Drop of Poison on Fore Street, Exeter. It’s Exeter’s premier new material comedy night largely funded by a raffle-based economy. Come along it’s always a great, unpredictable night.
From 7.30pm at Little Drop of Poison on Fore Street, Exeter. It’s Exeter’s premier new material comedy night largely funded by a raffle-based economy. Come along it’s always a great, unpredictable night.
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My contribution to this evening’s Locally Sourced Comedy ‘B’ themed raffle.
From 7.30pm at Little Drop of Poison on Fore Street, Exeter. It’s Exeter’s premier new material comedy night largely funded by a raffle-based economy. Come along it’s always a great, unpredictable night.
From 7.30pm at Little Drop of Poison on Fore Street, Exeter. It’s Exeter’s premier new material comedy night largely funded by a raffle-based economy. Come along it’s always a great, unpredictable night.
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There has been much outrage over the downplaying of Moto2 and Moto3. Most of it is contrived. But it is based on a valid concern: without Moto2 and Moto3, #MotoGP loses so much of the story that makes it what it is.
motomatters.com/opinion/2025...
motomatters.com/opinion/2025...
OPINION: Erasing Moto2 & Moto3 Is Erasing MotoGP History | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks
motomatters.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There has been much outrage over the downplaying of Moto2 and Moto3. Most of it is contrived. But it is based on a valid concern: without Moto2 and Moto3, #MotoGP loses so much of the story that makes it what it is.
motomatters.com/opinion/2025...
motomatters.com/opinion/2025...
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I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
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Still one of the best. This never gets old. 🥰
September 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Still one of the best. This never gets old. 🥰
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This, the finest news story ever published, has once again appeared in my inbox, and it would be rude not to share it.
![THRASHED BY A LADY CYCLIST.
WHO IS NOTED FOR HER ATHLETIC POWERS.
[SUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.]
AN extraordinary scene was witnessed on Seturday morning in Peel Lane, a thoroughfare connecting Little Hulton with lyldesley, in which the principal participants were a young lady cyclist and a youth of nineteen or twenty. The lady was riding at a good pace, and when in a quiet part of the road the young man, who had apparently been imbibing, stepped into the roadway, and, addressing some insulting remarks to the cyclist, made as if he intended pulling her of the machine. She immediately alighted caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him& sound thrashing, using her tists in scientitie fashion, to the delight of several colliers who were passing. The young man made off, and the cyclist, who is believed to be a Bolton lady noted for her athletic powers, rode off towards Tylesley.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:irlrdb4p2swljzcdjbhc54gd/bafkreiedp7arp6qkhtp5sx5uff7ba3ps4cneoyinnff36wfppwdicwwrj4@jpeg)
September 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This, the finest news story ever published, has once again appeared in my inbox, and it would be rude not to share it.
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This food historian says it wasn't. I HAVE NO VIEW ON THE SUBJECT.
roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/who-own...
roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/who-own...
Who owns Chicken Tikka Masala?
Glaswegians claim to have invented the iconic British-Desi dish. But so do Newcastlers, Punjabis and Uttarpradeshis. Who is telling the truth?
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September 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This food historian says it wasn't. I HAVE NO VIEW ON THE SUBJECT.
roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/who-own...
roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/who-own...
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In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
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DAUGHTER: What would you like for your birthday?
ME: [wanting only for her to continue to share the bits of the world she finds meaningful, for her to find moments of joy as so much of experience conspires against it, for her to move both toward and away from the self] I could use some new socks
ME: [wanting only for her to continue to share the bits of the world she finds meaningful, for her to find moments of joy as so much of experience conspires against it, for her to move both toward and away from the self] I could use some new socks
July 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
DAUGHTER: What would you like for your birthday?
ME: [wanting only for her to continue to share the bits of the world she finds meaningful, for her to find moments of joy as so much of experience conspires against it, for her to move both toward and away from the self] I could use some new socks
ME: [wanting only for her to continue to share the bits of the world she finds meaningful, for her to find moments of joy as so much of experience conspires against it, for her to move both toward and away from the self] I could use some new socks
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Noel and Liam warming up for Oasis’s first gig in 16 years.
Cardiff 2025.
Cardiff 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Noel and Liam warming up for Oasis’s first gig in 16 years.
Cardiff 2025.
Cardiff 2025.
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homes under the horror
July 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
homes under the horror
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"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
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They hate London because it is beautiful
Matthew Goodwin went to that there London the other day and what he found shook him to his core.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
👏👏👏👏👏 @iandunt.bsky.social iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...
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I'm at the 'I've sharpened all my pencils' point of Monday procrastination routine
June 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm at the 'I've sharpened all my pencils' point of Monday procrastination routine