Russell James
@russellishere.bsky.social
Fiction and non-fiction writer first published in 1989.
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Russia ignores Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire and launches attack on kindergarten
Ukraine's president says Russia has
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May 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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There's not much to smile about these days - but will this do?
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New Zealand: Bag of cannabis and cash accidentally donated to NZ charity shop
Two teenagers have been arrested after inadvertently leaving the knapsack for staff to find.
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March 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
There's not much to smile about these days - but will this do?
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With friends like these . . .
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Kuwait shoots down US jets in friendly-fire incident, US CENTCOM says
Kuwait's air defences mistakenly shot down three U.S. F-15 fighter jets during active combat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said on Monday, describing it as an apparent friendly-fire incident during ...
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March 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
With friends like these . . .
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The world is watching.
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The world is watching.
Bad news if you use Telegram. Guess who's been reading you:
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WTF is wrong with Russia?
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June 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bad news if you use Telegram. Guess who's been reading you:
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The kind of review every author dreams of . . .
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Victorian Women Writers
ISBN: 978-1-7384083-0-6 What a fantastic review from Canterbury University’s International Centre for Victorian Women Writers: A Popular Encyclopaedia of Victorian Women Writers: The Famous, the Fo…
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May 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The kind of review every author dreams of . . .
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And I thought I'd had run-ins with French taxi drivers . . .
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French taxi driver charged with theft after David Lammy dispute
French police charge a taxi driver with stealing luggage and cash from UK foreign secretary and his wife.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And I thought I'd had run-ins with French taxi drivers . . .
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We misread the signal:
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We misread the signal:
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
VICTORIAN STREET CHARITY – Published Today!
You had no safety net, no dole, no guaranteed pension, no subsidised health service – nothing to catch you if you fell. What did Victorians do? What, to be very Victorian, was their duty?
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You had no safety net, no dole, no guaranteed pension, no subsidised health service – nothing to catch you if you fell. What did Victorians do? What, to be very Victorian, was their duty?
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Victorian Street Charity
Why Help Guttersnipes, Vagabonds or Distressed Governesses? Published 25th April, 2025:ISBN: 978-1-7384083-1-3 £14.99 Find it here!: You had no safety net, no dole, no guaranteed pension, no…
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April 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
VICTORIAN STREET CHARITY – Published Today!
You had no safety net, no dole, no guaranteed pension, no subsidised health service – nothing to catch you if you fell. What did Victorians do? What, to be very Victorian, was their duty?
russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
You had no safety net, no dole, no guaranteed pension, no subsidised health service – nothing to catch you if you fell. What did Victorians do? What, to be very Victorian, was their duty?
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In 1880 elementary education for all children became compulsory. And in 1899 we find this advertisement for an orphan working school.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In 1880 elementary education for all children became compulsory. And in 1899 we find this advertisement for an orphan working school.
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Any resemblance between this and Nazi Germany is purely coincidental.
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Anxiety on US college campuses as foreign students deported
High-profile detentions and visa revocations are putting students on edge, as Trump tightens his squeeze on US schools.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Any resemblance between this and Nazi Germany is purely coincidental.
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Glad someone's laughing . . .
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Glad someone's laughing . . .
It's all in the plan. He knows exactly what he's doing . . .
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Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them
President Trump says Chinese-made electronics are simply moving to a different levy
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April 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's all in the plan. He knows exactly what he's doing . . .
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So, as the stock market shoots up and down like a yoyo, I wonder which speculators might be making a packet?
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Trump tariffs updates: Markets soar as Trump pauses higher tariffs on most countries but hits China with 125% rate
Trump says countries who were facing higher tariffs will now fall to the
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April 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So, as the stock market shoots up and down like a yoyo, I wonder which speculators might be making a packet?
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The Sound of Music:
April 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Sound of Music:
Charity Schools had existed in Britain from the 16th century, and in the 19th began to be supplemented by Dame Schools, Ragged Schools, and other establishments – not all of whom had the best intentions.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Charity Schools had existed in Britain from the 16th century, and in the 19th began to be supplemented by Dame Schools, Ragged Schools, and other establishments – not all of whom had the best intentions.
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All pals together . . .
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Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US
Speaking in the Arctic, Russia's president said Trump's plans were
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March 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
All pals together . . .
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I can't shake my teenage love for them; they still have a place in my pounding heart . . .
March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I can't shake my teenage love for them; they still have a place in my pounding heart . . .
The downside . . .
As Putin weighs up a proposed cease-fire deal with Ukraine, he's likely preparing his own conditions — US sanction relief would be high on the list.
Russia could ask for sanction relief as part of a cease-fire, allowing Putin to go on a military tech spree
As Putin weighs up a proposed cease-fire deal with Ukraine, he's likely preparing his own conditions — US sanction relief would be high on the list.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The downside . . .
Withy some headlines, and whatever you think, you have to smile:
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Withy some headlines, and whatever you think, you have to smile:
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Expect another abrupt about-turn in policy tomorrow?
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Stocks fall as Trump warns of US economy trade war 'transition'
New retaliatory tariffs from China targeting some US farm products came into effect on Monday.
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March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Expect another abrupt about-turn in policy tomorrow?
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