Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
Cold War thriller author, part-time engineer. History buff. Big fan of things with engines & wheels, but also baking. And tea. All views my own.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
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Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
· Sep 14
It’s HERE! My Cold War novel, Banshee, is now officially out on Kindle and paperback! Preorders should be landing on people’s doorsteps today and in the next few days.
#authorsky #booksky
#authorsky #booksky
Can you help save a Falklands veteran aircraft? The team looking after Nimrod XV232 desperately need to raise funds to save her due to the closure of Coventry airport.
Long term, they want to move her to be preserved at former RAF Manston.
xv232.com/project-upda...
Long term, they want to move her to be preserved at former RAF Manston.
xv232.com/project-upda...
xv232.com
October 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Can you help save a Falklands veteran aircraft? The team looking after Nimrod XV232 desperately need to raise funds to save her due to the closure of Coventry airport.
Long term, they want to move her to be preserved at former RAF Manston.
xv232.com/project-upda...
Long term, they want to move her to be preserved at former RAF Manston.
xv232.com/project-upda...
Things like this make me proud to be British 🤣
Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.
September 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Things like this make me proud to be British 🤣
At some point, I will catch up with myself and post a few pictures of the summer. Mostly aircraft and vehicle photos, but photos nonetheless.
In the meantime, here’s a frankly epic cherry bakewell tart from Props & Pistons at East Kirkby on the August Bank Holiday Monday.
In the meantime, here’s a frankly epic cherry bakewell tart from Props & Pistons at East Kirkby on the August Bank Holiday Monday.
September 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
At some point, I will catch up with myself and post a few pictures of the summer. Mostly aircraft and vehicle photos, but photos nonetheless.
In the meantime, here’s a frankly epic cherry bakewell tart from Props & Pistons at East Kirkby on the August Bank Holiday Monday.
In the meantime, here’s a frankly epic cherry bakewell tart from Props & Pistons at East Kirkby on the August Bank Holiday Monday.
Very much feeling at this point like I’m clinging on by my fingernails until Young Mr R goes back to school tomorrow …
It’s been a very busy summer.
It’s been a very busy summer.
September 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Very much feeling at this point like I’m clinging on by my fingernails until Young Mr R goes back to school tomorrow …
It’s been a very busy summer.
It’s been a very busy summer.
Are you in need of some Bank Holiday reading?
SIGNED copies of my novel are available in the Vulcan To The Sky sale for a few £ off, so grab yourself a bargain and support XH558 at the same time.
(It’s also on Amazon and all the usual places)
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
SIGNED copies of my novel are available in the Vulcan To The Sky sale for a few £ off, so grab yourself a bargain and support XH558 at the same time.
(It’s also on Amazon and all the usual places)
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
https://vulcantothesky.org/product/banshee-paperback-signed/
August 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Are you in need of some Bank Holiday reading?
SIGNED copies of my novel are available in the Vulcan To The Sky sale for a few £ off, so grab yourself a bargain and support XH558 at the same time.
(It’s also on Amazon and all the usual places)
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
SIGNED copies of my novel are available in the Vulcan To The Sky sale for a few £ off, so grab yourself a bargain and support XH558 at the same time.
(It’s also on Amazon and all the usual places)
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
It was so cool to catch Fubar Aviation’s Lim-5 (aka a MiG-17F) on the ground at Duxford the other week 🤩
Sad I haven’t seen her in the air, but I’ve loved seeing everyone else’s images of her.
One of these is going to have to get a mention in Book 2, now 😁
Sad I haven’t seen her in the air, but I’ve loved seeing everyone else’s images of her.
One of these is going to have to get a mention in Book 2, now 😁
August 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It was so cool to catch Fubar Aviation’s Lim-5 (aka a MiG-17F) on the ground at Duxford the other week 🤩
Sad I haven’t seen her in the air, but I’ve loved seeing everyone else’s images of her.
One of these is going to have to get a mention in Book 2, now 😁
Sad I haven’t seen her in the air, but I’ve loved seeing everyone else’s images of her.
One of these is going to have to get a mention in Book 2, now 😁
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“Large-scale migration is not just a phenomenon of the last few hundred years but has been a central theme of human history".
Including British history. And that's without getting into large-scale emigration
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Including British history. And that's without getting into large-scale emigration
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
The seven faces that tell Britain’s story over 900,000 years
DNA discoveries reveal how centuries of migration, abandonment and near-total population replacement have shaped these isles
www.thetimes.com
August 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM
“Large-scale migration is not just a phenomenon of the last few hundred years but has been a central theme of human history".
Including British history. And that's without getting into large-scale emigration
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Including British history. And that's without getting into large-scale emigration
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Hearing there’s more to this story than ‘family responsibilities’, including allegations of use of council resources for personal gain and pretending to be a doctor…
Reform councillor steps down from Sandwell Council cabinet after three months
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Reform councillor steps down from Sandwell Council cabinet after three months
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Reform councillor steps down from Sandwell Council cabinet after three months
Mona Khurana leaves the role due to ‘increased family responsibilities’
www.birminghammail.co.uk
August 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Hearing there’s more to this story than ‘family responsibilities’, including allegations of use of council resources for personal gain and pretending to be a doctor…
Reform councillor steps down from Sandwell Council cabinet after three months
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
Reform councillor steps down from Sandwell Council cabinet after three months
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...
It was a pleasure to talk to Pieter about my book and Vulcans 😁
In our latest episode, we talk to Lindsay Rumbold about the aviation thriller, Banshee. It is a cracking Cold War story with the Vulcan very much at its heart.
Lindsay talks about why the Vulcan was the right aircraft for this tale
aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-230-bansh...
Lindsay talks about why the Vulcan was the right aircraft for this tale
aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-230-bansh...
Ep.230 – Banshee with Lindsay Rumbold
In this episode of Aviation Xtended, we talk to Lindsay Rumbold about aviation thriller, Banshee. It is a cracking Cold War story with the Vulcan very much at its heart. Its part aviation, part mys…
aviation-xtended.co.uk
August 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM
It was a pleasure to talk to Pieter about my book and Vulcans 😁
Dave and Young Mr R are out for the morning. I have free time to write!
So obviously, I’ve hoovered and dusted the house instead 🤦🏻♀️
And now I’m getting sidetracked by the history of the Korean War (which is technically important background info for a few characters …)
So obviously, I’ve hoovered and dusted the house instead 🤦🏻♀️
And now I’m getting sidetracked by the history of the Korean War (which is technically important background info for a few characters …)
August 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Dave and Young Mr R are out for the morning. I have free time to write!
So obviously, I’ve hoovered and dusted the house instead 🤦🏻♀️
And now I’m getting sidetracked by the history of the Korean War (which is technically important background info for a few characters …)
So obviously, I’ve hoovered and dusted the house instead 🤦🏻♀️
And now I’m getting sidetracked by the history of the Korean War (which is technically important background info for a few characters …)
It’s been a busy week. Haven’t had much writing time but I can feel it itching in the back of my brain, for when I get chance …
I’ve spent quite a bit of time with my 1950s antagonist (who I kind of like as a person, oddly). Now to do the same with my 2024 one. He’s not such a pleasant person.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time with my 1950s antagonist (who I kind of like as a person, oddly). Now to do the same with my 2024 one. He’s not such a pleasant person.
August 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It’s been a busy week. Haven’t had much writing time but I can feel it itching in the back of my brain, for when I get chance …
I’ve spent quite a bit of time with my 1950s antagonist (who I kind of like as a person, oddly). Now to do the same with my 2024 one. He’s not such a pleasant person.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time with my 1950s antagonist (who I kind of like as a person, oddly). Now to do the same with my 2024 one. He’s not such a pleasant person.
At the weekend, this happened - we were treated to a flight from Duxford, over Cambridge in a Dragon Rapide 😁
Wonderful experience, and my soft spot for this biplane got even bigger. She’s a lovely thing.
If you get chance, do it!
Wonderful experience, and my soft spot for this biplane got even bigger. She’s a lovely thing.
If you get chance, do it!
July 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
At the weekend, this happened - we were treated to a flight from Duxford, over Cambridge in a Dragon Rapide 😁
Wonderful experience, and my soft spot for this biplane got even bigger. She’s a lovely thing.
If you get chance, do it!
Wonderful experience, and my soft spot for this biplane got even bigger. She’s a lovely thing.
If you get chance, do it!
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Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’.
Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami.
A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami.
A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
bylinetimes.com
July 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’.
Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami.
A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami.
A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
As it’s the school holidays, yesterday was baking time with Young Mr R. We made cake dinosaurs, and he thought it would be fun to give the dinos googly eyes.
These dinosaurs have seen things. Terrible things 😂
These dinosaurs have seen things. Terrible things 😂
July 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
As it’s the school holidays, yesterday was baking time with Young Mr R. We made cake dinosaurs, and he thought it would be fun to give the dinos googly eyes.
These dinosaurs have seen things. Terrible things 😂
These dinosaurs have seen things. Terrible things 😂
Today’s writing task is for Sqn Ldr Ormerod & Flt Lt Dickens to take their Canberra PR.7 … well, you’ll have to read the finished* book to find out 😆
*I’m trying to finish it. Honestly**
**It’s school summer holidays from today. Need to work out how to survive on no sleep, so I’ve time to write 🥴🤪
*I’m trying to finish it. Honestly**
**It’s school summer holidays from today. Need to work out how to survive on no sleep, so I’ve time to write 🥴🤪
July 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Today’s writing task is for Sqn Ldr Ormerod & Flt Lt Dickens to take their Canberra PR.7 … well, you’ll have to read the finished* book to find out 😆
*I’m trying to finish it. Honestly**
**It’s school summer holidays from today. Need to work out how to survive on no sleep, so I’ve time to write 🥴🤪
*I’m trying to finish it. Honestly**
**It’s school summer holidays from today. Need to work out how to survive on no sleep, so I’ve time to write 🥴🤪
Looking through a kid’s colouring book and came across … whatever in the AI slop induced hallucination this is.
🤦🏻♀️
But yeah. Let’s build data centres and give them all our clean water for someone to churn out this 💩
🤦🏻♀️
But yeah. Let’s build data centres and give them all our clean water for someone to churn out this 💩
July 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Looking through a kid’s colouring book and came across … whatever in the AI slop induced hallucination this is.
🤦🏻♀️
But yeah. Let’s build data centres and give them all our clean water for someone to churn out this 💩
🤦🏻♀️
But yeah. Let’s build data centres and give them all our clean water for someone to churn out this 💩
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Nigel Farage is breaking British company law.
Missed a deadline to file a confirmation statement with Companies House.
Failed to verify his identity, required by law.
Failure to comply is a criminal offence.
Low attendance in parliament but busy with 2nd jobs, collecting money from foreign donors.
Missed a deadline to file a confirmation statement with Companies House.
Failed to verify his identity, required by law.
Failure to comply is a criminal offence.
Low attendance in parliament but busy with 2nd jobs, collecting money from foreign donors.
Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
democracyforsale.substack.com
June 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Nigel Farage is breaking British company law.
Missed a deadline to file a confirmation statement with Companies House.
Failed to verify his identity, required by law.
Failure to comply is a criminal offence.
Low attendance in parliament but busy with 2nd jobs, collecting money from foreign donors.
Missed a deadline to file a confirmation statement with Companies House.
Failed to verify his identity, required by law.
Failure to comply is a criminal offence.
Low attendance in parliament but busy with 2nd jobs, collecting money from foreign donors.
I know my Spotify is eclectic, but even I was not prepared for the mental whiplash going from System of a Down straight to Alice Deejay 🙈😂
June 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I know my Spotify is eclectic, but even I was not prepared for the mental whiplash going from System of a Down straight to Alice Deejay 🙈😂
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I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I don't recall the white protestent masked blokes in the northern bit of Ireland rioting about the 10 men, 3 women & 2 children murdered in Northern Ireland over last 12 months. All the accused in these case are white. Could that be vaguely relevant?
Northern Ireland murder toll 2025 as 15 lives taken in 12 months
Ten men, three women and two children have been murdered in the last 12 months.
www.belfastlive.co.uk
June 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I don't recall the white protestent masked blokes in the northern bit of Ireland rioting about the 10 men, 3 women & 2 children murdered in Northern Ireland over last 12 months. All the accused in these case are white. Could that be vaguely relevant?
Unreasonably annoyed this morning that the washing machine didn’t run overnight, as I’d set it.
Why?
Because after I set it and went to bed, it decided it needed a software update.
Software update?! IT’S A ****ING WASHING MACHINE. What can it possibly want to update so urgently? 😠
Why?
Because after I set it and went to bed, it decided it needed a software update.
Software update?! IT’S A ****ING WASHING MACHINE. What can it possibly want to update so urgently? 😠
May 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Unreasonably annoyed this morning that the washing machine didn’t run overnight, as I’d set it.
Why?
Because after I set it and went to bed, it decided it needed a software update.
Software update?! IT’S A ****ING WASHING MACHINE. What can it possibly want to update so urgently? 😠
Why?
Because after I set it and went to bed, it decided it needed a software update.
Software update?! IT’S A ****ING WASHING MACHINE. What can it possibly want to update so urgently? 😠
Streeting has resigned. Labour MPs need to hear from constituents now. Do not hand Farage the chaos he wants. Sign the petition and tell Labour MPs to hold the line: holdtheline.org.uk/petition
Hold the Line — Sign the petition
Sign the petition. Support Keir Starmer now, don't hand Nigel Farage the keys to Downing Street.
holdtheline.org.uk
May 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Streeting has resigned. Labour MPs need to hear from constituents now. Do not hand Farage the chaos he wants. Sign the petition and tell Labour MPs to hold the line: holdtheline.org.uk/petition
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said there was "no obligation" to declare a £5m gift he received from a billionaire backer before he became an MP.
Sky’s Beth Rigby points out the rules
Sky’s Beth Rigby points out the rules
May 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said there was "no obligation" to declare a £5m gift he received from a billionaire backer before he became an MP.
Sky’s Beth Rigby points out the rules
Sky’s Beth Rigby points out the rules
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𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝕬𝖌𝖔…
The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1511, December 2019.
The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1511, December 2019.
May 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝕬𝖌𝖔…
The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1511, December 2019.
The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1511, December 2019.
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Helping a relative with politics homework and got looking into the past terms of UK PMs. The UK only really got into chopping and changing PMs from 2016 onwards -something else to thank the Tory’s/Brexit for . Could we just stop now please and let the current PM serve his term.
May 11, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Helping a relative with politics homework and got looking into the past terms of UK PMs. The UK only really got into chopping and changing PMs from 2016 onwards -something else to thank the Tory’s/Brexit for . Could we just stop now please and let the current PM serve his term.
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In other news UK news shows continue to fail to call out bull**** like this from Nigel Farage and Reform
Let’s call this bull**** out TOGETHER
The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT
youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT
youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
May 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
In other news UK news shows continue to fail to call out bull**** like this from Nigel Farage and Reform