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

bowlingatvincent.com / sportslaureate.co.uk

3 books widely available - the latest being POWER CHORDS.
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
Reposted by Rick Walton
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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

#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
Apologies for the error in the name: @labourlewis.bsky.social
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
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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
Now watched that last episode. *Incredibly silly*. But that first monologue? 👏🏻 💥 👏🏻
#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
#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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“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
#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
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
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
Two relatively uncontested headers. #City ahead. Probably deservedly.

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