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Rick Walton
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Anti-fascist. ‘Free-wheeling absurdist’. ‘Good bloke’. Writer & sports coach.

bowlingatvincent.com / sportslaureate.co.uk

3 books widely available - the latest being POWER CHORDS.
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Can only apologise to clivelewis.bsky.social - if there is one(?) Fear I may have inadvertently clogged up his timeline.
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Hundreds of blogs & a few books.

Rick Walton / bowlingatvincent.com / sportslaureate.co.uk

#PowerChords #music #books #punk #protest
#writing #publishing #politics #arts
#sport #coaching #football #cricket #rugby *stories*
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Have loved the fact and the process of self-publishing, cos just like being on an Independent Record Label’.

But there are buts - bowlingatvincent.com

#writing #publishing #selfpublishing
#Amazon #independentbookshops #books #music #corporations
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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#Rashford. What a tease. *Almost* plays his way out the team then caresses THAT CROSS, for #Kane to nod the second. A thing of precise, curving beauty. Drop that? How could you?

#Eng #Albania
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.

Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Apologies for the error in the name: @labourlewis.bsky.social
waltwriting.bsky.social Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 11h
Wow. If @clivelewis.bsky.social *did* write all of this then I congratulate him. Bold, incisive & truthful.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

#politics #government #Labour #corporations
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
waltwriting.bsky.social
Hundreds of blogs & a few books.

Rick Walton / bowlingatvincent.com / sportslaureate.co.uk

#PowerChords #music #books #punk #protest
#writing #publishing #politics #arts
#sport #coaching #football #cricket #rugby *stories*
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Nightmare for a #coach. Send on a player after *having words* & they proceed to look feebly directionless & utterly lacking in intent & confidence, on the park.

#coaching #psychology #execution 🤬🤷🏻‍♂️
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Brave diving header from #Kumagai puts #LondonCity 1-3 up at #AstonVilla. Mediocre defending again from a dead-ball, but the away team’s stopper agile & courageous.

#WSL
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Minutes later: *yet again*, we have a pundit describing a player ‘using her years of experience’, to draw a free-kick. Meaning #Parris cheated - blatantly - as she is wont to do.

#WSL #TV #pundits
#LondonCity #AstonVilla
waltwriting.bsky.social Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 10h
Oh NO. That’s a top-level howler by the #LondonCity keeper. Then a fabulous save from the #Villa custodian. 1-1. Quality mixed.

#WSL
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Oh NO. That’s a top-level howler by the #LondonCity keeper. Then a fabulous save from the #Villa custodian. 1-1. Quality mixed.

#WSL
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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‘Have loved the fact and the process of self-publishing, cos just like being on an Independent Record Label’.

But there are buts - bowlingatvincent.com

#writing #publishing #selfpublishing
#Amazon #independentbookshops #books #music #corporations
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Wow. If @clivelewis.bsky.social *did* write all of this then I congratulate him. Bold, incisive & truthful.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

#politics #government #Labour #corporations
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Had time & the inclination. So wrote about #publishing. & the power of the on-line behemoths.

bowlingatvincent.com

#books #music #selfpublishing #PowerChords
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Weird. The online behemoth appears to be offering #PowerChords for sale at more than £16. Think this is an error - it's certainly not meant to be sold at anything higher than £10.99. May check again later: this is likely to be them still 'getting their ducks in order'.

#music #books #publishing 🤪
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I can just about justify my twitter account by campaigning on there against racism/white supremacy/one-issue politics. Plus there are some wunnerful people over there, too. But despite having *seven times less* followers on here, I get more engagement on bluesky.
Algorithms or outright restraint? 🤬
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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“H.H. The Maharani of Indore” by Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French) - Oil on canvas / c. 1934 - Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France) #WomenInArt #artText #artwork #BernardBoutetdeMonvel #Monvel #BoutetdeMonvel #AlThaniCollection #MuseeDesArtsDecoratifs #ArtDeco #RoyalPortrait #PortraitofaWoman
Her Highness Maharani Sanyogita Devi of Indore was born Princess Sanyogita of Kagal, who with her husband Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II helped turn Manik Bagh (their “Jewel Garden” palace) into a celebrated Art Deco showpiece filled with cutting-edge European design. Educated in England and photographed by Man Ray, she moved with ease between Indian court protocol and avant-garde Paris. French artist Bernard Boutet de Monvel captures that duality with a traditional sari and a cascade of flowers, yet her frontal pose, flattened space, and crisp geometry are pure modernism. The young Indian maharani stands on a dark platform, directly facing us. Her medium-brown skin, oval face, and neat centre-parted black hair frame a poised but unsmiling expression, her dark eyes meeting ours with steady intensity and her lips painted deep red. She wears a luminous lime-yellow sari with a finely patterned gold border and the sheer pallu drawn over her head and across one arm so we glimpse a richly embroidered black and gold bodice and turquoise short sleeves beneath. Her right hand rests on her hip while the left gathers a fold of fabric at her waist as red-polished nails catching the light. Around her neck sits a diamond-and-emerald necklace with two monumental pear-shaped diamonds, echoed by matching earrings, bracelet, ring, and a slim watch. She stands in elegant sandals, surrounded on three sides by white ornamental pots bursting with palms, lilies, chrysanthemums, and marigolds, all set against a pale, nearly blank background that makes her figure and jewels read with extraordinary clarity. The dazzling necklace incorporates the famous “Indore Pears” diamonds, signalling both dynastic wealth and the couple’s enthusiasm for contemporary jewelry. Sanyogita died in 1937 in her early twenties, and her unflinching gaze here preserves the image of a young woman whose taste, confidence, and curiosity helped redefine what Indian royalty could look like in the 1930s.
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Haha #Scotland!! Seen four minutes. They go 3/0 down, then the #Greece fullback tries to win the World Cheating Championship (but the goal stands). Then Sco score again. Madness. Still 20 mins to play. ⚽️ 🙃 Then #Adams fluffs a HUGE CHANCE!! 🤷🏻‍♂️
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Now watched that last episode. *Incredibly silly*. But that first monologue? 👏🏻 💥 👏🏻
waltwriting.bsky.social Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d
#TheIrisAffair is pretty silly, eh - well, partly? But #TomHollander’s monologue to kickstart the last ep is rather wonderful. Not silly.

#tv #reviews
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#TheIrisAffair is pretty silly, eh - well, partly? But #TomHollander’s monologue to kickstart the last ep is rather wonderful. Not silly.

#tv #reviews
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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bhimabish.bsky.social Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 1d
“Look, when climbers in the middle of the Himalayas experience breathing difficulties, they are rescued by helicopter like this. Climbing mountains isn’t just about having money — you also need skill and technique.”

#Nepal #Trek #travel #Climbing #Rescued
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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#United in danger of getting thrashed. #Hemp has been quiet but she gets a fine third goal to decide the game before half-time. The 3-0 score may flatter #City a tad... but not by much. #Galton & the rest have shown nothing, in attack. Defensively the reds have been a yard off it.

#WSL
waltwriting.bsky.social Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d
Medium-fascinated by #Miedema. For years she was head & shoulders above everyone in the league. Now they've caught up a bit - which is excellent. But now she needs to go beyond slightly performatively-casual interludes into effective and game-changing brilliance. She's good enough.

#WSL #ManCity
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Medium-fascinated by #Miedema. For years she was head & shoulders above everyone in the league. Now they've caught up a bit - which is excellent. But now she needs to go beyond slightly performatively-casual interludes into effective and game-changing brilliance. She's good enough.

#WSL #ManCity
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Two relatively uncontested headers. #City ahead. Probably deservedly.

#ManchesterCity #ManchesterUnited #WSL
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM