Paul Tattam
@paultattam.bsky.social
Taught Modern Languages in UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong. Environment, sustainable transport, politics, guitar, books and learning Japanese. From Shipley, Yorkshire.
It's 2025 and the whole of the south coast - all those wonderful beaches and coves - are mired in filth thanks to the privatised water industry, decades of weak oversight/regulation and 'look the other way' ministers 1/4
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #pollution #sewage @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #pollution #sewage @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's 2025 and the whole of the south coast - all those wonderful beaches and coves - are mired in filth thanks to the privatised water industry, decades of weak oversight/regulation and 'look the other way' ministers 1/4
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #pollution #sewage @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #pollution #sewage @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social
For any fans of platform notices who, like me, happen to be learning Japanese, this one's not too difficult to work out!
@unseenjapan.com @japanrailpass.bsky.social @japanrail.bsky.social @learnjapanbyself.bsky.social @learnjapanese.bsky.social @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social
@unseenjapan.com @japanrailpass.bsky.social @japanrail.bsky.social @learnjapanbyself.bsky.social @learnjapanese.bsky.social @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For any fans of platform notices who, like me, happen to be learning Japanese, this one's not too difficult to work out!
@unseenjapan.com @japanrailpass.bsky.social @japanrail.bsky.social @learnjapanbyself.bsky.social @learnjapanese.bsky.social @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social
@unseenjapan.com @japanrailpass.bsky.social @japanrail.bsky.social @learnjapanbyself.bsky.social @learnjapanese.bsky.social @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social
.. on bloody brilliant female historians - Julia Boyd, Jung Chang, Sabine Bode, Dava Sobel, Anna Funder, Afua Hirsch, Deborah Cadbury, Charlotte Higgins to name but a few...
Thanks for a great read!
Thanks for a great read!
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
.. on bloody brilliant female historians - Julia Boyd, Jung Chang, Sabine Bode, Dava Sobel, Anna Funder, Afua Hirsch, Deborah Cadbury, Charlotte Higgins to name but a few...
Thanks for a great read!
Thanks for a great read!
I came across Bloody Brilliant Women in my local library, started reading and couldn't put it down :) The research is brilliant - particularly the many aspects of the suffragette movement + the chapters on WW1/2
@cathynewman.bsky.social
In the last pages you could easily add a long paragraph ..1/2
@cathynewman.bsky.social
In the last pages you could easily add a long paragraph ..1/2
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I came across Bloody Brilliant Women in my local library, started reading and couldn't put it down :) The research is brilliant - particularly the many aspects of the suffragette movement + the chapters on WW1/2
@cathynewman.bsky.social
In the last pages you could easily add a long paragraph ..1/2
@cathynewman.bsky.social
In the last pages you could easily add a long paragraph ..1/2
It's strange what you miss over the years-I was abroad at the time of the concert mentioned here. Matthew Worley's article is excellent
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@everydayracism.bsky.social
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@srtrcengland.bsky.social
@hopenothate.org.uk
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@everydayracism.bsky.social
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@srtrcengland.bsky.social
@hopenothate.org.uk
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's strange what you miss over the years-I was abroad at the time of the concert mentioned here. Matthew Worley's article is excellent
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@everydayracism.bsky.social
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@srtrcengland.bsky.social
@hopenothate.org.uk
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@everydayracism.bsky.social
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@srtrcengland.bsky.social
@hopenothate.org.uk
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
Deborah Cadbury's book 'Seven Winders of the Industrial Workd ' is great on the London sewers, and as regards USA, she tells the story of the Brooklyn Bridge and Hoover dam quite brilliantly - especially the intolerable conditions the workers faced...
@riss8.bsky.social
#pollution
#sewage
@riss8.bsky.social
#pollution
#sewage
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Deborah Cadbury's book 'Seven Winders of the Industrial Workd ' is great on the London sewers, and as regards USA, she tells the story of the Brooklyn Bridge and Hoover dam quite brilliantly - especially the intolerable conditions the workers faced...
@riss8.bsky.social
#pollution
#sewage
@riss8.bsky.social
#pollution
#sewage
I'm a Modern Languages teacher and I totally agree re sewerage systems!
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@stubbornrose.bsky.social
When Joseph Bazalgette designed the London system mid 19th Century, he'd probably have shied from the word 'sexy', ditto
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@stubbornrose.bsky.social
When Joseph Bazalgette designed the London system mid 19th Century, he'd probably have shied from the word 'sexy', ditto
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I'm a Modern Languages teacher and I totally agree re sewerage systems!
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@stubbornrose.bsky.social
When Joseph Bazalgette designed the London system mid 19th Century, he'd probably have shied from the word 'sexy', ditto
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@stubbornrose.bsky.social
When Joseph Bazalgette designed the London system mid 19th Century, he'd probably have shied from the word 'sexy', ditto
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
Marseille! Merci pour l'article ! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Je n'ai pas l'occas. de visiter la ville en ce moment donc je me contenterai de rerregarder Taxi 1 + le début de Taxi 2. Can't wait to try msemen :)
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
Marseille! Merci pour l'article ! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Je n'ai pas l'occas. de visiter la ville en ce moment donc je me contenterai de rerregarder Taxi 1 + le début de Taxi 2. Can't wait to try msemen :)
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
Marseille! Merci pour l'article ! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Je n'ai pas l'occas. de visiter la ville en ce moment donc je me contenterai de rerregarder Taxi 1 + le début de Taxi 2. Can't wait to try msemen :)
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
Marseille! Merci pour l'article ! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Je n'ai pas l'occas. de visiter la ville en ce moment donc je me contenterai de rerregarder Taxi 1 + le début de Taxi 2. Can't wait to try msemen :)
@tomstewart1984.bsky.social
When does History begin? For many 2025 GCSE students, the cut-off date for "Conflict in the Middle East" was 15 years before they were born
#Gaza @quaker.org.uk
@historytoday.bsky.social
#Gaza @quaker.org.uk
@historytoday.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
When does History begin? For many 2025 GCSE students, the cut-off date for "Conflict in the Middle East" was 15 years before they were born
#Gaza @quaker.org.uk
@historytoday.bsky.social
#Gaza @quaker.org.uk
@historytoday.bsky.social
A picture of a newly built crescent in Mackworth, Derby on page 87 of Municipal Dreams... can be compared with the same street scene almost 80 years later... 4/4
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
@journo-jess.bsky.social
@socialhousing.bsky.social
#ukhousing
#socialhousingfinance
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
@journo-jess.bsky.social
@socialhousing.bsky.social
#ukhousing
#socialhousingfinance
July 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A picture of a newly built crescent in Mackworth, Derby on page 87 of Municipal Dreams... can be compared with the same street scene almost 80 years later... 4/4
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
@journo-jess.bsky.social
@socialhousing.bsky.social
#ukhousing
#socialhousingfinance
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
@journo-jess.bsky.social
@socialhousing.bsky.social
#ukhousing
#socialhousingfinance
Once there was a clear vision - John Boughton's 'Municipal Dreams..' should be required reading for PM, his Cabinet + advisers. Nye Bevan(1946)(p94)"We shall be judged for a year or two on the number of houses we build [.] we shall be judged in 10 years time on the type of houses we build (1946) 2/4
July 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Once there was a clear vision - John Boughton's 'Municipal Dreams..' should be required reading for PM, his Cabinet + advisers. Nye Bevan(1946)(p94)"We shall be judged for a year or two on the number of houses we build [.] we shall be judged in 10 years time on the type of houses we build (1946) 2/4
... 2/3 "That would have been vetoed in about 30 seconds in my day," he said. "We’re not running this like a football stadium where you get all logos all over the place for kicking in money."
@50501movement.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
... 2/3 "That would have been vetoed in about 30 seconds in my day," he said. "We’re not running this like a football stadium where you get all logos all over the place for kicking in money."
@50501movement.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social
Next up - corporate sponsorship of the Thanksgiving holiday?
Meanwhile, " Richard Painter, an attorney who served as George W. Bush's chief counsel on ethics, told the outlet that such a deal should never have made it out into the world.... 1/3
@masaresist.bsky.social
@jlpsea.bsky.social
Meanwhile, " Richard Painter, an attorney who served as George W. Bush's chief counsel on ethics, told the outlet that such a deal should never have made it out into the world.... 1/3
@masaresist.bsky.social
@jlpsea.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Next up - corporate sponsorship of the Thanksgiving holiday?
Meanwhile, " Richard Painter, an attorney who served as George W. Bush's chief counsel on ethics, told the outlet that such a deal should never have made it out into the world.... 1/3
@masaresist.bsky.social
@jlpsea.bsky.social
Meanwhile, " Richard Painter, an attorney who served as George W. Bush's chief counsel on ethics, told the outlet that such a deal should never have made it out into the world.... 1/3
@masaresist.bsky.social
@jlpsea.bsky.social
The #brexit wasteland grows ever bleaker as does UK politician's denial of reality. I tried to get the @theguardian.com @guardianheather.bsky.social to publish attached letter in Dec '24 following the UK's deal with Trans-Pacific Partnership
@brexitbin.bsky.social @bestforbritain.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @bestforbritain.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The #brexit wasteland grows ever bleaker as does UK politician's denial of reality. I tried to get the @theguardian.com @guardianheather.bsky.social to publish attached letter in Dec '24 following the UK's deal with Trans-Pacific Partnership
@brexitbin.bsky.social @bestforbritain.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @bestforbritain.bsky.social
..destroy institutions+unpredictability to reinforce his power "Like Mao, Trump makes ambiguous or contradictory statements,then sits back and watches underlings take chunks out of each other" Sometimes the statements are hardly ambiguous- Canada 51st state!" #stanstead www.haskelloperahouse.org 2/3
April 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
..destroy institutions+unpredictability to reinforce his power "Like Mao, Trump makes ambiguous or contradictory statements,then sits back and watches underlings take chunks out of each other" Sometimes the statements are hardly ambiguous- Canada 51st state!" #stanstead www.haskelloperahouse.org 2/3
Tiens, pourquoi pas m'abonner!?
@labour4europe.bsky.social
Btw when is 'resetting relations with EU' going to mean anything tangible?
@channel4news.bsky.social
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@brexitshambles.bsky.social
@brexitpirates.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
@labour4europe.bsky.social
Btw when is 'resetting relations with EU' going to mean anything tangible?
@channel4news.bsky.social
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@brexitshambles.bsky.social
@brexitpirates.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tiens, pourquoi pas m'abonner!?
@labour4europe.bsky.social
Btw when is 'resetting relations with EU' going to mean anything tangible?
@channel4news.bsky.social
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@brexitshambles.bsky.social
@brexitpirates.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
@labour4europe.bsky.social
Btw when is 'resetting relations with EU' going to mean anything tangible?
@channel4news.bsky.social
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@brexitshambles.bsky.social
@brexitpirates.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
J'ai préféré fêter le soi-disant d'un certain Président en suivant des comptes Bluesky de nombreux journalistes de
@liberation.fr .
Merci pour m'avoir encouragé, cher Donald! 1/2
@afpfr.bsky.social
@politico.eu
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
@theneweuropean.bsky.social
@liberation.fr .
Merci pour m'avoir encouragé, cher Donald! 1/2
@afpfr.bsky.social
@politico.eu
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
@theneweuropean.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
J'ai préféré fêter le soi-disant d'un certain Président en suivant des comptes Bluesky de nombreux journalistes de
@liberation.fr .
Merci pour m'avoir encouragé, cher Donald! 1/2
@afpfr.bsky.social
@politico.eu
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
@theneweuropean.bsky.social
@liberation.fr .
Merci pour m'avoir encouragé, cher Donald! 1/2
@afpfr.bsky.social
@politico.eu
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
@theneweuropean.bsky.social
The enormous platform, built in Qidong China delivers wind turbine blades/towers to their final location. 2/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
@greenenergyfutures.bsky.social #climate @greenpartymolly.bsky.social
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
@greenenergyfutures.bsky.social #climate @greenpartymolly.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The enormous platform, built in Qidong China delivers wind turbine blades/towers to their final location. 2/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
@greenenergyfutures.bsky.social #climate @greenpartymolly.bsky.social
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
@greenenergyfutures.bsky.social #climate @greenpartymolly.bsky.social
Growth, Madame Chancellor? Think Brexit + UK Manufacturing ....
Here is Cadeler (Danish owned) Wind Peak alongside the Spanish/German Siemens Gamesa turbine blade manufacturing site in Hull... 1/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social @brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
Here is Cadeler (Danish owned) Wind Peak alongside the Spanish/German Siemens Gamesa turbine blade manufacturing site in Hull... 1/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social @brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Growth, Madame Chancellor? Think Brexit + UK Manufacturing ....
Here is Cadeler (Danish owned) Wind Peak alongside the Spanish/German Siemens Gamesa turbine blade manufacturing site in Hull... 1/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social @brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
Here is Cadeler (Danish owned) Wind Peak alongside the Spanish/German Siemens Gamesa turbine blade manufacturing site in Hull... 1/2
@labourgrowth.bsky.social @makeuk.bsky.social @brexitbin.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
What @nydailynews.com + others said almost 4 years before invasion of Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine
@katharineviner.bsky.social
@cathynewman.bsky.social
@krishgm.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@liberation.fr
@elpaisamerica.bsky.social
@emilythornberry.bsky.social
@donald-tusk.bsky.social
#StandWithUkraine
@katharineviner.bsky.social
@cathynewman.bsky.social
@krishgm.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@liberation.fr
@elpaisamerica.bsky.social
@emilythornberry.bsky.social
@donald-tusk.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What @nydailynews.com + others said almost 4 years before invasion of Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine
@katharineviner.bsky.social
@cathynewman.bsky.social
@krishgm.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@liberation.fr
@elpaisamerica.bsky.social
@emilythornberry.bsky.social
@donald-tusk.bsky.social
#StandWithUkraine
@katharineviner.bsky.social
@cathynewman.bsky.social
@krishgm.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@liberation.fr
@elpaisamerica.bsky.social
@emilythornberry.bsky.social
@donald-tusk.bsky.social
It was known for years that false promises re post Brexit sunlit seascape for UK fishing were made-are ppl listening now(?) 1/3 @labour4europe.bsky.social
Youtube video tweet 3
@brexitbin.bsky.social @brexitshambles.bsky.social @skiwithstyle1.bsky.social
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-fisherma...
Youtube video tweet 3
@brexitbin.bsky.social @brexitshambles.bsky.social @skiwithstyle1.bsky.social
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-fisherma...
February 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It was known for years that false promises re post Brexit sunlit seascape for UK fishing were made-are ppl listening now(?) 1/3 @labour4europe.bsky.social
Youtube video tweet 3
@brexitbin.bsky.social @brexitshambles.bsky.social @skiwithstyle1.bsky.social
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-fisherma...
Youtube video tweet 3
@brexitbin.bsky.social @brexitshambles.bsky.social @skiwithstyle1.bsky.social
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-fisherma...
In 1776 the Declaration in Congress held certain truths to be self-evident"all men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness"1/2
@bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
@iisd.org @instituteforgov.bsky.social
@bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
@iisd.org @instituteforgov.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In 1776 the Declaration in Congress held certain truths to be self-evident"all men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness"1/2
@bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
@iisd.org @instituteforgov.bsky.social
@bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
@iisd.org @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Seen in Barton on Humber...
Captions anyone ?
@hulllibraries.bsky.social @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
@hulldailymail.co.uk @tomstewart1984.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk
Captions anyone ?
@hulllibraries.bsky.social @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
@hulldailymail.co.uk @tomstewart1984.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Seen in Barton on Humber...
Captions anyone ?
@hulllibraries.bsky.social @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
@hulldailymail.co.uk @tomstewart1984.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk
Captions anyone ?
@hulllibraries.bsky.social @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
@hulldailymail.co.uk @tomstewart1984.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk
The false claims+twisting of facts heard in #jdvance 's speech to #MSC surface again & are breathtaking (eg claims re UK) in this interview with a former National Security official-claims deftly refuted by @channel4news.bsky.social 's anchor @krishgm.bsky.social 4/4
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
February 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The false claims+twisting of facts heard in #jdvance 's speech to #MSC surface again & are breathtaking (eg claims re UK) in this interview with a former National Security official-claims deftly refuted by @channel4news.bsky.social 's anchor @krishgm.bsky.social 4/4
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
high profile in original French/German when I was working in Stuttgart in 1976. Great that JZ is still being talked about in 2025 2/2
@johnraimo.bsky.social
@tylermcbrien.bsky.social
@beaniebob.bsky.social
@irizoris.bsky.social
@ragumpert.bsky.social
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
@liberation.fr
@johnraimo.bsky.social
@tylermcbrien.bsky.social
@beaniebob.bsky.social
@irizoris.bsky.social
@ragumpert.bsky.social
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
@liberation.fr
February 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
high profile in original French/German when I was working in Stuttgart in 1976. Great that JZ is still being talked about in 2025 2/2
@johnraimo.bsky.social
@tylermcbrien.bsky.social
@beaniebob.bsky.social
@irizoris.bsky.social
@ragumpert.bsky.social
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
@liberation.fr
@johnraimo.bsky.social
@tylermcbrien.bsky.social
@beaniebob.bsky.social
@irizoris.bsky.social
@ragumpert.bsky.social
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
@liberation.fr