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Phil Chamberlain
@philchamberlain.bsky.social
Tobacco Control Research Group at University of Bath; author Blacklisted and Drones & Journalism; investigative journalist and academic; radical press historian; Wiltshire Cllr
Lib Dems defeat Reform motion at @wiltscouncil.bsky.social Full Council meeting which would have ended action to tackle climate change. In 2019 a coalition of LDs and Tories declared a climate emergency.Today the Tories abstained #wrongsideofhistory
July 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
May 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
From @thetimes.com top culture tips and hacks. I did this at a Neil Young concert to get the last train and his final track was a surprise duet with Paul McCartney doing A Day in the Life.
March 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It is #independentvenueweek and off to see blues guitarist Mississippi Macdonald above the Bath Pizza Co at Green Park #Bath . Part of new Nightjar line-up of pay what u can gigs. Great stort here on musicians and fave small venues #blues www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
January 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Started Warren Zanes’ Deliver Me From Nowhere about the making of the 1982 Bruce Springsteen album Nebraska.
Two kind staff at @toppingsbath.bsky.social spent ages finding it on the shelf for me. And glad they did.
#MondayReads #AmReading
January 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here’s the interior of St Thomas Beckett church in Salisbury as my opening contribution #wiltshire
November 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Off to Strange Brew in Bristol tonight to see W H Lung. Caught them a couple of years back at Moles in Bath and very excited to see the Manchester band again. Now Moles is no more and nobody has a Bsky handle but #livemusic is still good. #WHLung #Bristolmusic
November 20, 2024 at 7:52 AM
You’ll be pleased to see…
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Lovely walk on the outskirts of Bath and came across this in the tiny church of St Mary Magdalene in Langridge and the tentacles of colonial history are in the smallest hamlet. The Blathwayts were connected with @nationaltrust.bsky.social’s Dyrham Park www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/bath-b...
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I’m still waiting to find out if supper is a proper meal or just a snack before dinner
November 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
The Great When by Alan Moore.
November 18, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Dungeness in Kent with people fishing near the end of the day
November 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Like that when it comes to owning a bar in Bristol next to the Masonic temple they keep the conspiracy names going. Presumably the The Lizard Peoples’ Arms is just round the corner
November 10, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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November 9, 2024 at 8:21 AM
There was a fascinating launch and speakers last week at Wits University for a special issue of Radical History Review from Revolutionary Papers looking at newspapers, mags and pamphlets across the Global South. read.dukeupress.edu/radical-hist...
November 8, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Amused by this bit in In Too Deep where Reacher finds some fake driving licences. What links these names?
November 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Time to go and check the start of the village 24-hour skittle marathon. Somehow drew the midnight to 1am slot so need to pace myself
September 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Pint at Beerwulf in #Falmouth - beer and books in the same venue. What’s not to like?
August 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
A great walk last week from Canary Wharf to Isle of Dogs, the foot tunnel to Greenwich and then west along the Thames path to Hungerford Bridge. This taken from the swing bridge at Greenland Docks of swan on the mud.
August 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I’ll be at the the African Investigative Journalism conference in Johannesburg in October. Looking forward to connecting with journalists in the region on public health stories. Also hopefully assisting Blueprint for Free Speech in delivering a panel there on cyber security. #AIJC2024 aijc.africa
August 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Greetings fellow Blue Sky folk. Starting off with a little bit of Spike Lee from the excellent exhibition at Brooklyn Museum
December 27, 2023 at 8:07 AM