Philip Payne
@philipsw16.bsky.social
Retired librarian, gay, interested in history, travel, politics, gardening, genealogy etc 🏳️🌈. Originally from Leicester, now in London.
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Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
June 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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BREAKING NEWS: New water aerobics class gets off to a great start.
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING NEWS: New water aerobics class gets off to a great start.
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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I get that the pope is an important person to around 9% of the UK, who identify as Catholic, but is there nothing else going on in the world apart from the death of an 88 yr old? It's complete media overload.
#Pope
#Pope
April 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I get that the pope is an important person to around 9% of the UK, who identify as Catholic, but is there nothing else going on in the world apart from the death of an 88 yr old? It's complete media overload.
#Pope
#Pope
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Why St George of England?
A humorous look at the St George tradition
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/why-...
A humorous look at the St George tradition
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/why-...
Why St George of England?
A humorous look at the St George tradition
northeastbylines.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Why St George of England?
A humorous look at the St George tradition
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/why-...
A humorous look at the St George tradition
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/why-...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.
And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.
April 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.
And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.
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🌈In honour of #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we want to highlight a blog written by a lesbian woman from Uganda with refugee status in the UK, who we supported in seeking safety here.
Read the full blog: buff.ly/lZPU1Hb
Read the full blog: buff.ly/lZPU1Hb
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🌈In honour of #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we want to highlight a blog written by a lesbian woman from Uganda with refugee status in the UK, who we supported in seeking safety here.
Read the full blog: buff.ly/lZPU1Hb
Read the full blog: buff.ly/lZPU1Hb
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News | Aboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum following repatriation – ongoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023
Aboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum following repatriation - Museums Association
Ongoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023
www.museumsassociation.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
News | Aboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum following repatriation – ongoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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How can we ever forget !
March 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How can we ever forget !
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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Adolf Hitler helping one of his biggest donors sell a car in 1938.
History doesn't change it just repeats.
History doesn't change it just repeats.
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Adolf Hitler helping one of his biggest donors sell a car in 1938.
History doesn't change it just repeats.
History doesn't change it just repeats.
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Trump claims he's the only US president who was shot.
Six US presidents have been shot.
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
The first four died as a result.
Six US presidents have been shot.
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
The first four died as a result.
March 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trump claims he's the only US president who was shot.
Six US presidents have been shot.
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
The first four died as a result.
Six US presidents have been shot.
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
The first four died as a result.
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
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In case of confusion
March 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In case of confusion
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March 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
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February 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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In Westminster it's all about who you know
Don't worry guys, I'll get you in
"It's OK, they're with me"
"It's OK, they're with me"
February 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In Westminster it's all about who you know
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74% of Brits also believed it was ‘reasonable’ to postpone elections during a war with just 12% saying it was ‘unreasonable’
February 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
74% of Brits also believed it was ‘reasonable’ to postpone elections during a war with just 12% saying it was ‘unreasonable’
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On Library Lovers Day, enjoy this optimistic 1950s magazine cover
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
February 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On Library Lovers Day, enjoy this optimistic 1950s magazine cover
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
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Joel organised Nigeria’s first Pride in 2019. He came to the UK to seek safety, but the Home Office detained him when he arrived.
This government urgently needs to recognise the dangers LGBTQI+ people face.
✍️ Help #EndLGBTQIDetention: https://buff.ly/4hHaRu1
#NoPrideInDetention
This government urgently needs to recognise the dangers LGBTQI+ people face.
✍️ Help #EndLGBTQIDetention: https://buff.ly/4hHaRu1
#NoPrideInDetention
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Joel organised Nigeria’s first Pride in 2019. He came to the UK to seek safety, but the Home Office detained him when he arrived.
This government urgently needs to recognise the dangers LGBTQI+ people face.
✍️ Help #EndLGBTQIDetention: https://buff.ly/4hHaRu1
#NoPrideInDetention
This government urgently needs to recognise the dangers LGBTQI+ people face.
✍️ Help #EndLGBTQIDetention: https://buff.ly/4hHaRu1
#NoPrideInDetention