Rowan Dobbins
@rowandobbins.bsky.social
Still fighting the twin tyrannies of ironing and shaving.
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That song and that album are a miracle. The greatest singles band of its era comes back after a decade-long creative hiatus with a - gasp - conceptual opus, a celebration of London which stands comparison with all others. It takes more than talent to do that, a lot of courage too.
A few loving words about Madness and one song in particular.
“With Madness that felt important because you know how desperately a certain sort of pink-faced, St. George's flag-waving Reformer would love to embrace them as one of their own.” | Pete Paphides
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December 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
That song and that album are a miracle. The greatest singles band of its era comes back after a decade-long creative hiatus with a - gasp - conceptual opus, a celebration of London which stands comparison with all others. It takes more than talent to do that, a lot of courage too.
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This is UNBELIEVABLE
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is UNBELIEVABLE
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This really is URGENTLY needed
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This really is URGENTLY needed
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I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
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After hearing stories of the ghost in Somerset's Quantock Hills who tells passing walkers to fuck off, I decided to write about some of the other ghosts I've come across who have turned out to be massive dickheads: www.tom-cox.com/some-ghosts-...
Some Ghosts I Have Known Who Have Turned Out To Be Massive Dickheads
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November 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
After hearing stories of the ghost in Somerset's Quantock Hills who tells passing walkers to fuck off, I decided to write about some of the other ghosts I've come across who have turned out to be massive dickheads: www.tom-cox.com/some-ghosts-...
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Years of being on the local Facebook group and it’s finally worth it coz someone has posted something a bit funny
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Years of being on the local Facebook group and it’s finally worth it coz someone has posted something a bit funny
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Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
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"My name's Kitty. I could have married, I've given gallons of blood and I can't stomach whelks, so that's me for you."
RIP Patricia Routledge.
RIP Patricia Routledge.
Patricia Routledge Kitty
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October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"My name's Kitty. I could have married, I've given gallons of blood and I can't stomach whelks, so that's me for you."
RIP Patricia Routledge.
RIP Patricia Routledge.
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"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
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Billy Bragg. All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. A song for days like these
After career criminal Stephen Yaxley Lennon’s march today in central London, Billy Bragg singing the Woody Guthrie song, All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. As the lyrics say it takes organis…
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September 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Billy Bragg. All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. A song for days like these
After career criminal Stephen Yaxley Lennon’s march today in central London, Billy Bragg singing the Woody Guthrie song, All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. As the lyrics say it takes organis…
wp.me
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
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Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
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The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live
Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officers
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Happy 4th anniversary to the time this happened on Twitter.
September 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy 4th anniversary to the time this happened on Twitter.
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Sonny Rollins is 95 today which feels slightly miraculous, a survivor from his art form's heroic age
September 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Sonny Rollins is 95 today which feels slightly miraculous, a survivor from his art form's heroic age
The kids are making stickers. Tons of them.
September 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The kids are making stickers. Tons of them.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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To celebrate Elizabeth Fraser's birthday, let's play "How many of these are Cocteau Twins songs and how many are Farrow & Ball paint colours?"
Mizzle
Elephant's Breath
Cico Buff
Dimpse
Setting Plaster
Vardo
Fluffy Tufts
Calamine
Cicely
Hazel
Orange Appled
Tallow
Lazy Calm
Melonella
Rococo
Calluna
Mizzle
Elephant's Breath
Cico Buff
Dimpse
Setting Plaster
Vardo
Fluffy Tufts
Calamine
Cicely
Hazel
Orange Appled
Tallow
Lazy Calm
Melonella
Rococo
Calluna
August 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
To celebrate Elizabeth Fraser's birthday, let's play "How many of these are Cocteau Twins songs and how many are Farrow & Ball paint colours?"
Mizzle
Elephant's Breath
Cico Buff
Dimpse
Setting Plaster
Vardo
Fluffy Tufts
Calamine
Cicely
Hazel
Orange Appled
Tallow
Lazy Calm
Melonella
Rococo
Calluna
Mizzle
Elephant's Breath
Cico Buff
Dimpse
Setting Plaster
Vardo
Fluffy Tufts
Calamine
Cicely
Hazel
Orange Appled
Tallow
Lazy Calm
Melonella
Rococo
Calluna
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This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Latest from me: on flags... and "a feeling that many people in positions of power now accept that ridiculous proposition that England is the country Farage et al say it is."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Flags as symbols of prejudice, not pride – and a distinct air of menace. Welcome to England 2025 | John Harris
The rapid spread of these banners is unsettling – and shows how the hard right is reaching people and places the left cannot, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Latest from me: on flags... and "a feeling that many people in positions of power now accept that ridiculous proposition that England is the country Farage et al say it is."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...