Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
A little "So you've finished your book on fascism!" present from my wife.
Gotta get after them aches and pains. #grindset
Lin Hawthorne@haggewoods.bsky.social · 2d agoalways so purposeful.
Got up at 5am to go out in the rain and strain my calf.
Once again I am doing the Great North Run for @actionfdn.bsky.social, a fine organisation who give essnetial support to refugees and asylum seekers in the North East. Give us your money! ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/peter-mit...
Pete is doing the Great North Run for Action Foundation
Any one of us can be displaced. Give me money to displace my terrible old body around the 13.1 miles of the Great North Run so I can then donate that money to Action Foundation and they can turn it in
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Me in Tesco when my wife’s asked me to buy an avocado.
Morning all. Why not start your day by throwing some money this way? Cancer is awful but also REALLY HARD WORK and @maggiescentres.bsky.social make such a difference. ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/richard-s...
Happy new month of August to you Pals. Relate my pinned post with this one. In three months period following empathy of some like minded humans here on bluesky,the roofing of our Opharnage house has been accomplished.Together we're making a difference in the lives of opharns. gofund.me/b5825cc9
Quietly judging all of you who know your teachers by their first names.
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d agoWho was YOUR great english teacher (if you had one)? For me it was Hugh Epstein at Richmond college (RUTC). I hope he's well, wherever he is!
A fascist party founded just months ago polled 8.7%, ahead of the Conservatives, in the Manchester mayoral election. What’s happening on the right of British politics is terrifying.
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 5d agoGreater Manchester Mayoral By-Election Result: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 47.2% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 21.0% 🌍 Coggins | GRN: 12.2% ◼️ West | RES: 8.7% 🌳 Eckersley | CON: 7.7% 🔶 Kilpatrick | LDM: 2.2% 🙋 Farmer | Ind: 0.6% 2nd Round: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 66.3% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 33.7% Labour HOLD.
I'll level with you, gang, it's been quite a shit year. Bit I've finished my fucking book and we're going to the fucking seaside. All that's left is for me to hit my Great North Run target for Maggie's cancer-care centres. 👍 ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/richard-s...
Great North Run 2026
Here we go again. In September, on the eve of my 48th birthday, I will be flogging myself around 13-point-something miles of sheer Tyneside, in support of Maggie's centres and in memory of my lovely m
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The Great Gaisby The Name Of The Wrose Far From The Manningham Crowd Heaton Dust Wibsey Galore! #BradfordBooks
Ishmael, afloat, Demanded a boat. Saying "I'll end up on the rocks With Queequeg's weird box"
hey i just met you and you're a fish/whale but i need blubber so call me ishmael
For a few years I set the questions for this. That is why I have strange knowledge about [checks notes] the "grime music".
OK well I've been over it and over it and it definitely looks quite like a book.
Richard Smyth@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · last wk.I don't have many rituals but this is one of them. My very favourite part of being a writer.
I don't have many rituals but this is one of them. My very favourite part of being a writer.
Shocked, SHOCKED that these educational reforms might not please everyone.