@stellamanzie.bsky.social
@crosscountryuk.bsky.social - your truly dreadful service strikes again - drivers and guards in the wrong place - my train from Leicester leaving an hour late - I will miss my connection for my advance booked train.
September 29, 2026 at 8:03 AM
@crosscountryuk.bsky.social - your truly dreadful service strikes again - drivers and guards in the wrong place - my train from Leicester leaving an hour late - I will miss my connection for my advance booked train.
@lner.co.uk - have now been on broken down train between Peterborough and Newark for two hours - have meeting in Edinburgh later today which if I am not on a moving train soon I will miss. @lner.co.uk you appear not to care or be doing anything- driver,staff and passengers apparently abandoned
September 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
@lner.co.uk - have now been on broken down train between Peterborough and Newark for two hours - have meeting in Edinburgh later today which if I am not on a moving train soon I will miss. @lner.co.uk you appear not to care or be doing anything- driver,staff and passengers apparently abandoned
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What a great service the rail line to/from King’s Heath to Birmingham New St is. Used it for first time today! Excellent. Quick tip for West Mids Railways - litter bins probably need emptying more frequently - people are using them but they are overflowing.
What a great service the rail line to/from King’s Heath to Birmingham New St is. Used it for first time today! Excellent. Quick tip for West Mids Railways - litter bins probably need emptying more frequently - people are using them but they are overflowing.
August 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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What a great service the rail line to/from King’s Heath to Birmingham New St is. Used it for first time today! Excellent. Quick tip for West Mids Railways - litter bins probably need emptying more frequently - people are using them but they are overflowing.
What a great service the rail line to/from King’s Heath to Birmingham New St is. Used it for first time today! Excellent. Quick tip for West Mids Railways - litter bins probably need emptying more frequently - people are using them but they are overflowing.
Congratulations to @coventrycity.bsky.social
At last - promotion!!
At last - promotion!!
April 17, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Congratulations to @coventrycity.bsky.social
At last - promotion!!
At last - promotion!!
So @scotraill.bsky.social what are you doing in Platform 3 waiting room @ Stirling station? Both toilets out of order, 1 part of room coralled off with bucket for leak, stained upholstery and battered furniture. Seedy and shabby. Not helpful to often elderly and disabled people who want to use it.
April 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
So @scotraill.bsky.social what are you doing in Platform 3 waiting room @ Stirling station? Both toilets out of order, 1 part of room coralled off with bucket for leak, stained upholstery and battered furniture. Seedy and shabby. Not helpful to often elderly and disabled people who want to use it.
Disgusting and inaccurate throwaway comment by @JustinOnWebb about “ the gulf” between private and state schools, on maths feature on BBCR4Today programme today, yet again betraying his political prejudices.
March 3, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Disgusting and inaccurate throwaway comment by @JustinOnWebb about “ the gulf” between private and state schools, on maths feature on BBCR4Today programme today, yet again betraying his political prejudices.
In 2020 Robert Jenrick MP accepted that his decision on the Richard Desmond Conservative Party donor’s Westferry Printworks pl application was “ unlawful by reason of apparent bias”. Some people would describe that as “corrupt”.
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
In 2020 Robert Jenrick MP accepted that his decision on the Richard Desmond Conservative Party donor’s Westferry Printworks pl application was “ unlawful by reason of apparent bias”. Some people would describe that as “corrupt”.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
Rotherham Children's Services rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted
The inspection comes 10 years after the council was stripped of running its Children's Services.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
Fantastic Alabama3 gig @hmvempireCoventry last night - great Thursday night turnout - still one of the best live bands ever. Great city centre venue close to parking and station. Thanks to neighbours for company and tickets! #supportlivemusic
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Fantastic Alabama3 gig @hmvempireCoventry last night - great Thursday night turnout - still one of the best live bands ever. Great city centre venue close to parking and station. Thanks to neighbours for company and tickets! #supportlivemusic
Scotland 4-2 Denmark: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Scotland 4-2 Denmark: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened
Fantastic production of « Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf ?» @curveleicester.bsky.social last night, starring Cathy Tyson and Patrick Robinson. Brilliant acting and great Curve production - best thing I’ve seen for ages
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fantastic production of « Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf ?» @curveleicester.bsky.social last night, starring Cathy Tyson and Patrick Robinson. Brilliant acting and great Curve production - best thing I’ve seen for ages
Great interview with Chris Waddell, Learning Manager of the Burns Birthplace Museum,Alloway on @BBCWorldatOne today, about the power of seeing a great cultural figure’s birthplace and understanding the impact of their heritage. Great job Mr Waddell! #BurnsScottishIcon
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great interview with Chris Waddell, Learning Manager of the Burns Birthplace Museum,Alloway on @BBCWorldatOne today, about the power of seeing a great cultural figure’s birthplace and understanding the impact of their heritage. Great job Mr Waddell! #BurnsScottishIcon
Massive thanks to @premierinn Thurso who still had the coat I’d left behind, a week after me staying there. Thanks especially to front of house young woman who trekked upstairs to Lost and Found and looked! Brilliant ! Thank you! #GreatService
September 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Massive thanks to @premierinn Thurso who still had the coat I’d left behind, a week after me staying there. Thanks especially to front of house young woman who trekked upstairs to Lost and Found and looked! Brilliant ! Thank you! #GreatService
Have read it - you’re right - good book but a re- read might be timely…
With all these Franco-British discussions about state-building in the Near East, now’s the time to read (or re-read) this by @jamesbarr.bsky.social. Not only a brilliant book about the tangled history of the region, but one if the best non-fiction titles. dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/a...
A Line in the Sand by James Barr
Buy A Line in the Sand by James Barr from Daunt Books today. New Fiction, Non-Fiction books and Travel Guides available from Daunt Books. Worldwide shipping available.
dauntbooks.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Have read it - you’re right - good book but a re- read might be timely…
Oh yes - we loved our trip to Rotherham in 2022 for the France vs Iceland game on the hottest day ever - had great chat with Icelandic fans saying “Is it always as hot as this?”
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Oh yes - we loved our trip to Rotherham in 2022 for the France vs Iceland game on the hottest day ever - had great chat with Icelandic fans saying “Is it always as hot as this?”
Wonderful ( air - conditioned!) village hall concert with @karentweed and Nick Wiseman - Ellis in Peckleton, Leicestershire last night. Great chat and great music - both brilliant!
July 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wonderful ( air - conditioned!) village hall concert with @karentweed and Nick Wiseman - Ellis in Peckleton, Leicestershire last night. Great chat and great music - both brilliant!
This is brilliant - congratulations on your envoy role - and great that the Lewis chessmen will not be far away from their Celtic cousins in Brittany when they visit Normandy.
In return the British Museum will lend some of their most precious treasures including the Sutton Hoo hoard and some Lewis chessmen to museums in Caen and Rouen. These loans will coincide with the 1000th anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth. A moment to celebrate x-Channel cultural links!
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This is brilliant - congratulations on your envoy role - and great that the Lewis chessmen will not be far away from their Celtic cousins in Brittany when they visit Normandy.
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At long last. The PM has finally accepted that ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement.’ A visa-based scheme is not a concession to the EU but a huge opportunity for young people on both sides of the Channel to live, study, work and love in another culture - in the way previous generations have!
Keir Starmer opens door to EU youth mobility scheme
The prime minister said the scheme would not herald a return to free movement
www.thetimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
At long last. The PM has finally accepted that ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement.’ A visa-based scheme is not a concession to the EU but a huge opportunity for young people on both sides of the Channel to live, study, work and love in another culture - in the way previous generations have!
Just watched BBCArts doc The Last Musician of Auschwitz - incredibly powerful and moving about musician Anita Lasker- Wallfisch and other musicians caught up in The Holocaust. A reminder. #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just watched BBCArts doc The Last Musician of Auschwitz - incredibly powerful and moving about musician Anita Lasker- Wallfisch and other musicians caught up in The Holocaust. A reminder. #HolocaustMemorialDay
Strongly supportive of the comments of Cllr Chris Read. Entirely sane and balanced and few people have done more than him to change organisations and attitudes in reality - not just talk but action.
We had a very civil cross-party discussion about the merits or otherwise of a national inquiry at council this week. I understand my comments have already upset some people. But the polarisation is a barrier to safety and somehow it’s got to change. www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Elon Musk narrative on child sexual exploitation ‘unhelpful’
The leader of Rotherham Council has criticised tech billionaire Elon Musk’s recent comments about grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the UK, suggesting that Musk’s framing of the to...
www.thestar.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Strongly supportive of the comments of Cllr Chris Read. Entirely sane and balanced and few people have done more than him to change organisations and attitudes in reality - not just talk but action.
Justice at last. Congratulations to all involved in the campaigning.
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Justice at last. Congratulations to all involved in the campaigning.
Great livestream from Cambridge Literary Festival this evening of @ledbydonkeys.org session - interesting and enjoyable really good value.
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Great livestream from Cambridge Literary Festival this evening of @ledbydonkeys.org session - interesting and enjoyable really good value.
Impressive - they wouldn’t like to come to our house for some decluttering, would they?
Staying with my sons tonight. Their board game collection is remarkably tidy 🙂
November 21, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Impressive - they wouldn’t like to come to our house for some decluttering, would they?
Wow - how cool is that…
Fabulous to have Prof Brian Cox with us at Gulliver’s Valley for the annual North Star Science School this afternoon, talking to hundreds and hundreds of school students about life, the universe and everything.
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Wow - how cool is that…