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Mystery on Col d’Izoard: Interview with What Goes on Tour author Rob McIvor

Rob McIvor’s new novel – a gripping mystery based around the death of a British cyclist on the 1977 Tour de France – makes perfect holiday reading for cycling fans. Rob, a keen cy…

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When I saw the headline yesterday I thought it might be a satirical piece. Then I read it and realised that Heath is in a tier of idiocy all of his own.

RobWilliams100@robwilliams100.bsky.social · 6d ago

A reminder that Alistair Heath is certifiably insane

I love the way they have joined thr two photos to echo David Bailey’s famous shot of the Krays 😁

The New World@thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Reform leader’s right hand money man, who did time in the US for fraud, is surrounded by a series of deeply troubling unanswered questions ✏️ @rostaylor.bsky.social

I suspect that #GianniInfantino has bitten off more than he can chew. By hitching his waggon of corruption so closely to Trump and his repulsive Americana, he has enraged almost everyone. Everything Trump touches turns to shit and Infantino is proving this in real time

If any literary agents have been following the Guardian's work about how the American military refuses to allow its members to be held accountable for crimes they commit on foreign soil, I have an 80k novel on this precise topic ready to go

Sarah Manvel@cairdiul.bsky.social · 2y ago

First is MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION, 80k literary about a teenage American military brat learning during the Gulf War that her family is more dangerous than any foreign enemy, after which things get considerably worse before they get better

I hope that somewhere a T-shirt manufacturer is coming up with some non-violent Making Plans for Nigel designs, but in the meantime...

Whatever happened to Cedric?

Gary Brannan@garybrannan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...

Flags that go together well flying over Liverpool today. No room for Reform bigotry here 🌈

"Friday's here, here we go!" What a night! "Saturday's the day to go" More fun tonight at Liverpool Philharmonic Last few tickets: www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...

After many years of helping other people prepare for media interviews (and sometimes silently cringing as they forget everything and go completely off-piste) since What Goes on Tour was published, it's been fun being the interviewee for a change... sportive.com/2026/07/19/m...

Mystery on Col d’Izoard: Interview with What Goes on Tour author Rob McIvor

Rob McIvor’s new novel – a gripping mystery based around the death of a British cyclist on the 1977 Tour de France – makes perfect holiday reading for cycling fans. Rob, a keen cy…

sportive.com

A rare shot of Mr Clive Langer stepping into the spotlight at @deaf-school-live.bsky.social 50th anniversary gig in Liverpool tonight.

Revealing thread here on how the same person keeps turning up repeatedly in media “case studies” on poverty. Saw the same recently with Farage-supporting vox pops - the same couple on multiple channels.

Legal C@legalclaret.bsky.social · 2w ago

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

"this expertly plotted mystery deftly weaves together bike racing, family drama, love and lust" says Sportive - and who am I to argue? I enjoyed chatting about Le Tour, British winners, my favourite #audax rides and, of course, my book. #TDF2026 @audaxuk.bsky.social sportive.com/2026/07/19/m...

Mystery on Col d’Izoard: Interview with What Goes on Tour author Rob McIvor

Rob McIvor’s new novel – a gripping mystery based around the death of a British cyclist on the 1977 Tour de France – makes perfect holiday reading for cycling fans. Rob, a keen cy…

sportive.com

I have had the pleasure of reading this and I endorse the message below.

Sarah Manvel@cairdiul.bsky.social · 2w ago

You should snag a bargain in the Waterstones pre-order sale on THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR MURDER by David Weir, and I am not just saying that because I will be in the acknowledgements www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...

When Argentina won their semi-final, their players helf up a banner saying the Falklands/Malvinas belong to Argentina. If Spain win the final - which I really hope they do - it would be great if they would hold up a banner saying… RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

In recent years, Rocket Man.

Defector@defector.com · 3w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

Four musicians and an old man travel to London to appear in a television show, meeting some other people along the way.

David Quantick@quantick.bsky.social · 3w ago

A boy teams up with a gang of time-travelling robbers and meets legends of history with thrilling and hilarious results.

A man goes to visit a friend in Vienna but finds he doesn’t like him anymore.

David Quantick@quantick.bsky.social · 3w ago

A boy teams up with a gang of time-travelling robbers and meets legends of history with thrilling and hilarious results.

Farage rejected offer of tax-payer security because he “wanted security at the same level as the Home Secretary who has the highest level of protection among govt ministers” Yet, on and on he whines. Demanding the highest public office with none of the scrutiny. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/464...

Once seen, never forgotten. @stevenc63.bsky.social - have you and Jason seen this?

Steven Sheil@scsheil.bsky.social · 4w ago

Keep meaning to add this to the thread, a Beatles medley from the fantastically-named Café Crème. Not as visually wild, but makes up for it with sheer infectious enthusiasm. How many Beatles song can you fit into a 5 min medley? Whatever you're thinking, double it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1mD...

I love Lord Woodbine and his part in Beatles history, but let's not present false narratives about him. #Beatles

Mark Lewisohn@marklewisohn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Here's a starter at least. youtu.be/0hEI9WPgUtU

As the Smiths didn’t quite say: 🎵Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop🎵

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4w ago

The danger of using voxpops in place of real analysis. Cameras are a magnet for motivated activists. These two made it into four different reels + a dozen print pieces. The illusion is that we're getting an insight into "Clacton voters". In truth, we just know what Farage Megastans Jim & June think.

Any cyclist who has ever reported an assault by a motorist will also identify with this.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4w ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-h...

@thenewworldmag.bsky.social Great New World cover this week, presumably produced even before Farage’s hissy fit.

I just wish 1 journalist when Cunningham or Jenrick are wheeled on to waffle about threats to Farage's security would say, what do you think it feels like to be a traumatised asylum seeker, or a carer trying to get to work when Farage's well funded hatred has turned a violent mob against them ?

@rachelsylvester.bsky.social talking a whole lot of sense about how (and how not) to handle Farage and Reform in her excellent @theobserveruk.bsky.social newsletter.

He needs to get Martin Bell to come along in his white suit and campaign for him.

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 4w ago

On my way, Clacton.

I’m trying to imagine some of our own party leaders responding to a British version of the same question…

Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · last mo.

Incredibly on-brand Australian politics story.

I don’t think it’s libellous to say that my heart sinks whenever I get an order acknowledgment that says “your parcel will be delivered by Evri”. The last one was dumped on a doorstep at the other end of the street and stolen.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last mo.

Programme aired on 20 December 2025, but the initial legal letter was sent first to ITV, then inexplicably rerouted via Channel 4 before finally being dumped in the Costa outside BBC Broadcasting House.

Two years ago today the people of Clacton elected me as their MP. Since then I have held no constituency surgeries, hardly visited the place and earned more than twenty times as much as my MP salary in outside grifts.