Paddy Blewer
@padsky.bsky.social
British / Irish "liberal cosmopolitan" comms guy with a post soviet, MENA, energy, cap markets and geopolitics background. Like sport and food too. I’m not Claude Rains but I am a cynical idealist from South London. https://about.me/paddy.blewer
@briw74.bsky.social @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social evening gents. For all of his scenery chewing in Jaws, I think this bookends nicely with Russia / Love showing Shaw's ability as a screen precence. Keen to hear your view
#TodayInHistory: 🎬 #OnThisDay 52 years ago, the film “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” opened in theaters. Now heralded as a classic, the 1974 action crime caper flick is the original film by this name. It was also remade in 1998 for TV and as a major motion picture in 2009.“
October 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
@briw74.bsky.social @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social evening gents. For all of his scenery chewing in Jaws, I think this bookends nicely with Russia / Love showing Shaw's ability as a screen precence. Keen to hear your view
3.5kg rib of beef on a kamdo bono. Not to toot my own trumpet but this was baging. #cookingwithpaddy
September 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
3.5kg rib of beef on a kamdo bono. Not to toot my own trumpet but this was baging. #cookingwithpaddy
My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....
September 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....
My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....
September 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....
Those of us of non english or perhaps non British heritage, however close either by proximity or history to the UK, would suggest that, "it never went away, you know"
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
iandunt.substack.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Those of us of non english or perhaps non British heritage, however close either by proximity or history to the UK, would suggest that, "it never went away, you know"
A nutritious dinner at the @Greyhoundh - negroni. Oysters. Chips. Beer. Outstanding.
September 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A nutritious dinner at the @Greyhoundh - negroni. Oysters. Chips. Beer. Outstanding.
Like smeagol, I'm very excited about my 120kg birthday present. Trying it out with something simple tonight. #cookingwithpaddy
September 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Like smeagol, I'm very excited about my 120kg birthday present. Trying it out with something simple tonight. #cookingwithpaddy
@geofflemon.bsky.social am a long time listener to TFW & have always enjoyed your work across multiple channels. Very much enjoyed your unvarnished opinion on the calamity of farragiste politics and how it has bumped up against cricket in multiple ways.
September 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
@geofflemon.bsky.social am a long time listener to TFW & have always enjoyed your work across multiple channels. Very much enjoyed your unvarnished opinion on the calamity of farragiste politics and how it has bumped up against cricket in multiple ways.
September 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It won't be long before there are far, far fewer people who find this funny than those who ask, "what is that photo"?
September 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It won't be long before there are far, far fewer people who find this funny than those who ask, "what is that photo"?
Jack may have a point. I'm a Camra member who likes Tolkien, can cook of many things, but I do make a decent lasagne. However, I find my Rhone / Tuscan wine & travel cost outweighs almost anything else.
Also be real here, CAMRA is the most left-leaning LibDem Dad thing ever. The typical real ale drinker also likes Star Trek, Warhammer, has all the Discworld books in paperback with faded spines, can cook well but pretty much only makes lasagna and a decent Sunday Roast, and steam engines.
September 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jack may have a point. I'm a Camra member who likes Tolkien, can cook of many things, but I do make a decent lasagne. However, I find my Rhone / Tuscan wine & travel cost outweighs almost anything else.
Don't know whether it's because I'm a Brit of Irish heritage, or because I studied 20th Century history, or because my MA dissertation was on intelligence in COIN, with specific consideration of NI, but the seemingly collective "we are ok with uniformed groups threatening violence" worries me
September 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Don't know whether it's because I'm a Brit of Irish heritage, or because I studied 20th Century history, or because my MA dissertation was on intelligence in COIN, with specific consideration of NI, but the seemingly collective "we are ok with uniformed groups threatening violence" worries me
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90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects.
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
September 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects.
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
I'm a middle aged / class straight brit-irish white guy with no experience of the profession of academia. So I didn't comment on it then and won't now. But as a comms professional i recognise why people communicate and engage newsjack and I hope they shut the fuck up for a little while
August 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I'm a middle aged / class straight brit-irish white guy with no experience of the profession of academia. So I didn't comment on it then and won't now. But as a comms professional i recognise why people communicate and engage newsjack and I hope they shut the fuck up for a little while
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update to Reform UK's WFH policy
August 14, 2026 at 7:07 AM
update to Reform UK's WFH policy
Austria = Kaiser Sose. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us all think that they weren't intimately involved in the planning and execution of the the greatest crimes of the 20th Century.
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Austria = Kaiser Sose. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us all think that they weren't intimately involved in the planning and execution of the the greatest crimes of the 20th Century.
Zhukov was the most consequential General Officer of WW2. Jason Isaacs played him more as Rokosovski but suspect he doesn't know that. Far less glamourous and significantly earthier - but also deeply intelligent and strategic.
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Zhukov was the most consequential General Officer of WW2. Jason Isaacs played him more as Rokosovski but suspect he doesn't know that. Far less glamourous and significantly earthier - but also deeply intelligent and strategic.
Girolles. Crispy pancetta. Pasta with white wine and veal stock. #cookingwithpaddy
August 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Girolles. Crispy pancetta. Pasta with white wine and veal stock. #cookingwithpaddy
The joy of exiting the EU with new border control systems. No pleading for special status, but it might be worth some air/ports investing in additional logistics? Hopefully just teething issues - but suspect some places will always be swamped.
August 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The joy of exiting the EU with new border control systems. No pleading for special status, but it might be worth some air/ports investing in additional logistics? Hopefully just teething issues - but suspect some places will always be swamped.
For all of Jeff G's sexy hand acting, agree that SN's role is absolutely vital for us to believe in the dinosaurs. The velocoraptaurs are the nastiest monsters since xenomorphs. Sam Jackson is great as the grounded, exasperated engineer
Jurassic Park doesn’t work without Sam Neill‘s note-perfect performance in the scene where they first see the Brachiosaurus. you completely forget that he’s looking off-screen at nothing real, that man 100% convinces you he’s witnessing a live dinosaur and that all of his dreams are coming true.
July 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
For all of Jeff G's sexy hand acting, agree that SN's role is absolutely vital for us to believe in the dinosaurs. The velocoraptaurs are the nastiest monsters since xenomorphs. Sam Jackson is great as the grounded, exasperated engineer
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Jurassic Park doesn’t work without Sam Neill‘s note-perfect performance in the scene where they first see the Brachiosaurus. you completely forget that he’s looking off-screen at nothing real, that man 100% convinces you he’s witnessing a live dinosaur and that all of his dreams are coming true.
July 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Jurassic Park doesn’t work without Sam Neill‘s note-perfect performance in the scene where they first see the Brachiosaurus. you completely forget that he’s looking off-screen at nothing real, that man 100% convinces you he’s witnessing a live dinosaur and that all of his dreams are coming true.