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Man of Kent, living in the Midlands. Parkrunner & occasional Half Marathon runner for good causes.
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@newsagents.bsky.social @jonsopel1.bsky.social Listening to yesterday’s podcast, I think you were all overusing the word ‘woke’ in my opinion.

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“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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In just over 5 weeks time, I shall be taking part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon I am running for Alzheimer's Society and now have the T-Shirt to prove it! If you would like to sponsor me and donate to this worthy cause, please follow the link 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

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How reassuring it would be right now for the UK to be a member of some kind of supranational political and economic union…

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007 finally defeated by a crazed billionaire intent on colonising space! www.bbc.com/news/article...

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Judge 'deeply troubled' by PMQs exchange on Gazans settling in UK www.bbc.com/news/article...

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#SundayRunday #LondonLandmarksHalfMarathon A 7.5 Mile workout on a cold, wet Sunday in Angus!

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All welcome to the Parish Eucharist at St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, on the third Sunday before Lent, this Sunday, the 16th February at 11am. #AllWelcome #ThirdBeforeLent #ParishEucharist #ChurchOfEngland #DioceseOfBirmingham #HandsworthStMary #CathedralOfTheIndustrialRevolution

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Turns out it was 6 months!

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Seems like ages since I last did Montrose Parkrun! Good to be back.

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@tonyhancock.bsky.social “I’ve got the Love Lives of the Ceasars - that tells me everything I need to know; between you and me, I’m not surprised it declined and fell after that lot!” #TheMissingPage

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Saturday morning training run for the London Landmarks Half Marathon (6th April) in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

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All welcome to the Parish Eucharist at St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, on the fourth Sunday before Lent, this Sunday, the 9th February at 11am. #AllWelcome #FourthBeforeLent #ParishEucharist #ChurchOfEngland #DioceseOfBirmingham #HandsworthStMary #CathedralOfTheIndustrialRevolution

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Isn’t it time that Trump paid a Presidential visit to Dallas, preferably in an open top motorcade? I hear they have some fine grassy knolls in that place!

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Half the bodies from the plane tragedy not yet recovered & he’s saying this bullshit… Common sense tells you America that you’re in hell

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Well said, Pete Buttigieg

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It’s #LandmarksTrainingWeekend for those who are taking part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon on 6th April. I’m running for the Alzheimer’s Society this year. www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

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My reaction when people talk about The Traitors!

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@thetrawl.bsky.social @marina-purkiss.bsky.social @jemmaforte.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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🎶Lets talk about specs baby Lets talk about how we see Lets talk about light refraction, lens correction, optometry Lets talk about specs Lets talk about specs - Salt n Pepa, optometrists

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On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

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Who made this 🤣

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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

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youtu.be/_R19bBpUw-U?... #jonathanpie #musk

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@privateeyenews.bsky.social @tomjam.bsky.social A discerning bear!

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Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

submitted 61 days ago • 236 comments

Or as @privateeyenews.bsky.social might say, “Man wishes wife Happy Birthday” 🙄

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Thankfully, @marina-purkiss.bsky.social and @jemmaforte.bsky.social scroll through social media, so I don’t have to! @thetrawl.bsky.social @thetrawlfans.bsky.social

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I quit Twitter/X ages ago; have just recently deleted Instagram and Threads; and am now on a 7 day break from Facebook. So this is my only Social Media for now!

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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.

submitted 63 days ago • 1053 comments

Happy Epiphany from Handsworth! It's go big or go home on the Epiphany chalking this year, but I doubt it's going to easily missed! Wishing everything a happy and blessed new year!

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@tonyhancock.bsky.social This was very good, but they didn’t play the Lichensteiner Polka! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Today at 1:15pm in St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham - my first organ recital this year, and the first of the @thursdaylive.org 2025 series.

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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.

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The final piece in January’s Thursday Live organ recital tomorrow is Grand Choeur in D major by French composer Guilmant. This exciting piece uses the full resources of the fabulous Walker organ in St Chad’s Cathedral. Watch Paul Carr playing it:

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Watch Paul playing Albinoni/Giozotto’s Adagio in g minor at St Chad’s, Birmingham in 2021:

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Festive, joyful recital by Paul Carr @organistpaul.bsky.social yesterday. His performance & program showcased the stunning sounds of St Chad's organ. His Bach set the tone & his mention of Wanamaker's brought cheerful memories of childhood visits to their Christmas organ light show. 👏🏻👏🏻💐🎄🎹🎶

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The 2nd piece on Paul Carr’s programme at St Chad’s Cathedral on 5 Jan 2025, is S.S. Wesley’s Choral Song & Fugue - written while Wesley was Organist at Exeter Cathedral. It’s the 3rd of 3 Pieces for Chamber Organ, written for the organ at Killerton House Exeter, dedicated to his pupil Lady Acland.

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All welcome to the Christmas Services at St Mary’s Church Handsworth. Christmas Eve – Midnight Mass at 11pm Christmas Day – BCP Holy Communion at 8am and Parish Eucharist at 10am #AllWelcome #Christmas #MidnightMass #ChristmasDay #ChristmasEve #TisTheSeason #ChurchOfEngland #COfEBirmingham

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