@writteninbritain.bsky.social
No one really needs an air fryer.
There. I said it.
There. I said it.
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
No one really needs an air fryer.
There. I said it.
There. I said it.
Surprising that the Titanic didn’t float when the last port it visited was Cork.
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Surprising that the Titanic didn’t float when the last port it visited was Cork.
@williamryanpubs.bsky.social Beer? Crosswords? The Dewey Decimal system? Let us swear long-distance friendship 🤝
January 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
@williamryanpubs.bsky.social Beer? Crosswords? The Dewey Decimal system? Let us swear long-distance friendship 🤝
Happy New Year, @ppfideas.bsky.social. Oh alright then: I’ll rewatch It’s A Wonderful Life. You’ve made me do it. Maybe I’ll like it this time 😉
January 1, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Happy New Year, @ppfideas.bsky.social. Oh alright then: I’ll rewatch It’s A Wonderful Life. You’ve made me do it. Maybe I’ll like it this time 😉
@willdalrymple.bsky.social I’m really enjoying the Julia Margaret Cameron episode. We saw several of her portraits at Farringdon’s House this summer. Please can you recommend a biography? There are several books out there, so any help would be welcome 😊 @empirepoduk.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@willdalrymple.bsky.social I’m really enjoying the Julia Margaret Cameron episode. We saw several of her portraits at Farringdon’s House this summer. Please can you recommend a biography? There are several books out there, so any help would be welcome 😊 @empirepoduk.bsky.social
I have a theory that physical exercise and health treatments don’t make us feel better. What we feel instead is relief when we stop.
December 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I have a theory that physical exercise and health treatments don’t make us feel better. What we feel instead is relief when we stop.
“Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?”
GK Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill
GK Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill
December 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?”
GK Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill
GK Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill
For crying out loud. It’s 8:00pm on Christmas Eve. Can we please not give all the royal soft-sell PR non-news stories a rest?
Princess Charlotte plays the piano with Kate for family carol service
www.thetimes.com/article/e300...
Princess Charlotte plays the piano with Kate for family carol service
www.thetimes.com/article/e300...
Princess Charlotte plays the piano with Kate for family carol service
The Princess of Wales and her daughter were filmed playing together in a clip broadcast at the start of the Together at Christmas service, broadcast on ITV1
www.thetimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For crying out loud. It’s 8:00pm on Christmas Eve. Can we please not give all the royal soft-sell PR non-news stories a rest?
Princess Charlotte plays the piano with Kate for family carol service
www.thetimes.com/article/e300...
Princess Charlotte plays the piano with Kate for family carol service
www.thetimes.com/article/e300...
The more that emerges about Andrew, the worse it becomes for the family. Such behaviour, over so many years, some of it in royal residences, can’t have gone unnoticed. And yet they only cut him loose this year? Come on.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The more that emerges about Andrew, the worse it becomes for the family. Such behaviour, over so many years, some of it in royal residences, can’t have gone unnoticed. And yet they only cut him loose this year? Come on.
We’ve reached the stage at which Christmas cards arrive from people we forgot and to whom it’s too late to reply
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We’ve reached the stage at which Christmas cards arrive from people we forgot and to whom it’s too late to reply
I think Denmark should appoint a Maine envoy
Denmark furious as Trump appoints ‘totally unacceptable’ Greenland envoy
www.thetimes.com/article/f987...
Denmark furious as Trump appoints ‘totally unacceptable’ Greenland envoy
www.thetimes.com/article/f987...
Denmark furious as Trump appoints ‘totally unacceptable’ Greenland envoy
Jeff Landry, the Louisiana governor, will take up the voluntary role in the latest escalation of US attempts to acquire the Arctic island
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I think Denmark should appoint a Maine envoy
Denmark furious as Trump appoints ‘totally unacceptable’ Greenland envoy
www.thetimes.com/article/f987...
Denmark furious as Trump appoints ‘totally unacceptable’ Greenland envoy
www.thetimes.com/article/f987...
Andrew-Epstein, side by side on the BBC News app with a manufactured royal story. So much momentum behind this scandal I’m not sure the Buckingham Palace PR machine will win this time. Sandringham? Balmoral? Over so many years? How can the rest of the family hierarchy plausibly deny knowledge?
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Andrew-Epstein, side by side on the BBC News app with a manufactured royal story. So much momentum behind this scandal I’m not sure the Buckingham Palace PR machine will win this time. Sandringham? Balmoral? Over so many years? How can the rest of the family hierarchy plausibly deny knowledge?
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The BBC offers UK people a Royal Watch news service - but I don’t see any way we can do the opposite, and turn it all off
www.bbc.co.uk/newsletters/...
www.bbc.co.uk/newsletters/...
Royal Watch
Sign up here to get the Royal Watch newsletter. Get insider stories and expert analysis every week, emailed directly to you.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The BBC offers UK people a Royal Watch news service - but I don’t see any way we can do the opposite, and turn it all off
www.bbc.co.uk/newsletters/...
www.bbc.co.uk/newsletters/...
I’m reading about the Edwardian era in the excellent Little Englanders by @alwynturner.bsky.social. The Parliament act of 1911: “It is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis.” We’re still waiting…
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I’m reading about the Edwardian era in the excellent Little Englanders by @alwynturner.bsky.social. The Parliament act of 1911: “It is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis.” We’re still waiting…
@empirepoduk.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social A big chunk of the British Empire & Commonwealth collection has been stolen from the Bristol Museum archive, including East India Company artefacts. Thought you’d like to know www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid
More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection are taken.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@empirepoduk.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social A big chunk of the British Empire & Commonwealth collection has been stolen from the Bristol Museum archive, including East India Company artefacts. Thought you’d like to know www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You know how some children (and adults tbf) have a problem with maths logic? I just read the deets on today’s World Cup draw, and it would make a great entry point in a classroom lesson…
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pots & dates
Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids ... the World Cup draw is not going to be straightforward.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You know how some children (and adults tbf) have a problem with maths logic? I just read the deets on today’s World Cup draw, and it would make a great entry point in a classroom lesson…
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Happy St Andrew’s Day, everyone. Scotland: the only home nation to have its saint’s day at this time of year. “We don’t p*ss around with springtime, pal.” 🏴
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy St Andrew’s Day, everyone. Scotland: the only home nation to have its saint’s day at this time of year. “We don’t p*ss around with springtime, pal.” 🏴
Listening to Thatcher Part 1 on @ppfideas.bsky.social. Re the U-turn speech, I heard once she didn’t get the joke: she had to be persuaded not to say “you can turn if you want to” 😉
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Listening to Thatcher Part 1 on @ppfideas.bsky.social. Re the U-turn speech, I heard once she didn’t get the joke: she had to be persuaded not to say “you can turn if you want to” 😉
Just finished today’s episode of @ppfideas.bsky.social: The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens Part 2. Oh my goodness: the species is doomed to decline, but what a wild ride. Worth subscribing to PPF+ for this episode alone - but there are so many other gems here…
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just finished today’s episode of @ppfideas.bsky.social: The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens Part 2. Oh my goodness: the species is doomed to decline, but what a wild ride. Worth subscribing to PPF+ for this episode alone - but there are so many other gems here…
Just opened the photos of atrocities in the Belgian Congo in today’s newsletter from @empirepoduk.bsky.social and there’s one there (9 of 12) that I can’t unsee. Just awful
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just opened the photos of atrocities in the Belgian Congo in today’s newsletter from @empirepoduk.bsky.social and there’s one there (9 of 12) that I can’t unsee. Just awful
Let’s imagine Russia invaded the USA from the NW and after 2-3 yrs China said it had brokered a deal: Russia would pull out of Oregon, N California, and W Montana, and in exchange the US would let them keep Alaska. What would any US President say to that? And why should Ukraine be any different?
US military officials in Kyiv as Europe warns against reported Russia peace plan
It comes after reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly with major concessions for Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Let’s imagine Russia invaded the USA from the NW and after 2-3 yrs China said it had brokered a deal: Russia would pull out of Oregon, N California, and W Montana, and in exchange the US would let them keep Alaska. What would any US President say to that? And why should Ukraine be any different?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.