Peter Jones
@peterjones37.bsky.social
A (painfully niche) interest in rugby, history, literature.
“He Did His Bit” The Stories behind the Shirt Collection of Welsh Rugby Legend Charlie Pritchard (Gomer, 2020)
“He Did His Bit” The Stories behind the Shirt Collection of Welsh Rugby Legend Charlie Pritchard (Gomer, 2020)
@psbhq.bsky.social Great night! Merci! #paris
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
@psbhq.bsky.social Great night! Merci! #paris
@psbhq.bsky.social Looking forward to the gig tonight in #Paris - long way from Every Valley in #Caerphilly
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
@psbhq.bsky.social Looking forward to the gig tonight in #Paris - long way from Every Valley in #Caerphilly
On this day in 1819, #poet John Keats went for a walk in the water meadows outside Winchester #hampshire #visitengland #poetry #romantics
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September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
On this day in 1819, #poet John Keats went for a walk in the water meadows outside Winchester #hampshire #visitengland #poetry #romantics
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/...
July 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Killed on this day on the Western Front in 1917, @englandrugby.bsky.social star John Raphael. His distraught mother asked for her ashes to be buried in his grave @cwgc.bsky.social Lijjsenthoek. #ww1 #rugbyhistory
June 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Killed on this day on the Western Front in 1917, @englandrugby.bsky.social star John Raphael. His distraught mother asked for her ashes to be buried in his grave @cwgc.bsky.social Lijjsenthoek. #ww1 #rugbyhistory
June 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The Candover winding its way through the water meadows today #hampshire #nature #landscape #photography #hampshirelife #chalkstream #ecology
May 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Candover winding its way through the water meadows today #hampshire #nature #landscape #photography #hampshirelife #chalkstream #ecology
Reading this atm - can’t imagine why story of a populist politician should have attracted me, but hey ho…” #reading #americanlit #literature #fiction
“…soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.”
“…soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.”
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reading this atm - can’t imagine why story of a populist politician should have attracted me, but hey ho…” #reading #americanlit #literature #fiction
“…soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.”
“…soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.”
Presumably no Republican in audience as they were protesting that the lead role was a DEI hire…
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The Bidens joined A-list celebrities at the opening night of 'Othello' on Broadway. Here's what everyone wore.
The opening night of "Othello" on Broadway was the place to be for celebrities on Sunday. Martha Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, and the Bidens attended.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Presumably no Republican in audience as they were protesting that the lead role was a DEI hire…
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Tag Rugby @RomseyRFC www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/sport/250217... #tagrugby #schoolsport #hampshirelife
Pupils 'tagged' at fun rugby event hosted by Romsey RFC
Teams of Yr 5 and Yr 6 pupils from Cupernham Junior, Romsey Primary, Rownhams Primary, North Baddesley Junior, Halterworth Primary and Braishfield…
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March 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tag Rugby @RomseyRFC www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/sport/250217... #tagrugby #schoolsport #hampshirelife
“to remind us of what comes and goes, rises and falls, and what really and truly endures.”
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Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak | Substack
Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks. Click to read Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shaf...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“to remind us of what comes and goes, rises and falls, and what really and truly endures.”
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Born #onthisday 1907, #poet WH Auden. #literature #writing
“Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.”
“Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.”
February 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Born #onthisday 1907, #poet WH Auden. #literature #writing
“Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.”
“Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.”
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If you're wondering why Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring is back climbing the podcast charts, you've got to listen to our revelations in Episode 8 on why the ISC Russia Report was suppressed and what was in it about Brexit and Putin
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February 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you're wondering why Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring is back climbing the podcast charts, you've got to listen to our revelations in Episode 8 on why the ISC Russia Report was suppressed and what was in it about Brexit and Putin
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Really hope he’s wrong in that last sentence. But perhaps here in uk Brexit - or rather its apparent failure - may be an example of the limitations of populist nationalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted | Rafael Behr
Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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February 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Really hope he’s wrong in that last sentence. But perhaps here in uk Brexit - or rather its apparent failure - may be an example of the limitations of populist nationalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Born #onthisday, #ww2 hero and one of the great #travel writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor
“I fell asleep among the beer mugs and when I woke I couldn’t think where I was…”
“I fell asleep among the beer mugs and when I woke I couldn’t think where I was…”
February 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Born #onthisday, #ww2 hero and one of the great #travel writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor
“I fell asleep among the beer mugs and when I woke I couldn’t think where I was…”
“I fell asleep among the beer mugs and when I woke I couldn’t think where I was…”
Spring on the way #nature #photography
February 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Spring on the way #nature #photography
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Tennyson at Lincoln cathedral
“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
#poetry #literature #photography
“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
#poetry #literature #photography
January 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tennyson at Lincoln cathedral
“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
#poetry #literature #photography
“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
#poetry #literature #photography
Killed in action 110 yrs ago today - @welshrugbyunion.bsky.social player Charles Taylor.
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January 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Killed in action 110 yrs ago today - @welshrugbyunion.bsky.social player Charles Taylor.
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Large majorities of Brits and Germans - except, oddly, for Reform and AfD voters - think Elon Musk knows diddly squat about their countries and should stop interfering in their politics www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s attempts to sway German and UK politics thought ‘unacceptable’ – poll
Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD voters
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January 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Large majorities of Brits and Germans - except, oddly, for Reform and AfD voters - think Elon Musk knows diddly squat about their countries and should stop interfering in their politics www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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David Squires on … FA Cup third-round thrills, spills and a shock return
David Squires on … FA Cup third-round thrills, spills and a shock return
Our cartoonist on an upset in west London, Zidane skills in Tamworth and David Moyes taking over at Everton
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* David’s new book, Chaos in the Box: buy it now
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January 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
David Squires on … FA Cup third-round thrills, spills and a shock return
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January 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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